What is bodybuilding?
First, the concept of bodybuilding. Bodybuilding is a kind of exercise with bare hands and various instruments, which uses special movements and methods to develop muscles, increase physical strength, improve body shape and cultivate sentiment. It is a branch of weightlifting and an independent competition. Bodybuilding can adopt all kinds of unarmed exercises, such as all kinds of unarmed aerobics, rhythmic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and all kinds of self-resistance movements. You can also practice with various sports equipment with different weights, such as barbells, dumbbells, kettlebells and other weightlifting equipment, gymnastics equipment such as horizontal bars and parallel bars, and various special comprehensive strength exercisers such as spring tensioners, pulley tensioners and rubber bands. Fitness movements are also varied, from complete sets of unarmed fitness gymnastics to light equipment gymnastics such as balls and clubs, which are mainly used for women's fitness training to lose weight, improve their body shape and improve their sense of rhythm. There are also many weightlifting exercises and other exercises that can develop muscles in all parts of the body. "These exercises are mainly used for male and female competitive bodybuilding training. In order to achieve the purpose of bodybuilding, this requires special training methods. For example. There are special requirements and arrangements in the weight, method, frequency, number of groups and speed of the equipment when using weightlifting and other equipment to do various movements. Bodybuilding, as a sport, not only has the functions of exercising, improving health and strengthening physique, but also can develop muscles in all parts of the body, increase physical strength, improve body shape and cultivate beautiful sentiments. It emphasizes both "health" and "beauty", and integrates sports and aesthetic education. Bodybuilding is a branch of weightlifting. In the long-term development process, the generalized weightlifting has been divided into three and developed into three relatively independent sports. That is, competitive weightlifting, also known as Olympic weightlifting, commonly known as weightlifting; Bodybuilding, also known as fitness; Strength weightlifting. Bodybuilding is also an independent competition. It has its own competitive sports, world championships and international organizations. (1) Weightlifting 1: Competitive Weightlifting A: Project: snatch and clean and jerk B: International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), founded in 1920. 2. Bodybuilding A: events: required movements and optional movements B: International Fitness Federation (IFBB) established IFBB) 1949. 3. Strength weightlifting A: Events: Squat, bench press and hard pull. B: The National Demonstration Strength Weightlifting Federation (IPF) was established in IPF. Bodybuilding includes not only competitive bodybuilding for competition, but also mass aerobics activities for losing weight or improving body shape.