Michelle Bery asked:


Enthusiasts of bodybuilding know of the hard work that is required to achieve and maintain the sculpted bodies for which they aspire. A regimented diet is certainly a large component of bodybuilding – cutting fat and focusing on lean protein to feed the muscles of the body and maximize nutrition. But when it comes to achieving the ideal look that most bodybuilders are after, the connection between bodybuilding and fitness is undeniable.

Bodybuilding and fitness are so inseparable because the building of muscle mass is so largely dependent upon intense and committed workouts. Bodybuilders will tell you of the hours upon hours that they dedicate to the gym – doing cardiovascular work, stretching, and engaging in significant weight training. For those in competition, this training is imperative to success. Any competitor will tell you that bodybuilding and fitness go hand in hand; without one there is no other.

For many embarking upon bodybuilding and fitness, there must be small steps taken in order to work up to a full exercise regime. To achieve maximum fitness it is imperative to combine cardiovascular work with core training and weight training. Cardiovascular work may include everything from running and walking to dancing and kickboxing. To follow, intensive core training such as Pilates or yoga will work to strengthen abdominal muscles, improve flexibility, and keep muscles limber.

But when it comes to bodybuilding and fitness, nothing does more to build and maintain muscle mass then weight training. Whether using weight training machines or free weights, lifting weights – when done correctly – will bolster and sculpt muscle mass throughout the body. Bodybuilders rely on weight training to achieve their fitness goals. However, it is most important that if you don’t have experience with weight training that you have professional instruction in order to learn the proper techniques. Weights, when lifted incorrectly, will only serve to injure rather than improve muscles.

For those looking to improve their bodies and even compete in bodybuilding competitions, it is imperative for them to incorporate a consistent regime of diet and exercise into their lives. For this reason, bodybuilding and fitness will continue to be an inseparable and lasting combination.



Juan

Muscles Prod asked:


Why Bodybuilding? Among swimming, bodybuilding is one the sports or activity which implies as many muscles as possible which gives all body parts development.

This is very important as our bodies were created to move to work and this way our lives will be longer with less health issues and good *** drive

Let’s start with bodybuilding benefits for teenagers.

The first thing worth mentioning here is that parents should encourage their children to physical activity. This way they will prevent many future issues with them and will do them a huge favor.

1. Discipline. As any kind of sport bodybuilding will develop in them spirit of discipline. They must know that they have training today and it does not matter whether it is raining or not and if there are no other factors which may stop them from going to the gym then they must go.

2. Health. Physical Activity will make them grow healthy. This will also develop in them such an attitude which will motivate them to help you around the house and they will not get tired quick.

3. Self-Confidence. Having success in the gym will influence them positively in other sphere too and there are many examples of this fact.

It worth mentioning that children are not allowed to use any supplements and over more steroids. This must be explained logically so they will not want to do this in secret. Explain them that this is not needed now as they will grow easily with nothing until they are 25 years. After this results will come slower but still will come.

Now regarding benefits for adults.

1.Health. Daily work, many issues puts so much stress on our bodies and mind. Bodybuilding is the right thing to choose in this case. Lifting weights will make your body release endorphin. Endorphins work as “natural pain relievers”, whose effects may be enhanced by other medications. Endoprhin is also called “the feel good hormone”. Endorphins regulate feelings of pain and hunger and are connected to the production of *** hormones.

According to some reports, laughter also releases endorphins in the brain. Apart from widening the blood vessels, suppressing the production of stress hormones and raising antibody levels in the blood, laughing would thus also have an analgesic effect.

2. Good Sleep. Weight training will promote a better quality of sleep and help you fall asleep faster. Your capacity for handling stress will improve. Research has shown taking some form of regular exercise is one of the best ways of managing stress effectively.

3. Good looking. With age our metabolism slows down and we need to burn more calories if we want to keep the desired look of our bodies. Bodybuilding fitness workouts help to build lean tissue, burn body fat and develop a flat belly. They also help to raise resting metabolism rate. Good looking body will create another positive effect – self-confidence.

4. Self-Confidence. It does not matter what your age is you still need self-confidence and positive thinking.

5.Sex-drive. BodyBuilding will increase your testosterone level and thus sexual drive. It has been shown in many studies, including a published study Int J Sports Med. 1991 Apr;12(2):228-35 done on both men and women during resistance excercise.

