Ep. 255 - WNBF World, Yorton Cup & Ms. America 2023 Champion Natalie Hays
Iron Culture
The MASS Crew
4.8 • 827 Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2024
⏱️ 113 minutes
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Summary
Natalie Hays did what no natural bodybuilder has ever done before. Not only did she win her OCB pro card, to then go on and win the Yorton Cup pro title, but she also then won the Ms. America pro title, and then the WNBF Amateur World title to secure her WNBF pro card…but not satisfied, the next day she competed in the WNBF Pro Worlds, and won the professional women’s bodybuilding title as well. Without any qualifiers, this series of wins at the biggest shows in natural bodybuilding is unprecedented and downright incredible. But, consider that she did this in her very first season competing! In this episode the Erics sit down with Natalie to talk through her historic competitive season and learn just how unique she is, both in her psychology and relentless dedication to her craft, but also in her physiology. Further, like other young champions of late, we learn how she was patient in her decision to eventually step on stage, and was awarded immensely. This is not one to miss for bodybuilding fans!
00:00 We got the intro right and introducing Natalie
Iron Culture Ep. 253- 2023 Lightweight WNBF Pro World Champion Dirk Emmerich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGapMQFeznA
05:39 Natalie’s prep and first show experience
22:34 Moving into the natural circuit
27:05 Judging criteria and expectations
36:51 Comparing the atmosphere of shows
50:14 Finishing the season and obsessing over bodybuilding
1:00:01 Reflecting on the moments
1:09:14 WNBF Worlds
1:17:56 Self-coaching
1:23:36 Being ready to compete and embracing the lifestyle
1:38:30 Getting on-stage and knowing if bodybuilding is for you
1:42:48 Competing in the Natural Olympia, what’s next for Natalie and where to find her
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, I'm going to get this right. |
| 0:02.8 | Trexler. |
| 0:04.4 | Helms. |
| 0:06.0 | We just did it. We did it. We did the intro right. |
| 0:09.2 | Oh, man. |
| 0:10.4 | Omar would be so proud. |
| 0:12.0 | I hope the Iron Colt is proud. |
| 0:14.3 | I would like to thank my mother and God. |
| 0:17.4 | We got this right. |
| 0:19.0 | This is a victory. |
| 0:25.6 | And speaking of victories, how'd you like that for a, for a segue? |
| 0:34.5 | We got the most victorious champion in bodybuilding this year, arguably Natalie Hayes on the podcast. If you don't know who Natalie Hayes is and if you're thinking, what are you talking about, you know, massive champion bodybuilding, you might have missed 2023 where this very competent athlete won not only the Yorton Cup, which is the OCB's World Championship, also won the Miss America. |
| 0:52.8 | That's right. The women's bodybuilding division overall and the new Mr. |
| 0:56.7 | America competition that's going on for a little while, which has become one of the World |
| 1:01.9 | Championship equivalent competitions in recent years as a multi-federation invite with tons of |
| 1:08.4 | competitors. It's almost like a sports festival. Well, it is a sports festival like |
| 1:11.4 | the Arnold now. But for drug-free athletes, and basically you see the best of the best from |
| 1:18.1 | all the various federations now competing in the Mr. America, including people from overseas, |
| 1:25.3 | like on the men's side, Robert Thompson won it from the Cayman Islands, |
| 1:29.5 | and he went on to win Defack Worlds, which is in Sydney, and then compete in WNBF World. |
| 1:34.4 | So Natalie, she is the Miss America winner in the Bodybuilding Division there. |
| 1:39.3 | She won the Yorton Cup, and then not to be satisfied with that. She went in, yes, as an amateur to |
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