By roy, on December 19th, 2010%
Every culture has its myths and bodybuilding is no exception. Like most myths, most are nine parts fantasy and one part truth, though of course, some myths have no truth to them at all. I have spent much of my career attempting to expose myths surrounding bodybuilding and topics that relate to it, such as drugs, nutrition and supplementation etc.
For example, one of my more popular articles that was published “back in the day” in Muscle Media was entitled “Nutritional myths that won’t die” which focused on myths surrounding protein and athletes. Classics such as “athletes don’t need additional protein” and “high protein diets are bad for you” as well as others were covered and debunked.
This article, however, is not about one topic or myth, but random myths that float around and never seem to die. It’s intended to be tongue-in-cheek to be sure, but it’s still a serious attempt to combat various myths that have little or no truth behind them. Some of these myths are generated inside the bodybuilding community and some are generated outside the community, by the general public and or medical community. These are in no particular order, so let’s start with a classic:
Myth #1: “Your muscles will turn to fat the soon as you stop working out – Tissue Alchemy BS”
This is a classic used . . . → Read More: The Myths of Bodybuilding That Must Die!
By roy, on December 16th, 2010%
Even though female bodybuilding is gaining popularity it has never been as prominent when compared to their counterpart. Unfortunately, there are lost of misconceptions about female bodybuilding, which is doing no good in promoting it. Truth is there are always myths about bodybuilding in general. In this article, lets look at some of the common misconceptions about female weight training and bodybuilding.
Myth # 1 – Bodybuilding will give you a masculine look.
By looking at all those women who appear in Ms.Olympiad its easy to get this opinion. But the truth in those women who appear masculine is that they want to look masculine. One of the major hormone that increases in muscle growth is testosterone and is naturally produced in male body but not in the female body. Hence female bodybuilders have an opinion that they wont be able to develop muscles unless they use steroids and drugs in order to achieve high muscularity. Women can achieve firm, fit and healthy looking body if they can workout without taking any artificial steroids and drugs.
Myth # 2 – Bodybuilding reduces agility and makes one stiff.|
Myth # 2 – You will lose your agility because of bodybuilding.|
Myth # 2 – Bodybuilding causes stiffness and reduces your agility.
This will only happen if you just want to workout certain part of your body. If . . . → Read More: Myths And Facts About Female Bodybuilding
By roy, on December 1st, 2010%
Contemporary health and fitness incorporates bodybuilding concepts. The internet domain specialization and article directories especially, have segmented bodybuilding, health and fitness in three separate categories that are mutually exclusive. Consequently, we have exclusive niches for health, for bodybuilding programs and for fitness training. We fail to conceptualize how health and fitness matters can accrue within a bodybuilding context. The consequences have been adverse and even fatal.
Introducing Bodybuilding Health
Bodybuilding health is a new concept that finds a very stratified society. We are bodybuilders and they are just fitness trainers. The feeling is mutual the other way round. The concept of marrying health and fitness into bodybuilding training is alien to us and even opposed at some quarters. Let us take a brief walk through the history of bodybuilding so that you may appreciate why bodybuilding health is the hybrid engagement that best fits your life.
Muscle Mass Tradition in Bodybuilding
Eugen Sandow, our honored father of the modern bodybuilding as we know it, started the art at around 1880’s. His sole intent was to reconfigure his physique attractively for public display. To him muscles became the ultimate achievement of bodybuilding training. That is the heritage granted us all through the decades up to the moment Dexter Jackson lifted up the 2008 Mr. Olympia trophy, and even today. Through all these years, bodybuilding was never . . . → Read More: Contextualizing Bodybuilding in Health and Fitness
By roy, on November 26th, 2010%
They’re big, bulky, brawny. In a world which has an almost-obsession with being fit and looking good, how is that there are some individuals who can take bodybuilding to the extreme?
They’re not satisfied with merely developing six-pack abs or good-looking biceps. What they did is take bodybuilding to the next level by working out as much as they can.
The results? A man with the world’s biggest biceps, the world’s biggest shoulders and extremely sculpted men who won multiple bodybuilding titles such as Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe.
The Importance of Bodybuilding
Before revealing which bodybuilders took their dedication in building muscle to the extreme, let us first discover the many reasons why they do it in the first place.
If you don’t plan to join a bodybuilding contest, what are the benefits that this type of activity will bring for you? Take a look at the following list:
Bodybuilding develops your dedication and patience.
Aside from the fact that you will reap the fruits of your labor by having a great-looking, well-shaped body later on, bodybuilding as an activity will help develop your dedication and patience.
