Body Building and Weight Training for Men
The process of maximizing muscle hypertrophy is
known as body building. This is done through the combination of
enough calories taken in, adequate rest and weight training. Body
building is also a sport, known as competitive body building, in
which various body builders are judged on the basis of how
visually appealing they are.
Investigating the various areas of body
building for men
In natural body building, competition and a
healthy way of life is emphasized. Natural body builders are
tested for illegal and banned substances. Teenage body building
has teenage boys starting young. Many famous body builders started
with teenage body building – people like Schwarzenegger, Cutler
and Priest. Professional body building includes body builders who
have won various amateur competitions and has also earned
themselves something known as a pro card from the IFBB. Through
various competitions they earn the right to participate in Mr.
Olympia, the highest rung a professional body builder can reach.
The components of successful body building
with weight training
Body building requires strength training, rest
and appropriate nutrition. Weight training is an important part of
body building. Micro tears are caused in the body as a result of
weight training, leading to the soreness felt by the body builder
after he works out. These tears caused by weight training are
known as micro trauma. Delayed onset muscle soreness, or DOMS, is
caused by micro trauma after exercise. When this micro trauma is
repaired by the body, muscle growth is precipitated. In this way,
weight training contributes to body building.
So much repair and growth requires a special
kind of nutrition for body builders. The energy and protein
required by the body of a body builder is much more than a person
of the same height. The increased muscle mass entails much higher
calorie intake required than a person who is not a body builder
but is of the same height. Proteins and carbohydrates are very
important when it comes to body building. Body builders eat five
to seven times a day, and these portions are equal. Body builders
need to eat at regular and fixed intervals of time. Body builders
also consume a lot of dietary supplements to aid in their body
building. Performance enhancing substances such as growth hormone
and insulin are used in body building, along with a combination of
the above mentioned weight training, proper nutrition and rest.
The pros and cons of over training in body
building
Over training happens when the workload of a
body builder is more than the recovery capacity of his body.
Insufficient sleep, rest, nutrition, less recovery time in between
workouts, and working out for too long, all lead to over training
and to avoid over training these things have to be avoided.
However, over training can be strategically used to the advantage
of a body builder. For example, over training just before a
vacation, gives the body enough time to repair and grow over the
vacation so that more growth occurs. However, most over training
is not used in this manner, it is inadvertent and wholly
unrequited.
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