Adam Read Bodybuilding Biography
As
a child I was always into sport. I played at county and club level in
numerous different sports: gymnastics, athletics, football, rugby, table
tennis and attended the School of Excellence
for basketball. So mentally and physically the training ethos was
embedded in me from a young age and it became some what autonomous. I
was hoping to become a professional athlete, when this didn’t happen I
carried on training in the gym and enjoyed developing my physique, until
I was approached and asked if I did bodybuilding competitions. This
sent me on a new route of bodybuilding and fitness. Whilst I was at
university at Roehampton studying sport and social science I researched
into the bodybuilding side of sport, alongside sports science. I tried
to interlink the science with knowledge from the bodybuilding community –
a lot of this knowledge was and still is based on self experimentation,
passed down knowledge and assumption.
When
I finished university I started to put some of the bodybuilding
community’s philosophies to practise. This is when I did my first
regional show and placed second. After experiencing how my body reacted I
then adjusted the philosophy with some science and I came third in my
first national show. By this point I had really begun to learn and
understand how my body reacted to physical exercise and nutrition, and
my own philosophy was beginning to emerge. I then started training for
Mr Titan Body Fitness and Best Physique categories in London where I put my new philosophies together and placed first in both.
I then decided to do a show in Los Angeles in the US .
I really took a leap of faith into my own ability to read my body and
applying the correct science. This is where I learnt the health and
fitness industry is very controversial, with many different opinions on
training and nutrition. I found the best thing to do is to keep a
flexible and open mind and understand that we are all individuals with
different physical make ups, designed to live in a world with hunters
and gatherers.
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