Proportion, posing part of bodybuilding ... - Body Health & Fitness

Q: I read your column as often as I find time and I wanted to ask a question.

I noticed that you won some bodybuilding titles and trained some male and female champions, but I have not read anything about that in your column. Is there a reason that you don?t write about bodybuilding, fitness or figure competitions?

My wife and I are interested in competing in a bodybuilding and a figure competition and we wanted to know what we would need to do to get prepared for it.

? Michael and Jacqueline

A: The reason that I have not written about bodybuilding or figure competitions is because most of our readers are everyday people looking to lose weight and become lean and healthy, rather than compete in a competition.

With that said, I want you to know that I care about everyone, and I would love to answer your question.

Yes, I had the good fortune and blessing to achieve my lifelong goal of winning the Mr. USA title, along with 18 other titles in bodybuilding. I also was blessed to have trained more than 400 champions in bodybuilding, fitness and figure competitions.

My life has been an incredible journey and one that affords me the opportunity to help others with their the goals from the experiences I have lived and learned from.

So lets talk shop here, brother.

First, to get ready for a competition you must focus on creating a body that is in proportion.

Whether you are competing as a male bodybuilder or, Jacqueline, as a female fitness competitor, you must focus on overall symmetry. You must make sure that all muscle groups are trained properly to afford you a body that looks shapely, fit, defined and balanced.

The judges also will look for a low body-fat level with good definition.

At the same time, you must be able to present it in a favorable way when you pose on stage, as you will be compared to other competitors in a lineup as well as judged on your independent posing routine.

Your workouts and diet must be designed with all of those qualities in mind, and it must be progressive and adjusted as your body changes. A lot of knowledge and work must go into preparing someone for a competition. A clean and healthy diet must be implemented to create a healthier metabolic rate and then utilized to develop a leaner body. Then that diet must be manipulated to have some lower carbohydrate days and some higher carbohydrate days to be able to obtain an extremely low body-fat level that will highlight the muscle definition on the competition stage.

The intensity of each workout must increase so that your muscles are forced to adapt to the added demands by getting harder, stronger and more defined.

Please feel free to email me with any specific questions and we will be glad to give you more insight.

Fitness expert and Fitness Hall of Fame recipient John DeFendis is the director of exercise and fitness at Coop?s Health Fitness in Spartanburg, Anderson and Greenville. A former Mr. USA and a personal trainer for more than 35 years, his specialty lies in weight loss and health. John has trained professional athletes and celebrities and has been featured in many international magazines and on national television shows. His website is www.defendis.com. Email John at DeFendis@aol.com.

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