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Women’s Bodybuilding: Decades Of Change - Part 1

Details: Published on Saturday, 02 February 2013 21:18; Written by by Steve Wennerstrom, IFBB Women's Historian

Women’s Bodybuilding: Decades Of Change - Part 1

As it pertains to women's bodybuilding, the past three decades have flown by at breakneck speed and with those decades - and almost as quickly - has come the winds of change. For the sake of this article we'll use 1982, '92, '02, and 2012 as benchmarks of each ten years to the present, and because the most prestigious amateur contest in each of those years was the AFWB American Women's Championships which would become the NPC Nationals in 1984, the primary focus of this story will be built around the combination of those two events.

The IFBB Women's Pro Physique Division- A First Year Retrospective

Details: Published on Wednesday, 12 December 2012 20:29; Written by Steve Wennerstrom, IFBB Women's Historian

The IFBB Women's Pro Physique Division- A First Year Retrospective

by Steve Wennerstrom, IFBB Women's Historian

The first competitive season of women's Physique contests at the IFBB pro level is now in the record books, and the new division, with little argument, is off to a good start. With a group of contestants that was generated largely from the national-level amateur events staged by the NPC in the United States last year, as well as an additional contingent of entrants that was international in scope, the curiosity of just how the contestants would look – as well as how they would be judged – piqued everyone's interest.

2012 NPC Nationals Physique Report: West Is Best In Women's National Physique

Details: Published on Monday, 19 November 2012 10:44; Written by Steve Wennerstrom, IFBB Women's Historian

2012 NPC Nationals Physique Report: West Is Best In Women's National Physique

by Steve Wennerstrom, IFBB Women's Historian

Atlanta, Georgia, November 10th: Somehow, the 2011 competitive season in the new Physique division now seems like a distant memory when national-level events such as the NPC Junior USA, Junior Nationals, Team Universe, USA, and IFBB North American all welcomed considerable numbers of entrants chasing the chance to reach the IFBB pro ranks in a division that fit somewhere between Figure and Bodybuilding.

2012 NPC Nationals Bodybuilding Report: Blaino Handcuffs National Field – Wins Overall!

Details: Published on Tuesday, 13 November 2012 21:24; Written by Steve Wennerstrom, IFBB Women's Historian

2012 NPC Nationals Bodybuilding Report: Blaino Handcuffs National Field – Wins Overall!

By: Steve Wennerstrom, IFBB Women's Historian

Atlanta, Georgia, November 10th: What do Brenda Raganot, Beth Roberts, Mimi Jabalee, Sheila Bleck and Amber Defrancesco all have in common? If you answered that they were all former NPC National overall champions, that's a good start. But if you knew they all won their respective overall crowns in Atlanta, Georgia, you're a graduate level fan of women's bodybuilding.

2012 Titan Grand Prix: Taylor Tops Titanic Titan Field In LA !

Details: Published on Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:48; Written by Steve Wennerstrom, IFBB Women's Historian

12 Titan Grand Prix: Taylor Tops Titanic Titan Field In LA!

Culver City, California, October 20th: The Titan Grand Prix was the 13th IFBB Pro Physique division event of the year and promoter Jon Lindsay offered up a very competitive field that featured a dizzying array of dynamic physiques that included entrants from six countries including the USA. Included in this group were eight contestants who were making their Pro Physique division debuts.

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