PHOTOS: A Bodybuilding Tour of the Globe

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Bodybuilder flexes muscles for judges on stage during the Hong Kong Bodybuilding Championship on June 29 at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

A competitior is assisted with his tanning backstage ahead of judging during the 2014 NABBA Israel Championship on August 14 in Netanya, Israel. The National Amateur Bodybuilders Association is an organization originally conceived for the promotion of bodybuilding competition in the UK in 1950. It now has several worldwide national divisions under the umbrella of NABBA International.

A competitor is assisted with his tanning backstage ahead of judging during the 2014 NABBA Israel Championship in Netanya, Israel.

Bodybuilders flex their muscles on stage during the Kosovo National Bodybuilding Championship in Gjakova, late on October 11.

A bodybuilder prepares himself for judging backstage during the 2014 NABBA Israel Championship.

Bodybuilders compete in the "Men's Classic Bodybuilding over 180 cm" during of the World Classic Bodybuilding Championship and Bikini-Fitness World Cup held in St Poelten, Austria on November 16, 2013.

Bodybuilders flex their muscles on stage during the Bodybuilding Championship at the exhibition 'Winter Sport 2014' in Belarusian capital Minsk on October 16.

A Bodybuilder flexes muscles for judges on stage during the Hong Kong Bodybuilding Championship on June 29 at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong.

A bodybuilder flexes muscles for judges during the Hong Kong Bodybuilding Championship.

Bodybuilders flex muscles en masse on stage during the Hong Kong Bodybuilding Championship.

Dexter Jackson of the USA strikes a pose during the 2007 IFBB Australian Bodybuilding Grand Prix VII at Dallas Brooks Hall on March 10, 2007 in Melbourne, Australia.

A detail of the torso of a competitor in the Bodybuilding Competition at the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 at the Al-Dana Banquet Hall on December 9, 2006 in Doha, Qatar.

In a photo taken on September 15, 2013, professional bodybuilders pose on stage as they compete in Zhengzhou, Henan province. More than 20 professionals — including a dozen from China — were competing in the Bodybuilding Grand Prix in the central Chinese city for a top prize worth 80,000 yuan ($13,000 USD). 

Iran's Mahdi Zatparvar Haghi poses backstage after winning the 'Men's Classic Bodybuilding up to 180 cm' category, during the World Classic Bodybuilding Championship and Bikini-Fitness World Cup held in St Polten, Austria on November 17, 2013.

Indian bodybuilder Roshan Ferrao strikes a pose during the second Indo-Pak Body Building Championship in Islamabad on June 27, 2004.

Israeli bodybuilders workout and prepare themselves for judging at the Israeli Bodybuilding championship on August 22, 2013 in Netanya, Israel.

Italy's Gabriele Giansante (left) and South Africa's Justin Thacker (2nd left) compete in the Men's Classic Bodybuilding up to 171 cm category, during the World Classic Bodybuilding Championship and Bikini-Fitness World Cup held in St Polten on November 17, 2013.

Bodybuilders flex their muscles for judges during the bodybuilding championship on June 29 at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong.

A bodybuilder shows off his muscles backstage during the Kosovo National Bodybuilding Championship in Gjakova on October 11.

South Korean bodybuilder Kim Dong-Woon performs in the WFF Overall competition during the 2014 NABBA/WFF Korea Championship on April 13, 2014 in Daegu, South Korea.

Competitors in the Miss Figure class pose in the finals of the NABBA International championships, October 27, 2007 in Southport, United Kingdom. The National Amateur Body Building Association (NABBA) is holding their 2007 International Championships in Southport.

Contestants compete in the first round of the world women model physique over 165 cm. category at the Asian and World Bodybuilding and Physique Sport Championships in Bangkok on October 7, 2011.

Branka Jovanovicc of Serbia and Montenegro (right) and Alvetina Goroshinskaya of Russia perform during the 2006 European Women Championships of Bodybuilding and fitness in Viterbo, 28 May 2006.

Female bodybuilders take to the stage prior to their event at the Hong Kong bodybuilding championships on June 14, 2009.

Competitors perform during the 2006 European Women Championships of Bodybuilding and fitness in Rome, Italy on May 28, 2006