Missing female bodybuilding

[machined]

Anyone else like female bodybuilding? I thought their physiques aesthetically were amazing. Sucks its gone.

[bodyhard]

Never cared for it, respected them, but never cared for it. Most look like men and to me females should not look like men but thats just me. Although I did think Cory Everson was hot, even though she carried a little too much muscle for my liking, but still hot nonetheless.

[itsagoodday]

Definitely didn't agree with its removal. And what I'm hearing is that the other divisions are starting to muscle up a level to replace it. So physique is looking more like bodybuilding, figure looks more like physique and bikini looks more like figure. Baffling.

[KyleAaron]

People are still delusional enough to believe the guys are drug-free, but nobody is delusional enough to suggest the biggest women are natural. So the women's top division exposed That Which Must Not Be Discussed. So it had to go.

[Bo_Flecks]

I lost interest in the pros just after the Rachel McLish era.

[grubman]

I was never a "super fan" but I did enjoy following it (and couples...remember that?) in the magazines through the 80s. After the 80s, I pretty much lost interest in woman's AND men's bodybuilding as the physiques had been moving away from what I thought a bodybuilder should look like (my opinion only). A perfect example of what I'm talking about is Juliette Bergmann who looked fantastic in the mid 80s with lots of muscle and feminine lines...only to ruin her body and turn into a bloated masculine monstrosity later on.

[ElrondHubbard]

Never really liked seeing women covered with veins. I tend to drool over the crossfit gals.

[machined]

I appreciate the muscle separation in women like Iris Kelly (the greatest BBer of all time). Iris managed to get bigger muscles each year, but keep that separation over 10 Olympia wins without becoming too thick. Women seem to be able to do this better than men despite maturity - Ronnie Coleman being one exception.

[blue9steel]

Personally I think it had become grotesque, much like men's bodybuilding has. Muscular and fit is great, a giant shredded beast is not. Of course beauty is in the eye of the beholder so YMMV.

[bodyhard]

Personally I think it had become grotesque, much like men's bodybuilding has. Muscular and fit is great, a giant shredded beast is not. Of course beauty is in the eye of the beholder so YMMV.

I think most men would agree with you on this when it comes to women bodybuilders.

Your average man is not going to find a bodybuilding woman attractive, hell IMO, any man who finds a female bodybuilders body attractive has some kind of homo tendency, because there is nothing feminine on a female bodybuilders body, but that's just me...

[kimm4]

Anyone else like female bodybuilding? I thought their physiques aesthetically were amazing. Sucks its gone.

Yes I miss it because now I don't have anywhere to compete. I always competed in the lightweight division. I'm not anywhere near heavyweight but I worked hard, enjoyed it and have no interest in crossing over into any of the other divisions.

I started as a bb and will retire as a bb.

[ElrondHubbard]

So basically, the juice killed it?

Wish there was a way to get rid of that stuff.

[MissHolly]

I tend to drool over the crossfit gals.

Me too.

[itsagoodday]

So basically, the juice killed it?

Wish there was a way to get rid of that stuff.

I guess it looks better in crossfit?

[bodyhard]

Me too.

Me three

[kimm4]

I guess it looks better in crossfit?

LOL no kidding...

[Bando]

I did enjoy following it (and couples...remember that?)

Ayye, they are still around:

http://www.simplyshredded.com/calum-karina.html

Just way younger than us lol

[marinevet63031]

Rachel McLish, Cory Everson, Lenda Murray. Those women were great. Anything after that is just goofy. I swear Ronnie Coleman and Jay Cutler circa 1995 were 10x better than Ronnie and Jay 2002. It was no different with the women. Good grief.

[grubman]

I guess it looks better in crossfit?

Isn't that the truth (the Sarcasm). People don't seem to mind rampant use in sports unless it's in thier face.

[grubman]

hell IMO, any man who finds a female bodybuilders body attractive has some kind of homo tendency, because there is nothing feminine on a female bodybuilders body, but that's just me...