Especially squats and deadlifts will increase GH and Testosterone levels.

So what are you waiting for? Start your training today. For more advices go for www.hypermuscles.com and get advices from experienced bodybuilders how to start your training.

See you in the gym!



Lucille

EasyDoesntWork asked:


alright, i’m 16, i’d like to call myself a teen bodybuilder but i’ve yet to compete so i won’t take away that title from those who’ve taken that one step i haven’t and earned it.

i work out about 1 hour and 15 minutes on average everyday, around 8-9 hours a week total.

my little brother is 7 years old, obviously too young to understand much, but old enough to know what i’m doing when he sees me lifting weights or using the equipment my family has in our basement.

at first, i thought it wasn’t going to be a problem if he watched, i was even hoping that if he grew up seeing fitness as a good thing then it might even keep him away from drugs later on. but then i saw him trying to do some of my workouts using a dumbell he found, forget how much but it was iron, not the material they use for physical therapy dumbells.

He dropped the weight on himself before i could say something, thank the lord he only ended up with a little bruise.

i keep catching him trying to do things with the weights in the basement, and always stop him, and now whenever i’m working out i’ll yell at him if he comes anywhere near the basement door so he can’t see what i’m doing.

i’ve talked to him a few times, but he doesn’t understand how dangerous it is at age 7 to even go into a room with those kind of heavy iron weights. I got my mom and dad to talk to him a bit, but i don’t think that helped.

i’m worried that he might hurt himself, especially because in two years i’ll be gone and all that equipment will be there with no one to keep him away from it and he’ll only be 9 then.

advice on what to do?
thanks for the advice so far everyone, i like the idea with the 2lb. dumbells.

and i try and spend time with my little brother, but i don’t think that’s the problem so much since i’m pretty sure he doesn’t comprehend that i’ll be going away in 2 years.

Arthur

Mike asked:


One of the biggest myths out there is the myth of women growing big muscles if they lift weights or get into weight training. Old myths are hard to get rid of. I have heard many times from women who haven’t even lifted barbell weight in their life state that they don’t lift weights because they fear getting too big.

First off I’d like to see them try, as any muscle building takes a lot of work even for the smallest amounts of growth and second men and women can only grow so much because of genetics. If lifting weights made everyone huge like you see in magazines you’d see everyone in the gyms looking like that. You rarely see huge bodybuilders around because to get that huge man or women, it takes the help of drugs.

In countless cases women want to lose body fat and the last thing they think of is lifting weights or getting into bodybuilding. That’s because their mind set of bodybuilding is this huge muscular looking figure. Truth is, yes you can create a good figure, but getting “too big” is just about impossible. Here’s the thing. During the rest time when muscles re-energize, (after working them) they eat body fat for dinner. In other words the muscles go after fat to get more energy required. Keeping it simple, the more a muscle is worked (without over training) the more fat it will eat up. I have seen cases were the women focuses on the bodybuilding and learning, rather the standing on the scale every day watching the weight and they have had unbelievable success losing weight. Stay off the scale and use the mirror.

What happens when a women or man focuses on building and shaping muscles rather than fat loss is the fat or weight loss becomes the byproduct of the bodybuilding and toning. By the way there really is no such thing as toning. You either have muscle growth (hypertrophy) or no growth and toning is simply muscle growth. A so called cut muscle or ripped muscle in many cases shows more with a dehydrated body. My point is to make your target to build muscles and the weight loss follows behind on its own. It’s much easier and more interesting to focus on the exercises rather than the weight loss. Building muscles has a greater effect on weight loss than cardio workouts. Because gained muscle burns fat (while you sleep). Go into any gym and you will find most people riding the bikes rather than lifting weights. Because of years of being told cardio workouts are the way to lose weight everyone does it.

Lifting weights will help lose the fat twice as fast and keep it off. Do both is even better. I can’t count how many people I know who lost weight doing cardio workouts like running and bike riding, (cardio workouts, work the heart muscle) only to find that a few weeks later after they slow it down or quit they gain it all back. It takes two weeks to lose cardio shape and it takes months to lose gained muscle.

By Mike Thornton Certified Fitness Trainer UFit Exercise



Audrey