can you have tatts when body building
GhostX1994
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Iv been wanting to get tattoos for awhile now but have been afraid that they will strech and stuff since im training to be a body builder so my body gets alot bigger and want to kmow if there is anything bad that will happen with tattoos on my body first?.
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Google Lee Priest
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Stretch the canvas stretch the image
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Find a part of your body that won't bulk as much.. Ankle? Foot? Ribcage?0
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1. Your body may not stretch that far if you are going to be a natural bodybuilder.
2. Tattoos are fine in bodybuilding, but you might want to consider how much muscle definition the tattoos might hide. My sleeve completely obscures my triceps and I get marked down for it.0 -
Yeah its what I thought and I plan to go big as possible in the chest and arms area and my legs are big enough. As in natural body building I more likely wouldnt take something like steroids but might take testosterone again down track and yeah its why im having a hard time choosing where to have tatts as I dont wanna cover up areas I want def0
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GhostX1994 wrote: »Yeah its what I thought and I plan to go big as possible in the chest and arms area and my legs are big enough. As in natural body building I more likely wouldnt take something like steroids but might take testosterone again down track and yeah its why im having a hard time choosing where to have tatts as I dont wanna cover up areas I want def
You can't compete in natural shows if you use test. Some shows even ban it if your doctor has prescribed it.0 -
GhostX1994 wrote: »Yeah its what I thought and I plan to go big as possible in the chest and arms area and my legs are big enough. As in natural body building I more likely wouldnt take something like steroids but might take testosterone again down track and yeah its why im having a hard time choosing where to have tatts as I dont wanna cover up areas I want def
Taking testosterone puts you out of the natural category.0 -
yopeeps025 wrote: »GhostX1994 wrote: »Yeah its what I thought and I plan to go big as possible in the chest and arms area and my legs are big enough. As in natural body building I more likely wouldnt take something like steroids but might take testosterone again down track and yeah its why im having a hard time choosing where to have tatts as I dont wanna cover up areas I want def
Taking testosterone puts you out of the natural category.
Yep. Might as well take the good stuff if you're going to use test.0 -
Tattoos require maintenance. All of mine have been filled and detailed three times over fifteen years. My recommendation is to wait until you have the foundation you want, pick a great artist that will be there for touch ups for decades to come, and then wait a few years until the impulse passes. They are addicting, cat scratch on a sunburn addicting.0
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He could tattoo muscles and kill three birds with one stone.yopeeps025 wrote: »GhostX1994 wrote: »Yeah its what I thought and I plan to go big as possible in the chest and arms area and my legs are big enough. As in natural body building I more likely wouldnt take something like steroids but might take testosterone again down track and yeah its why im having a hard time choosing where to have tatts as I dont wanna cover up areas I want def
Taking testosterone puts you out of the natural category.
Yep. Might as well take the good stuff if you're going to use test.
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As everyone has pretty much said, they will detract from the way you look on stage. Those lights are unforgiving. Also, if you are using any test at all you might as well use other gear too. (Good point above). The tan will only cover so much but tattoos also hide hard earned definition and vascular definition.
I don't compete but my husband is an IFBB pro
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HumboldtFred wrote: »Tattoos require maintenance. All of mine have been filled and detailed three times over fifteen years. My recommendation is to wait until you have the foundation you want, pick a great artist that will be there for touch ups for decades to come, and then wait a few years until the impulse passes. They are addicting, cat scratch on a sunburn addicting.
I've never had to get my tattoos redone.
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HumboldtFred wrote: »Tattoos require maintenance. All of mine have been filled and detailed three times over fifteen years. My recommendation is to wait until you have the foundation you want, pick a great artist that will be there for touch ups for decades to come, and then wait a few years until the impulse passes. They are addicting, cat scratch on a sunburn addicting.
I've never had to get my tattoos redone.
Yeah, me neither. Granted, mine are not that old but still... Sunscreen helps a lot.
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I thought testosterone was fine for natural body building? What exactly does it do that doesnt class being natural. And I wont take stuff like steriods because people say pill way damages your liver and stuff and I aint going the needle way like mates have said dont like the idea of the negatives involved with that0
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GhostX1994 wrote: »I thought testosterone was fine for natural body building? What exactly does it do that doesnt class being natural. And I wont take stuff like steriods because people say pill way damages your liver and stuff and I aint going the needle way like mates have said dont like the idea of the negatives involved with that
This interest you have. Do you even lift? Any sort of foundation you have build to wanting to be a body builder?0 -
Injection of a "synthetic" testosterone is still juicing. Natural testosterone is what your own body makes. Anything that raises test exponentially will be deemed as an anabolic steroid. Don't know where you've heard different.GhostX1994 wrote: »I thought testosterone was fine for natural body building? What exactly does it do that doesnt class being natural. And I wont take stuff like steriods because people say pill way damages your liver and stuff and I aint going the needle way like mates have said dont like the idea of the negatives involved with that
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Sorry I ment testosterone boosters not testosterone...
