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Return To Bodybuilding Article Archive   Body Building Women: Lifting Their Way To The Top By Judy Wellsworth But over the past two decades, women have been taking an increasingly prominent role in the sport of body building, and professional body building women have more opportunities to compete than ever before. The rising awareness of the importance of personal fitness which swept over the Baby Boomers as they approached middle age saw health clubs and fitness centers opening, it seemed, on every other block, and their managements understood that a womans money was just as good as a mans. Females who wanted to sculpt their bodies through weight training were not only welcome in those gyms; they were invited to participate in classes on body building for women. Some of them proved to be excellent pupils, and the professional bodybuilding womens circuit was on its way. 'Pumping Iron II' The rise of body building among women was the subject of the 1985 documentary 'Pumping Iron II', a sequel of sorts to 1977s 'Pumping Iron' which featured a very young Arnold Schwarzenegger before the Terminator was a gleam in a scriptwriters eye. 'Pumping Iron II' focused on a group of body building women preparing for competition at the 1983 Caesars World Cup. The Caesars World Cup, however, was a body building womens competition staged specifically for the movie; the competition was open to both amateur and professional body building women--which violated the International Federation of Body Buildings rules--and one of the films screenwriters was also one of the competitions judges, even though he had never before seen a body building womens contest. In spite of all its quirks, 'Pumping Iron II' managed to bring female bodybuilding into the publics consciousness, and its body building women began to be appreciated for the world-class athletes that they were. The body building women competitive circuit is still growing and gaining a bigger and bigger following. It is not yet as recognized as the mens body building circuit, but that is to be expected, because it has been around for a much shorter time. In another three decades, it may very well have caught up! About the Author: You can also find more info on Body Building Exercises and Body Building Nutrition. Bigbodybuildingtips.com is a comprehensive resource to got body building tips.

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