Bodybuilding has always been directly linked with supplements. In today’s world, supplements have taken over dietary nutrition. From an infant age only supplements become part of a child’s life. Supplements are of many forms, from bourn-vita and glucose to steroids; the list is endless. However, this essay will focus only on role of supplements in a bodybuilder’s life.
No man was born with a bulky muscular body. It takes a lot to gain muscle size. Supplements never build the muscles; it’s the hard workout at gym that pays off. Supplements just enhance muscle growth and increase body’s ability to workout. They provide the extra power required for heavy workouts to be carried out. Supplements can never replace the proper dietary nutrition but they have their own role, which dietary nutrition cannot cover. They cover the nutrient gap by providing elements that do not even exist inside the human body and are required for muscle growth. They prevent any individual from getting any nutritional deficiencies. Furthermore, supplements are not just to gain size. There are plenty of supplements in the market for cutting muscles, burning fat and even to gain size of nerves as many people like their nerves bulging out of their skins. The craziness of having a muscular body for bodybuilders cannot be explained easily.
Even a very healthy person’s diet may not contain all of the nutrients required to build a large amount of muscle mass. They have different goals in their lives and while following those goals they start expecting a lot from their body, and that is the point where supplements come in and help them to achieve their targets. Nevertheless, training goals does not matter; right supplements can always help in improving health, performance and physique. Robson (May 10, 2010) in an article ‘6 Supplements You need’ explained that Proteins, Branched Chain Amino Acids, Glutamine, Creatine and Multivitamins are the five most basic