One of the basic theories of modern bodybuilding theory is: overtrain and then overdo recovery. In order to ensure and maintain muscle growth, bodybuilders often consume much more protein than athletes in other strength sports such as weightlifting to promote the recovery of muscles damaged through training, and the thickening of muscle fibers is completed in this process. . Generally speaking, even if you train very heavily, train very hard, and train very effectively, if your recovery cannot keep up, muscle growth will only be a dream. Training is just a means of stimulation, and muscle growth is completed during recovery. This is the true meaning of bodybuilding, and many junior trainers often ignore this principle when they are fighting against their bodies.

According to my personal opinion: Training methods are important, but they are nothing more than strength and cumulative volume. Friends who want to be competitive athletes should focus more on diet and recovery. There is a post above, which also demonstrates how it is impossible to gain 10 kilograms in 10 weeks. One of the conclusions is very clear: a protein intake of 250 grams/day is an impossible task for the Chinese. At a glance, this theory is tenable. Assuming that each egg white contains 4 grams of protein, the intake of 250 grams of protein is equivalent to about 65 egg whites per day. In fact, this protein intake data is no longer a large number for many Chinese masters. The protein intake of many national champions during preparations has exceeded 250 grams/day. However, the human body's ability to assimilate and absorb protein is quite limited. After ingestion, many proteins cannot be fully absorbed by the human body and therefore turn into acidic substances and are excreted out of the body through sweat and urine. This phenomenon also causes ordinary athletes and An important reason for the difference between professional players.

It is a well-known secret that many international professional athletes use steroid drugs. In addition to rapidly increasing the body's explosive power, steroid drugs have two other functions that may not be known to many people: stimulating the hematopoietic function of bone marrow and making bodybuilders less congested. The difference in appearance is not obvious, allowing athletes to recover in a short time after training (how fast? You can practice another class of squats after taking a shower after squatting); promotes the body's response to protein The synthetic ability enables the human body to utilize protein more effectively and rationally. But are steroids the only savior for those who are struggling to progress? The answer is no. First of all, this kind of drug is very harmful to the body of bodybuilders. There is no deep theoretical basis and medical foundation. There are also problems such as the dosage of this drug. It is difficult to control, and most of the damage caused by steroids to the human body is irreversible and irrecoverable.

Second, the steroid effect is a relatively short-term effect. If you stop using it outside the season, the athlete's condition will drop a lot.

Third, the level of training achieved through steroids is difficult to achieve again if the medication is stopped later. but not meAre you saying that "all bodybuilders are using steroids"? Of course not, steroids and other drugs appeared in the 1950s, but the level of bodybuilding in our country from the 1980s to the 1990s was much worse than it is now. I was in 1997 At the national competition in 2008, I only saw one contestant with an arm circumference close to 50 points (at that time, arms with 48 points were very scary), but in current competitions, there are many people with arm circumferences of this amount. . This phenomenon is obviously not a "steroid" phenomenon. The increase in the basic bodybuilding population and the improvement in the living standards of bodybuilders are the root cause of this phenomenon.