Objective: this work focuses on bodybuilding as narcissistic inscription of the relational dynamic of the ego and the body, in this sense we think that this symptomatic adolescent act highlights a defective image of the body, leading, by a sadistic passage exercized on the split body, to an Ego/body-ideal. Method: Semi structured interviews with 16 adolescents between 15 and 18 years old allowe...

UNLABELLED Bodybuilding is a sport in which competitors are judged on muscular appearance. This case study tracked a drug-free male bodybuilder (age 26-27 y) for the 6 mo before and after a competition. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to provide the most comprehensive physiological profile of bodybuilding competition preparation and recovery ever compiled. METHODS Cardiovascular parameter...

introduction: journal clubs play an important role in teaching evidence based medicine (ebm). evidence based journal clubs focus on real problems of the group, and set a minimum level of evidence for articles to be presented, and in the end a clinical bottom line is set to be used in the daily clinical practice. in this article, we have explained our experience in running evidence based journal...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of substance use among bodybuilding athletes has been poorly studied in Iran. This study was conducted to examine the prevalence of drug use, especially anabolic steroids, among bodybuilding athletes. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in the first half of 2013 among body building athletes referring to gyms located in Kerman, Iran. Five gyms were select...

A 25-year-old man presented with a 10-year history of difficulty in relaxing his muscles. He was bodybuilding champion in his city without doing any exercise. Neurologic examination revealed well-formed skeletal muscles (first part of the video: http://ijnl.tums.ac.ir/public/891-725-1-Part1.mov) and myotonia most prominent in the eyes (a lag in opening the eyes after forceful closure) and hands...

The body is a factor that makes men feel masculine and the role of in construction masculinity undeniable. Bodybuilding has many features are associated with such as performance, strength, muscular appearance, endurance. To determine how male bodybuilding athletes construct through they build whether choosing this sport meaning terms masculinity. Data were collected by focus group interview soc...

Introduction: Journal clubs play an important role in teaching Evidence Based Medicine (EBM). Evidence based journal clubs focus on real problems of the group, and set a minimum level of evidence for articles to be presented, and in the end a clinical bottom line is set to be used in the daily clinical practice. In this article, we have explained our experience in running evidence based journal...

The purpose of this article is to examine the current health promotion orientation of youth sports clubs in Finland in view of the standards created previously for the health promoting sports club (HPSC). Ninety-seven youth sports clubs participated, and 273 sports club officials and 240 coaches answered the questionnaires. To describe clubs health promotion orientations, an HPSC index was crea...

- Detection of the effect training methods on development muscle strength arms in bodybuilders (youth). The researchers used curriculum for its suitability and nature study research, design two experimental groups with pre- post-testing, selected research sample a deliberate way. This is what did, if they were divided into groups, first group works weighting method, while second mitigation appr...