Evolution in Bodybuilding

By Bryan Haycock, MS

Think Muscle is the culmination of years of evolution in bodybuilding. In the beginning, there was no science to pumping iron. You relied on tradition and sweat. You looked to those that came before you to learn the iron lifestyle. Even then, all they knew was that when they lifted a weight until their limbs gave out with fatigue and numbing pain, they would eventually grow stronger.

Today, things have changed. Bodybuilding has truly entered the information age with Think Muscle leading the way. Don’t think for a minute that it has been an easy transition. This coming of age has been long in coming.

While in graduate school, I was often made light of because of my bodybuilding roots. Other physiologists simply couldn’t understand the passion. Not only that, but they failed to realize that there is far more science involved with muscle growth and fat loss than there is with running on a treadmill.

Not long ago, the only exercise science you would find in medical journals involved aerobic exercise. After all, running was exercise, bodybuilding was not. It wasn’t until the medical community accepted the fact that resistance exercise may have a role in health that money began to be awarded to researchers looking to investigate muscle growth.

I would like to say the rest is history, but that would be misleading. It wasn’t until very recently that real quality research has been performed to unlock the mysteries of muscle growth. Of course bodybuilding isn’t just about muscle growth, it is also about manipulating body fat. Thankfully, there are a few researchers that have shared a common passion with us and have conducted ingeniously crafted research uncovering the mechanisms of control of body fat stores.

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