RANT: Women's Bodybuilding

SouthCaliDiva · 10-25-2005, 05:43 PM

WHAT. THE. HELL!

How can Fannie Barrios (http://fanniebarrios.com/fannie.html) be gone for 2 months and I hear nothing about it! I'm plugged into the internet 28 hours a day. I heard nothing!

How did this get under my radar?

Is it just me, or are our top female athletes getting the short end of the stick.

Like at the Olympia. Please explain to me why the Women's Finals were moved to the expo stage, away from the main stage? I was highly disappointed and annoyed. These women have sacrificed and struggled to reach the top of their game. They deserve to perform on the main stage with all the attendant benefits (lighting, acoustics, prestige) that it entails.

Rant over. Thanks for listening.

**NNTB** · 10-25-2005, 05:48 PM

I agree... i think its a damn shame that Fannie's death went under the radar so to speak... whereas if it were a male bodybuilder it would be everywhere.. I think it is just the lack of interest in womens bodybuilding... unfortunately some things will never change...

datruodb · 10-26-2005, 02:44 PM

:excorcist not that many people want to see a big freaky lady...I know that I don't want 2...Fitness and figure girls...hell yeah!! Give me those to look at all day!!!

BBAddict · 10-26-2005, 05:03 PM

I think there is an identity crisis in women's bodybuilding. A lot of people find the lack of feminity, particularly in the face, to be unappealing. That particular sport could be in a lot of trouble because there really is very little interest. For the amount of effort that goes into bodybuilding at any level-man or woman-there isn't enough compensation to justify the effort these women put forth.
I like the fitness and find the figure to be dumb as part of a bodybuilding contest. I'm there to see athletes, not women who do cardio prance around in high heel. Just my .02.

**powerman2000** · 10-28-2005, 04:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BBAddict

I think there is an identity crisis in women's bodybuilding. A lot of people find the lack of feminity, particularly in the face, to be unappealing. That particular sport could be in a lot of trouble because there really is very little interest. For the amount of effort that goes into bodybuilding at any level-man or woman-there isn't enough compensation to justify the effort these women put forth.
I like the fitness and find the figure to be dumb as part of a bodybuilding contest. I'm there to see athletes, not women who do cardio prance around in high heel. Just my .02.

^^^ What he said.

**Grunt76** · 04-20-2006, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BBAddict

I think there is an identity crisis in women's bodybuilding. A lot of people find the lack of feminity, particularly in the face, to be unappealing. That particular sport could be in a lot of trouble because there really is very little interest. For the amount of effort that goes into bodybuilding at any level-man or woman-there isn't enough compensation to justify the effort these women put forth.
I like the fitness and find the figure to be dumb as part of a bodybuilding contest. I'm there to see athletes, not women who do cardio prance around in high heel. Just my .02.

Yeh. Women BBers should make it a priority to not virilize. I mean, var, deca and IGF-1 can make a lady plenty big and cut... WTF with the tren faces?

10-25-2005, 05:43 PM	#1
SouthCaliDiva IronMass Donator Join Date: May 2005 Location: H-Town bound!!!!!!!! Posts: 515 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 9	RANT: Women's Bodybuilding WHAT. THE. HELL! How can Fannie Barrios (http://fanniebarrios.com/fannie.html) be gone for 2 months and I hear nothing about it! I'm plugged into the internet 28 hours a day. I heard nothing! How did this get under my radar? Is it just me, or are our top female athletes getting the short end of the stick. Like at the Olympia. Please explain to me why the Women's Finals were moved to the expo stage, away from the main stage? I was highly disappointed and annoyed. These women have sacrificed and struggled to reach the top of their game. They deserve to perform on the main stage with all the attendant benefits (lighting, acoustics, prestige) that it entails. Rant over. Thanks for listening. __________________ It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains. The stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.

10-25-2005, 05:48 PM	#2
NNTB rEVOLutionary Join Date: May 2005 Location: FL Posts: 2,446 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 161	I agree... i think its a damn shame that Fannie's death went under the radar so to speak... whereas if it were a male bodybuilder it would be everywhere.. I think it is just the lack of interest in womens bodybuilding... unfortunately some things will never change... __________________ "This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it." Abraham Lincoln

10-26-2005, 02:44 PM	#3
datruodb Pro Stature Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Tulsa, Ok Posts: 326 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 6	:excorcist not that many people want to see a big freaky lady...I know that I don't want 2...Fitness and figure girls...hell yeah!! Give me those to look at all day!!! __________________ Vanilla Gorilla

10-26-2005, 05:03 PM	#4
BBAddict Pro Stature Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In The Gym Posts: 101 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 4	I think there is an identity crisis in women's bodybuilding. A lot of people find the lack of feminity, particularly in the face, to be unappealing. That particular sport could be in a lot of trouble because there really is very little interest. For the amount of effort that goes into bodybuilding at any level-man or woman-there isn't enough compensation to justify the effort these women put forth. I like the fitness and find the figure to be dumb as part of a bodybuilding contest. I'm there to see athletes, not women who do cardio prance around in high heel. Just my .02. __________________ PAIN IS WEAKNESS LEAVING THE BODY.

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