Important facts about female bodybuilding

In today’s modern world, not only men but women are also entering into bodybuilding. Craze for bodybuilding is on the increase and many young girls are also entering gyms for this activity. But there are different myths concerning women in this field e.g. they think that their bodies may become manlier. The purpose of my article is to do away with some of the myths about female bodybuilding. Following are some of the important facts about female bodybuilding:

Fist myth that women normally have is that they fear that they will look like men if they go for bodybuilding. An important thing to note here is that the level of muscle building depends on the production of testosterone in our bodies. Men and women produce different amount of testosterone. Men produce much larger amount of testosterone as compared to women and therefore they get big muscles and get muscular a lot more as compared to women. Women produce much smaller amounts of testosterone in their bodies and therefore there is no fear for them to get much bulky and muscular bodies that they start looking like men. The only way to look like men would be that they start taking supplements containing testosterone. So if they do not take any supplements, there is no fear for anything.

Second myth is that women might fear that their breast size may be reduced due to bodybuilding. But they can choose the programs that can avoid this factor. So this is not a big issue and there are different programs available that you can easily select from.

Third thing is that it is normally believed that bodybuilding makes body stiff and that is why it is not good for females. Fact is that bodybuilding does exactly opposite to the women body than what it does to the male body. For women, it makes their body graceful and flexible and not like men. So you need not to worry about it as a woman as it is not going to do anything bad to your body.

So as a woman bodybuilder, you need to keep away from these myths as they are not for you. They may be true for men but woman body is different from them and therefore the same does not apply to women. Enjoy bodybuilding!!