Bodybuilding in Nigeria

Bodybuilding in Nigeria

A complete sport of strength and discipline

Bodybuilding is the practice that is involved with the application of resistance exercise to control and develop the muscle arrangement of the body. In Nigeria today, bodybuilding is known to be a complete sport associated with some large-scale bodybuilding competitions and training organized by bodybuilding associations within the country.

Initially, Nigerians used to regard bodybuilders as wretches that are just misusing their time to develop their musculature so that they could be selected as thugs for dignitaries in the country. However, it now has the meaning which can be described in two aspects today within the country. To start with, bodybuilding is an art because it is the expression of human creative skills and imagination in a visual form for people to appreciate primarily for emotional power or impression.

On the other hand, bodybuilding is a complete sport because it incorporates many types of sporting activities and workouts. And this is exactly the body and all the associated competitions that have drawn many individuals and competitors from across the nation viewpoint where Nigerians have come to understand.

One of the bodybuilding contests that is being organized annually here in Nigeria is known as Mr Flex Nigeria. This is one of the biggest and the leading bodybuilding championship held yearly and is being put in order by Steco Productions. This bodybuilding competition was conducted for the first time in Nigeria on the 29th day of October 2011 at Rockview Hotel, Apapa, Lagos.

Benefits of bodybuilding

Bodybuilding, as the name implies, is a sport that involves strenuous exercise that tends to build up the musculature and as well strengthen the bundle of fibrous tissue in the human body that helps in better movement and maintaining the position of the body parts.

It is a sport that encompasses a lot of body workouts which include weightlifting, bench press, pull-ups,

sit-ups, side lateral raises and related others that help to reduce the risk of coronary heart diseases.

Weight training and other aerobic exercises are some of the bodybuilding workouts that help to control blood pressure and decrease the risk of becoming obese.

Bodybuilding exercises, aside from having a great impact on the muscles, bones and joints of the body, play a vital role in reducing the level of cholesterol in the blood.

Generally, bodybuilding is a very important sport that helps to keep the body and mind fit and flexible; and has a better impact on preventing osteoporosis, arthritis and other joint inflammatory diseases.