Let’s start off by first understanding what a bodybuilder is, and who fits in the category. Now a bodybuilder isn’t only just an individual who uses weighted resistance to build and develop his/her musculature frame. People always seem to measure down a bodybuilder being a well-proportioned individual with extraordinary muscle definition, but that is not the case. Anyone that is enhancing his/her body to increase performance is a “bodybuilder”. Although reality never sets in does it? So when the word bodybuilder comes up we think of the great Arnold Schwarzenegger. He paved the way for bodybuilding and the “lifestyle” it is today. Bodybuilding popularity has increased over the years. Everyone wants to become the biggest and strongest, but
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They did not have access to a range of supplements. A vast majority of their meats came from actual food while a lot of the modern day bodybuilders receive theirs from supplements. During that time, access to supplements that we now have today were not there thus the focus on a well-rounded diet was more. The modern day has become simplified and convenient with nutritional supplements at reach to go at any point. The lack of struggle does not seem to exist in the modern era we live in now. Food companies have teamed up to create these items to succeed nutrient needs with a simple shake or bar. A compare and contrast is simple when it comes to bodybuilding from two different eras where science and knowledge has only progressed. The only question that can never be truly answered is “if the same knowledge and findings were available back in the golden era, would they follow in suit?” From time to time men will always pick the easier and better way to increase their performance. Nutritional value whether it being protein, carbohydrates, or essential fats will hardly change unless the way of life changes itself. On another hand, steroids will always evolve and so will the effects it has on the body, thus changing the way bodybuilders look, work, and
They did not have access to a range of supplements. A vast majority of their meats came from actual food while a lot of the modern day bodybuilders receive theirs from supplements. During that time, access to supplements that we now have today were not there thus the focus on a well-rounded diet was more. The modern day has become simplified and convenient with nutritional supplements at reach to go at any point. The lack of struggle does not seem to exist in the modern era we live in now. Food companies have teamed up to create these items to succeed nutrient needs with a simple shake or bar. A compare and contrast is simple when it comes to bodybuilding from two different eras where science and knowledge has only progressed. The only question that can never be truly answered is “if the same knowledge and findings were available back in the golden era, would they follow in suit?” From time to time men will always pick the easier and better way to increase their performance. Nutritional value whether it being protein, carbohydrates, or essential fats will hardly change unless the way of life changes itself. On another hand, steroids will always evolve and so will the effects it has on the body, thus changing the way bodybuilders look, work, and