The Secrets of Natural Bodybuilding

"About Ivan: Ivan Nikolov is a natural bodybuilder from Bulgaria, currently residing in the US. Since his arrival Ivan has been competing for the Musclemania chain of natural shows and has consistently placed in the top five in his weight class, while competing only in worldwide events. Ivan specializes in teaching real people how to change their mental approach toward life, which in his opinion is the foundation that one has to set first in order to achieve a better and healthier body."

Sunday, May 07, 2006

Overweight athlete: fact or fiction?

"Maintaining appropriate body weight is important for athletic performance. Body mass index (BMI) is commonly used to classify an individual's body weight. However, in the case of athletes, who may have a high body weight due to higher lean body mass, BMI may lead to misclassification of the athlete as overweight or obese. Thus, both BMI and body composition assessment should be conducted before determining if an athlete is overweight or obese."

In my opinion BMI should not be considered in athletes, who are engaged in practicing bodybuilding. Whether a bodybuilder is overweight or not should be determined only by a body composition assessment (total body mass and lean body mass). If you know your body fat percentage, you can easily determine that:

Len Body Mass = Total Body Mass - Fat Mass

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