I am still a beginner in the sport of women's bodybuilding. 2006 will be my 3rd year competing... wow...my 3rd year already! I just started preparing for the Jr. Nationals in Chicago.

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James Cook,
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I started bodybuilding as rehabilitation. When I was 18 I got this neurological disease called Guillan-Barre Syndrome. It pretty much wiped me out. It got so bad that I was in a wheel chair for about a month before any doctor could diagnose me with anything. Once I was diagnosed, I was put in the hospital for a week and then put in rehab.

I was so active when I got sick (I played volleyball, rugby, boxing, and softball), it must have helped my rehabilitation go smoothly and quickly. I started lifting weights in the gym after I was released from rehab and fell in love with it. From there, I did my first show and now I have a pretty good competition history:

• Excaliber, 2nd in Novice, December 2003
• Collegiate Nationals, 1st in Heavyweights and Overall, July 2004
• Ohio State Championship, 1st in Heavyweights, September 2004
• Motor City, 1st in Middleweights and Overall, August 2005
• North American, 3rd in Light-Heavy Class, September 2005