This is especially true for bodybuilders who are working hard to develop the muscles that they have in order to join a competition.
You won’t believe the dedication and patience that it takes to go to the gym, stick to your workout . . . → Read More: Big, Bulky And Brawny: 10 Bodybuilders Who Took It To The Extreme
By roy, on November 5th, 2010%
I am a dancer. I definitely do NOT look in any way like a body builder. but I have decided to start bodybuilding. How long do you think I will be able to see results?
Obviously not a couple months. but 6 months, 1 year? tell me your . . . → Read More: How long does it take to see BodyBuilding results?
By roy, on October 31st, 2010%
There are a lot of controversial arguments that have come to the forefront of building muscle supplements in recent years. There have been intense arguments on both sides for those that are strong advocates of the usage and those who are completely against it. Upon further examination into the accounts of consumers that don’t benefit from bodybuilding supplements are discovered to be those that don’t follow a strict fitness schedule. To be perfectly clear, bodybuilding muscle supplements cannot be effective independent from vigorous exercise and a well balanced diet.
The ease and convenience of bodybuilding supplements are among the aspects that make this line of supplements so popular. The fact is that bodybuilding and strength training experts agree that an optimal environment can be achieved by having six meals a day. That is problem number one that is encountered by consumers of bodybuilding muscle supplements. bodybuilding supplements are often used as a meal replacement for those odd meals that can’t be fed adequately with traditional food. Not many people in today’s society are afforded the luxury of preparing six well balanced meals a day. Most bodybuilders report having three square meals a day and using bodybuilding muscle supplements for the other three meals
The controversy arises with bodybuilding supplements because many professional weight . . . → Read More: Build Massive Muscles with the Help of Bodybuilding Supplements
By roy, on October 21st, 2010%
I am looking for a great reference book with detailed descriptions and example of proper technique and nutrition regime for Bodybuilding. The sport has been evolving rapidly in recent years, and I’d like to have the most current information. . . . → Read More: What is the best reference book on Bodybuilding out there?
By roy, on October 16th, 2010%
In the light of recent steroid scandals, professional sports are under the spotlight. No one likes a cheater, and since many professional athletes are role models for the youth, professional organizations have come under scrutiny for not keeping their players clean, and for defiling the name of athletics in general. However, while Major League Baseball may be testifying before Congress, and while the FBI hopes to investigate the National Football League soon, no sport has a worse reputation for the use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs than bodybuilding. The constant pressure to be the biggest and the best, to push the body to its limits and beyond, has left many professional bodybuilders with no choice but to cheat; if everyone else in the competition is pumped with steroids, the only way to win is to pump harder.
Natural bodybuilding is a sport, a competition, but also a movement toward a cleaner, healthier lifestyle. Athletes and organizations involved in natural bodybuilding hope to approach the sport the way it should be approached: legally. Sadly, many of these athletes would be unable to compete with more mainstream bodybuilders, as the use of steroids and human growth hormone does significantly increase the synthesis of protein and the growth of muscle.
Defining Natural
For the most part, natural bodybuilding refers to bodybuilding without the use of illegal drugs, . . . → Read More: Block by Block: Natural Bodybuilding
By roy, on October 11th, 2010%
When you first looked at the magazine that had all the bodybuilders in it, you thought? Gees, I could never get to that type of body!” Of course you could with a lot of miracles I would naturally think, because that isn’t happening ever. You felt nauseous to the stomach and you had to get yourself going. There is a valid reason for this, for which you would not just openly admit. You are scrawny and can’t seem to stand your man, and every one likes to walk all over you as if you were the doormat? You wondered why you were single, and this is part of the reason, you feel inferior. So you decide to take on the challenge of trying to begin with the bodybuilding workout schedule. So you need to have a fixed bodybuilding workout schedule to foodstuff and exercise routine. You got it, did you write it down, or print it? Is the pen or the mouse a wee bit too heavy? Get on with it; exert that pea that is sitting in your upper arm waiting to pop. Ok, get on with it, you’re in the shopping mall and you need to buy dozens of eggs that need to be . . . → Read More: The Bodybuilding Workout Schedule For Scrawny Dudes!
By roy, on October 6th, 2010%
Hey guys my belly contains that extra fat which makes me look fat and de-shape. I want to get the Perfect Shape for my Body and look fit. Please advise me if anyone of you know which is the Best Healthy Fat Loss or Bodybuilding Fat . . . → Read More: How to achieve Healthy Fat Loss and Bodybuilding Fat Loss Product?
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