Bodybuilding Case Study
Assessing Your Potential:
Do you have the basic genetic potential necessary to become a great bodybuilder?
You will be able to find out whether you do by following the instructions in this section.
If you don’t seem to have great genetics for the sport, however, you shouldn’t mourn. Many of the very best bodybuilders over the years have had less than optimum genetic potential for the sport yet have succeeded in becoming Mr. America, Mr. Universe, and Mr. Olympia winners. Let me give you a few examples.
Larry Scott, who won the first two Mr. Olympia titles in 1965-66, has often been pointed to as a man who had inferior genetic potential for bodybuilding but overcame these insufficiencies to become one of the brightest stars in the history of bodybuilding. Scott was …show more content…
But Frank never gave up, and he is famed as one of the top four or five bodybuilders of all time.
Danny Padilla is a short individual who has muscled up to the point where he won Mr. America, Mr. USA, and Mr. Universe titles, placing in the top five in the Olympia Danny’s only 5’2” tall, but he became a giant killer by developing on of the most massive and perfectly balanced physiques in history.
While a superbly developed big man does have a small advantage over shorter contestant, height really isn’t a big issue in bodybuilding. The only things that really count are muscle mass, proportional balance, muscularity, symmetry, and posing ability. Danny kept these facts firmly in mind as he pumped iron year after year to build his great physique. He never let short stature get in his way.
I could point out hundreds more bodybuilders who have had less than ideal genetic potential and yet succeeded. The object lesson here is that genetic potential is more of an enabling factor than limiting
Do you have the basic genetic potential necessary to become a great bodybuilder?
You will be able to find out whether you do by following the instructions in this section.
If you don’t seem to have great genetics for the sport, however, you shouldn’t mourn. Many of the very best bodybuilders over the years have had less than optimum genetic potential for the sport yet have succeeded in becoming Mr. America, Mr. Universe, and Mr. Olympia winners. Let me give you a few examples.
Larry Scott, who won the first two Mr. Olympia titles in 1965-66, has often been pointed to as a man who had inferior genetic potential for bodybuilding but overcame these insufficiencies to become one of the brightest stars in the history of bodybuilding. Scott was …show more content…
But Frank never gave up, and he is famed as one of the top four or five bodybuilders of all time.
Danny Padilla is a short individual who has muscled up to the point where he won Mr. America, Mr. USA, and Mr. Universe titles, placing in the top five in the Olympia Danny’s only 5’2” tall, but he became a giant killer by developing on of the most massive and perfectly balanced physiques in history.
While a superbly developed big man does have a small advantage over shorter contestant, height really isn’t a big issue in bodybuilding. The only things that really count are muscle mass, proportional balance, muscularity, symmetry, and posing ability. Danny kept these facts firmly in mind as he pumped iron year after year to build his great physique. He never let short stature get in his way.
I could point out hundreds more bodybuilders who have had less than ideal genetic potential and yet succeeded. The object lesson here is that genetic potential is more of an enabling factor than limiting