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The Wennerstrom Report

KYLE WINS RECORD 7TH MS. I

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by Steve Wennerstrom, IFBB Women's Historian

With severe weather threatening the state of Ohio along with what was being called a budget-cutting financial 'sequester' looming over the rest of the nation as March approached, none of that dampened the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Arnold Classic Sports Festival, held, as it has always been, in the Buckeye State's capitol city of Columbus.

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Women's Bodybuilding: Decades of Changes – Part II

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As the fledgling 80's gave way to the 90's, women's bodybuilding continued to grow, and with the 90's, numbers continued to soar – in more ways than one.  A fitness class within the NPC was born and by 1995 the fitness division was also introduced at the Ms. Olympia.  A new breed of competitor came with this class as lean, strong, athletes – many of whom were former gymnasts - stormed the stages at amateur events.....anxious to reach the pro level.

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Women’s Bodybuilding: Decades Of Change - Part 1

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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.

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

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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.
 

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

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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.  

 
 
 

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

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 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.

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

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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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2012 IFBB Women's World Amateur Championships: England's Rene Campbell Wins IFBB World Amateur Overall

 

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Bialystok, Poland, October 6-7:  Now in  its 30th year, the IFBB Women's World Amateur Championships has now grown to become the largest international amateur event staged annually outside the United States.  And this year the contest included competition in bodybuilding, fitness, bodyfitness, bikini and men's fitness.

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