| A serious runner and a serious bodybuilder couldn't | | | | Running when done right is excellent aerobic exercise |
| possibly look more different, although both are freaks. | | | | for bodybuilders, but cannot be done the same way |
| A bodybuilder will carry an amazing amount of muscle, | | | | that serious runners do. There simply is no way to lift |
| in perfect proportion, with very little fat so the muscles | | | | weights seriously and run a lot as you will over train. |
| are prominent and they look abnormally large. A runner | | | | However some limited running is superb aerobic |
| on the other hand although also carrying little body fat | | | | exercise, in part because it burns calories so efficiently. |
| will be so thin and emaciated that they look sickly and | | | | Running two to three times a week works well, but do |
| abnormally small. Yet interestingly running is an | | | | not run long or far. Three to four miles is plenty for |
| excellent exercise for bodybuilders. | | | | most people. Actually, regardless of how good a |
| Bodybuilders need two types of exercise. The first is | | | | shape you think you're in, you should start with very |
| muscle building exercise, which tends to be lifting free | | | | short distances, perhaps a mile, and slowly increase. |
| weights as well as using some resistance machines. | | | | Bodybuilders do need to do aerobic exercise, and |
| Bodybuilders also need aerobic exercise to burn | | | | running is an excellent choice if not overdone. I usually |
| calories and fat so that their muscles are prominent | | | | will run for a few months and then switch to a |
| and not covered with fat. The most muscular person in | | | | different form of aerobics, but find what works best |
| the world, if two hundreds pounds overweight, is just | | | | for you. |
| going to look fat after all. | | | | |