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biography source: sportsbusinessisms.com
30-year-old Odessa, Texas resident Jody May (website is www.jody-may.com ) has been a bodybuilder for about half her life. In 2005, Jody May took second in the Heavyweight Class of the Atlanta Nationals, and was judged “most improved” bodybuilder. She’s one of a group of up-and-coming female bodybuilders at a time of growth, and controversy in the sport. In fact, even the use of the term “sport” to describe female bodybuilding has been debated……
Jody May: I became interested in bodybuilding when I was 15. I was a severe asthmatic and was not physically able to play sports. I finally was allowed to try different sports because my doctor thought it would increase my lung capacity/endurance. I participated in multiple activities then one day I saw a Muscle and Fitness magazine. Cory Everson was on the front. My parents allowed me to join the local gym and I took the mag in to the trainer and told him this is what I wanted to do�.basically he laughed. The athletes in the magazine looked so strong and that I how I wanted to feel