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Some fitness instructors have recommended body building for men who wish to improve on their virility and wellness.
Mr. Alfred Nkang and Mr. Onyekachi Iroh, both fitness instructors; and a body builder, Chukwuemeka Ekeugo, are working at the Federal Housing Authority Sports Field, Festac Town in Lagos.
They told the media that most issues about men’s virility bordered around potbellies, diseases, as well as waist and back pains.
Nkang said that apart from helping to boost a man’s sexual performance, exercises would also help to improve the general health. He recommended regular workouts such as cardiovascular, yoga and body building exercises to help the heart to work better and build stamina for men.
“If you work out everyday, you won’t
have health issues. When you are sick, the doctors will give you drugs,
but there may be some toxins in them that the body won’t be able to flush out.
“Regular exercise will help to
cleanse your system. The toxins in the body, the blockage in the blood
vessels and other parts of the body are also cleansed out.
“Your body will be able to cleanse
itself without you having to take drugs. Cardiovascular exercise is very
important because of the heart.
“When you work out, you jog, you
run, you will be able to build a stronger heart; it will pump blood better,’’
Nkang said.
The fitness instructor said the
exercises would also help to tone up and refine the muscles, which would make
the man look better.
He urged men who could not do
high-impact exercises, because of their age or other reasons, to consider doing
yoga. “It doesn’t involve jumping and running.
“It is just stretches, breathing in
and out, holding the breath while maintaining a particular body posture for
about 10 seconds to 50 seconds before resting,’’ he explained.
nother fitness instructor, Iroh,
said that body building helps men to improve on their agility.
He refuted claims that body building
causes a reduction in the size of the penis. “It is not true, except for
those who take certain supplements during body building.
“Taking steroids affects the
penis. Most people who take them are those who want to look very big; like
those who work as bouncers.
“For those of us who do the normal
body building programme, we don’t need it,’’ Iroh said.
He cautioned men against eating
unhealthy foods and taking drinks with a lot of sugar, to avoid toxins which
could lead to diseases.
The fitness instructor recommended
body building exercises to help detoxify the body. “When you see us
sweating while exercising, the toxins are being flushed out,’’ he explained.
Iroh further cautioned people who
are new to body building to embark on light training such as jogging before
they start on the programme.
In his comments, a body builder,
Chukwuemeka Ekeugo, who has been working out periodically for about 19 years,
said he did it to be healthier, look and feel good about himself.
Ekeugo, who is also a lawyer, said
it was a misconception that people who take part in body building were those
with ego problems or those who lack self-esteem.
“I work out because I want to look
and feel good with myself. I’m fine with all the side effects that come
with it,” he said.
The body builder said he had
experienced a lot of differences in his sexual performance since he started
body building.
Ekeugo recommended push-ups and
other exercises that would help burn up fats for those just starting out in
body building.
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