bodybuilding

There is a common thread in many male transformation stories. A guy starts off overweight - he eats poorly and is sedentary. Then he discovers how to eat right, how to lift weights, and before you know it - new words like cardio, metabolism, and HIIT become part of the standard vernacular.

At some point along the journey - fat loss turned into bodybuilding. Is this the answer for every man?

If you are a bodybuilder and you just read the title of this article you will no doubt start to feel your temperature rise. Your grip on the mouse might start to tighten and your knuckles might even start to turn white!

The idea that your precious diet is "plain stupid" really just makes you mad.

Muscles. Hot or not?

UCLA professor David Frederick and colleagues have asked: Why is Muscularity Sexy? Conclusion: [...] these studies suggest that men’s physical features are related not only to women’s expressed preferences for mates but also to men’s and women’s past mate choices and sex behaviors.

One of the studies interviewed 99 male undergraduates about their sexual histories, and, to be honest - can you really believe they didn't "talk up" their exploits?

Soy. Skim Milk. Synthol.

One of these things turns you into a circus freak.

Another helps with uptake of amino acids, and the third is even better.

Last year over 4,000 men in the UK had their man-breasts removed by cosmetic surgery.

If you've ever lurked in any bodybuilding forum you find the topic of Moobs or Man-Boobs coming up all the time.

Once upon a time bodybuilding was about lifting weights, good nutrition, and attaining good muscular symmetry and form. Nowadays it's just another form of drug abuse.