Draft:Outline of bodybuilding

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to bodybuilding:

What type of thing is bodybuilding?
Bodybuilding can be described as all of the following:


 * Body modification – deliberate altering of the human body for any non-medical reason, such as aesthetics, sexual enhancement, a rite of passage, religious reasons, to display group membership or affiliation, to create body art, shock value, to make your $20 t-shirt uncomfortably tight, accompany your "fully sick" Holden SS Commodore, go with your 2006 G-Unit Snapback or self-expression.
 * Exercise – bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health or wellness.
 * Anaerobic exercise – exercise intense enough to trigger anaerobic metabolism. It is used by athletes in non-endurance sports to promote strength, speed and power and by body builders to build muscle mass.
 * Sport – form of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants.
 * Competitive sport – sport in which one or more participants or teams compete against one another. The one that is the most successful in achieving the objective of the game or sport event is the winner.
 * Recreational sport – sport engaged in as a leisure time activity.
 * Spectator sport – sport that is characterized by the presence of spectators, or watchers, at its matches. Spectator sports are a form of entertainment.
 * Professional sport – sport in which the athletes receive payment for their performance.

Branches of bodybuilding

 * Professional bodybuilding
 * Natural bodybuilding
 * Female bodybuilding

Hazards of bodybuilding

 * Overtraining
 * Steroid abuse

Equipment of the sport

 * Exercise equipment

Bodybuilding supplements

 * Bodybuilding supplement
 * 1,4,6-Androstatrien-3,17-dione
 * 4-Androstene-3,6,17-trione
 * Arginine alphaketoglutarate
 * Brassaiopsis glomerulata
 * Calcium alpha-ketoglutarate
 * Creatine
 * Creatine ethyl ester
 * Creatine supplements
 * Creatine-alpha ketoglutarate
 * ECA stack
 * Gainer (supplement)
 * Glycerol monostearate
 * Beta-Hydroxy beta-methylbutyric acid
 * Met-Rx
 * MusclePharm
 * Protein bar
 * Tribulus terrestris
 * USANA Health Sciences
 * Whey protein
 * ZMA (supplement)

Strength training
Strength training
 * Weight training

History of bodybuilding

 * World Bodybuilding Federation
 * Bodybuilding at the 1997 World Games
 * Bodybuilding at the 2002 Asian Games
 * Bodybuilding at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games
 * Bodybuilding at the 2005 World Games
 * Bodybuilding at the 2006 Asian Games
 * Bodybuilding at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games
 * Bodybuilding at the 2008 Asian Beach Games
 * Bodybuilding at the 2009 World Games
 * Bodybuilding at the 2010 Asian Beach Games
 * Bodybuilding at the 2011 Pacific Games
 * Bodybuilding at the 2011 Pan Arab Games
 * Bodybuilding at the Asian Games
 * Bodybuilding at the World Games
 * Bodybuilding competitions featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger
 * List of World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships medalists

Bodybuilding competitions

 * AAU Mr. America
 * IFBB Professional League
 * Mr. America
 * Universe Championships
 * Bodybuilding at the World Games

Professional bodybuilding competitions

 * Arnold Classic
 * Mr. Olympia
 * Ms. International
 * Ms. Olympia

Bodybuilding organizations

 * Amateur Athletic Union
 * American Federation of Women Bodybuilders
 * International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness
 * National Amateur Bodybuilders Association
 * National Gym Association (NGA)
 * National Physique Committee
 * World Bodybuilding Federation (defunct)

Culture and bodybuilding

 * Body image
 * Gold's Gym
 * Muscle worship
 * Physical culture

Films

 * Pumping Iron

Bodybuilding magazines

 * Flex
 * Hardgainer
 * Iron Man
 * Muscle & Fitness
 * Muscle & Fitness (British Edition)
 * Muscular Development
 * Sandow's Magazine of Physical Culture
 * Women's Physique World

Websites

 * Bodybuilding.com

Persons influential in bodybuilding

 * Male bodybuilders
 * Charles Atlas
 * Steve Reeves
 * Reg Park
 * Arnold Schwarzenegger
 * Lou Ferrigno
 * Female bodybuilders
 * Rachel McLish