What's the difference between modern fitness and classical bodybuilding?

There has always been an interesting saying in the fitness world: thongs don't look down on boxers, and boxers don't look down on beach pants.

The "thong" here refers to the traditional bodybuilder, and the requirement of the competition is to wear thong, which is convenient to show the degree of separation of the muscles in the front thigh and the gluteus maximus in the back;

"Boxer pants" refers to classical bodybuilding. They wear boxers and need to show the muscle circumference of their lower limbs, but they don't need as many details as traditional bodybuilding.

There is no doubt that "beach pants" are modern fitness heroes: players need beach pants to participate in the competition, focusing on waist-shoulder ratio and upper limb muscle circumference, and the lower body is hidden in beach pants without special display.

Of course, the above is just a joke. Each project has its own characteristics and advantages. Don't take it seriously But it also tells us the first difference between classical bodybuilding and fitness: different clothing characteristics.

Besides, what's the difference between modern fitness and classical bodybuilding?

The pursuit of form is different, the requirements of talent are different, and the interpretation of modeling is different.

If traditional bodybuilding is fanatical, then classical bodybuilding is implicit; Modern fitness is calm.

1. Classical bodybuilding is most in line with the aesthetic concept advocated by bodybuilding in the last century.

Many people think of bodybuilding as a "behemoth", which is the choice that athletes face in the middle stage of bodybuilding development. However, the "balance" in early bodybuilding is the more core purpose:

The symmetry of the left and right sides of the body, the coordination of the front and rear chain muscles, the coordination of the upper and lower body muscles, and the gap of different muscle development levels. ...

Even if the later traditional bodybuilding developed to the "behemoth era", the core essence of "balance" has not been forgotten, and it still overrides "greatness". Ronnie, Carter and Sith, the top athletes in the Olympic Games, are not mentioned for the time being. Big Cousin, Golden Boy Wheeler and Persian Wolf are all players with good symmetry and meat.

On the other hand, Li Prestel, the arm king with amazing arm circumference, has never been able to sit firmly on the Olympic champion throne, and even the top five are struggling, because his height limits his proportional play;

Tom Praz, the king of legs with developed legs, dwarfs other parts of his body with his developed thighs, which also gives people a sense of "up and down" imbalance.

Compared with traditional bodybuilding, classical bodybuilding undoubtedly pushes "balance" to the climax of body aesthetics again, weakens the weight of meat and huge weight, and promotes the trend of bodybuilding with an aesthetic style acceptable to more people.

Players should not only learn modeling according to their own physique, but also strengthen the weak parts in training to achieve the balance of the overall proportion. In addition, classic bodybuilding styles, such as Zhenzhai style and Gladiator style, have gradually returned to the stage, and generate has shown new vitality.

2. Modern physical fitness also pays attention to balance, but it requires more "talent".

This talent is reflected in your flush and thick shoulders, overly broad back and slim and exaggerated waist. The proportion of these elements determines your physical potential.

Let's take a look at big Jeremy's "shoulder to shoulder"

Look at Little Jeremy's "Tiger Back"

Look at Andrew's waist.

Let's start with Brandon's "head-to-body ratio"

I have to admit that apart from 90% of external efforts, the remaining 10% determines that some people are born to eat a healthy bowl of rice.

3. Based on the different requirements of figure and talent, the presentation of stage modeling is also different.

The requirements of classical bodybuilding are similar to those of traditional bodybuilding, and there are seven prescribed movements, indicating the positions of chest, shoulders, back, arms and legs respectively. At the same time, including the free display of 60s, you can express your understanding of the body, and you can also take the opportunity to play your own advantages and show your strong parts with some shapes.

Fitness competition is relatively simple, including only four directions of rotation, the total time is about 30s, and there is little room for free play. Shorter time for yourself means that you must hide your weaknesses and give full play to your physical advantages.

On the whole, the modeling of classical bodybuilding takes longer and is more difficult, but it can give play to more space and show personal physical characteristics;

Physical fitness is more particular about proportional display. How to grasp the eyes of the referee and stand out from the crowd requires skills and experience.

4. Finally, talk about the excellent athletes of these two events in China.

Let's talk about classical bodybuilding first. There is no doubt that Chen Kang's performance is the best. When he participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, he won the fifth place in the classical group, which is also the best achievement of Asians in classical bodybuilding at present.

There are many excellent athletes in physical fitness, and Long Wu is the best. Last year, he won both the Vietnam Professional Competition and the Ben Wade Nature Competition, and this year, as expected, he should also appear on the Olympic fitness stage.

In addition to these two representatives, there are many excellent players. With the upsurge of classical bodybuilding, more young people who are interested in it devote themselves to body forging, aiming at getting cards and constantly improving their muscle level.

Personally, these two events and traditional bodybuilding have formed a beneficial complement, making the current bodybuilding competition system more diversified.

For the competition, it has expanded the audience, increased the competitive choices for the players and increased the ornamental categories for the audience, which is a win-win situation.

I also hope that more people will know about the events, rationally comment on athletes and their achievements, respect athletes' efforts with an open and inclusive attitude, understand diverse competitive styles and different physical pursuits, and enhance their enthusiasm for fitness.

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Classical bodybuilding is more in line with Asian aesthetics.

Mr. Sun Yukun of Kang Hua, the forerunner of modern bodybuilding in China, put forward an integrated system of nutrition training and competition of "eating meat, practicing meat and watching meat" at the first "China bodybuilding aerobics seminar" on 1987. If we focus on the west, then simply speaking, ancient Greece and Rome relied on fighting training, and modern bodybuilding was promoted by hormone protein powder and equipment. [Cover your face]

They are all in line with the public's aesthetics and each has his own love.

One wears beach pants and the other wears boxers. One doesn't practice his legs, the other does. Fitness conforms to the aesthetics of ordinary people, and fitness lovers are more classical. It's all about beauty, proportion, refusing buffalo bellies.