What were your reasons for getting into bodybuilding?

I feel like this could be a great discussion to start. It seems to me that there’s many bodybuilders and lifters who got into bodybuilding due to insecurities and wanting to be more intimidating. I know for me, I largely got into bodybuilding because I was a tiny 120lb cross country runner and I hated being small. I wanted to be big and have people notice. I wanted to be intimidating, even though i’d rather not admit it. Curious as to what everyone else’s motives were for picking up he dumbbells.

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Get Bear-Wrasslin' Strong With This Upper-Body Bodyweight Workout

Jailhouse Strong brings you this bodyweight-only workout for upper-body strength and explosive power. With a few small changes to some common bodyweight moves, this workout will burn you down as it builds you up.

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Get Bear-Wrasslin' Strong With This Upper-Body Bodyweight Workout

Jailhouse Strong brings you this bodyweight-only workout for upper-body strength and explosive power. With a few small changes to some common bodyweight moves, this workout will burn you down as it builds you up.

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The Worst Bodybuilders in Bodybuilding History

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BODYBUILDING AT THE ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: IRAN KEEPS IN THE TOP; IRAQ IS PROGRESSING.

The 2nd session of the 2018 Asian Championships celebrated in Ulaan Baatar (Mongolia) was more than spectacular for worldwide Bodybuilding supporters. The favorite team –Iran– did not disappointed and took up to 6 Gold medals in this discipline, beside the overall title with the magnificent new star, Majid Jamehbozorg. With China and Bahrain reaching the gold, as well, in the lightest categories; the surprise was the progression of Iraq, with a fantastic team that reached 3 Gold medals, beside 4 Silver and 2 Bronzes. An amazing progression that gave a beautiful image for the fans: the presidents of National Federations from Iran and Iraq, awarding together their respective winners. ¡This is sport!

The winners in Bodybuilding were, as follows:

Up to 55 kg: Shen Jin (China)
Up to 60 kg: Guayad Sami (Iraq)
Up to 65 kg: Ali M. Abdulrasool (Bahrain)
Up to 70 kg: Fershad Ganji (Iran)
Up to 75 kg: Faramarz Azizi (Iran)
Up to 80 kg: Hossein Gazmeh (Iran)
Up to 85 kg: Mehdi Arzeshmand (Iran)
Up to 90 kg: Mohammed H. Taha (Iraq)
Up to 95 kg: Majid Jamehbozorg (Iran)
Up to 100 kg: Ali Salim Jasim (Iraq)
Over 100 kg: Seyed Mehedi A. (Irán)

Bodybuilding Overall (Elite Pro Card):

1º Majid Jamehbozorg (Irán)
2º Mohammed H. Taha (Iraq)
3º Ali Salim Jasim (Iraq)
4º Seyed Mehdi A.

Picture: Bodybuilding Overall winner, Majid Jamehbozorg (Iran) surrounded by AFBF Executives: (left to right) Ochir Gambaatar (president), Dr. Rafael Santonja, Zhang Haifeng (Vice-president), Sanjay More (Gral. Secretary) and Naser Pouralifard (Vice-president).

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5 Reasons to Work Out that Have Nothing to Do With a Bikini Body

Stop selling fitness through the promise of a bikini body, and instead be good to your body, feel strong and empowered, and to be grateful for what our bodies can do.

In 2015 I ran my first half marathon. I went through the literal blood, sweat, and tears that one does in such a test of willpower, and when I came out the other side, absolutely amazed at what I had just been through, I knew that the power of fitness was something I needed to share.

 

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George Eiferman in one of my favourite bodybuilding pics...as if the physique wasn’t dated to the 40s-50s enough her bathing suit gives the rest away. Such a classic

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How far back does steroid use in high-level bodybuilding go? Were people like Steve Reeves on something? If so what period would be the end of “natural” bodybuilders?

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NBA Players Who Could Be Bodybuilders

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BODYBUILDING & FITNESS AT THE 2018 SPORTACCORD WORLD CONGRESS

Outstanding participation of the IFBB in the SportAccord World Congress held in Bangkok (Thailand), recent April 15th to 18th, where it was represented by President Santonja and the Asian Executive Officer, Mr. Ochir Gambaatar; together with all the world leaders of international sports institutions.

