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I've never understood the judging criteria, how can a bodybuilder be too big?
Me too man!! As basic definition states that wellness physique means your lower body has to be bigger, well muscled and proportioned and showstealer irrespective of how big or small your upper body is!! Sometimes judges feedback feels like BS
Is this actually what they said?
What division does she compete in?
Wellness
IMO she is too muscular for Wellness. Wellness is the 2nd lowest class as far as muscularity goes with only Bikini being lower. With that much muscle she should consider moving up to Figure, or maybe even Physique.
I'm actually in favor of the judges penalizing women who are too large for their classes, just as much as I am in favor of them penalizing women who are not properly conditioned. They have separate classes for a reason.
From the NPCNEWSONLINE website, this is what they want for Wellness:
-Level of conditioning?
We are looking for conditioning almost on par with Bikini athletes, but the athletes will have slightly more muscle. We want to see a little body fat with slight separation but no striations.
-Abs defined like Figure or less defined like Bikini?
As it currently is in Bikini.
-Shoulders? Rounded & Capped like Figure and Women’s Physique or less pronounced like Bikini?
Slightly more developed than Bikini and a little less than Figure, but not as lean and with no striations. Not like Women’s Physique.
-How much definition for quads?
The quads should display an athletic appearance with slight separation but no striations. Not as lean and defined as Figure and Women’s Physique.
-Glute Development?
Full round glutes with a slight separation between the hamstring and glute area but no striations, as is in place for the Bikini Division. Glutes will be bigger than current Bikini competitors. They will not be as lean and defined as Figure and Women’s Physique.
IMO, her look does not meet this criteria, she actually looks somewhere between Figure and Physique:
Been saying for a while that we need a Wellness Plus division for the bigger wellness girls. Anna M, Jade Cristaldo, Amber White, etc
I'm no expert on the requirements but reading above if she is genetically and otherwise inclined to be bigger, I wouldn't think bikini or wellness for her - more physique minimum depending on divisions.
Yeah, looking at the innate size of Amber's thighs.. it seems like she's automatically gonna be disqualified from some of the smaller bodybuilding categories. Those thighs are epic, and should probably be on a Ms Olympia stage..
I think for alot of women it's more about the shape and look they want in thier everyday lives. Big legs and a big butt are definitely in these days, where as having massive delts and lats like they would need in figure is not always what they want. Also her conditioning was too much for wellness but not even close to what they want in figure now. The judging is silly too because we know her size and conditioning will be fine in another few years. Look at dlb or figure champs from 5-10 years ago, they'd stand no chance now.
"Posing and conditioning were on point" "Too big" "Stood out too much" "We can't make this the standard" "Maybe take some time off, cardio and bands only"
What a joke, stood out too much?? That's the point right lol so basically she was too good and it wasn't fair for the other girls haha I hate they're going to make her change her physique which is awesome and unique and she worked her ass of for.