| The challenge for female fitness and bodybuilding is | | | | female bodybuilder was just a shiny, glamorous object |
| that, well, it doesn't seem quite the feminine thing to do | | | | of drool, in a skimpy bikini. |
| to lift weights and look muscular. 'It's really a mans | | | | In fact it's over 30 years since the first competitions |
| sport', was the cry and for a long time, women just | | | | began and it wasn't until the early 80's that they |
| weren't taken seriously at all, even by themselves. | | | | became a regular feature. Like all emerging sports, in a |
| Nowadays, all this has changed and there are | | | | number of competitors emerged as the front runners |
| thousands of followers in the female fitness and | | | | from those early days. As you might imagine a |
| bodybuilding genre. Many women take part in regular | | | | selection process began, where potential candidates |
| competition, looking fit, glamorous and beautiful, all at | | | | for progressing professionally were picked up by |
| the same time. | | | | sponsors. |
| Female Fitness And Bodybuilding - It's About | | | | Pretty soon national and international bodies, just for |
| Repetitions, Not Crazy Weights | | | | women bodybuilders, became established, shortly |
| So, if you're a woman, female fitness and bodybuilding | | | | followed by major national and international |
| might just be what you need - if you want to look and | | | | competitions too. As the opportunities to compete |
| feel really good about your body. The secret is to | | | | increased, more and more women took female fitness |
| ensure that by getting a great physique and well as | | | | and bodybuilding seriously, so the competitions became |
| looking feminine, you have to be clever about the way | | | | more intense too. |
| you take up your particular exercises. | | | | It was the inception of the American Federation of |
| And the really important part of female fitness and | | | | Women Bodybuilders, in the 1980's, that paved the |
| bodybuilding, is that women want to retain their | | | | way for serious recognition that the sport was here to |
| femininity without the fear that they are going to look | | | | stay, for female bodybuilders. |
| like, or even (goodness forbid), turn into a man! Be | | | | How To Become A Serious Player in the Female |
| assured - it won't happen! It cannot happen. Because | | | | Bodybuilding World |
| genetically, women just aren't built to get to the same | | | | If you are thinking of stepping up to the plate in the |
| stature of men, however much they work out. | | | | female fitness and bodybuilding arena, what do you |
| It's almost impossible to become as big as a man, | | | | need to do? |
| however much your muscle mass increases and the | | | | Well, you'll need to get a few things just right. |
| exercises that you do. In fact female fitness and | | | | - Nutrition is a vital component of any bodybuilding |
| bodybuilding is an ideal way for many women to | | | | routine and for women, this is particularly important, |
| develop a wonderful physique that is feminine and | | | | both because of the varying hormone levels you |
| attractive to men, whilst building self-confidence and | | | | experience each month and that bodybuilding is quite |
| feeling good about yourself generally. | | | | demanding. |
| Women typically, will not be able to manage such | | | | - Timing and dedication to the sport are vital too, |
| heavy weights as men, so using reps as an important | | | | though some women really struggle with this as they |
| component in their development is vital. Slight bodies | | | | are often strongly pulled towards their motherly |
| will find using smaller weights regularly is a much more | | | | responsibilities |
| effective way to develop the muscles than potentially | | | | - Exercise is, of course, a part of female fitness and |
| damaging heavy weights. | | | | bodybuilding - remember, reps work better than |
| What's Female Bodybuilding All About Then? | | | | maxing out on weights alone, true for any bodybuilding |
| Nowadays, female fitness and bodybuilding is pretty | | | | activity, female or otherwise. |
| well organized, from the casual amateur who just | | | | See, it's not much different from the activities that your |
| wants a better toned and developed body, to the | | | | male counterparts will focus on. If you decide to take |
| really serious professional who sees competition as | | | | up female fitness and bodybuilding in a big way, there |
| their goal. It's come a long way from the days when a | | | | is now, literally, nothing to stop you. |