Female Bodybuilding on its way up again
Date: 02-01-2012
Posted by: Anabolic Info TeamBarbados |
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IN 2011 Bodybuilding has gone to greater strength and female bodybuilding is once again on the upsurge.
That is the view of Dr. Andrew Forde, president of the Barbados Amateur Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation.
As he recalled the 2011 season for the association, Forde mentioned that there has been an increase in numbers as compared to the previous years.
One area which has grown is the female bodybuilding category, which has been seriously lacking in numbers.
“The number of female bodybuilders have also improved a great deal as we have had six competitors this year and one of those competitors was only 18 years old ... and they were all high-quality competitors.”
But Forde pointed out that this lack in numbers in the female category was not unique to Barbados, but was something the Central American and Caribbean region has been struggling with.
He pointed to some reasons why the females have been shying away from the bodybuilding aspect of the sport and said that, “The struggle is because the Body Fitness category has increased and it is a discipline that has a lot more flare. You get to wear heels, jewellery, modelling and show a bit more flare and it is more feminine and appeals to women a lot more.
“Bodybuilding itself is a beautiful discipline, but there are no shoes or jewellery and a lot less flare.”
A new category has also been introduced to the sport by the international body, IFBB, called the Bikini category and Barbados introduced it at Nationals and Forde expects it to grow.
“So there are stresses on the female Bodybuilding which reflects the expansion of other disciplines of Body Fitness and Bikini Fitness as well.
“There is also fitness and each discipline reflects a certain personality and the athletes display their personality in the dis-cipline, so that is why we have been having difficulty with female Bodybuilding generally.
