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Children Fitness

Children Fitness is the only IFBB sports division available for children, with no lower age limit. The
upper age limit is 16 years old. Then children move to the junior age division.
Children Fitness is one of the most beautiful categories, in a familiar environment, as it is
mandatory for the athletes to have the mother (that is usually also an IFBB athlete), as the coach,
and therefore IFBB Children Fitness events are a wonderful celebration, plenty of fitness lifestyle
families, in which the kids, following the steps from their parents, start their sport carriers, to
become later on the champions of the future.
The Children Fitness routine may be a demonstration of talent, personality, and athletic
coordination.

Women’s Physique
This IFBB division was introduced with the beginning of 2013 for women
who want to prepare heavier, bodybuilding-style body but not extremely
dried, lean and muscular, yet athletic and aesthetically pleasing.
Altogether, there are 3 rounds. In round 1 (semi-finals) competitors’
physiques and muscularity are assessed during quarter turns and four
compulsory poses. In the finals compulsory poses and the posedown are
performed in round 2 and a short, 30-second posing routine to music of
competitor’s choice in round 3.
This sport is placed somewhere between Bodyfitness and former
Women Bodybuilding, which has been removed from the IFBB list of official
categories in 2013.
Competitors are expected to present the overall athletic development of
the musculature but also balanced and symmetrical development of all
muscle groups as well their sport condition and quality, with visible
separation between them.
There are two categories in this division: up to 163 cm and over 163 cm.

Women’s Fit
Model
New IFBB sport, new possibilities, new challenge.
This IFBB new sport discipline is intended to
display the beauty of the human body in a bit
different way than in already existing divisions. To
create this possibility, an additional, new round
was added in both men and women categories,
combining sport qualities with elegance of moves,
gestures and a kind of “showmanship”, wearing
non-sport attires. In women’s categories it is an
evening gown. The Fit-Model competitors must be
viewed with the emphasis on a “healthy and Mixed Pairs
balanced” physique, in an attractively presented,
impressive “Total Package”. Competitors must Mixed-Pairs was officially recognized as by the IFBB a sport discipline in 1983 as a bodybuilding mixed
demonstrate their grace, poise, elegance and pairs.
sophistication. The gown will. Men from Mixed-Pairs perform mandatory poses in the same manner like in Men’s Bodybuilding,
In the first three rounds athletes wear a one- while women perform these poses in the same style like in Women’s Physique. Men competitors wear
piece, tight-fitting swimsuit. This attire was the same attire like in Men’s Bodybuilding, women competitors wear the same attire like in Women’s
specially selected to enable competitors to have a Physique.
softer midsection, displaying rather attractive Mixed Pairs competition consists of three rounds: Round 1 in the semifinals (comparisons) plus
body lines and a bit of personality. Round 2 (mandatory poses) and Round 3 (posing routine) in the finals.
Judges should pay attention to the overall In the Mixed Pairs category judges assess the overall physique of both partners for the degree of
appearance of a competitor, the overall body proportion, symmetry, muscle size and quality (density, separation) as well as skin tone. The couple will
development and shape, proportionally and also be assessed as a unit with particular attention being given to how well their individual physiques
symmetrically developed, complete physique, the complement each other and how well they move in unison.
hair and facial beauty, the athlete’s ability to In the routine round judges pay particular attention to how well each couple display their physiques
present herself with confidence, poise and grace to music. Judges will look for a smooth, artistic, and well-choreographed routines which may include
and the general impression made by the any number of poses; however, the mandatory poses must be included. The couple must also include
competitor. intermittent pauses so as to display the muscular development of their physique.

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