Do I need to quote you on Kimms a$$? You got some splaining to do! 😉

[machined]

Isn't that the truth (the Sarcasm). People don't seem to mind rampant use in sports unless it's in thier face.

Just watched Fittest on Earth. A lot of those girls are jacked too.

[KyleAaron]

IMO, any man who finds a female bodybuilders body attractive has some kind of homo tendency

We are glad you have told us your opinion, since it is very important to us.

[Garage Rat]

Not really.
Like many others here i competed in bodybuilding when women bodybuilding was really getting started.
And like the others i admired physiques like Rachel McLish and Corey Everson.
After that and just like the guys it was who had the biggest muscles and got out of control.
The issue is the BB orgs actually awarded the biggest and balanced bodybuilders first place.
So that's what they trained for.
I don't miss huge muscular women.
I recently went to a natural(drug tested) physique show with women bikini and figure divisions.
They looked pretty good and more like when bodybuilding for women first started.
I it's taken a 360 degree turn back to the past.

[bodyhard]

Not really.
Like many others here i competed in bodybuilding when women bodybuilding was really getting started.
And like the others i admired physiques like Rachel McLish and Corey Everson.
After that and just like the guys it was who had the biggest muscles and got out of control.
The issue is the BB orgs actually awarded the biggest and balanced bodybuilders first place.
So that's what they trained for.
I don't miss huge muscular women.
I recently went to a natural(drug tested) physique show with women bikini and figure divisions.
They looked pretty good and more like when bodybuilding for women first started.
I it's taken a 360 degree turn back to the past.

IMO once the mass monsters started coming to fruition and they kind of just threw balance out the window is when I started losing interest in mens bodybuilding all together. Now don't get me wrong I respect the sport, takes a hell of a lot more than just a "magic pill" to attain that size, it just didn't appeal to me anymore. I still check the Olympia from time to time, I just don't have the same interest as before.

[sy2502]

This was just another decision based on "would smash?" mentality. Apparently the worth of a woman is 100% about whether a man would smash her or not. Pathetic.

[grubman]

This was just another decision based on "would smash?" mentality. Apparently the worth of a woman is 100% about whether a man would smash her or not. Pathetic.

Not all the comments were based on that. The general consensus seems to be that women's AND men's bodybuilding (not natural) both lost a lot of appeal to many people at the same time.

Edit: for what it's worth, I think your level of development is great!

[CHILDOFGO12]

fbbin' is still here, yet it's not as big, yet still here. i started as a fbber, and had to switch to wpd, due to my bod, would not let me pack on the type of muscle, bbin' needed. yet i still like see the fbbers 2day

[blue9steel]

IMO once the mass monsters started coming to fruition and they kind of just threw balance out the window is when I started losing interest in mens bodybuilding all together. Now don't get me wrong I respect the sport, takes a hell of a lot more than just a "magic pill" to attain that size, it just didn't appeal to me anymore. I still check the Olympia from time to time, I just don't have the same interest as before.

I respect the effort, I just don't like the look. (for the men or women) Personally I believe there is such a thing as too big and too shredded with insufficient balance but the judges don't seem to agree.

[bodyhard]

I respect the effort, I just don't like the look. (for the men or women) Personally I believe there is such a thing as too big and too shredded with insufficient balance but the judges don't seem to agree.

IMO there was a point of no return, the mass monsters, while they held their symmetry, looked good. In fact it was crazy to see the size + symmetry and blew away the look of the 80's. But then the stomach bloats, the use of synthol, the ridiculous amount of mass, with a total disregard to symmetry just went over board.

[grubman]

IMO there was a point of no return, the mass monsters, while they held their symmetry, looked good. In fact it was crazy to see the size + symmetry and blew away the look of the 80's. But then the stomach bloats, the use of synthol, the ridiculous amount of mass, with a total disregard to symmetry just went over board.

Hope is alive again...take a look at the current cover of Iron man magazine and the new "Classic Physique" category.