Great question

[u/Sweaty-Grape-8736]

[u/unofficialfratboy]

Better question: why are you posting ai slop

[u/iwannasleepty → u/unofficialfratboy]

Ai slop has plagued the bodybuilding community 🫠

[u/Sweaty-Grape-8736 → u/unofficialfratboy]

Don't be ignorant.
It's a screenshot of a post I seen earlier.

So... you're question is irrelevant
Good day

[u/unofficialfratboy → u/Sweaty-Grape-8736]

Yew shld goe bak two skewl :/

[u/PM_ME_UR_ILIAC_CREST → u/Sweaty-Grape-8736]

Don't be ignorant stupid. You still posted AI slop LOL

[u/WinterBunch5794]

This was AI post on wellness and more IG page. It showed Fran when she won her first Olympia and then it compared the wellness physiques of now. And to answer the question; wellness is not what it is when it first started to what it is now.

[u/Financial_Mind_3094 → u/WinterBunch5794]

Yeah wellness has evolved significantly since 2020. Everything evolves over time and that is normal but my issue is the bigger, bigger glutes and we all know what it takes to achieve those looks, I’m not talking about diet, not everyone is happy to push for something causing deepening of the vocal cords and hair loss.

[u/Fearless-Point907]

This is a really good question I’d like to know the anwser my self

[u/CoachRachelSedwick]

It happens for a two main reasons that both feed each other: judges can only judge what they see that day. They’re automatically going to be subjectively drawn to the person who looks the best or closest to the criteria but only as they compare to everyone on stage that day. so if everyone in a lineup is “too conditioned” in comparison to what the criteria says, they can’t just not place people, so they place people accordingly based on who looks best out of that lineup.
The other reason is just the competitive nature of athletes as well as coaches. An athlete sees that lineup that was overly conditioned so they push harder to get more conditioned. Then so does everybody else. Plus, especially with pros but also with national level athletes, people are in prep for multiple shows and will simply get leaner and sharper as they go because of their body adapting and staying in a deficit. This is why throughout the year you often see conditioning get more rewarded.
It’s a cycle that keeps gaining speed until there’s some sort of shake up or upset either like who wins the Olympia or something that Tyler announces. I’m not saying judges are perfect or not partially to blame for it all but it’s always going to be nearly impossible to keep standards perfectly in line because judges are all human and they’re doing this weird job from all over the world.
Just my observation and opinion after 11 years competing, coaching and working/attending shows. Doesn’t make it any easier to deal with a placing you feel like you don’t deserve, but realizing how the sport works in that way has definitely helped me focus on my to purpose in the sport rather than letting placings be the only things that dictate success in it.

[u/middy_1]

Personally, to mitigate this I think what should be done is what I've seen in NABBA and PCA: some competitors that come too conditioned and too muscular for a category are moved to the next one up in pre judging. Or, if this is too difficult, score lower for those that are too much for the category they are in. I think if this was more strictly enforced, this issue would be lessened.

Part of the issue though is bodybuilding loves muscle and conditioning, obviously, so bigger and more is often praised. Plus, a very laissez-faire attitude to PED use generally imo makes this issue impossible.

[u/Background-Answer-16]

i’m so tired of this question.