Is Competition Worth it?

I ask myself this question every year after a show is over and the judges have told me the same thing. "You have to get bigger".  I differ with that repertoire only because I personally feel women need to look like women in bodybuilding. If not then an audience is looking at an androgenous enhanced female with hardened features. Is that aeshetically appealing? 

When I first started in bodybuilding twenty years ago, women did not look like they do on stage today. The look was feminine and sculpted not massive, ripped and shredded. So, where is bodybuilding going with women and where does this leave competitors who do not want to leave the feminine side of bodybuilding. The good news is NPC introduced the Physique Division this year into the USA Championships. Yes, physique is suppose to be a softer version of bodybuilding. Yet, the USA Physique Division winner did not look like a scaled down version of a bodybuilder. She looked like a bodybuilder who crossed over and didn't drop enough muscle. Therefore, it looks like NPC is still going for the size in physique as well. It will be interesting to see the division outcome when it comes to the state level in 2012.

Again I ask is it worth it to compete? Yes, because one can lean down in preparation for more muscle development through training. A lean body takes back the weight in muscle development through training, it is the ongoing sculpting that takes time to achieve in development. This concept is the most important in bodybuilding as it gives the competitor their own signature look.

Two pictures I put into this blog, the LA Class 2011 and the USA 1992. The old body tan  made us look light golden under the stage lights in 1992. 
Happy Training.

LA Classic 2011



USA 1992