The IFBB, which had its own stand at the Congress Expo, was also one of the main characters of the sports activities program, organized by SportAccord and promoted by the Thailand Ministry of Sports. A dozen international athletes from the China and Korea national federations travelled to Bangkok to make exhibitions of Fitness, Classic Bodybuilding and Bikini Fitness, exemplifying the healthy lifestyle that the IFBB defends, and raising the admiration of the audience because of their physical aesthetics.

Photo: President Santonja, with the IFBB athletes from China and Korea who participated in the Bodybuilding and Fitness activities, at the SportAccord World Congress (Bangkok 2018).

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Top Posing Routines in Bodybuilding History

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The Worst Bodybuilders in Bodybuilding History

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Hi /r/bodybuilding! I’m kinda-PhD Ben Pollack, AMA!

Hey guys! Thank y’all for having me - I’m a big fan of the community and I’m looking forward to answering your questions.

Edit: It's 5:30 and I think I've answered all the questions that aren't SUPER broad. I'm gonna take a break, but feel free to keep posting; I'll come back to get to any I've missed either this evening or tomorrow AM. Feel free to message me, too, but keep in mind that my response time is usually not great :(

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World's Oldest Female Bodybuilders

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The Brutal '5 Minutes of Hell' Test to Challenge Your Upper Body

Anybody's gym have these new clips?

https://www.fourteenacre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/securing-clips-wm.jpg

My gym switched the normal clips off the cable station a couple days ago to the ones on the left with the screw where if you want to switch handles you have to twist it off. Problem is I can't fucking twist it, it's like someone took a wrench to every single one of the new clips. I wanted to switch handles and tried every single one and none of them would budge, weak grip or superglue?

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Bodybuilders today

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MOSCOW BODYBUILDING CUP 2018: THE PICTURES

Some of the best moments and highlights, at the recent Moscow Bodybuilding Cup held in the Sokolniki Congress Center, recent 13rd – 15th April.

The precision of photographer Sergey Makov catches the spectacular event, perfectly organized by Oleg Makshantsev and the Moscow Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation.

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What Weightlifters Should Know About Body Fat

Each sport has its own requirements for body composition, and that is what makes different sporting disciplines unique.

Photo by Bruce Klemens

 

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Top Bodybuilding Fights

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Train More Than Your Body With This Productivity Bundle

5 CrossFit Workouts to Train Your Upper Body

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The Best 10-minute Mobility Workout to Loosen Your Whole Body

Team Bodybuilding.com Athlete Profile: Courtney Gardner

For Courtney Gardner, fitness is only part of her life, not all of it. Learn how she balances a high-powered career with building a high-powered physique.

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Team Bodybuilding.com Athlete Profile: Courtney Gardner

For Courtney Gardner, fitness is only part of her life, not all of it. Learn how she balances a high-powered career with building a high-powered physique.

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DORIAN YATES: HOW I CHANGED BODYBUILDING (PART 1)

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Incredible genetics of 20 year old bodybuilder Abou Konate

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Couple of photos from Flint mid Michigan finals this last weekend. I ended with the overall in both bodybuilding and classic.

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Muscle Mass May Reduce Risk of Death and Explain the Obesity Paradox: Individuals with low-muscle mass have a higher risk of death than others with a similar body mass index

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Should I implement cardio into my weightlifting routine if I’m not overweight to lower my body fat percentage?

I’m 5’11.5 165lbs bf 15%. Ever since I began working out my body fat percentage began dropping. Could running a few times a week help with lowering my body fat percentage without killing gains?

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Does anybody have Kris Gethin 12 week hardcore trainer?

Just noticed BB.com has blocked most of their programs, i wanted to do the 12 week hardcore, would anyone here have happened to save the pdf for that program by any chance?

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Top Posing Routines in Bodybuilding History

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Hey guys, here’s a few shots of the overall in bodybuilding. I took the overall for classic too but those aren’t up yet.

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Are there any prominent vegan bodybuilders who didnt decide to go vegan later on?

