Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding is the process of maximizing muscle hypertrophy; an individual who engages in this activity is referred to as a bodybuilder. In competitive bodybuilding, bodybuilders display their physiques to a panel of judges, who assign points based on their aesthetic appearance. The muscles are revealed through a combination of fat loss, oils, and tanning (or tanning lotions) which combined with lighting make the definition of the muscle group more distinct.
People well-known for being bodybuilders include Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno, and Charles Atlas. Currently, Dexter Jackson holds the title of Mr. Olympia as the world's top bodybuilder.

The History of Bodybuilding

Perhaps the earliest exhibition of human musculature for esthetic purposes dates back to the ancient Greeks who believed that the human body could reflect the beauty of the gods. This belief was evidenced in Greek statuary in which the perfection of the gods was represented through their ideal physical proportions. The ideal of physical esthetics was artistically maintained through sculptor and paintings of the Renaissance in a style known as Greek Revivalism.
place winners and finally, as the band played “See the Conquering Hero”, William L. Murray was award the golden Sandow statue as the best developed man in Great Britain and Ireland. All proceeds from the event were donated to the “Mansion House Transvaal War Relief Fund” (Sandow Musium.com), and the sport of bodybuilding had been born.

THE WORLD'S FIRST MR. OLYMPIA
Larry Scott

Scott was the first bodybuilder to ever have held the IFBB Mr. Olympia title. He did so for the first two years of the competition from 1965 to 1966. Scott went to the California Air College to study electronics and is known to be a devout Mormon He is married to Rachel Ichikawa
Before claiming the Mr. Olympia title, Scott took Mr. America in 1962, the Mr. Universe title in 1964, and had a minor role as "Riff" in the 1964 movie Muscle Beach Party. Scott is said to have possessed little apparent genetic potential when he started training with weights in 1956, his narrow shoulders having been a particular weak spot. He trained with Vince Gironda, another well-known bodybuilder of the golden age. Scott is best known for his arm development - and perhaps most for his impressive biceps which were unusually long, allowing for good development and shape. Scott attributes his football-shaped biceps to an exercise he invented, "The Scott Curl," which became standard repertoire among many bodybuilders. Nowadays Scott lives in Salt Lake City, Utah where he runs his own personal training company. He was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame in 1999.
Scott was also a popular physique model during the early to mid 1960s, working for such famous photographers as Bruce of LA and Don Whitman, of Western Photography Guild. His "posing strap" material for Pat Milo (known professionally as simply "Milo") is today considered fine art. It was Milo who introduced Scott to a wide, appreciative audience and helped him hone his posing and photographic persona: that of the "boy next door." Larry regularly appeared in all of Joe Weider's bodybuilding magazines, including Mr. America and Muscle Builder, and he also figured prominently in Demi Gods, Muscleboy, and The Young Physique.
From 1960 until his retirement from competition in 1966, Scott was bodybuilding's top superstar. Bodybuilding magazines soon began capitalizing on his image, but Larry - an IFBB athlete - wrote exclusively for Joe Weider's publications. Larry's popularity completely eclipsed all other bodybuilders of his time, including such famous personalities as Freddy Ortiz, Chuck Sipes, Dave Draper, Leo Robert, Harold Poole, and a very young Sergio Oliva. The phenomenon has since become known as "Larry fever" and reached its apex at the 1966 Mr. Olympia competition, where Larry defended his title and once again took home the crown (literally, since the prize was $1,000 and an actual crown).
Scott's retirement at the age of 28 sent shockwaves throughout the sport. But Scott had other priorities (a second marriage), and after two Olympia wins, he'd done all he could do in competitive bodybuilding.One fan, Rod Labbe, (a freelance writer) collaborated with Scott on four major published articles; a two-part interview in Flex magazine; Ironman; MuscleMag International, and Ironman again). According to Labbe, "Larry is my childhood hero, a true American success story. It's an honor for me to work with him." Their last interview, entitled "The Golden Man," appeared in two consecutive issues of Ironman magazine in 2006. They are currently working on a new article about American International's Muscle Beach Party, released in 1964 where Scott played the role of "Rock," a Bodybuilder who was part of "Jack Fanny's (Don Rickles) exercise group

How To Start BodybuildingAnd how to Win Your First Competition

If you want to win your first bodybuilding competition or just get in the shape of your life, this is for you!
Getting ready for your first bodybuilding competition can be tough. I won my first bodybuilding competition after doing my research and applying what I had learned. It took 6 months to learn from the pros about how to dial in the last three months of my bodybuilding competition, and its all here for you to win from. There are nine points to archive these things.
1. Time Frames NeededFigure out how long you need to get into competition shape, how to taper your food in, time your cardio and how much to do. Learn when to start your posing, tanning, and water control.Find out how to apply your tan and what products to use, what to bring to the competition to make sure nothing dumb keeps you from winning!
2. Routines - Cardio Guidelines & Weightslearn the fine details of how to do your cardio, for how long and at what stage of contest prep. Use the same routines the pro's do (can’t tell you how I got this one but its there!).
3. Dietsif you don’t eat right, you wont win your first bodybuilding competition. It’s all here with tips on preparation and making it easy.
4. SupplementsBelieve it or not, some supplements work and you need them!
5. Posing, Lighting and AttitudeAll the prep work in the world will do you no go in winning your first bodybuilding competition
6: Tips and Tricks to Make Things SmootherStuff that if I didn’t know, I would have went insane!

7: Motivationyou’re going to need this, its going to get tuff. Your first bodybuilding competition is no cake walk!

8: Sticking to Your Planthere are going to be times when you will read, see, hear about something that will make you think its better. Here is how to NOT mess up by doing something stupid!

9: What to Do After the ContestAfter a bodybuilding contest, you’re in one of the best situations ever to create a totally new body. Take advantage of it and get ripped and massive!

We DoTrain Hard and train smart, winning your first bodybuilding competition is worth it!

SOME VIDEOS OF BODYBUILDING
Super Heavyweight Bodybuilder Ryan Watson Training Arms