Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Afghan Muscles, Beach muscles, Beefcake, Ben Weider, Bodybuilding.com, Bodyweight exercise, Colorado Experiment, Drop set, Drostanolone propionate, Dynamic tension, Female bodybuilding, Fitness and figure competition, Hardgainer, IFBB Hall of Fame, International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness, Isometric exercise, Isometric exercise device, Isotonic (exercise physiology), Joe Weider, Most Muscular, Ms. Fitness, Muscle Beach, Muscle dysmorphia, Muscle House, Muscle worship, National Amateur Bodybuilders Association, Natural bodybuilding, No pain, no gain, PHA training, Posedown, Professional bodybuilding, Pumping Iron, Ripping (bodybuilding), Vascularity, Weight training, Whey protein isolate, Woody Cote d'Ivoire, World Amateur Body Building Association. Excerpt: Bodybuilding is the use of progressive resistance exercise to control and develop one's musculature. An individual who engages in this activity is referred to as a bodybuilder. In competitive amateur and professional bodybuilding, bodybuilders appear in lineups doing specified poses, and later perform individual posing routines, for a panel of judges who rank competitors based on criteria such as symmetry, muscularity, and conditioning. Bodybuilders prepare for competition through a combination of dehydration, fat loss, oils, and tanning (or tanning lotions) which make their muscular definition more distinct. Some well-known bodybuilders include Charles Atlas, Steve Reeves, Reg Park, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Lou Ferrigno. Currently, IFBB professional bodybuilder Phil Heath from the United States holds the title of Mr. Olympia. The winner of the annual Mr. Olympia contest is generally recognized as the world's top professional male bodybuilder. Sandow in 1894 The "Early Years" of Western Bodybuilding are considered to be the period between 1880 and...