drtbear1967
Musclechemistry Board Certified Member
Women’s Bodybuilding
Where you see women’s bodybuilding going in the next 5 to 10 years? It was only a few short years ago that the IFBB did away with the MS. Olympia. Now many say it was due to declining crowds and the overall size and look of the competitors, I am not sure. But I do know one thing; it has been missed by the hardcore females.
But let’s cut through all the political correctness bull and call a spade a spade. The abuse of drugs is what killed the MS O. When you have females that have higher testosterone levels than a 16 year old boy, something is bound to go array. I remember when Bev Francis first competed; people were taken aback by her appearance. Her look was not accepted at that time as mainstream was not ready for a female to have that kind of mass and conditioning. It took years to move from Rachel Mclish to Cory Everson and then to Linda Murray. If you compare these three ladies to today’s competitors, they would be lucky to get to compete in bikini, fitness and physique classes. All of them former MS Olympians and I don’t know if they would place let alone win a show today.
Let’s just take a look at the Women’s Physique division. It is the highest level women can strive for in the IFBB as far as bodybuilding. The first MS O Physique was Dana Lynn Bailey. Now it has been argued over and over about her possible drug use, however she has stated time and time again that she doesn’t take steroids. She lost the title the second year to Juliana Malacarne, who has remained unbeaten to this day. Malacarne was bigger that Bailey and in overall better condition. Some say that the IFBB is doing it again, rewarding the biggest female regardless of how they get there. Bailey’s has not competed since her loss, but she has been able to spring board her popularity and her and her husband’s business “Flag nor Fail” to a thriving supplement company. One could say that her loss opened the door for her to bigger than bodybuilding.
If steps are not put into place to address the growing size once again in female bodybuilding, we will once again see the size monster take over. I feel that it will take much longer than in recent years. The size will gradually get bigger, the faces will get harder, the jaw lines will stronger and who knows what side of the road the mainstream fans will stand on.
Where you see women’s bodybuilding going in the next 5 to 10 years? It was only a few short years ago that the IFBB did away with the MS. Olympia. Now many say it was due to declining crowds and the overall size and look of the competitors, I am not sure. But I do know one thing; it has been missed by the hardcore females.
But let’s cut through all the political correctness bull and call a spade a spade. The abuse of drugs is what killed the MS O. When you have females that have higher testosterone levels than a 16 year old boy, something is bound to go array. I remember when Bev Francis first competed; people were taken aback by her appearance. Her look was not accepted at that time as mainstream was not ready for a female to have that kind of mass and conditioning. It took years to move from Rachel Mclish to Cory Everson and then to Linda Murray. If you compare these three ladies to today’s competitors, they would be lucky to get to compete in bikini, fitness and physique classes. All of them former MS Olympians and I don’t know if they would place let alone win a show today.
Let’s just take a look at the Women’s Physique division. It is the highest level women can strive for in the IFBB as far as bodybuilding. The first MS O Physique was Dana Lynn Bailey. Now it has been argued over and over about her possible drug use, however she has stated time and time again that she doesn’t take steroids. She lost the title the second year to Juliana Malacarne, who has remained unbeaten to this day. Malacarne was bigger that Bailey and in overall better condition. Some say that the IFBB is doing it again, rewarding the biggest female regardless of how they get there. Bailey’s has not competed since her loss, but she has been able to spring board her popularity and her and her husband’s business “Flag nor Fail” to a thriving supplement company. One could say that her loss opened the door for her to bigger than bodybuilding.
If steps are not put into place to address the growing size once again in female bodybuilding, we will once again see the size monster take over. I feel that it will take much longer than in recent years. The size will gradually get bigger, the faces will get harder, the jaw lines will stronger and who knows what side of the road the mainstream fans will stand on.
