Professional Bodybuilding - IFBB - Female Bodybuilding

Female Bodybuilding

Female bodybuilders are graded into three weight categories:

• Lightweight (up to and including 115 lbs)
• Middleweight (up to and including 126 lbs)
• Heavyweight (over 126 lbs)

Mandatory poses:

• Side Chest Pose
• Front Double Biceps Pose
• Back Double Biceps Pose
• Abdominals and Thighs Pose
• Most Muscular Pose
• Side Triceps Pose
• Front Lat Spread Pose
• Back Lat Spread Pose

Prejudging:

• Elimination - All competitors come into the stage together and five at a time are required to strike the eight mandatory poses. The 15 best competitors are selected by the judges and the other are eliminated from competition.
• Semifinals - The 15 competitors are then called back on stage as a group, in a relaxed stance in frontal and back positions for comparison. They will then strike the eight mandatory poses, five or six athletes at a time. After this, the six best competitors are selected by the judges as finalists.

Final Presentation:

• Posedown - The six finalists perform their free posing routines individually with music.
• Finals - The six finalists then strike eight mandatory poses for comparison, as in the Semifinals. The competitor with the best score is declared the winner.