The Bikini Division is hands down the most popular division of any federation – both at the amateur and professional levels. It’s a division that’s attainable by fit women of varying athletic disciplines – from beach body types to models to avid weightlifters. It’s also a division where ladies can place well and win without the use of PED’s (performance enhancing drugs). Very much like Men’s Physique, the amount of muscle, hardness, and separation that makes an athlete competitive doesn’t necessarily require a boatload of supplements, insane training, or consuming massive quantities of food. That being said, this is part of what makes Bikini so much for difficult that other divisions. This is a discipline that requires just as much attention to detail !!
The Division calls for different criteria based on what federation you’re competing in; however, for the most part the Bikini look is pretty universal. The judges aren’t looking tons of vascularity or grainy muscle hardness.
As a result of how attainable the look is and how feminine it is (whatever that actually means), it’s not uncommon a lion’s share of a contest’s competitors doing Bikini. As a result, many federations have dramatically limited the amount of stage time competitors get for comparisons. Whereas in Bodybuilding there’s a number of mandatory poses, Bikini may have 2-3 poses and a group walk. When you have dozens of fit ladies, with great hair and make-up, great suits, and exuding tons of confidence and good vibes matched by huge fan response, it truly makes the judges have their work cut out for themselves. They need to see a number of bodies in record time and score them.
So while on the surface Bikini might look to be easier – it’s not. And while on the surface it may look like Bikini is easier when you look at the number of pro cards issued as compared to other divisions – you’d be wrong there as well. The reason so many more pro cards are issued in Bikini, is because Bikini has double, triple, sometimes quadruple the amount of competitors competing in its classes than say bodybuilding. It’s not like they’re just giving away free cards. Trust me, there’s ladies who have really paid their dues competing year after year and placing just one or two spots from turning pro. And they keep coming back!!
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