Fitness Model Amanda Latona

Height: 5ft 5in
Weight: 120 lbs
Birthdate: Mar 27, 1979
Marital Status: Single
Home: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Occupation: Fitness Model/T.V Host/ Singer/IFBB Bikini Pro
Website: http://www.myspace.com/a_latona

Amanda Latona is a recording artist-turned-IFBB Bikini Pro and fitness model. Amanda landed her first record deal at the age of 18 in an all-girl group that performed and toured throughout Europe and the United States. Along with that record deal came a gym membership, and the day she set foot in a gym, she was hooked. Soon Amanda decided to take her love of being onstage and fuse it with her other passion, fitness, and compete. Amanda entered her first show in 2003 and won.

History of Bodybuilding

It is a bit impractical to draw a starting line for the history of bodybuilding, but it is believed that serious athletes have indulged in various muscle building exercises even centuries back, in India, Rome and Greece in order to improve their performances on the field, and in that sense we can say safely assume that bodybuilding is at least several centuries old. The evolution of bodybuilding as a sports event, in its own right, could be attributed to Friederich Wilhelm Mueller, the strongman who was the center of attraction in the 1893 World Columbian Exposition held in Chicago. There, he presented himself as an exhibition peace, by adopting different poses to show off his musculature. Interestingly, most of the poses he made those days are still widely used by bodybuilders in competitions today.

Taking cue from his Chicago success, Muller, alias Eugene Sandow, began to proactively promote bodybuilding as a sport as well as a hobby in Europe. He organized the first bodybuilding competition in 1901 in London and named it the 'Great Competition.' He had his business motives as well. He used that opportunity to market himself and his ideas as well as creating a launching pad for his recently started Physical Culture Studio in London, the first of its kind to be built anywhere in the world. Capitulating on his new found fame, he actively sold the physical building concepts to the middle class public by selling products through mail and by even publishing his own magazine. It struck a cord with the people and very soon Sandow was running 20 similar studios all over England.

Why BodyBuilding?

Why Bodybuilding? Among swimming, bodybuilding is one the sports or activity which implies as many muscles as possible which gives all body parts development.

This is very important as our bodies were created to move to work and this way our lives will be longer with less health issues and good sex drive

Let’s start with bodybuilding benefits for teenagers.

The first thing worth mentioning here is that parents should encourage their children to physical activity. This way they will prevent many future issues with them and will do them a huge favor.

1. Discipline. As any kind of sport bodybuilding will develop in them spirit of discipline. They must know that they have training today and it does not matter whether it is raining or not and if there are no other factors which may stop them from going to the gym then they must go.

2. Health. Physical Activity will make them grow healthy. This will also develop in them such an attitude which will motivate them to help you around the house and they will not get tired quick.

3. Self-Confidence. Having success in the gym will influence them positively in other sphere too and there are many examples of this fact.