

What It's Like to Attend a Bodybuilding Competition
The atmosphere is tense and buzzing. Looking around, the multi-colored lights and sounds of the casino are intermixed with the buzz of anxious and excited competitors. You’ve walked into the NPC Pacific Coast Championship, a bodybuilding show & starting point for many competitors. As a spectator, you don’t get to see a lot of what goes on behind the scenes – hours of spray tanning, hair styling, make-up, and double-sided taping. Competitors arrived at Chinook Winds Casino on
3 Takeaways from a First-Time Figure Competitor
Have you thought about competing in a bodybuilding competition? Nautilus member and Inner Beast CrossFit athlete, Ashley Billingsley, made her Figure debut at the NPC Pacific Coast Championship. Below, she shared three takeaways for anyone thinking of competing: 1) Surround yourself with people that will support you, but keep you honest at the same time. Family will want to support you but they also always want to see the best in you. They may say things like "oh you're tiny