Bodybuilding is the use of progressive resistance exercise to control and develop one’s musculature. An individual who engages in this activity is referred to as a bodybuilder. In competitive bodybuilding, bodybuilders appear in lineups doing specified poses, and later perform individual posing routines, for a panel of judges who rank the competitors based on criteria such as symmetry, muscularity and conditioning. Bodybuilders prepare for competitions through a combination of intentional dehydration, elimination of nonessential body fat and carbohydrate loading to achieve maximum vascularity, as well as tanning to accentuate muscular definition.
Eugen Sandow is considered the father of modern bodybuilding, while bodybuilders such as Charles Atlas, Steve Reeves, Reg Park and Arnold Schwarzenegger are seen as having influenced the rise in popularity of bodybuilding to its current level. The winner of the an…
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