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Control and development of musculature
Bodybuilding is the practice of progressive resistance exercise to build, control, and develop one's muscles via hypertrophy. An individual who engages in this activity is referred to as a bodybuilder. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: BodybuildingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Relationship between Vigorexia, steroid use, and recreational bodybuilding practice and the effects of the closure of training centers due to the Covid-19 pandemic in young people in ArgentinaInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Arnold's bodybuilding for menThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Bodybuilding Dragonflies: Costs and Benefits of Maximizing Flight MuscleCited 203 times
- Go sideways: Mr. OlympiaA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Bodybuilding supplementA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
Noun Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Bodybuilding Dragonflies: Costs and Benefits of Maximizing Flight Muscle
Evidence-based recommendations for natural bodybuilding contest preparation: nutrition and supplementation
Bigorexia: bodybuilding and muscle dysmorphia
Nutrition guidelines for strength sports: Sprinting, weightlifting, throwing events, and bodybuilding
Telling a (Good?) Counterstory of Aging: Natural Bodybuilding Meets the Narrative of Decline
Abuse of anabolic‐androgenic steroids and bodybuilding acne: an underestimated health problem
Macronutrient Considerations for the Sport of Bodybuilding
Natural Bodybuilding Competition Preparation and Recovery: A 12-Month Case Study
🆕 Influential since 2022
Relationship between Vigorexia, steroid use, and recreational bodybuilding practice and the effects of the closure of training centers due to the Covid-19 pandemic in young people in Argentina
Mortality in male bodybuilding athletes
The relationship between psychosocial variables and drive for muscularity among male bodybuilding supplement users
Nutritional and Non-Nutritional Strategies in Bodybuilding: Impact on Kidney Function
Bodybuilding Coaching Strategies Meet Evidence-Based Recommendations: A Qualitative Approach
📚 Books worth reading
Arnold's bodybuilding for menArnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Dobbins · 1981
Bodyweight Strength Training AnatomyBret Contreras · 2013
ArnoldWendy Leigh · 1990
Convict conditioningPaul Wade · 2010
Winning bodybuildingFranco Columbu · 1977
Overcoming GravitySteven Low · 2011
Bigger Leaner StrongerMichael Matthews · 2012
The wisdom of Mike MentzerJohn R. Little, Joanne Sharkey · 2005
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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