The Essential: Introduction To Bodybuilding

By Tony J. Carullo

The Ultimate Guide To Bodybuilding.

Learn to effortlessly build your muscles with these simple to follow techniques. Here is what you wil learn in this bodybuilding guide:

>An Introduction to Bodybuilding as a Hobby
>An Introduction to Bodybuilding as a Competitive Sport
>An Introduction to Bodybuilding as a Way of

Life:

>What to Expect
>The Science of Bodybuilding
>How to Exercise
>The Major Muscle Groups
>Selecting a Gym Membership or Home Equipment
>Free Weights versus Resistance Machines

and much more...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mae Cunningham
• Release date: Jul 29, 2014
• ISBN: 9781501463525

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THE ESSENTIAL INTRODUCTION TO BODYBUILDING

Contents

An Introduction to Bodybuilding as a Hobby

An Introduction to Bodybuilding as a Competitive Sport

An Introduction to Bodybuilding as a Way of Life:

What to Expect

The Science of Bodybuilding

How to Exercise

The Major Muscle Groups

Selecting a Gym Membership or Home Equipment

Free Weights versus Resistance Machines

Writing a Training Programme

Monitoring and Sticking to a Training Programme

Warming Up

The Compound Movements

Some More Basic Exercises

Using CV

Higher Intensity

Deciding On Your Diet and Supplements

Take Home Lessons

An Introduction to Bodybuilding as a Hobby

There are several reasons that many people take up bodybuilding as a hobby; for health, for appearance, for confidence, for success in sports or to attract the opposite sex; often though it’s for a combination of these reasons that an individual is inspired to take up the large commitment that is bodybuilding. The good news is that bodybuilding does indeed deliver on all these fronts, yes you will be stronger, you will be better looking, you will be more confident, you will be better at sport, you will be more successful with the opposite sex... and like all good hobbies you will find it an enjoyable way to spend your time that occupies your hands and gives you focus and a sense of achievement. There’s something highly addictive about seeing your body steadily improve, transforming from something mundane into something others admire.

Unlike many other hobbies however, anyone can appreciate bodybuilding and it requires no equipment and no investment on the part of those taking part. Generally it is considered a pastime for giant hulking men, usually in their mid-twenties to thirties, hidden away in a dark room and grunting loudly. This needn’t be the case however, and anyone can enjoy the benefits of bodybuilding; of changing their body from one shape into another over time. For example, women might enjoy toning their body up by adding a small amount of lean muscle and stripping away their fat. While the image of the female bodybuilder is often one of a masculine and aggressively butch character, when they aren’t in competition condition the extra muscle tone and tan can be very attractive and the process of going to the gym itself will be just as rewarding and cathartic. Similarly bodybuilding needn’t necessarily be the sole territory of the young; you only need to look at Sylvester Stallone at 62 for evidence of this. As muscle mass becomes harder to maintain bodybuilding actually has greater benefits for the older generation and will keep them active and energetic way past their peers (and they’ll stand out far more for being well built than they would have in their youth). Furthermore, muscle strength actually hardly deteriorates as you get older meaning that many power-lifters are actually over fifty. With the extra time that retirement brings, your biceps can be something you work on with the same fervour that many work on their golfing handicap.

I can’t speculate as to your reasons for taking up bodybuilding as a hobby, but whatever your age or gender if you want a new pastime that comes with many health benefits and a real sense of achieving something then bodybuilding was a good choice.

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An Introduction to Bodybuilding as a Competitive Sport

Bodybuilding is a sport that involves crafting your own physique through hard work in the gym to look the best that it can look. This ‘ideal physique’ is