And yes I do lift but only been doing it for a couple months as I had to stop for my nerv injury which hasnt gone but missed lifting0 -
GhostX1994 wrote: »Sorry I ment testosterone boosters not testosterone...
And yes I do lift but only been doing it for a couple months as I had to stop for my nerv injury which hasnt gone but missed lifting
Anything foreign your body does not create I am sure would fail drugs test. Even testosterone boosters.0 -
GhostX1994 wrote: »Sorry I ment testosterone boosters not testosterone...
And yes I do lift but only been doing it for a couple months as I had to stop for my nerv injury which hasnt gone but missed lifting
The test boosters on the market really don't work and the few that do contain ingredients banned by WADA, which would mean you aren't natural anymore.
You are going to need at least three solid years of lifting under your belt before you are even close to a bodybuilding competition. Forget test or test boosters. Unless you are willing to play with the big boys and take steroids you could end up disqualifying yourself from being natural. Most shows state you have to be drug and steroid free for seven years. Don't screw yourself over thinking you're going to take short cuts. There are no short cuts in natural bodybuilding, just years and years of hard work.0 -
GhostX1994 wrote: »Sorry I ment testosterone boosters not testosterone...
And yes I do lift but only been doing it for a couple months as I had to stop for my nerv injury which hasnt gone but missed lifting
The test boosters on the market really don't work and the few that do contain ingredients banned by WADA, which would mean you aren't natural anymore.
You are going to need at least three solid years of lifting under your belt before you are even close to a bodybuilding competition. Forget test or test boosters. Unless you are willing to play with the big boys and take steroids you could end up disqualifying yourself from being natural. Most shows state you have to be drug and steroid free for seven years. Don't screw yourself over thinking you're going to take short cuts. There are no short cuts in natural bodybuilding, just years and years of hard work.
Wow 3 years. I would of figure longer.
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Someone's skipping leg day before he's even started. Your legs are never big enough. If you get big arms and chest and deny growth in the leg department your gonna look like a lightbulbGhostX1994 wrote: »Yeah its what I thought and I plan to go big as possible in the chest and arms area and my legs are big enough. As in natural body building I more likely wouldnt take something like steroids but might take testosterone again down track and yeah its why im having a hard time choosing where to have tatts as I dont wanna cover up areas I want def
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Probably longer to do epically well.yopeeps025 wrote: »GhostX1994 wrote: »Sorry I ment testosterone boosters not testosterone...
And yes I do lift but only been doing it for a couple months as I had to stop for my nerv injury which hasnt gone but missed lifting
The test boosters on the market really don't work and the few that do contain ingredients banned by WADA, which would mean you aren't natural anymore.
You are going to need at least three solid years of lifting under your belt before you are even close to a bodybuilding competition. Forget test or test boosters. Unless you are willing to play with the big boys and take steroids you could end up disqualifying yourself from being natural. Most shows state you have to be drug and steroid free for seven years. Don't screw yourself over thinking you're going to take short cuts. There are no short cuts in natural bodybuilding, just years and years of hard work.
Wow 3 years. I would of figure longer.
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Agree. I started lifting seriously at 19 and didn't even attempt my first contest till I was 22. And even then I was still "skinny" compared to many of the veterans (5 or more years of training) on stage.GhostX1994 wrote: »Sorry I ment testosterone boosters not testosterone...
And yes I do lift but only been doing it for a couple months as I had to stop for my nerv injury which hasnt gone but missed lifting
The test boosters on the market really don't work and the few that do contain ingredients banned by WADA, which would mean you aren't natural anymore.
You are going to need at least three solid years of lifting under your belt before you are even close to a bodybuilding competition. Forget test or test boosters. Unless you are willing to play with the big boys and take steroids you could end up disqualifying yourself from being natural. Most shows state you have to be drug and steroid free for seven years. Don't screw yourself over thinking you're going to take short cuts. There are no short cuts in natural bodybuilding, just years and years of hard work.
