Both classes involve amateur and professional rankings. For example, the natural bodybuilding class has an amateur level- where contestants are relatively new to the sport and are making an attempt to build better physiques without the use of drugs. The professional rank for natural competition involves some of the finest physiques the world has ever seen. In order for a contestant to reach the professional level in natural competition, he or she must win a state sponsored amateur championship (ANBC). When contestants win the amateur contests, they are allowed to move up to the next rank which is natural professional bodybuilding. These natural competitors promise to remain clean of drugs and other physique enhancing products. Olympia bodybuilding has a similar ranking system, when compared to natural bodybuilding. In this class, contestants are already perceived to have used some type of illicit drug. In addition, the contestants are grouped into amateur ranks and professional ranks, similar to natural bodybuilding. In order for competitors to reach the professional level in this class, they have to win a state sponsored championship just .
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like the natural bodybuilders. One may see very little difference between how these classes function, however if you take a deeper look, you notice that there are amazing differences that only the inside world of bodybuilding will know about. In Olympia bodybuilding, competitors use drugs from the time they reach the amateur ranks, to the point where they are professionals in the class (Jeddahs). In order for men or women to compete in these classes, the use of drugs is almost inevitable. The sport becomes very competitive at the Olympia level and statistically, bodybuilders in this class are willing to risk ten to fifteen years of their life in order to build an award winning physique (Sepe). In Olympia bodybuilding, competitors use drugs ranging from old fashioned steroids, to modern growth hormones (Jeddahs).