womens figure stats

[sensiemellia]

Hiya x
My goal is to compete in september in figure/fitness and ive been looking for some stats of competetors my height.. 5.8" - in season.
Could anyone help me out on this?

I will give my stats & pics soon, just need to get accurate measure of BF.
Thanks Sensie xxx

 

[jackedmom]

What kinds of stats are you looking for? Not sure I understand your question.

With that being said. I'm 5'8". I am very pear shaped. I can't even think about doing a figure comp unless my bf is well under 12% due to the problems I have with carrying fat in the glute ham tie-in. That creates the problem of me looking incredibly ripped up top and still relatively smooth down bottom. Another woman who has a better fat distribution could get away with being at say 13-14%.

 

[sensiemellia]

What kinds of stats are you looking for? Not sure I understand your question.

With that being said. I'm 5'8". I am very pear shaped. I can't even think about doing a figure comp unless my bf is well under 12% due to the problems I have with carrying fat in the glute ham tie-in. That creates the problem of me looking incredibly ripped up top and still relatively smooth down bottom. Another woman who has a better fat distribution could get away with being at say 13-14%.

Thanks x
Have you competed b4?
My weight @ the mo is 162lbs, doesnt mean much without knowing my bf i know, but i will find that out this week!
Ive been bulking up for a couple of months now..ive put on 18lbs of muscle! and i realise muscles is a lot denser than fat, so i was curious what kinda weight i would end up at competion state, i do have a good amount to lose on bum n thighs but it is going nicely.
xxx

 

[jackedmom]

I've only done bikini contests till now. Took a full year off from everything (lazy) Doing a figure show this August. Been training for quite some time (11 years)--on again and off again. Mostly off again.

At 5'8" you must have some good size to ya if you weigh 162lbs. How do you know you gained 18 lbs of pure muscle if you don't know your bodyfat percentage? Or do you mean that you have gained 18lbs total in your bulking cycle? Just trying to figure out where you are.

I weight 154 in these pics. At 18 weeks I was 23%. I'm 16 weeks out now. Won't do bf comp again for a couple more weeks. Won't weigh myself either.My pics

 

[sensiemellia]

Im not 100% sure it is pure muscle.. i was thinking that way because my diet from the start of my bulking has been pretty strict (apart from sunday.. yum), ive been eating every 2-2 1/2 hours - 35g protein, 50g carbs, either from chicken/tuna/egg whites/turkey or good old shakes.. plus with the help of anavar & primo..! my cardio is around 6 hours a week, i do kickboxing and spin classes + stepper n walking!
Your photos are good.. are you from the states? I really need to post sum pics and get my bf done.
I have never done a comp b4, but wanted too for a few years, but just not managed to get into the diet proper, I was soo weak!! lol.. which of course is the biggest part!
But im okay now.. Me n Hubby have a gym here (about 3 years), hes competing this year, hes been training for about 15 yrs (hes 36yrs, im 23yrs), So i will get my BF and stats and post em durin the week, and then ill be able to get a good idea!
Cant wait till i can jump up n down with out my bum wobblin!! xx

ps. I currently read about taking amino bombs b4 doing any cardio, just to make sure no muscle is burned for energy.. so i do, do u know if theres truth in this, i am worried about the catabolic process.. but probably as long as im eating consistent amounts of protein?? no harm done anyway xxx

 

[Sassy69]

HI sensie! (Love the name!)

I couldnt' tell you what weight a 5'8" figure girl would come in at - it would depend alot on her build. I"m guessing prob around 130? This includes probably a bodyweight of around 140 minus 10 lb water weight after depletion. But generally you are looking at being a feminine 10-12% bf. The look usually involves a 6-pack abs, wide shoulders, nicely capped delts, long lean quads w/ a sweep, tight ass but not glute striations. LImited vascularity and again no striations.

If you are still on the primo/var cycle that will do alot to preserve your muscle, but there as you are approaching a competition date, you can probably afford to lose some muscle for a figure comp. Figure comps tend to be more about the presentation of some muscle, not all about who has the biggest muscles. I've seen plenty of girls who have really amazing quads get passed over completely because they weren't proportional, for a girl who is much smaller but more proportional.

To that point, I would also see where you are at w/ the var / primo / bulking and depending on whatever your target show date, start adjusting your diet, training & cardio to approach the look you are trying to get. Something to help guide you, esp ifyou are coming from a larger build, is to find a pro figure girl who has a similar build to you tha you would like to look like on stage.

For me, I'm coming from a BB background & need to tone down a lot of my size, particularly my back & biceps. The devolumizing process is going to take me awhile, so I"m doing a BB show as a first step to get me leaned down, but then taking 3 months to prep for a figure show this summer. My progression is to get my body to a shape like Susanne Neiderhauser (http://members.aon.at/snieder2/news.htm) and then progress down to something like a tall Monica Brandt (can't find someone w/ the wider shoulders just yet, but that's the idea...)

Looking forrward to your pix. And yep, bodyfat is the big important number to start with!

 

[sensiemellia]

Thanks loads Sassy!
Ill keep looking, i do like Monicas shape, is she quite small, u cant tell from pics, its annoyin when they dont have stats in mags!!..
Ill get my BF% n pics done and posted - I was hopin to be ready for July but realisticly its gunna be sept, but u never know.. Good luck with the show xxx thanks again

 

[Sassy69]

Thx Sensie -- when you are looking to achieve a certain look, i.e. Monica Brandt, make sure you that you are looking at the shape of them and how they can match to your God-given shape. For ex, if you don't naturally have large calves of peaked delts, then look for a model that does have what you have or something near it because you can't force your body to be a certain way that it isn't - but you can look to the proportions that your model has. I agree it is frustrating when you are taller to be looking to the pros and all the national level competitors who tend to be a lot smaller. There are some proportions I simply cannot achieve unless I really sacrifice a lot of my own assets and probably a certain degree of my health. So take those things that are your gifts and focus on them, and bring the rest up through diet & training.

 

[jackedmom]

good sound advice, Sass.

 

[sensiemellia]

Very good advice.. when i find "the one" ill let u guys know.. x