Wellness

Wellness Info & Rules

General Information

ENTRY DEADLINE: Entries are due by 9pm on March 27, 2024. Late entries will have a $40.00 handling fee. Visit the registration page to enter
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all NPC registered athletes 18 and older. If you are not a NPC registered athlete, you can obtain your NPC card at www.NPCNewsOnline.com. This must be done prior to entering the contest. Bodybuilding, Classic Physique, Physique, Figure, Wellness and Bikini competitions are a national qualifier and therefore open to all NPC registered individuals.
DATE, TIME & LOCATION: March 30, 2024 at 5pm | Niagara Falls Convention Center | 101 Old Falls St, Niagara Falls, NY 14303
CHECK-IN: Friday, March 29,2024 at 6:30pm at Niagara Falls Convention Center. (All contestants MUST report for height and/or weight verification and NPC membership)
PRE-JUDGING:
Athlete Meeting: Saturday, March 30, 2024 at 9:00AM
Judging: Saturday, March 30, 2024 at 10:00AM
EVENING SHOW: Contestants are to report at 4:30 PM on Saturday, March 30, 2024. Finals at 5:00 PM. All contestants will be presented to the audience at the finals.
MUSIC: Bodybuilding, Men’s Classic Physique and Women’s Physique: All music must be uploaded into Muscleware and should be no longer than 60 seconds. Once registered, you will be able to upload your music into the software. This must be done by 9pm March 27, 2024. If music is deemed to have profanity, the contestant will be disqualified. Men’s Physique, Figure, Wellness and Bikini will use house music.
AWARDS: Top five in each class and overall winners will receive awards
MISC: All contestants must display good sportsmanship at all times and follow rules. Signing the registration form is consent of acceptance to financial responsibility for replacement cost of Convention Center property caused by misuse.

What is the Wellness Division?

This division is for females with athletic physique’s that showcase more body mass in the hips, glutes and thigh areas. The upper body is developed but not to the same degree as the lower body.

Height Classes

Class A – Up to 5’4”
Class B – Over 5’4”

Posing and Presentation

Front: Competitors will face front with one hand on hip, one arm straight down and one leg slightly extended. We do not want to see the arm off to side with the elbow bent and the wrist bent upwards.
Quarter Turn Right: Competitors will turn slightly facing the judges with right hand on hip and left arm straight down and right leg bent at knee. More like a twisting side pose that Bikini competitors perform. We do not want to see the arm off to side with the elbow bent and the wrist bent upwards.
Quarter Turn Rear: Competitors will face the rear with lower back arched with glutes pushed back. We do not want to see the arm off to side with the elbow bent and the wrist bent upwards.
Quarter Turn Right: Competitors will turn slightly facing the judges with the left hand on the hip, right arm relaxed and left leg bent at knee. We do not want to see the arm off to side with the elbow bent and the wrist bent upwards.

* We do not want to see the arm off to side with the elbow bent and the wrist bent upwards

Wellness Check-Ins

Wellness division competitors will be checked in and measured the same as Figure, Bikini and Women’s Physique competitors.
All suits will be inspected at the check-in’s. Every competitor must wear their competition suit under their clothing to check-in’s for inspection. If your suit is not inspected you will not be permitted to compete. No Exceptions.
If you change your competition suit from prejudging to finals and the judges deem it not to conform to the rules you will be directed to leave the stage. No Exceptions.

Frequently Asked Questions

Level of conditioning?
We are looking for conditioning almost on par with Bikini athletes, but the athletes will have slightly more muscle. We want to see a little body fat with slight separation but no striations.

Abs defined like Figure or less defined like Bikini?
As it currently is in Bikini.

Shoulders? Rounded & Capped like Figure and Women’s Physique or less pronounced like Bikini?
Slightly more developed than Bikini and a little less than Figure, but not as lean and with no striations. Not like Women’s Physique.

How much definition for quads?
The quads should display an athletic appearance with slight separation but no striations. Not as lean and defined as Figure and Women’s Physique

Glute Development?
Full round glutes with a slight separation between the hamstring and glute area but no striations, as is in place for the Bikini Division. Glutes will be bigger than current Bikini competitors. They will not be as lean and defined as Figure and Women’s Physique.

Rules & Restrictions on suits?
NPC, NPC Worldwide & IFBB Professional League Wellness Competition Suits have the same rules that are currently in place for all of our other divisions. Suits can be customized with “bling”. Competitors will compete in a two-piece suit. Unlike a Figure, Fitness or Women’s Physique competition suit, the top is not connected to the suit bottom.
The suit top is the same standard that is currently in place for the Bikini division.
The suit bottom must be V-shaped in the front and is traditionally all material with no connectors and sits high up on the hips. The cut of the suit back is the same standard that is currently in place for the Bikini division. No Thongs and No T-back suits allowed.
You also have the Option to wear a Competition Bikini style bottom that has connectors. You will not be scored any differently if you choose to compete in this suit bottom.
All swimsuits must be in good taste. Athletes will be warned about improper suits and are advised to bring two (2) suits to check in. Athletes will be scored down if the suit is not up to standard.