Competing as a bodybuilder taught Thalia LeBlanc a lot about how to work out and what to eat to achieve lean muscle. But maintaining a healthy weight overall has been a challenge since her teens. That ...

calisthenics and bodybuilding would be part of her every day, never mind that she would balance a full-time job with becoming a certified nutritionist, online fitness coach, and speaker.

Visit Insider's Health Reference library for more advice. Even if you're not planning on becoming a bodybuilder, it's important to engage in muscle-strengthening activities throughout your life.

Shania Twain wanted to become a bodybuilder to stop men from touching her "inappropriately". The 59-year-old singer was tired of finding herself in "abusive" situations and attracting unwanted ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Tamra Judge may be most well known as one of the "Real Housewives of Orange County," but the 48-year-old grandmother is tackling a new role — bodybuilder!

Competing as a bodybuilder taught Thalia LeBlanc a lot ... I had high cholesterol and I was one point away from being prediabetic. I was like, I need to get this under control.