Bodybuilding Muscles Bodies Weight Mr America Describing Men's

While some women compete in "beauty pageants" (competitions where the most beautiful woman wins), some men compete in "bodybuilding contests," where they try to create the largest, most beautiful muscles. Bodybuilding is different from weight training, because bodybuilding focuses on how muscles look, while weight training focuses on building strength. Body builders not only lift "weights" (large, heavy pieces of metal) to become stronger, but also work hard to decrease the amount of fat in their body and use oils and "tans" (coloring the skin with sunlight or ultraviolet light) to make their muscles more "defined" (clearer and easier to see, with sharper lines).

The Mr. America contest is an "annual" (once a year) bodybuilding competition that began in 1940 and is now "considered to be" (thought to be) one of the world's "premiere" (best and most important) bodybuilding contests. The competitors have to participate in a weight lifting contest to "prove" (show that something is true) their strength. Then, in the main part of the competition, they "pose" for the audience and "judges" (the people who decide who wins), holding their bodies in specific positions and "flexing their muscles" (making muscles bigger by moving them in certain ways).

The winner is named Mr. America and "declared" (said to be) the man with the finest "physique" (body; physical appearance) in the United States. There are also competitions for specific body parts, like arms, legs, and "abdominals" or "abs" (the muscles over one's stomach).

There is also a Ms. America "title" (the name given to the winner of a competition) for female bodybuilders, but that competition isn't as popular as the Mr. American bodybuilding contest.