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=== Men's physique === Due to those who found open-bodybuilding to be "too big" or "ugly" and unhealthy, a new category was started in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spice|first=Robyn Charlotte|date=2016|title=Strong is the new slim: a study of the body and gender amongst female free weights users| publisher=University of Stirling|url=http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/handle/1893/24355|language=en|access-date=April 23, 2021|archive-date=May 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512151142/https://dspace.stir.ac.uk/handle/1893/24355|url-status=live}}</ref> The first Men's Physique Olympia winner was Mark Wingson, who was followed by Jeremy Buendia for four consecutive years. Like open-bodybuilding, the federations in which bodybuilders can compete are natural divisions as well as normal ones. The main difference between the two is that men's physique competitors pose in board shorts rather than a traditional posing suit and open-bodybuilders are much larger and are more muscular than the men's physique competitors.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-27|title=How Bodybuilding is Judged, Different Divisions, and Scoring|url=https://barbend.com/how-bodybuilding-is-judged/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=BarBend|language=en-US|archive-date=April 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423123452/https://barbend.com/how-bodybuilding-is-judged/|url-status=live}}</ref> Open-bodybuilders have an extensive routine for posing while the Physique category is primarily judged by the front and back poses.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2005-03-20|title=Excellence In Execution: Perfecting The Pose|url=https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/drobson62.htm|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Bodybuilding.com|language=en|archive-date=April 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423123443/https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/drobson62.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Many of the men's physique competitors are not above 200 lbs and have a bit of a more attainable and aesthetic physique in comparison to open-bodybuilders.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Roberts|first1=Brandon M|last2=Helms|first2=Eric R|last3=Trexler|first3=Eric T|last4=Fitschen|first4=Peter J|date=2020-01-31|title=Nutritional Recommendations for Physique Athletes|journal=Journal of Human Kinetics|volume=71|pages=79β108|doi=10.2478/hukin-2019-0096|issn=1640-5544|pmc=7052702|pmid=32148575}}</ref> Although this category started off slowly, it has grown tremendously, and currently men's physique seems to be a more popular class than open-bodybuilding.<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=From 'Classical' To 'Freaky:' An Exploration of the Development of Dominant, Organised, Male Bodybuilding Culture|url=http://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/8006/|publisher=Goldsmiths, University of London|date=February 2012|degree=doctoral|first=Dimitrios|last=Liokaftos|access-date=April 23, 2021|archive-date=April 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423123444/http://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/8006/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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