Women Bodybuilding Through the Years (Part 1) :

While not having the history of the male bodybuilding world since it only began in the late 1970's, women's bodybuilding has quickly become a highly competitive sport consisting of several kinds of competitions. The newest craze in body building is being judged on muscular tone and symmetry instead of size.

Women who wish to avoid building muscle mass and vascularity excessively can avoid the extremes of bodybuilding, and instead compete in figure bodybuilding. Similar to a pageant setup, the competition is evaluated from all angles, over a few different rounds, which depends on the company...