Why are there so many more muscular girls in their early twenties now?

probably just because female bodybuilding keeps getting more and more mainstream .most young women want to fit in and be mainstream so in the past it maybe have been seen as less popular but that doesn't really matter as much to older women who don't care about what is popular. and once women reach their 30s or 40s they need to look for alternative ways to remain attractive and remain strong. some may get into fitness when they were 35 or 40 to maintain their beauty and strength from when they were young .but ended up enjoying working out so much they went all in and became fbbs. i think there was also a period in the early 2000s when bodybuilding was less popular than in the 90s so that may have caused a gap of women who grew up in that period to not try it .

It's a good way to get insta-famous.

Later you can start a business as a health coach telling people to workout and eat healthy and count macros.

Of course never ever tell nobody you are actually a steroid addict Who doesn't even need to eat that healthy because steroids do most of the work for you. Gym? A little bit...sometimes...steroids are mostly the cause of the muscle growth.

Oh and when you are jacked take 3 million pics so you can dose them on Instagram year long.

Are there, though?

Something I've observed online...

Out of curiosity, have you also observed this offline as well in your day-to-day activities? I've mentioned this before, but social media algorithms are more adapt than ever before on flooding your feed with what they observe you to be interested. Since you are interested in buff women, and I'm assuming being 23 you are most interested in those who are close to your age, the algorithms are going to emphasize buff women in their late teens and early 20s. I'm willing to bet that what you see on social media doesn't reflect what you encounter in your daily life.

It is true that there are more women, especially young women, lifting weights than ever before. That being said, the amount of "buff" women (in the sense that they would be muscular enough to be on this site) are still very, very rare.

I sincerely believe it's because the internet has just made it easier to share

LOL!!! "Progressive/Woke Cultures". Talk about bias gained from following too much in the way of propaganda. Looking through a skewed lens are you Foosh?

And also more Russians and Baltics on the internet in recent years, places which don't have the stigma of drug use that more "progressive/woke" cultures have.

haha. some folks will crowbar this in every conversation. Been to Cali lately? Lots of jacked twenty somethings. I mean Woke means tolerant. You want to be jacked and use peds go for it. I mean the UK seems to have more young bodybuilders than Russia.

Are there, though?

Out of curiosity, have you also observed this offline as well in your day-to-day activities? I've mentioned this before, but social media algorithms are more adapt than ever before on flooding your feed with what they observe you to be interested. Since you are interested in buff women, and I'm assuming being 23 you are most interested in those who are close to your age, the algorithms are going to emphasize buff women in their late teens and early 20s. I'm willing to bet that what you see on social media doesn't reflect what you encounter in your daily life.

It is true that there are more women, especially young women, lifting weights than ever before. That being said, the amount of "buff" women (in the sense that they would be muscular enough to be on this site) are still very, very rare.

I've never seen one irl outside of gyms where I live, even in the gyms 90% of girls/women are far from being buff, and most of them follow the usual route of "bodyweight squat in the middle of the gym for 30 minutes and leave"

LOL!!! "Progressive/Woke Cultures". Talk about bias gained from following too much in the way of propaganda. Looking through a skewed lens are you Foosh?

For real. Women are into being stronger and building muscle thanks to progrssiveness,

And also more Russians and Baltics on the internet in recent years, places which don't have the stigma of drug use that more "progressive/woke" cultures have.

To wit, not long ago in my area, a local adult industry newsletter had an article headlined by "Invasion of the Russians" - a simplified microcosm of subculture. Bodybuilding, like it or not, closely follows the adult industry subculture (if not leads it, in its own way).

Woke culture=Drug use stigma?! Aren’t decriminalization/legalization laws advocated by liberal leaning groups in the first place?

Give your head a shake buddy.

For real. Women are into being stronger and building muscle thanks to progrssiveness,

there's always been women/girls who liked to be strong, if there were no social media you would have had the same perception as the 80' in terms of numbers, you'll find them if you search for them (at fairs, gyms, if you pay for sessions) like you would have in the past, the thing that may have changed is that science in fitness has evolved so the results are faster so maybe it's possible that a 25 yo has now the physique that would have required her to train till 30yo in the past, so actually maybe the average age of girls having reached their peak may be lower now

I think it's social media. Young women are on social media a lot, they get hooked on following fitness influencers, and then they decide they want to get buff themselves.

I've been working out and going to gyms for 20 years. There's way more early 20s women lifting weights now. They used to only do cardio, but now they're pumping iron and getting beefy.

It's a great trend, if you ask me.

doesn't even need to eat that healthy because steroids do most of the work for you. Gym? A little bit...sometimes...steroids are mostly the cause of the muscle growth.

You really don't know much about how this all actually works, do you.

To be fair, I know quite a few guys who are on PEDs and look like shit because their training sucks and their diets are shit.

PEDs aren’t a magic pill/shot that you take and wake up like Dana Linn Bailey 16 weeks later. To look like Hattie Boydie, you need great genetics, dedicated training, your nutrition dialed in, proper recovery AND then PEDs. PEDs open that gate to an enhanced physique, but you got to actually walk through it.

Access to everything gets easier and easier... information, PEDs, etc and of course, its a current fad to be muscular (a "muscle mommy" which is good)

Eastern Europe has an interesting mix of being progressive enough for women to be equal to men while not really caring about things like steroids. it's not like Africa or the middle east

There are more, but it's still a SUPER-tiny number. As Gatsby points up, what you see on your social media feeds does not at all match what you see in the streets.

I don't want to say that today's more is "meaningless" compared to previous generations, but it is virtually insignificant.

..... it's not like Africa or the middle east.

Have you been to Africa or the Middle East cos you sure seem to know a lot about it.

For me the answer is simple: the stigma for girls building muscle diminished is the last years. Add the social networks craze in the mix, and there you go, girls with muscle everywhere!

And here's a Erin Quinn post, just to ilustrate my point:

I think it's social media. Young women are on social media a lot, they get hooked on following fitness influencers, and then they decide they want to get buff themselves.

I've been working out and going to gyms for 20 years. There's way more early 20s women lifting weights now. They used to only do cardio, but now they're pumping iron and getting beefy.

It's a great trend, if you ask me.

I’ve noticed the same as well … before the early 2010’s I knew of only maybe 4 or 5 women that regularly lifted and were serious into fitness. Most younger women that did lift did so because it was part of a sports team training regimen and once they were done with sports after they graduated from high school or college that was the end of lifting. It’s much more common now and I think a big factor is because muscular women are somewhat popular on social media.