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to be selective of what you use and put into your body. i look for things that won t give any long-term effects. so you go with the natural way, obviously. you don t have to worry about things like that. it s a simple message, we create a level playing field for athletes to compete in. you re natural, you want to compete on a level playing field where everybody is tested and treated equally, that s us. aside from the drug tests, today is also the weigh-in. that s the part that has terry nervous. she s had to drop a couple of pounds in the last 24 hours to make her desired weight class. and that has taken its toll. if terry can come in under 118, she ll make lightweight, which would put her up against women her own size. if she comes in over 118, she ll end up a middle weight, not exactly a level playing field for her.
being a good body builder requires discipline and hard work. many assume it requires something else. performance enhancing drugs. steroids. the black cloud hanging over this industry. not all professional female body builders have to face a firestorm of questions. they do have a choice in the matter. 35-year-old attorney terracita moralis is a body builder. she opted to go with a league that prides itself on drug testing all athletes before all shows. it s the world natural body building federation, the wnbf. their biggest show of the year is coming up in just a couple days. terry s one of the competitors and she s on her way in to get drug tested. if there s any evidence she s done steroids or any other performance-enhancing drugs, she s out for seven years. you can t compete forever. i think a lot of times you have
after months of intense training and dieting, it s finally time for the big event, the wnbf world championship. show day. the most important part of the show is the prejudging or posing on stage for a panel of judges. doing well here provides validation for this extreme lifestyle. terry s here and she s not in the mood to chat. at the drug test yesterday, all the athletes hid the goods under layers of clothing. today, they re strutting their stuff. and that s a little intimidating. despite the fact i try to not focus on anything else around me, i do. you sneak a look and take a look at the competition. i think that i didn t look as good as i could have.
that you feel to losing a mother. it was really difficult. terry ended up in foster care and her experience led her to become an attorney, representing children in the new york city foster care system. she immerses herself as much into her work as she does into working out. one client of mine said, i think you exercise a lot for a particular reason. i asked her what the reason was. she said because exercise won t disappoint you, because the gym will always be there. in a psychological sense, i think she hit it right on the nail. i think that in many cases for both women and men, the ritual of going to the gym and working out hard has a clear psychiatric, therapeutic benefit. it may be in many of these cases that individuals are self-treating an underlying