bodybuilders

Many bodybuilders have a bit of a love-hate relationship with completing cardio workouts because most iron pumpers want to be hitting the weights rather than the treadmill, but those who have succeeded at the highest level advise that you should skip cardio at your peril. In a recent Instagram...

The “bodybuilder look” has come to be identified as a very specific thing. Comments are often made about the physiques of boxers, wrestlers, sprinters, and all sorts of other athletes to the effect of “he looks like a bodybuilder.” What does this mean? There have been big and muscular men...

Bodybuilding Myths That Must Die! 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...

In the long history of bodybuilding tradition bodybuilders trained like weightlifters. They were weightlifters or strongmen who lifted weights and who began over time to be as concerned about what they looked like instead of or in addition to how much they could lift. This trend accelerated in...

Consuming enough protein for muscle growth remains the number one priority for all bodybuilders from the beginner to an Olympia contender. Every pro knows that protein is an essential bodybuilding nutrient. It’s basically the first real lesson every dedicated lifter learns on their quest for...

Consuming enough protein for muscle growth remains the number one priority for all bodybuilders from the beginner to an Olympia contender. Every pro knows that protein is an essential bodybuilding nutrient. It’s basically the first real lesson every dedicated lifter learns on their quest for...

Bodybuilding is an art form and also one of the hardest sports in existence. It is not easy to excel in bodybuilding and only a rare group of people ever can. Life of a Bodybuilder - Some Interesting Facts By Charles T Freeman Did you know that bodybuilders have to ingest over 1g of protein...

Bodybuilding is an art form and also one of the hardest sports in existence. It is not easy to excel in bodybuilding and only a rare group of people ever can. Life of a Bodybuilder - Some Interesting Facts By Charles T Freeman Did you know that bodybuilders have to ingest over 1g of protein...

For anyone who is not associated with the bodybuilding and weight lifting world, the word peptides may seem as foreign to you as another language. But even if you have heard of them in passing, do you really know what they are and why it is that aspiring body builders want to use them? It is...

Since modern female bodybuilding began in the late 1970s, women in the sport have often been accused by some of trying to look like men. However, Charles Gaines, author of Pumping Iron, has called this kind of female body a “new archetype,” something never before seen any time or any place in...

Even bodybuilders deserve a treat or two on Halloween or special occasions—or maybe you just want to raid your child’s trick-or-treat haul while they’re off at school. Traditional “bro advice” would have you think that none of the items handed out every Oct. 31 are “bodybuilder-friendly,” and...

The progress that women, especially in western culture, have made since the latter half of the 19th century is amazing. This is especially evident when you look at parts of the world that have not gone through this evolutionary change. For example, where they are denied an education, freedom of...

The “bodybuilder physique” has been defined as a very specific thing. Comments are often made about the physiques of boxers, wrestlers, sprinters and all sorts of other athletes to the effect of “he looks like a bodybuilder.” What does this mean? There have been big and muscular men throughout...

Weightlifting is primarily about how much weight you can lift, and there have been weightlifting events for thousands of years. The purpose of training as a weightlifter is to make you stronger. Bodybuilding, on the other hand, is about using weight training to improve the size and shape of all...

The purpose of the bodybuilding diet is to achieve two contradictory goals — maximize muscle mass and minimize body fat. Either of these goals can be difficult to reach, so doing both at the same time would almost impossible if generations of bodybuilders hadn’t figured out, on the basis of...

I had the privilege of working closely with Joe Weider for decades, and one of the things I observed that made his magazines so successful was his insistence on publishing first-rate photos by really excellent photographers. At various times, Joe hired several Hollywood celebrity photographers...

Bodybuilding is about building aesthetic muscle, so bigger physiques have always been admired so long as they conformed to certain aesthetic standards. But as the late Larry Scott, the first Mr. Olympia, once pointed out, back in his era the majority of bodybuilding competitors did not have the...

Amateur bodybuilding competition is conducted using weight divisions for same reason sports like boxing, wrestling and weight lifting are: Body size is an important factor. And bigger competitors usually have an advantage over smaller competitors, all else being equal. While competing as...

Female bodybuilding is one of the toughest sports out there. It requires years of hard, consistent workouts and extreme diets. Not only is this physically demanding, often resulting in physical injury, but it can take a serious psychological toll as well. There are multiple champion female...

zeller/©fitness publications inc./courtesy of weider / M+F Magazine “THERE’S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO START WEIGHT TRAINING, NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE.” Ah, to be a beginner bodybuilder in 2020. First off, I want to congratulate you on deciding to pick up the iron and change your body...