opinions on this please

[mrsknucklehed]

Mrs KH and I are going to do one more natural show in 5 weeks.
She is interested in bodybuilding as well as figure. She did her first figure show at the E -Cup recently which was a tough first show. However she considers herself a bodybuilder and trains as such. She has been convinced by friends and local fitness community members that she nees to compete in the figure part of this show. The delima is that the head judge for this show who does not actually score cards, but believes that she may be discriminated against if she crosses over and competes in both BB adn Figure.

Give us your thoghts on this.

MrrsKH did very well at the show last year competing in bodybuilding, but was told by judges she coud have taken overall in figure. She wants to come back to BB and beat'em; win the overall in BB and/or figure. Should she stick wtih figure or do both .Thanks guys and gals
KH

 

[FLEXNFREAK]

What the hell do them both

 

[JETHRO TULL]

MRS.KNUCKLEHEAD.....[FIXED THAT!]

LYNX AND I HAD THE SAME DANG DISCUSSION. WE BOTH THINK THE HUGE DRUGGED FEMALE BODYBUILDER LOOK SUCKS. IN OUR OPINION IF A GIRL COMES IN HARD THAT'S THE KEY. SOUNDS LIKE YOU TRAIN HARD LIKE LYNX DOES...WE JUST THOUGHT SCREW IT..TRAIN HARD, DIET HARD...LOOK THE BEST YOU CAN. IF YOU END UP LOOKING LIKE YOU COULD WIN A FIGURE EVENT AS WELL...THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW FEMALE BODYBUILDERS DON'T HAVE TO BE BIG, FREAKY AND UGLY. I MEAN WHY NOT JUST PUT SOME EYE SHADOW AND HIGH HEELS ON ME?! HAHAHAHA....I CAN'T SPEAK FOR YOU, BUT WE LIKE BODYBUILDING. TO ME A COMPETITOR HAS ENOUGHT EXTRA CRAP ON THEIR MINDS....COLOR, HAIR, MAKEUP, THIS THAT....I KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING! JUST DO ONE THING ....AND KICK ASS! LOL....HOW'S THAT?

 

[knucklehed]

doin it

this is mrskh....i'm doing both! as fnf states 'wth'! I am a bb at heart - but need more experience to compete at a higher level.

hope fishin was good jt!

 

[FLEXNFREAK]

msknh i thought u were coming by today for class, it was real good. 6 chicks showed up

 

[xcelbeyond]

Did you PM VulgarDisplay to see what he said?

I'm with Jethro - just go out and do your best. It seems like with Figure you could get penalized for being "too" conditioned/hard - don't know. Plus - trying to maneuver on those spike heels when carb depleted hahaha

 

[VulgarDisplay]

My Opinion

KH,

2 things to say in answer to your question. The way women train for BB and figure is almost identical. If you were to see how the top figure girls train you would realize that the only difference is in the diet, cardio & levels of AAS. The figure ladies usually have a ton of muscle, at least in the non tested shows.The muscle just needs to be "feminine muscle". Look at the pros, they could easily compete in and win BB classes. I think Mrs KH should and could do both BB and figure and should continue training the way she desires.

Second thing is I have been judging around the Northwest for 16 years. I have seen many many times a competitor compete in both Figure and BB. Never have I personally seen any of them discriminated against for this. The only time I would advise to choose only one class is in a large, heavily contested, non tested show like the E-cup. The reason is that the competition is so feirce in both classes that I think it would be next to impossible to attain the look the judges want for both figure and BB classes.

Hope this Helps