Bodybuilding Myths Debunked

1. You can't grow without eating ridiculous amounts of protein.

While it's true for bodybuilders who are already gigantic, if you're
just starting out training or don't have aims that are too lofty,
you can achieve at least a certain amount of growth just by training
ith your normal diet. It's advisable to eat additional protein, but
not paramount to see results.

2. Bodybuilding is all about genetics.

Yes, good genetics can give you an edge over the competition, but at
the same time it's possible to overcome your genetics through hard
work and a proper diet. You can be a successful bodybuilder, even a
professional one, without having magic genetics. If anything your
lesser DNA will teach you to work harder than the competition.

3. The more you train, the more you'll grow.

In fact as you get larger you actually need to start increasing the
amount of time you rest, not the amount of time you train. It's
through rest that your muscles repair the damage done during a
workout and so rebuild them bigger and stronger than they were
before. It just means your workouts need to be intense while
you're doing them.

4. Some professional bodybuilders aren't on steroids.

Some professional bodybuilders claim they aren't on steroids leading
to applause and adulation. In the case of the tested and natural
competitions this is probably true. However, every bodybuilder you
see in Flex and every bodybuilder at Mr Olympia is on steroids
without fail. While hopefully this will change in the near future,
for the time being don't believe anything different.

5. Bodybuilders aren't necessarily strong.

A lot of people come to me with the bizarre hypothesis that
bodybuilders' muscle is somehow not as strong as it looks, that
it's somehow "just for show". This concept baffles me, how do they
think the bodybuilders got to look like that? From arranging
flowers? Building muscle involves lifting large amounts of weight
which in turn requires strength, it's quite simple.

6. When you give up bodybuilding it turns to flab.

This just plain isn't true. Fat and muscle are two completely
different substances and there's no way one can be converted to
the other. When you stop training your muscles will get smaller
over time, but if you adjust your calorie intake you will not
get fat.