Where is the judging worse: in female bodybuilding or in fitness competitions?
Definitely in fitness. There are no guidelines. I’m not saying this to bash the judges, that is not my intention at all. It would be hard for any person to put me next to Susie Kerry. Put a Timea Majorovia next to Susie Curry and you really are comparing apples and oranges. The criteria in bodybuilding contests is more clear-cut: muscularity, conditioning, hardness, symmetry. In fitness, they want you hard but not too hard. What does that mean? They say, “Well, looks play a part in it.” You’ve got to be pretty in the face with nice hair. There are no specific guidelines. • Some of the fitness women, while not as big as the female bodybuilders, are extremely lean and muscular. Is drug-use in fitness as prevalent as it is in bodybuilding? I would ask, is it present? Absolutely. I wouldn’t say the severity is as common as in bodybuilding. In bodybuilding it is much more obvious. Certainly, it is very present in fitness. • I always like to point out that bodybuilders are not the only athle
