5 tips for getting started with bodybuilding
Bodybuilding is a sport that has captured the interest of individuals and
the public, often close to much more popular sporting events, since its
heyday in the early seventies and since then, thanks to the remarkable
achievements of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
But it has, like all, advantages and drawbacks to devote yourself
entirely to competitive bodybuilding. But it has, like all ,advantages and
drawbacks to devote yourself entirely to competitive bodybuilding.
1. More than a sport, bodybuilding is a lifestyle
Professional sports, challenging as they can be, blend lengthy training
times with private-life moments of relaxation. In bodybuilding, this is
not the case since you are practicing for twenty-four hours: Not just the
time you spend lifting weights in the gym, which must be quite a lot , but
the hours you need to devote to the gym, meals, and aerobic exercises. A
bodybuilder, at the risk of losing in a few days what was hard-earned in
weeks, can not afford oversights or excesses. By this, we do not say that
you have to grow an addiction, but you have to take care of your body and
take care of it at all times, contrary to most sports.
2. Get used to committing sacrifices
According to the previous section, the skilled bodybuilder must devote a
large part of his day to training (training with the split-table method if
possible), giving up delicious foods with a high caloric or fat content,
eating according to a strict diet, sleeping no less than eight hours a
day, Appropriately supplement, eat a minimum number of calories per day
distributed in around six intakes, give up drinking and bingeing, and a
long etcetera .Of course, all of this results in overall well-being,
health, and physical appearance gains, but the compromises it requires are
substantial.
3. In bodybuilding, there are two routes: natural and chemical:
We can put it simply: many athletes take the shortest path in competitive
bodybuilding and turn to supplements that, such as steroids, are illegal
in many countries. Not only can these chemical compounds cause you
headaches from a legal perspective, but their usage is connected to a
broad range of inconveniences: Alopecia (hair loss), skin problems,
disorders of sexuality and libido, elevated levels of aggressiveness
(called royal rage), etc. A slower but healthier and safer road to the
same target is natural bodybuilding that prevents steroid use: muscle
development. Natural bodybuilding critics argue that without the
assistance of chemicals, the same impressive outcomes can not be achieved,
And you have no option but to use them if you are going to compete. We are
opposed to two responses: the first is that there are a large number of
bodybuilding tournaments, and that anti-doping measures are carried out in
all of them to prevent the use of banned drugs, in which tournaments you
choose to participate and in which you do not.
The second answer has to do with your health: if your stable condition
will inevitably worsen, is it reasonable to make so many sacrifices? Only
you've got the answer.
4. Do the calculations for monetary
Bodybuilding is not an incredibly common sport, so the hard cash prizes
are not impressive; however, the costs associated with the lifestyle of
bodybuilding are onerous, whether in supplementation, nutritious food,
membership of the gym, personal trainers, etc. Do the calculations to see
if you are willing to pay a lot to maybe get, not too much in terms of
money alone.
5. Think long term
For a long time, a professional bodybuilder will undergo subtle and
constant changes; he won't create a body to be proud of overnight.
Depending on your genetic ability and your commitment, it takes no less
than three to five years to enter the competition level. It has been a
long time, but it is worth a try. Note that with one step, the longest
path begins
