{"id":488,"date":"2012-09-30T11:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gahealthguide.wordpress.com\/?p=488"},"modified":"2012-09-30T11:00:27","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T18:00:27","slug":"mr-olympia-professional-bodybuilding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/30\/mr-olympia-professional-bodybuilding\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Olympia & Professional Bodybuilding"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re bringing you this bonus post this week because this past weekend was the biggest weekend in Professional Bodybuilding. . .\u00a0 Joe Weider’s “Mr. Olympia” Competition.\u00a0 This is where the top bodybuilders that compete year round take the stage for the most prestigious title in bodybuilding: To be crowned “Mr. Olympia.”\u00a0 So, in case you’re wondering who won, it was Phil Heath.\u00a0 There are also other main events in addition, including four women’s events, such as the Ms. Olympia, Fitness Olympia, Figure Olympia, and Bikini Olympia.\u00a0 In that order, they go from the most intense event (Ms. Olympia) down to the least intense (Bikini Olympia), which is still incredibly intense and takes plenty of work.<\/p>\n

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The winners of 5 \/ 6 categories: Fitness Olympia, Figure Olympia, Bikini Olympia, Mr. Olympia (pictured second from left), and 212 Showdown (A second male category).<\/p><\/div>\n

On a slightly related note, I often use the phrase “Natural Bodybuilder” when referring to my hobby because I don’t want to be compared to our modern day competitors–\u00a0 Even the physiques that are visually appealing are much larger than I ever want to be.\u00a0 Let me explain. . .<\/p>\n

There’s terminology occasionally thrown around in bodybuilding that describes the different “aesthetics” of bodybuilders–\u00a0 These also coincide with “eras.”\u00a0 While I respect the hard work that modern era, or “X Aesthetic” bodybuilders, put in to their training and nutrition, I don’t appreciate the overall aesthetic of their body.\u00a0 They look overly muscular to me;\u00a0 However, “Y Aesthetic” bodybuilders (Also known as the “Golden Era”) have a much more appealing body.\u00a0 While I never plan to get anywhere near that size, I can appreciate both the hard work, and the aesthetic of the bodies from the “Golden Era.”\u00a0 For a visual example:<\/p>\n

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A show of Olympia “Dynasties” through the years.<\/p><\/div>\n

And of course, another reason I refer to myself as “natural,” is because Alissa and I only take natural supplements;\u00a0 We also don’t take anything that is a banned substance as defined by the USADA, and \/ or the International Natural Bodybuilding Association<\/a>.\u00a0 For the sake of disclosure, we would like to point out that the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness<\/a> does have an anti-doping policy.<\/p>\n

Regardless, congratulations to everyone who competed at the Olympia, and to those who didn’t place as well as they wanted, remember: “Without sports, there is no ‘next year.'”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re bringing you this bonus post this week because this past weekend was the biggest weekend in Professional Bodybuilding. . .\u00a0 Joe Weider’s “Mr. Olympia” Competition.\u00a0 This is where the top bodybuilders that compete year round take the stage for the most prestigious title in bodybuilding: To be crowned “Mr. Olympia.”\u00a0 So, in case you’re […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-body-building"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3DfsS-7S","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}