Evidence - based recommendations for
natural bodybuilding contest preparation: nutrition and supplementation.
Although this series will focus on basics and application, if anyone is interested in a further scientific discussion of topics covered in this series, I encourage you to read two recent peer - reviewed papers on
natural bodybuilding contest preparation that I recently co-authored with Eric Helms and Alan Aragon [1, 2].
Not exact matches
So if you ever plan on competing in
natural bodybuilding or lifting
contests and you take «prohormones» you'll either flunk the drug test outright or the polygraph will catch you.
Fortunately, 2 recent case studies on
bodybuilding in
natural athletes have shed light into what is a reasonable goal when prepping for the
contest.
In the United States, over 200 amateur
natural (drug tested)
bodybuilding contests occurred during 2013 and the number of
contests is expected to increase in 2014 [1].