WWF Zimbabwe president and All Africa executive member Godwin Simbarashe Mhaka. Picture credit: online
By Tendai Chisiri
World Fitness Federation (WFF) Zimbabwe president Godwin Simbarashe Mhaka has advised bodybuilding and fitness athletes to do away with steroids as the latter jeopardize the former’s career through death or illness.
Since March, Godwin Simbarashe Mhaka has been doing seminars around the country on diet out supplementation, competition preparation and posing clinics and in Kwekwe in April held another concurrently at the launch of the Midlands Championship slated for 13th May.
“WFF preaches love among athletes. Steroids are not allowed as this is a healthy game. Overdose of steroids is killing bodybuilders worldwide and is a waste of money”.
The athletes were also educated on the need to have self-esteem as bouncers and bodybuilders. “There is no need to stoop so low because someone has money. It is wise to value one’s job and body rather than be abused to please someone for money”, he said.
He clarified why they were different bodybuilding and fitness federations worldwide in many countries like in Zimbabwe which have National Zimbabwe Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (NZBFF), Fitness Physiques and WWF Zimbabwe.
The juxtaposition of WWF and other federations is that in WFF, they prefer using classes to judge. “It is not good for a short person to compete a tall person. Genetically the short is disadvantaged so as a bodybuilding and fitness federation we use the classes criteria like if you have super body, we give you the accolades whether you are huge or not”, he told the attendees.
5 aspects used by judges are posing presentation, muscular, symmetry and proportional that is balance.” A picture cannot judge bodybuilding as presentation is important”, he revealed
He also shared on dieting urging athletes to desist from decreasing only the food they eat but also check on the calories taken. “One cannot say am dieting because will be taking one egg in the morning, another afternoon then in the evening one. It is better not to eat food with many calories like having barbecued chicken instead of fried one”, he alerted.
WFF secretary general Alec Jaure and organizing secretary Actions Winya graced the event and concurred that the upcoming event of the fitness championships will lit up the mining town of Kwekwe. “Strength wars will be the curtain raiser of the show sponsored by Musabvunda”, Jaure said.
“Males and Females will battle it out in different categories and sponsors have confirmed their participation”, Winya said.
Steroids are a man-made version of chemicals, known as hormones which are made naturally in the human body. Steroids are designed to act like these hormones to reduce inflammation. They are also known as corticosteroids, and are different to anabolic steroids used by bodybuilders and athletes.
Steroids won’t cure your condition, but they’re very good at reducing inflammation and will ease symptoms such as swelling, pain and stiffness.
Usually inflammation is the body’s natural reaction to infection or bacteria. Your immune system produces extra fluid to fight infections or bacteria, which causes swelling, redness and heat in the affected area. One might have noticed this if he/she have had a cut or wound on your skin.
Regularly taking anabolic steroids can lead to physical and psychological changes in both men and women, as well as potentially dangerous medical conditions.
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