Being a vegetarian myself I have always found it quite difficult to progress, this may or may not be related to diet or my massive amount of inconsistency. I have to wonder when those memes float around facebook about some vegan bodybuilder "breaking stereotypes", if theyre actually being truthful.

From most of what I've gathered it seems like people opted to go vegan after achieving a ripped physique. I don't know if I have ever heard of anyone who got huge on a strictly vegan diet, however, I would definitely like to know.

Edit: Not trying to bring in the specifics of lifting on alternative diets or any associated merits, primarily curious on whether there are any known and prominent bodybuilders who were vegan their entire career rather than opting to take up that lifestyle after already being in the game for years.

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Are Full-body or Split-body Routines Better for Getting Bigger?

HSU AN-CHIN; NEW PRESIDENT OF CHINESE TAIPEI BODYBUILDING FEDERATION

After the elections celebrated recent April 11th in the National Federation of Chinese Taipei, Mr. Hsu An-Chin, was appointed to be the new President for the next 4 years.  Government officers from Ministry of Education and Sports Administration witnessed the election and gave Hsu a warm greeting.

The IFBB convey its best wishes and support to new president Hsu An-Chin and all the Bodybuilding and Fitness fans, in Chinese Taipei.

Picture: President Hsu An-Chim, celebrating the result of elections in Chinese Taipei National Federation, with executives and Government officers.

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Mix Weights And Body Weight To Build Maximum Muscle!

Get ready to leave it all out there. By precisely combining heavy strength work with scorching high-rep bodyweight challenge sets, you can inflict maximum muscle fatigue without making your joints raise the white flag!

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Mix Weights And Body Weight To Build Maximum Muscle!

Get ready to leave it all out there. By precisely combining heavy strength work with scorching high-rep bodyweight challenge sets, you can inflict maximum muscle fatigue without making your joints raise the white flag!

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How to Pose Like A Bodybuilder - By Lee Labrada

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How Anton Antipov Went From Struggling Model to Pro Bodybuilder and Social Media Sensation

Stuntwoman JoJo Batten's Go-to Lower-Body Workout

Simon Howard

Performing stunts is serious work, and it takes a certain type of person to be comfortable taking on scenes that involve risky maneuvers and taxing choreography. But Joanne "JoJo" Batten, who's been a stuntwoman for over a decade, wouldn't trade her job for any other. At 38, she's in incredible shape, and recently got a successful start in bodybuilding without the help of a coach or making too many tweaks to her training routine.

“This year I entered my first bodybuilding competition at the UKBFF Zack Khan Classic and won the masters bikini fitness category, which is for women over 35,"she told M&F. "I coached and prepped myself for the show, since I felt I had enough experience and the self-motivation to achieve the look I wanted. I kept my prep as simple and as healthy as possible. My day-to-day training didn’t change too much. The changes to my diet and cardio made the big difference. Six weeks out, I started doing fasted cardio each morning in the form of a low-intensity, steady-state (LISS) walk for 40 minutes and gradually tapered my calories and carbs down over the final few weeks.”

As far as training, her philosophy is to get it done, no matter how hectic your schedule gets.

“It’s all too easy to say you don’t have time to fit everything in. But in this game you have to master a lot of skills and work hard," she says. "I’m always against the clock, but I still find time to train. My weekly training split is simple and time-efficient. (See below.) My on- and off-season training doesn’t really change at all. It’s the diet and cardio that alter.”

In the weekly split below, you'll see active recovery show up on Fridays and Sundays. That's when Batten finds time for her other fitness-centric pastimes.

“I like to take walks, either hiking in the countryside or exploring the city. I’m also still a keen dancer, and I take classes whenever I can. I’m a qualified yoga teacher, but I don’t always get to spend as much time on it as I would like, so weekends are a great chance to get in full recovery sessions. My body needs to be able to perform at its peak at all times, so I need to take care and maintain it with regular deep-tissue sports massage and physio.”

JoJo's Weekly Training Split

• Monday: Upper-body pull
• Tuesday: Lower body (quad dominant)
• Wednesday: Upper-body push
• Thursday: Lower body (posterior chain)
• Friday: Active recovery
• Saturday: Total lower body
• Sunday: Active recovery

Perform the workout below when you want to work your lower body’s posterior chain (including glutes and hamstrings).

