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Hmm… I don't know if they are real but they appear to be standard 10 lb. weights for 80 lbs. of disks and another 5 or so for the handle. Total weight appears to be 85 lbs.

Just my two cents worth.  🙂

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Here's my two cents on this subject.

Women's bodybuilding needs to come back to some form of sanity. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing I don't like about large strong and sexy looking women that are in shape. The thing that concerns me the most is the extremely low body fat and the apparent high use of muscle enhancing drugs.

Being a fan of FBB's from the late 70's early 80's the women from that time period would have difficulty winning in the fitness categories of today. I believe they had a better look overall than many of the women that compete today. (Thinking of Rachel McLish.)

Several points brought up in previous posts are correct in the ultra ripped state that many women need to achieve in order to even have a shot at winning a contest. This is putting the women that want to compete in a dangerous situation since the female body was never meant to achieve that low of a body fat percentage. I won't even get into all of the plastic surgery that many women resort to in order to still appear feminine while achieving the low body fat needed.

Shearing away from the main stream bodybuilding federations is not going to help the women remain a viable sport form. The one thing that seems to make the most sense to me; make judging standards uniform and sensible for what a woman's body is capable of doing. Do not attempt to make the women's standards very similar to the men's standards. Even though we, as a nation, have attempted to say women and men are the same, they are not.

Perhaps what needs to occur is something similar to title IX in college sports. The male sports complex may need to be forced to allow the women to compete and have the competitions supported in part from revenues generated by the male side of the sport. This could even be extended to other professional sports leagues such as the NFL or MLB. Probably the two most successful women's sports are pro golf and the women's league of basketball. At least those two sports are shown on TV with some regularity.

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