Video: Bodybuilding Competition: Mountains of Muscle, Strong Endurance and a Special View of Beauty
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The strongest man! Perhaps ordinary people do not strive for such glory, but for the heroes of our article this is a cherished goal. The Brooklyn-based photographer took a peek behind the scenes at the bodybuilding competition itself, capturing a feast of strength, mountains of muscle, tiny bikinis and flashy spotlights on stage in his photos. Men and women who look as if they are about to jump out of their skin proudly show the judges the results of their work on their own bodies.
In a series of works Brian Finke (Brian Finke), which was named " Most muscular"(" Most Muscular "), you can see a variety of contestants with an almost incredible mass of muscles. And here we are talking not only about supermen, representatives of the" weaker sex "also participate in the competition, who, however, are really weak no one dares to accuse.
The process of building and developing muscles takes a long time and requires exceptional self-control. This is daily physical exercise with weights, this is a specific diet, almost always accompanied by the use of anabolic steroids and various pharmacological agents. There are only a few organizations that promote the so-called "healthy" bodybuilding, but most by this point in the sport are more loyal. Anabolics allow you to quickly and significantly build muscle mass, but at the same time, they strongly affect the hormonal background of the body with all the ensuing consequences. So such a way of life is a conscious choice of everyone, it is something that changes the whole life beyond recognition.
In Russia, the most famous participant in bodybuilding competitions is perhaps Natalya Trukhina, about whom we told our readers in the article The "weaker sex" attacks: a girl who in the gym can give odds to any man ".
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