Re:Why the conventional wisdom on how to grow muscles is wrong
by dav_Oz on Monday February 06, 2023 @01:34PM
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Imhv the bodybuilding/powerlifting community is pretty open about it once you immerse yourself there.
But, yeah, the non-initiated get a pretty skewed picture about how muscular one can get, naturally. That's a whole another discussion about body perception/dismorphia and societal idealizations.
It is also fairly easy to give an accurate estimation (esp. if fat percentage <10%) via FFMI.[0]
In some natural bodybuilding competitions anyone with FFMI >25 is ruled out automatically because of the high probability of steroid use at that point. Of course a non-trivial amount of natural genetic freaks certainly exist beyond this number and a case can be made that's the whole point of competitive sports: "freaks" competing against each other.
But then again once you are in the highly competitive game it is (nearly) impossible to resist PEDs.
I guess for that reason many different classes/federations exist to choose from.
But, yeah, the non-initiated get a pretty skewed picture about how muscular one can get, naturally. That's a whole another discussion about body perception/dismorphia and societal idealizations.
It is also fairly easy to give an accurate estimation (esp. if fat percentage <10%) via FFMI.[0]
In some natural bodybuilding competitions anyone with FFMI >25 is ruled out automatically because of the high probability of steroid use at that point. Of course a non-trivial amount of natural genetic freaks certainly exist beyond this number and a case can be made that's the whole point of competitive sports: "freaks" competing against each other.
But then again once you are in the highly competitive game it is (nearly) impossible to resist PEDs.
I guess for that reason many different classes/federations exist to choose from.
[0]https://mennohenselmans.com/ffmi-calculator/