2017 NPC National Bodybuilding Championships

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musclemecca is happy to bring you the 2017 NPC National Bodybuilding Championships!
November 17-18, 2017
James L Knight Center
400 SE Second Avenue
Miami, FL 33131





2017 NPC NATIONAL BODYBUILDING CHAMPIONSHIPS
which includes BODYBUILDING, FIGURE, BIKINI and
PHYSIQUE CHAMPIONSHIPS

All competitors will be introduced on stage at the finals. The top five competitors in each bodybuilding class and women’s & classic physique class will perform their entire routine. The top five athletes in each bodybuilding class, the top five figure, bikini, men’s, women’s & classic physique finalists in each class, and the overall winners will be awarded trophies.
Top 2 Place Class Winners in Men’s Bodybuilding will be eligible for IFBB Pro status. The 1st Place Class Winners in Women’s Bodybuilding will be eligible for IFBB Pro status. The first 2 winners in the each of the height classes in the Women's Figure and Bikini divisions will be eligible for IFBB Pro status. The first 2 in each Height class in both Men’s, Women’s & Classic Physique divisions will be eligible for IFBB professional status.

NPC NATIONAL EVENT COMPETITOR/ATTENDEE UPDATE

As we all know, the NPC’s yearly national event schedule offers the highest ranking and most competitive events of all the NPC’s annual competitions. It is extremely important that each and every competitor and their support staff are properly prepared for their trip to and performance at a national-level event. One of the considerations that, on behalf of the NPC I personally strongly endorse and recommend, is that all competitors and attendees stay at the event headquarters hotel, which usually is the site of the competition itself and always is the site of registration, weigh- and check-ins, judging clinics and all competition-related information dissemination and credential issuance. Given the rigorous schedule of every national event – especially with the addition of the Men’s & Women’s Physique Divisions and the necessity of a “rolling” weigh-in and check-in schedule – the need of all competitors to be on premises at all times becomes more and more critical. It sometimes becomes necessary to change event schedules at the last minute and this information is only disseminated at the headquarters hotel. In addition, I have found that competitors seem more properly prepared to compete when they have settled into and stay at the location of the event as opposed to driving in to the event location from other local areas. It is my feeling that being able to rest until the very time of competition and not having to travel in any way to a competition site can be helpful in having a good mental competitive attitude.

In recent years, there have been many occasions where competitors were disqualified because of event time changes or other last minute procedural alterations that occurred between the weigh-ins and the actual time of competition. Competitors staying at outside hotels other than the event headquarters are put at a disadvantage in situations like that. It is their responsibility to be available to accommodate any schedule changes or other circumstances that the NPC must administer during a national event.

Thank you for your cooperation.

James B. Manion, President
National Physique Committee of the USA, Inc.