[Reason]

but can we have our real Female Bodybuilding back now, please?

OK, I’ve been checking out some of the photos from this past weekend’s inaugural Women’s Physique competition at the Junior USAs, and I am less than impressed, to say the least. Not only they are they favouring a small amount of muscle mass, but they seem to be rewarding a low amount of definition as well! Are they just looking for kinda fit looking women now? How is this a competition? How do you judge something like this? Looking at the photos, the placings seem pretty much arbitrary to me.

Here’s what I mean. Out of these three competitors, see if you can guess which one came 2nd, which one came 13th and which one came 20th.

[BlackKusanagi]

If I originally remember reading right, they wanted larger than Figure, but not as defined as FBB’s. Dana Linn who took it honestly looked great in my opinion. Then again, rather liked how great she looked before coming into the comp.

[cactusjoe]

I think the kind of physique for this new categorie should be just between Dana Linn Bailey et Lindsey Cope-Spitler. Though I found Lindsey perfect, the judges thought she was too big.

The NABBA’s bodyfitness type has always been my favourite, even if some athletes come a little bit too shredded sometimes.

[AlexG]

Thought I’d pass this along, was posted the other day. B)

Link: Unrealmuscle forums – Solution: new FBB league

“I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
~ Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens (1907)

[BlackKusanagi]

A lot of the replies are on point. Maybe that is needed.

[Reason]

I think the guys that run members sites should band together and start their own league. I mean they already provide a way for a lot of us to contribute to the industry who can’t go to shows because we don’t live in the US. Besides, apart from the athletes themselves, they surely have the most to lose if the IFBB gets rid of Female Bodybuilding as they do a lot of their shooting at FBB shows. I think James Cook has even organised some mini FBB contests via webcam, so that’s at least a start.

[Tre Scott]

The smaller events work better for me. More intimate and a lot more fun, because my main interest in the women has zero to do with what they do onstage at an IFBB event. If I’m looking for a date, her being in an IFBB competition is actually a barrier to what I hope to achieve that night. But if the competition she’s a part of involves margaritas and schmoe tossing, the odds move way in my favor. 😉

[khuddle]

Reason with the best post of the year. About time we have a smaller but independent league which promotes PURE bodybuilding: no restrictions on size and conditioning. No drug testing. Women are encouraged to come in as big, as conditioned, and as symmetrical as possible. Beauty, grooming and an interesting posing routine are also rewarded, though they are not given nearly the same weight as size, conditioning and symmetry. Make it a live internet event like the one FTV organized a couple of years ago– cuts down on the costs associated with a live venue, and reaches the largest audience possibe (ie. on the internet).

[Tigersan]

Wow, im really starting to get fed-up with companies/corporations only thinking about cranking up the dough, at ALL costs… Sort of riding a horse without feeding it… They cant see that the horse will sooner or later die… short sighted… Well I hope the female bodybuilding is immortal.

[Reason]

khuddle wrote:

Reason with the best post of the year. About time we have a smaller but independent league which promotes PURE bodybuilding: no restrictions on size and conditioning. No drug testing. Women are encouraged to come in as big, as conditioned, and as symmetrical as possible. Beauty, grooming and an interesting posing routine are also rewarded, though they are not given nearly the same weight as size, conditioning and symmetry. Make it a live internet event like the one FTV organized a couple of years ago– cuts down on the costs associated with a live venue, and reaches the largest audience possibe (ie. on the internet).

I agree with everything you said, except for no drug testing. I think it would be awesome to see how big and muscular women could get without drugs. It would also keep it exclusive as well, as only truly genetically gifted and dedicated women could achieve the level required. It’s just a pity that the cost of drug testing would most likely be beyond a small startup league like this though.

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