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The Different Types of Muscle Building

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

There are actually four different types of body building and most people just assume there is actually only one. Also in these four different catergories there are also four different types of competitions. The four different types of body building are the follwoing, professional bodybuilding, natural bodybuilding, female bodybuilding, and teenage bodybuilding.

A professional body builder is called so because they are someone who has won qualifying competitions, and has therefore because of this, earned what is known as a professional body builder card from the IFBB, which is the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness. A professional body builder can actually compete in official competitions, and then if they rank high enough in the competitions, they can go on to compete in the main event in nody building and is what most bosy builders aspire to, the Mr. Olympia competition.

A natural body builder is a person who competes in competitions where the contestants have to have become a body builder under natural circumstances. The body builders are tested for illegal substances. If the body builder used steroids to grow their muscles quicker, you are not classed as a natural bodybuilder, and therefore would not be able to compete as one. If you took steroids years ago, then you will never be able to compete in these natural competitions. It is not justs teroids and other illegal drugs that are banned from natural bodybuilding. The following are also banned from being used if you want to compete in these types of competitions, anabolic steroids, diuretics, and prohormone drugs also are banned. Natural bodybuilding has its own organizations, including the North American Natural Bodybuilding Foundation (NANBF) and the Natural Physique Association (NPA).

What is known as female body building exercise is as the name implies. It is body building sport and catergories for females. Women started appearing in the sport around the 1970s, and then because their bodies are so much more physically different from male bodies, it would be obviously unfair to be judged against each other in competition. So because of this, there are now female only competitions. Women also have fitness and figure competitions, as opposed to just bodybuilding competitions. The Ms. Olympia competition has been around since 1980~Olympia competition has been around since 1980}.

Steroids and bodybuilding

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Some body builders think that using steroids will let them achieve the look they want, and will not be able to get this look any other way. The body builders who use steroids will get the look they want much faster than someone who does use any steroids, but there can be a heavy price to pay when you decide to use steroids.

As well as potentially suffering from health complaints, you will be banned or maybe disqualified from the majority of natural body building competitions if you decide to use steroids. The officials at the muscle building competitions will test fir the use of steroids so you wil not get aweay with it. You may not be planning any time soon to actually compete, so using steroids is alright, this is wrong as you will still suffer from health problems should you choose to use steroids.

Using steroids could potentially make you impotent and sterile, this should be enough for the majority of male body builders to not use steroids when they are trying to get the look they want. Steroids can also affect the size of the testes. Using steroids not only does the things listed above, but they can also cause permanent gynecomastia… This is a condition that will increase the female hormones in your body that will eventually increase breast size, and this is a permanent condition that cannot be treated.

When female muscle building use steroids, it can cause problems with the menstrual cycle and then in turn will create problems within. The steroids could also affect women by causeing infertility and pattern baldness amongst some women. They can also cause an enlargement of the clitoris, which is a permanent and disfiguring, and cannot be altered.

When men take steroids, they may start to grow breasts, but in females the reverse happens; because of an increase in testosterone in the body, the breast size will be reduced and this is again, a permanent condition. This increase in testosterone may also cause a female to grow facial hair, and to develop a deeper voice also.

Where can you buy Muscle Building Supplements?

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

It does not matter if you need weight lifting bodybuidling supplements for just bulking up with the supplements and exercise in equal measure, or if you want the supplements to help increase your stamina and your energy levels, there are a huge variety of different weight lifting supplements to help you whatever your needs are. The downside to there being so many weight lifting supplements available is that it can be difficult to find what it is you really need and the best one for your needs.

There are plenty of places where weight lifting supplements can be purchased, and it takes a little time and patience to find the right one for you. One particular location where they can be bought is Genesis Nutrition. This is a popular place to find weight lifting supplements. A few of their most popular ranges is what is known as Super Creatine Capsules, Super Creatine powder 300, super weight gain, milk and egg protein, super smilax gold, amino acids, androstenedine, super creatine powder and many others as well.

Some other products that have proven to be quite popular are super carbo charge, super sterol complex, womens amino acids, super fat burners, super yohimbe products, super creatine pryuvate complex and many other super weight gain products.

There is always A1 Nutrition Products that also stock many natural bodybuilding supplements as well as other types of supplements. A1 Nutrition pride themselves on stocking excellent supplements and they think of themselves as the only place to go for all your supplement needs. They lean more to sports side of supplements as well as many body building supplements. They sell discounted supplements of the very highest quality.

Their main products at the moment are: Muscle Milk, NoX2, Designer Whey, Leptoprin-Anorex, Lipo 6, and Relacore. Their featured brands are: Cytosport, Pinnacle, Biotest, Champion Nutrition, ErgoPharm, SAN, Cytodyne, Muscletech, Atkins, Aubrey Organics, Country Life, Twinlab, BSN, Next Nutrition, Instone, Universal, EAS, Natures Best, Klein Becker, VPX, and more.

About Author: Haiming Jiang is an experienced bodybuilder. He also offers top quality body buiding training tips online.

Injuries and muscle building

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Natural body building in itself is not actually considered as a dangerous sport, but of course there are always an few dangers lurking in the shadows, particularly in the form of injuries. The chances are high if you are a body builder you will eventually have some form of injury and how you go about treating those said injuries is paramount to successful recovery.

As with any sport or even in day to day life, the main step is to actually avoid the injuries as best as you can in the first place. You can accomplish this by making sure that you drink plenty of water, so that your actual muscles and the tissues in your body will stay hydrated, as dehydration causes the most injuries. The next best thing to learn is that you will need good form when you are lifting weights. Lifting weights in the wrong way can cause serious injury. Never lift more weights than you know that you can handle, doing this will increase your chance of serious injury. Finally, always use a spotter, in case something goes wrong, you know someone is there to help you.

Of course even after taking all of these precautions, things can still go wrong, and injury could well happen. At the first sign of injury, stop what you are doing, and seek treatment immediately, this is vital. Seeking professional medical treatment early could mean the difference between being injured for a week or two, and being injured for life. Never listen to advice that tells you to work through the pain, seek medical help urgently.

You need to keep in mind the RICE method of treating your injuries. RICE is what is known as Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation. Your muscles needs to rest, it will then need to be iced, it will also then need to be compressed, and finally it needs to be elevated properly. When you rest it will allow the muscle to start repairing effectively. The ice will go on to reduce any signs of swelling and will help alleviate pain. With compression and elevation, edema is therefore limited.

When you use the ice, make sure it is crushed or chipped ice in an ice bag, or use a specially chemically cooled ice bag on the area that is injured. Place this bag of ice on a towel, which covers the injured area. The usual rule is 20 minutes on, 20 minutes off with ice. During the first 10 minutes though make sure you wrap the ice bag around the injured muscle with an elastic bandage to supply compression, and make sure you keep the area elevated above the heart if possible.