get more women 20-29 into competitive bodybuilding

[smpolcalt0196]

npc should get women who love getting big, 20-38 into bodybuilding,instead of figure/fitness to replace worn out competitors. there are women who are more muscular than others in figure/fitness contests. i have nothing against that.majority of these competitor are 23-35 years old ,while most women bodybuilders are 35-48 years . my concern is the emphasis in fitness/figure is feminity toneness,symmetry light muscled,not being huge . instead of becoming  a fitness/figure competitor, a strong women who has a good build offseason should go into bodybuilding. doing that will be a good thing.

[UK_Fan]

See my thread about ideas for the sport's future - by all means contribute.

http://saradas.org/index.php?topic=140203.0.html

Most FBBs find it difficult to break through nowadays, beacuse many of those at the top were there when the rewards were better (never great, though), and still have the remaining (small) number of company sponsorships.

There's even less financial rewards in the sport today than there was just 10 years ago, never mind in the heyday of the mid-1980s to mid 1990s.  Back then, many succesful/popular pros could count on some funding from:

• Advertising contracts with supplement and clothing companies;
• Better [although only 20-30% max. of the men] contest purses;
• Money from writing collumns in mainstream BB/fitness magazines;
• TV (Gladiators, sitcoms, adverts [Denise Rutkowski appeared in a Pespi ad, if I remember correctly]) and film appearances (Cory Everson, Raye Hollitt, etc).

That's all but gone now - its just the occasional documentary showcasing the women as "freaks", relying on selling themselves to various degrees - none of these shows probably pay much fees as they're not that popular with the general public (and advertisers).

As such, many younger FBBs either burn themselves out by juicing too heavily (without a decent amount of quality training behind them - it takes time to really build a great physique, even for the lucky few who are very genetically gifted), run out of money (the existing long-serving pros have hoovered up all the sponsorship revenue) or got fed up with having to get into the seedier side of the sport ("selling themsleves" on webcams, sessions, etc) to fund their training, etc.

Its only those who are "true believers" (those desperate to be big at all costs) or the really genetically gifted (e.g. Alina Popa) who will eventually make it to be pros, although getting there may ruin there lives, as we hear about all too often (not just health-wise).

Have a think about it all, and see if you can come up with some good ideas on my thread.

[Sar-Net]

npc should get women who love getting big, 20-38 into bodybuilding,instead of figure/fitness to replace worn out competitors. there are women who are more muscular than others in figure/fitness contests. i have nothing against that.majority of these competitor are 23-35 years old ,while most women bodybuilders are 35-48 years . my concern is the emphasis in fitness/figure is feminity toneness,symmetry light muscled,not being huge . instead of becoming  a fitness/figure competitor, a strong women who has a good build offseason should go into bodybuilding. doing that will be a good thing.

I think getting them into the gym when they are in high school would be a better idea, then by their 20's they would be ready for the contests, etc. 

One way to do this would be to have major collage scholarships for young aspiring FBB's.

A proper body building federation could do this and more to promote the sport.

[strider99]

It is indeed worrying when lots of money just disappears over time. Most major sports are dependent on money from sponsors to keep them afloat. Are there no major supplement companies that are interested in backing shows now? After all, they do make a contribution to the physiques that the women bring to th stage.

[strider99]

npc should get women who love getting big, 20-38 into bodybuilding,instead of figure/fitness to replace worn out competitors. there are women who are more muscular than others in figure/fitness contests. i have nothing against that.majority of these competitor are 23-35 years old ,while most women bodybuilders are 35-48 years . my concern is the emphasis in fitness/figure is feminity toneness,symmetry light muscled,not being huge . instead of becoming  a fitness/figure competitor, a strong women who has a good build offseason should go into bodybuilding. doing that will be a good thing.

I think getting them into the gym when they are in high school would be a better idea, then by their 20's they would be ready for the contests, etc. 

One way to do this would be to have major collage scholarships for young aspiring FBB's.

A proper body building federation could do this and more to promote the sport.

You could offer it all on a plate but only the girls that have a die-hard interest will take it up; the bigger problem is probably that it is just not widely accepted for girls / women to want to build muscles. Of the girls that do take it further, some will inevitabley stop after a while because of the demands.

[goldbricker]

College scholarships?  You're kidding, right?

OF COURSE everybody on these boards thinks the girls should get into the gym in high school!   

Maybe a scholarship at Arnold University, that's about it.

FBB will not die but it will (continue to go) underground, and the girls won't get any smaller don't worry 'bout that.