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IFBB CATEGORIES

Fitness Challenge
Fitness Challenge, the new IFBB category.
This new category includes different physical exercises to display the athletic
ability of athletes, and it’s destined to have great success in gym competitions, and
in major international events.
The event consists in a circuit of six stations (exercises), in which the
competitors perform as much repetitions as they can in a 2 minutes session, of
each exercise, making a competition of excellent visual impact, full of emotions, and
great dynamism, in which athletes may compete individually, by couples, or by
teams (6 persons per team).
A new initiative of the International Federation, with an already excellent
implementation and popularity in all over the world.

Women’s Wellness Fitness

The Wellness Fitness division is intended for women who prefer a muscular
physique without muscle separation, athletic and aesthetically pleasing,
with a bigger body mass than in Bikini Fitness. From this point of view,
Wellness Fitness is placed somewhere between Bikini Fitness and Women’s
Physique.
Assessing of the physique, judging criteria and rounds are the same like
Women’s Bikini Fitness. Competitors performs quarter turns in all rounds
plus individual “I-walking” presentation in the finals. Vertical proportions
(legs to upper body length) are ones of the key factors. Horizontal
proportions (hips and waist to shoulder width) may favour women with a
bit bigger hips, thighs and buttocks. There are four Wellness Fitness
categories: up to 158 cm, up to 163 cm; up to 168 cm and over 168 cm.

Fit-Pairs
Fit-Pairs is the latest IFBB sport division, introduced in 2020 and approved
Men Fitness by the IFBB International Congress. It is devoted for Women’s Bikini athletes
This sport discipline is similar in and Men’s Physique competitors to create for them the possibility to perform
structure to Women Fitness; however the as a couple. Fit-Pairs athletes don’t perform poses like in Mixed-Pairs division
body mass is limited according to the and there is no posing routines. They display their physiques, body lines and
formulas established for all four body body quality by performing four quarter turns. Men from the Fit-Pairs
height ranges: 170 cm, 175 cm, 180 cm perform the Quarter Turns in the same manner like in Men’s Physique, while
and over 180 cm. Currently, there is one women perform these turns in the same style like in Women’s Bikini. Men
open Men’s Fitness category. competitors will wear the same attire like in Men’s Physique, Women
The contest also includes four competitors will wear the same attire like in Women’s Bikini. The judge will
rounds, with the artistic fitness routine in assess each Fit-Pair as an entity. Those whose physiques match, harmonize,
Round 1 and Round 3 plus quarter turns and complement each other will receive higher places than Fit-Pairs whose
in Round 2 and Round 4. During the
quarter turns competitors wear the swim physiques are markedly dissimilar and unbalanced, as would be the case of a
trunks only and the judges assess the tall ectomorphic man and a short mesomorphic woman, or vice versa. In the
overall male athletic physiques. Posing Finals, Fit-Pairs perform also I-walking presentation, lasting no longer than 20
routines should include strength and seconds, and then four Quarter Turns.
flexibility moves, gymnastic moves or
other ways of displaying of their athletic Athletic Fitness
talent and capacity.
At the end, the subscores from two The lineup is composed by 15 athletes, in a sports discipline that
final rounds (Round 3 and Round 4) are combines various elements of strength, endurance as well as
added to produce the final scores and to balanced physique. The event is composed by Rounds:
reach the final places of the top 6 • Round 1 (Physique Round; Quarter Turns).
competitors. Competitors in places from • Round 2 (Strength Round; Pullups and Dips).
7th to 15th remain with their scores from
the Prejudging (Round 1 and Round 2). • Round 3 (Endurance Round; Ergometer rowing).
• Finals Round 4 (Physique Round; Quarter Turns).
• Finals Round 5 (Strength Round).
• Finals Round 6 (Endurance Round).

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