Bodybuilding is a form of body modification or muscle hypertrophy. A person who practice this activity is called bodybuilder.

In a competitive professional of bodybuilding the bodybuilders display their physiques to a panel of judges, who assign points based on their appearance. Bodybuilders prepare for competition through a combination of fat loss, oils, and tanning (or tanning lotions) which combined with lighting make the definition of the muscle group more distinct. Some well-known bodybuilders include Charles Atlas, Steve Reeves, Reg Park, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Lou Ferrigno. Currently, professional bodybuilder Jay Cutler 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 bodybuilder. "Early Years" of Bodybuilding are considered to be the period between 1880 and 1953. On 16 January 1904, the first bodybuilding competition in America took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The winner was Al Treloar and he was declared "The Most Perfectly Developed Man in the World".Treloar won a $1,000 cash prize, a good sum at that time. Two weeks later, Thomas Edison made a film of Al Treloar's posing routine. there are three areas of bodybuilding In the professional competitions are the most strong people but in this area Steroid testing is generally never done

Another area is the natural bodybuilding in the natural bodybuildings associations the antidoping is more frequenty becuase the anabolics are prohibited in the natural bodybuildings associations Female bodybuilding The first femal bodybulding comptetition was in Canton Ohio in 1978 and in 1980 the first miss olimpia was Rachel McLish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------The body builders use three strategies to Muscle growth The first is the weight lifting Second is Specialized nutrition, incorporating extra protein and supplements when is necessary Third Adequate rest, including sleep and recuperation between workout The bodybuilders eat between 5 or 7 times in the day because they need more proteins and carbohydrates than a normal person They eat at regular intervals usually between two or three hours Bodybuilders eat much tuna fish, chicken breast and boiled rice