FACTOIDS
Full Name: Jody May
Nickname: Jody
Birthday: June 6
Height: 6’0”
Hometown: Texas, USA
Sports: Fitness Model
BIOGRAPHY
Texan heavyweight, Jody May, 30, could be one of bodybuilding's bigger success stories. Diagnosed with severe allergies at 18-months, Jody's childhood was far from pleasant.
Prone to bouts of pneumonia, itchy eyes and throat, and wheezing, Jody, as a child, could not participate in regular childhood activities lest she sustain an allergen triggered asthma attack, risk severe eczema to the point of bleeding, or, in the case of eating the wrong foods, go into anaphylactic shock and die.
Thus until age 15, Jody lived a life fraught with danger. That is until she discovered the bodybuilding lifestyle. At age 15, Jody saw a picture of former Ms. Olympia Cory Everson and from that moment has been training with a view to setting foot on the same Olympia stage. In Jody's case, bodybuilding has proven beneficial in countering the crippling effects severe allergies bring.
Her life has improved as a result.
"Physically I can do anything I want now and I owe all that to the bodybuilding lifestyle," says Jody.
Furthermore, Jody says bodybuilding has helped give her, "improved strength, improved flexibility, better endurance, better lung capacity, more energy, improved sleep and lower body fat and cholesterol levels."
In addition to bodybuilding, Jody has featured as a model, appearing in USA Glamour girls Magazine as well as becoming a finalist in the 2001 Venus Model Search and winning the 2002 Southwest USA Fitness Model Search. Her bodybuilding resume is similarly impressive with wins at the 2003 Ronnie Coleman Classic to go with her impressive result at the 2005 Nationals.