Follow JoJo Batten on Instagram @jojoltd.

Topics: 

Glutes

Legs

Legs workouts

Lower-body workouts

M&F Hers

Quads

Women

Build Muscle

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We all know about Arnold, but who are some other German speaking bodybuilders?

From Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Belgium, etc.

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19 y.o. Indian bodybuilder Europa Bhowmik

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A Finnish bodybuilder started a series about getting ready for his first competition. The video is really quality stuff so I thought you might want to give it a look

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Why did Golden Era bodybuilders have such underdeveloped legs compared to modern bodybuilders?

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The Best 10-minute Bodyweight Workout to Challenge Your Fitness

Per Bernal

You can do this body-weight-only workout in the amount of space a yoga mat takes up. Do as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes. For the final four moves (a military plank), stay in the pushup position.

Christopher Hicks is a NESTA-certified trainer at One Fitness in L.A. and owner of conquestfit.com.

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Body Weight

Bodyweight workouts

Quick workouts

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10 bodybuilders to took bodybuilding to the extreme!

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Body Building w/ Crohn’s Disease

A huge part of body building is a proper diet. Missing 2 and a half feet of intestine, frequent nausea attacks (not to mention the fatigue), and a nasty sensitivity to fiber - I find myself pretty limited in what I can take in.

For example: The Routine that Johnson used for his most recent film calls for 7 meals.... Shit, I have trouble getting down 2 or even 3!

Has anyone here with Crohn’s Disease who has their immune system treated regularly managed to attain the body they were aiming for? I’d love any wisdom that you could impart to start me on your path!

I’m 6”1 at 195 so gaining isn’t so much an issue as is maintaining the dietary and physical demands of certain routines. My biggest obstacles on this path are fatigue, nausea, and body aches.

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SAUDI ARABIA: NEW SUCCESS FOR BODYBUILDING & IFBB GULF ACADEMY

Led by its chairman, Mr Abdul Karim Mohammed Saeed; the IFBB Academy reached a new success on the education in Bodybuilding concepts for athletes, coaches and trainers at the Persian Gulf area.

Recent weekend 30th and 31st March, an important number of students attended the Bodybuilding Course (Level 2) celebrated in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), under the guidelines of the Academy manager in the city, Mr Ali Al Maasni and the lecturer of the course, Mr Jaffar Hussain Ashkanani.

Picture: Some of the coaches and trainers that attended the Bodybuilding & Fitness Course Level 2, celebrated in Jeddah; joining IFBB Academy chairman Mr. Abdul Karim Mohammed Saeed (2nd by left).

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Podcast Episode 40: Kym Nonstop on How to Build Your Body at Home

Kym "Nonstop" Perfetto, star of Bodybuilding.com's new program Home Body, talks about her past in reality TV and her present as a fitness star and bike racer. General silliness, off-color humor, and kale-massage jokes abound.

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Podcast Episode 40: Kym Nonstop on How to Build Your Body at Home

Kym "Nonstop" Perfetto, star of Bodybuilding.com's new program Home Body, talks about her past in reality TV and her present as a fitness star and bike racer. General silliness, off-color humor, and kale-massage jokes abound.

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BodySpace Member Of The Month: Triathlete Turned Lifter

After years of being told she would never accomplish anything, BodySpace member Sara James found strength and redemption through running marathons, lifting weights, and developing a healthy support system.

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BodySpace Member Of The Month: Triathlete Turned Lifter

After years of being told she would never accomplish anything, BodySpace member Sara James found strength and redemption through running marathons, lifting weights, and developing a healthy support system.

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The Best Bodyweight Exercises You're Not Doing (But Should Be)

Want strength AND functionality? Try adding these moves to your program; they're tougher than you might think!

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The Best Bodyweight Exercises You're Not Doing (But Should Be)

Want strength AND functionality? Try adding these moves to your program; they're tougher than you might think!

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New images uncovered of the first bodybuilding competition in 1887

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Powerlifters Should Train More Like Bodybuilders • Stronger by Science

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