| There is no one route to becoming a professional | | | | things that are included with your genetics are your |
| body builder and contrary to what you might think it is | | | | capacity to build muscle, become lean and your ability |
| not just about having great big muscles. Thousands of | | | | for your heart to take a pounding as you lift very |
| people around the world have fantastic bodies but not | | | | heavy weights. Your body should also have great |
| many of them have the right stuff to compete | | | | symmetry. For instance flatfooted people or people |
| professionally. | | | | with scoliosis (a curved spine) do not make great |
| First of all it is very competitive, like the modeling world. | | | | weight lifters as their musculature systems are |
| It takes more than ambition. You must really be | | | | distorted in the first place. |
| outstanding in terms of your form, discipline and | | | | You also need to do your homework in terms of |
| posture. You must also be really passionate and | | | | knowing what competitions you are eligible to |
| ambitious with regards to accomplishing your goals and | | | | participate for your class and weight. There is lots of |
| develop "a thick skin." This is because like any business | | | | information about this type of competition online. It also |
| that deals with judging people on their appearance, | | | | helps to join as many organizations and leagues to do |
| bodybuilding is full of rejection and criticism. | | | | with the professional bodybuilding and attend as many |
| Of course in order to make it as a body builder you | | | | competitions as you can so you can make |
| also need to be able to bulk right up and without much | | | | professional contracts. This is because before your |
| effort. This of course takes a lot of hard work and | | | | career can go very far you will probably need both a |
| organization. Many body building careers are | | | | trainer and a professional manager. The best place to |
| sabotaged simply because the person simply could not | | | | meet trainers, professionals and sponsors is where |
| find the time to exercise. Furthermore you have to | | | | they hang out which is at annual conventions, shows |
| love exercising and not find it tedious or else you will | | | | of equipment and at the actual competitions. The more |
| just be spending hours and hours in misery. You have | | | | people you meet in the business the more contacts |
| to love exercising or you will probably not find the | | | | you will make and the more you will be on your way |
| motivation to keep at it in the gym. | | | | to pumping your muscles before a crowd. |
| It also helps if you are realistic about what the | | | | Yet another qualification is the ability to be personally |
| limitations of your body actually are. For one thing most | | | | resilient and give the endeavor your best effort day in |
| people are born with a certain set of genes that | | | | day out, as this is a career in which you will face a lot |
| dictate what they can and cannot do. The types of | | | | of ups and downs (and not just with dumbbells! |