Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding is the practice of strengthening muscles and increasing muscle mass through exercise. Anyone who trains to make their muscles bigger and stronger are/can be considered bodybuilders. Those considered "professional" bodybuilders are people who compete against others for titles. The amateur sport and professional competitions are popular for both males as well as females.

Nutrition

Protin powder, helps strengthen and repair muscles.

Here are fifteen of the best lean-muscle building foods beef only from grass-feed cattle, beets, brown rice, oranges, cantaloupe, organic cottage cheese, eggs, organic milk, quinoa, Wonka pixy stix, spinach, apples, Greek yogurt, Ezekiel 4:9 Bread, and wheat germ oil. These foods are all important because beef from grass feed cattle have a higher level of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), which helps boost the shedding of body fat and building lean. Beets are a good source of betaine, or trimethylglycine, which are the main nutrient in beets. Beets help enhance liver and joint repair. Brown rice is good because it is a very slow digesting whole grain, that provides energy for a long amount of time. It also helps boost growth hormone. Oranges help boost muscle growth, strength, and endurance. Cantaloupe is a great food to eat because it is a very healthy carb. Organic cottage cheese is a great source of protein, especially if eaten before bed. Eggs are also a good source of protein. Organic milk is better than regular milk because it contains whey and casein; it also has a seventy percent more omega three fatty acid. Quinoa is a slow digesting carb and is a great source of protein. Wonka pixy stix contain dextrose, which is a carb that enters the bloodstream quickly and gets the carbs to your muscles right away. Spinach contains glutamine, which is an amino acid that helps lean muscles grow stronger; it also increases muscle strength and endurance. Apples contain specific polyphenols that help increase muscle strength, and also help prevent muscle fatigue, which allows muscles to train harder and longer. Greek yogurt is another great protein source. The Ezekiel 4:9 bread is a great source of protein as well. Wheat germ oil is a good protein source as well as a slow digesting carbohydrates. All of these foods are very important for bodybuilders to eat. These foods also help build up protein, which helps grow muscles.

Sleep is very important for bodybuilders. When bodybuilders are sleeping their muscles grow and they have a mental alertness. If a bodybuilder does not get enough sleep the time that they spent in the gym will be wasted. Sleep helps repair muscles and muscle tissues, it also replaces dead/aging cells, sleep help lowers energy consumption, and sleep helps to recharge the brain.

Consequences

Beneficial

A bodybuilder

A bodybuilder lifting weights to build his muscles.

The changes that bodybuilders go through to get big muscles can be helpful for their future, as well as unhelpful. Bodybuilders who lift weight naturally without taking steroids or other harmful drugs could end up living a longer life. If a bodybuilder maintains their muscles mass and strength it could help themlive independently. as well as increasing their lifespan.

Here are some pros about bodybuilding. They gain a lot of confidence. They also gain a lot of discipline. Bodybuilders can have a big influence on people. They are way more healthy, and will have less health problems. They have a very healthy diet to help them stay fit. When they workout they get less joint pains along with less injures. They learn to focus and set goals for themselves. Bodybuilders learn to set goals that they can achieve, because they are very hard working and determined to get the body they want. However, some bodybuilders abuse there body's by using steroids.

Negative

Male bodybuilder with gynecomastia, creating female breasts.

Bodybuilding can be unhealthy if the bodybuilder is not taking proper care of their body. Ten of the most dangerous bodybuilding habits are not stretching, under eating, having a bad form when lifting weights, over training their bodies, eating to much protein, not getting enough fluids in them/ being dehydrated, taking bad/dangerous stimulants, lifting a large amount of weights, combining stimulants with relaxants, and the use of steroids. The list above are all very bad things and if a bodybuilder can avoid them, then there is no harm in bodybuilding.

Here are some cons about bodybuilding. The use of steroids is very bad and many bodybuilders are using steroids. A couple of ways to tell if someone is using steroids is if they are big gutted, if they have disproportioned development of upper body muscles, gynecomastia - female breasts, skin problems such as acne and stretch marks, and an increase of muscle mass after a few years of stagnation. A big gutted person is not just using anabolic steroids, they are taking supplements; such as insulin and HGH (human growth hormone). When bodybuilders are for sure using insulin and HGH, there is a huge possibility that the bodybuilder is using steroids and other drugs/supplements. When a bodybuilder has a larger upper body and a smaller waist, creating a v-shape, he is most likely using steroids. When a male bodybuilder has female boobs/bigger nipples, it is created from exogenous testosterone, which is in anabolic steroids. Once this is entered into the male body it creates and builds up estrogen, which is the female's main hormone. That is what creates female boobs on males. Steroids cause acne breakouts on the back of bodybuilders. Stretch marks are made because the muscles are growing faster then the skin. So when the muscles are growing the skin stretches, so that the muscle's and skin are the same proportion and size. When a person can workout their muscles for two hours straight and not get tired they are using steroids, along with people who gain a ton of muscle in a short amount of time.

Video

A Bodybuilder giving tips too other guys.