05 March 2011

Why do we "bodybuilders" shave our body ?

Bodybuilders are not naturally "clean skined" .
Actually , if I dont shave my entire body once a week I might turn into a
cookie monster . Because , working-out daily boosts your testesterone levels to sky high . Testesterone is well-known for being responsible of growing hair .


I decided to write about this because I get way too much question .
People wonder why do we shave our body .


There are several reasons . Some of them theories , some of them proven to be helpful what we are doing .

  • For competation
Hair is tend to hide defination of muscle . So when you are in a posing competation Hairless always > Hairy .
Also hair is unnecessary weight .

  • To make working-out easier
Hair got stuck in machines or sometimes you pull your hair while working-out .
It is painfull and makes you lose your concentration .
Also less hair = less air friction . Less air friction means easier to move your body .

  • To make you gain more muscle ( This is still a theory ) ; 
Maintaining and growing hair need nutraints . Cutting hair off leads to lesser maintain energy levels . More nutraints are able to used in body .
Hair is mostly creatine . Creatine is a essential for metabolism to produce energy . Creatine is used to create ATP in body . Maintaining and growing hair depends on creatine ingestion . With lesser hair your body will have more creatine to use on your energy metabolism .

  • Other cosmatic reason
Some people thinks hair is "manly" some people don't think that way .

32 comments:

  1. makes sense, from what Jay Cutler told me it was this and it helps cosmetically with the oil

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  2. after reading all of that, at the end...I still kind of wanted a cookie.

    Thanks a lot cookie monster! (;

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  3. To look buffer? :D lol Keep up the working out man!

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  4. I'm not blue enough to be the cookie monster.

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  5. We Martial Artists tend to shave everywhere too. Believe it or not, it improves high kicking accuracy. Don't ask me how...

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  6. "Hair is tend to hide defination of muscle . So when you are in a posing competation Hairless always > Hairy .
    Also hair is unnecessary weight ."

    Never thought about this. I suppose it makes sense.

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  7. some kind of funny post :D
    A man must have hairs...

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  8. We pirates are hairy muther effers. Other then that, you seem to have some good tips and I have been looking at getting into shape after years of poor diet in college.

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  9. I like to jog often, and shaving all my excess hair really makes a big difference. Less heat build up, more stamnia to use in the long run.

    Also I just bought new balance trainers, was using boots before (mad I know lol) Alot less ache after my 30 min run just because of a simple footwear change.

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  10. Yeah but I guess for the normal person it is better not to shave his entire body because in my opinion it seems more masculin.

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  11. Great post. Makes sense why bodybuilders shave.

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  12. I once shaved all my bodyhair, but people made fun of me, so now no shaving legs or arms :D

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  13. I don't see the harm in a bit of hair for non-body builders, but I can see why you do it in your case.

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  14. Excuses, excuses ;)

    Body builders just like the smooth feel.

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  15. u must spend ages just taking care of ur body...

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  16. Shave to let them muscle shine through like sunshine.

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  17. I used to work out a lot and use creatine supplements, now I'm lazy as hell lol.

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  18. Fellow cookie monster here.

    No Shave November always has me looking like werewolf at the end of it.

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  19. I don't know about shaving like that. Sounds excessive lol.

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  20. Hmm interesting theory about gaining more muscle when shaved. Gonna look into this...

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  21. pretty radical to shave your body because it might save some nutraints lol. i like some chesthair, i just dont feel very comfortable shaven completely

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  22. I've just started to work out, no idea how far I'm going to take it but I've started increasing my calorie consumption and started taking supplements. Sick of having bitch tits.

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  23. this is why i take my workout easy, i dont want to increase my testosterone levels

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  24. You convinced me that shaving your body isn't gay at all.

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  25. I've never heard that it helps muscle grow, but I guess that it makes since (somewhat) haha

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  26. Haha I never stopped to think about this

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  27. People will do anything if they think it's worth it.

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  28. Huh. I never knew that.

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