Europewide Natural Bodybuilding & Fitness

The project focused on six key themes that were dominant due to the needs of sports such as bodybuilding and fitness. These themes are: Unification of competition rules at European level, Preparation of referees, Antidoping - fight against doping in natural bodybuilding and fitness, Involvement of talented youth, Methodology of preparation of natural bodybuilders, Methodology of preparation of classic fitness. Partner of the project were national associations operating in the field of natural bodybuilding and fitness and one local club. They were:Slovenská asociácia naturálnej kulturistikyBalázsi Testépítő és Erőemelő Sport Egyesület (HU)German Natural Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation (GER)ASOCIATIA NATURAL BODYBUILDING & FITNESS INBA (RO)Fitnesscentrum Kobra Bruntál (CZ)The project established complex methodology for all participating sports federations, which will be gradually implemented into other national associations at European level and later worldwide. The absence of a uniform methodology for the preparation of recreational and elite athletes hindered the development of this branch. Thanks to this project we managed to remove this brake and promote this sport among ordinary residents in the participating countries and prospectively throughout Europe. A very important benefit is linking sports associations from Western and Eastern Europe. A new - sport - bond is created between the countries and different developments in this sport sector. A pan-European added value is creation of a fundamental basis for future registration of this sport among Olympic sports. Thanks to the project and to the creation of a single methodology the level of knowledge in this sport sector increased. Primarily it concerned the participating countries, but secondarily all member states participating in the INBA Global Europe. This transfer of information and new knowledge is essential to the broad recognition of bodybuilding and fitness as a sport, not only as a leisure activity. The project also promoted it to the general public, this way it comes to the fore. At the same time it was presented as a health-enhancing activity. The project also brought the development of institutional provision of natural bodybuilding and fitness. Among the participating organizations a closer network was established.