COLUMBUS, Ohio - A crush of thousands packed the larger Columbus Convention Center to catch a glimpse of impossibly tanned, implausibly muscled competitors -- and maybe meet the individual of the Arnold Fitness aggregation and Sports competition, Mr. Schwarzenegger himself. the primary day of the event saw thousands available.

Galloway resident Shanua David Lewelyn Wark Griffith has ne'er been to the Arnold, till weekday. She was astonished at what number folks pack the Convention Center.

"One of the blokes World Health Organization works here aforementioned tomorrow's visiting be doubly as busy," she aforementioned.

She caught a signature event, the women's fitness and figure competition, within which girls with vast muscles and small bikinis parade before judges.

"They should place lots of your time into it," aforementioned David Lewelyn Wark Griffith. "I'm simply astonished you may even do this."

Patrons have to be compelled to participate in AN yankee Ninja-style obstacle course. Zack Schick, 18, of patience, breezed through the course in but ninety seconds. however it wasn't as simple as he created it look.

“It’s hard," Schick admitted. "I did sport after I was younger, thus I’ve got lots of higher body strength.”

The competition options different obscure sports: foosball, arm wrestling, fencing and MAS wrestling. what's MAS wrestling?

"It's simply fighting over a stick," aforementioned Jacob Bobbs, of urban center. Bobbs, World Health Organization competes within the sport, delineated  it accurately. 2 competitors sit with a board between them. each have their hands on a stick and do their best to wrestle it removed from their opponent.

The competition continues through Sunday. Attendees might want to require a free shuttle from the Ohio Fairgrounds to the Convention Center.