Jim has been involved in the sport of bodybuilding  for more than 40 years. He was the founder and president of the North American Natural Bodybuilding Association (NANBA)  - now NANBF - in 1983 and promoted the first-ever professional natural  bodybuilding contest in 1989 - the WNBF Natural Universe.  

He is a member of the  ABCC and the U.S. Natural Bodybuilding Hall of Fame and has been published in dozens of  bodybuilding and fitness magazines over the years including Muscle & Fitness, Strength & Health, Iron Man, Natural Body & Fitness, Natural Physique, Natural Body, Fitness & Physique, Athletic Business, Exercise for Men Only,  Best Body, and more.  

Following are some of the articles he has written in recent years for the National Natural Bodybuilding Examiner: