Inter-judge comparision of the anthropometric measurements of competitive body builders

Bodybuilding, like other sports judged by human observation continues to use old model of officiating and judging and there is always been a search for better ways to judge sports.

To compare judges score of the Anthropometric measurements of competitive body builders and to see if there is any correlation between judges’ score.

50 male bodybuilders participated in light, middle and heavy weight classes each in the National Interuniversity Bodybuilding Competition held at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. There were two judges to evaluate the body builders. Height, weight, skin folds, muscle girth, biepicondylar diameter of the bodybuilders were measured to compute fat mass, fat percent, fat free mass. Judges’ scores (muscularity and symmetry) were given on the basis of these Anthropometric variables.

Highly significant positive correlations were found between judges’ total score (muscularity and symmetry) and height, weight and fat free mass. Highly significant negative correlation were found between judges’ total score (muscularity and symmetry) and fat percentage. A significant positive correlation is found between judges’ scores.

Judges’ score correlate with anthropometric measurements of competitive bodybuilders. Judges scores are helpful for confirming and justification of bodybuilding ranking.