The Truth About Bodybuilding Competitions
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
Thinking of joining the ranks of bodybuilding competitors? Maybe you’re just a fan and want to know more. First off I would have to say that competing as a bodybuilder is a lot of work. It’s much more work than your weekly routine at the gym. First you must prepare yourself mentally for what it is about to occur and what you will prepare your body to do. Your workouts will have to change as well as your diet. The rumors you may have heard are correct, you eat so much chicken and turkey that you’d swear you’re about to sprout feathers. A day or two before the show you will need to decrease your fluid intake to no more than three cups of water a day, I mean three literal cups, measured cups. All this may not sound hard until you try it. You would be surprised how much you miss water until you can no longer chug-a-lug it by the gallon. Your mind begins to get fuzzy, you cannot think properly, and you long for the days when you could sleep through your alarm clock blaring. You cannot train as heavily as the off-season and your strength is a thing of the past. You have to pose your body every day for about an hour which doesn’t sound difficult until you find yourself sweating after only five minutes.