KOMANG CROWNED MR. NATURAL OLYMPIA!

On November 10th, Komang made a last minute decision to enter the Mr. Natural Olympia 2005 competition. The event was held in Las Vegas on November 19th and invited the worlds best to create an awesome line up of natural athletes under the INBA association, a fantastic world wide association heavily promoting drug free body building.

This association is very strict about athletes enhancing their physiques WITHOUT the use of performance enhancing drugs. They even goes so far as to have a page of their website designed as a 'wall of shame' publicizing athletes who have in fact tested positive to banned substances in natural bodybuilding.

Athletes testing positive in their mandatory drug testing suffer grave consequences with a maximum penalty of being banned for life from competing further with the association. Consequently, the Pro Division of the Olympia reveals an impressive standard of body building athletes whom are quite frankly amazing.

It is hard not to be awestruck by these men and woman who have dedicated many years of their life towards healthy living. Body building may not be for everyone, but it is difficult to find an individual who is not impressed by the dedication and commitment required to achieve physiques of this standard.

The pose down was awesome as 15 athletes battled it out to impress the judges with poses showing their best body parts. The Mr. Olympia champion of 2004 fought hard standing beside Komang going one for one against Komang’s poses. ‘Big Ron’ (Williams) is an African American and holds numerous titles under his belt including Mr. Natural Olympia 2004 and Mr. Natural Universe 2005. The stage backdrop was filled with a 7 meter reminder of who in fact owned this stage the year before.

Komang, however showed no intimidation having faith that his 12 month commitment to training and eating correctly was about to pay off. Komang was very close to the shortest man on stage but what he lacked in height, he definitely made up in size. Dominating the field in hardness, symmetry and definition our Bali boy impressed the international field of judges who announced their scores… ….Komang Arnawa 1st place. Big Ron Williams…..2nd place.

Komang Arnawa returned to Bali as the first Indonesian in history to win the Mr. Natural Olympia title.


Afterward, K and I spent a week in Las Vegas taking in all the sights and indulging in some delicious cuisine offered in the casino buffets. And what do you think the Olympia champion offered himself as reward for a year of conscientious eating……fat free sorbet ice-cream. His sights are set for more achievements in 2006.

Special thanks to many fantastic friends for their encouragement and support. I hope he has made you proud.