Bodybuilding For Babyboomers - The Death Of Female Bodybuilding!

**webmaster** · 05-14-2004, 04:53 PM

While I think female bodybuilders have a right to train and pose and even take steroids if they wish, my problem is that they think we should all approve of it and pay money to see them. Unfortunately, most of us find it too extreme. Female bodybuilding has difficulty retaining and attracting sponsors. Learn why.

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Fit_Femme · 05-14-2004, 05:12 PM

Great article! It reveals the hard and cold truth about the turn female bodybuilding has taken. The powers that be would do well to take your advice.

forklift · 05-15-2004, 02:29 AM

with all due respect:

you don't want them big from steroids? that's their business, not yours. i have seen some huge natural ladies (like some samoans).

you should really talk about the b.s. plastic surgery that is being sold to women: "your nose is too big; your breasts are too small; your lips are too thin; you should take out one of your ribs...." and so on.

Fit_Femme · 05-15-2004, 05:20 AM

forklift - I think his point was that's one of the main reasons the sport is dying. I don't think ANYONE can argue with that.

lucubration · 05-16-2004, 01:05 AM

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/babyboom51bbig.jpg

I think her face and body is/are still quite nice. To attack her as a mannish steroid abuser is to lend one's opinion over fact...in my opinion

aside from that....

yep...

BMG · 05-19-2004, 02:23 PM

Actually I thought this was one of the better articles I've read on BB.com, not to mention a well written article. One concern I have for the figure division is rewarding the hawaiian tropic bikini model look. Unfortunately, in some associations it appears that some girls with highly trained physiques are being overlooked due to the fact that they are regarded as too muscular, yet they are far from chemically enhanced. I believe this has given the impression that any girl can quarter turn for a figure competition. Clearly there is a blurring of the lines between figure and "fitness modeling". I'm not sure why they even call it "fitness" modeling because just looking at the swimsuit pages of any fitness publication often reflects the skinny, soft, cosmetically enhanced look of the models rather than the "fit" aspect. Instead a winning figure physique should be a reflection of countless hours spent training, genetics, as well as the obvious indication that it is a naturally trained physique.

oaktreemale · 07-09-2006, 03:44 PM

Why is this so unlike previous chapters in the development of women's participation in athletics and physical culture. When it occurs within the context of our own reality it may seem different, but is it?

While the individual may aspire to many noble acheivements and do things most only dream about, it may not be good to encourage that behavior to the majority because the majority need to be about things that are for the common good. Sad, but true.

Breezely · 07-06-2007, 11:29 AM

Why isn't there even the suggestion in this article that steroids be removed from bodybuilding (men and women)? Would that not remove much of the negative connotations currently associated with womens professional bodybuilding and bodybuilding in general.

The issue I have with the figure competition supplanting bodybuilding is that the women that train the hardest may inadvertently put themselves out of contention of winning by developing above average musculature.