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yopeeps025 wrote: »GhostX1994 wrote: »Sorry I ment testosterone boosters not testosterone...
And yes I do lift but only been doing it for a couple months as I had to stop for my nerv injury which hasnt gone but missed lifting
The test boosters on the market really don't work and the few that do contain ingredients banned by WADA, which would mean you aren't natural anymore.
You are going to need at least three solid years of lifting under your belt before you are even close to a bodybuilding competition. Forget test or test boosters. Unless you are willing to play with the big boys and take steroids you could end up disqualifying yourself from being natural. Most shows state you have to be drug and steroid free for seven years. Don't screw yourself over thinking you're going to take short cuts. There are no short cuts in natural bodybuilding, just years and years of hard work.
Wow 3 years. I would of figure longer.
3 years for physique category (still part of a bodybuilding competition).0 -
That's the at the very LEAST. I busted my butt for 3 years to put on 40lbs and competed at 150lbs in my first contest (at 5'7"). Lol, I was the tallest guy in my class, but I looked skinny compared to the shorter guys (some were like 5'2") and the guy that won was 30 years old 5'1" at 152lbs. He looked great but had been at it over 10 years by that point.yopeeps025 wrote: »GhostX1994 wrote: »Sorry I ment testosterone boosters not testosterone...
And yes I do lift but only been doing it for a couple months as I had to stop for my nerv injury which hasnt gone but missed lifting
The test boosters on the market really don't work and the few that do contain ingredients banned by WADA, which would mean you aren't natural anymore.
You are going to need at least three solid years of lifting under your belt before you are even close to a bodybuilding competition. Forget test or test boosters. Unless you are willing to play with the big boys and take steroids you could end up disqualifying yourself from being natural. Most shows state you have to be drug and steroid free for seven years. Don't screw yourself over thinking you're going to take short cuts. There are no short cuts in natural bodybuilding, just years and years of hard work.
Wow 3 years. I would of figure longer.
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That's the at the very LEAST. I busted my butt for 3 years to put on 40lbs and competed at 150lbs in my first contest (at 5'7"). Lol, I was the tallest guy in my class, but I looked skinny compared to the shorter guys (some were like 5'2") and the guy that won was 30 years old 5'1" at 152lbs. He looked great but had been at it over 10 years by that point.yopeeps025 wrote: »GhostX1994 wrote: »Sorry I ment testosterone boosters not testosterone...
And yes I do lift but only been doing it for a couple months as I had to stop for my nerv injury which hasnt gone but missed lifting
The test boosters on the market really don't work and the few that do contain ingredients banned by WADA, which would mean you aren't natural anymore.
You are going to need at least three solid years of lifting under your belt before you are even close to a bodybuilding competition. Forget test or test boosters. Unless you are willing to play with the big boys and take steroids you could end up disqualifying yourself from being natural. Most shows state you have to be drug and steroid free for seven years. Don't screw yourself over thinking you're going to take short cuts. There are no short cuts in natural bodybuilding, just years and years of hard work.
Wow 3 years. I would of figure longer.
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I had been lifting for less than 3 for my first two shows. The second show I wasn't too far off of where I should have been. I lost overall due to my weak points and lack of muscle maturity (you know how the muscles look fuller and more striated the longer you maintain them).0 -
GhostX1994 wrote: »I thought testosterone was fine for natural body building? What exactly does it do that doesnt class being natural. And I wont take stuff like steriods because people say pill way damages your liver and stuff and I aint going the needle way like mates have said dont like the idea of the negatives involved with that
Yeah, as if taking T didn't involve a needle (patches and creams are less useful long term, boosters are a joke) or a have negative impact on your balls or possibly heart effects, etc...
Every single effective drug supplement has some risk. Don't screw around until you've really educate yourself on them - not just what friends might say. Low / high testosterone levels may increase cancer risk, etc...
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Yeah well I wanna get big but more then natural big but I dont wanna take things that will risk my liver and stuff or any shrinking haha and yes I know takes time and acually doing it. As I said before its been over a year since I was lifting everyday of the week because of my nerv injury and having a kid which makes it harder for me to even get the motivation or time but I miss being fit and want to just yeah I dunno whats happened atm just im always tired and have no energy to do anything. Makes it hard for me to wanna go gym all the time especially when I do it on my own. Im one of those people that gets alot of motivation with working out with others aswell. Reason I took the test boosters was because it gave me alot of energy to go work out if anyone knows what I can do or take to give me that energy boost it would help heaps.0
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