Why do bodybuilders wear olive oil?

1,First of all, correct, olive oil is the popular use of the early last century of the old things, Arnold that era are long gone.

2,Olive oil is better suited for cold dishes, not for stir-frying.

3,Please ignore the second one, haha. Usually the oil used by athletes in bodybuilding competitions is tanning oil, which has some insulation effect.

4,The main purpose of tanning is to emphasize the muscle line, causing the appropriate shadow effect, of course, not up to the makeup effect. This can better help judges to judge the muscle line, proportion, circumference and other technical indicators. There is also a considerable part of the bodybuilders or bodybuilding models specifically to light ultraviolet tanning, specifically look at the aspect of the knowledge of the United States tanning it, not much to say here.

5, another benefit of grease is insulation, this is very important, usually bodybuilding competitions need to show 7 to 10 standard action, each time on the stage 5-10 people ranging from 10-20 seconds per person to show time, you do the math, on the stage to 10 more than 20 minutes of time, this is for the muscles, this time has been enough to cool the muscles, the circumference will slowly become smaller. Athletes usually have to warm up about 1 hour before the show, hard training for several years or even longer, can not show their best state is very reluctant, bodybuilding special oil color can be very good insulation, keep the muscles full of state.