On Friday morning around 9 o’clock the Olympic Committee – together with the Aruban, regional and international Committee of the Body Building, in a press conference at the office of the Olympic Committee to present the 3rd regional Championship of the Body Building with this year 50th anniversary celebration that will take place next week in the ballroom of the Marriott Hotel.
The Aruba Committee of bodybuilding with President Giovanni Croes is ready to present for the 3rd time the regional bodybuilding championship with a number of 24 local athletes who have months preparing to represent Aruba in this Championship.
This year the championship will be taking place on Sunday at the beautiful ballroom of the Marriott Hotel where the president of the Aruba Body Building Committee assures that it will be a beautiful and representable experience. This championship as described will be a wide one with different categories and ages in order to not only diversify our sport, but also encourage children and young people to participate. Saturday will be the Fitness challenge which is a mixture of body building and crossfit. This year to encourage children will also have a “kids fitness” that will be held for children up to 6/8 who also have the interest in the area of body building.
There are several categories such as men’s, bikinis, wellness, women’s physique and body builders. The growth in the area of bodybuilding and fitness is expected to grow as she grew up in pandemics as the president of the Aruban Committee of body building said, it is becoming a lifestyle and being the key in the training of several athletes.