Trivia Questions About Bodybuilding
What is bodybuilding?
A: Bodybuilding is the use of progressive resistance
exercise to control and develop one's muscles (muscle building) by muscle
hypertrophy for aesthetic purposes.
It is distinct from similar activities such as
power lifting because it focuses on what?
A: Physical appearance instead of strength.
What is an individual who engages in this activity
referred to as?
A: A bodybuilder.
In professional bodybuilding, competitors appear in lineups and perform what?
A: Specified poses for a panel of judges who rank them
based on what?
A: Symmetry, muscularity, size, conditioning, posing, and stage
presentation.
Bodybuilders prepare for competitions through the
elimination of what?
A: Nonessential body fat.
What do they do to accentuate the contrast of their
skin under the spotlights?
A: Tan and shave.
Bodybuilding takes a great amount of what to reach the
desired results?
A: Time and effort.
A bodybuilder might first be able to gain how many
pounds (4–9 kg) of muscle per year, if lifting for seven hours on a weekly
basis.?
A: 8–20.
Gains begin to slow down after the first two years to
what?
A: About 5–15 pounds (2–7 kg).
After five years, gains can decrease to what?
A: Just 3–10 pounds (1–5 kg).
Some bodybuilders use what to build muscles and recover
from injuries more quickly?
A: Anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs.
The winner of the annual IFBB Mr. Olympia contest is
generally recognized as what?
A: The world's top male professional bodybuilder.
Since 1950, the NABBA Universe Championships have been
considered the top amateur bodybuilding contests, with notable winners such
as whom?
A: Reg Park, Lee Priest, Steve Reeves, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Where were stone-lifting traditions practiced?
A: In ancient Egypt, Greece, and Tamilakam.
When did western weightlifting develop in Europe?
A: From 1880 to 1953, with strongmen displaying feats of strength for the
public.
The focus was not on their physique, and they possessed
relatively large what?
A: Bellies and fatty limbs compared to bodybuilders of today.
From December 28, 1903 to January 2, 1904, where did
the first large-scale bodybuilding competition in America take place?
A: At Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The competition was promoted by whom?
A: Bernarr Macfadden, the father of physical culture and publisher of
original bodybuilding magazines such as Health & Strength.
Who was the winner?
A: Al Treloar.
Treloar was declared what?
A: "The Most Perfectly Developed Man in the World".
What did Treloar win?
A: A $1,000 cash prize, a substantial sum at that time.
Two weeks later, Thomas Edison made a film of Treloar's
what?
A: Posing routine.
In the early 20th century who continued to promote
bodybuilding across the world?
A: Macfadden and Charles Atlas.