Sports Medicine
Dr. Ken Kinakin
D.C., CSCS
Dr. Ken Kinakin is a sport medicine doctor, chiropractor, certified strength and conditioning specialist and personal trainer! He’s also the author of the book “Optimal Muscle Training” and has competed in bodybuilding and powerlifting for over 20 years. Dr. Kinakin lectures around the world to doctors and personal trainers on the areas of weight-training, rehabilitation and nutrition. He is also the clinic director for the AIM Health & Wellness clinic (see www.aimhealthgroup.com), with a rehabilitation and training centre in Mississauga, Ontario. Dr. Kinakin founded the Society of Weight-Training Injury Specialists (SWIS), an organization that educates and certifies doctors, therapists and personal trainers in the area of exercise muscle testing, rehabilitation and treatment of weight training injuries (see www.swis.ca).
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Antoine Vaillant and Jerome Bravo are two of the most hardcore bodybuilders in Canada!
Do You Think Bodybuilding Is Unhealthy
Q. What do you say to the statement “Bodybuilding is not about health?”
A. I would like to make the distinction between competitive and non-competitive bodybuilding. I would say non-competitive bodybuilding is very healthy because the person is training frequently, has a low body fat level, eats very clean with little processed foods, and is usually taking a number of supplements. You can’t get any healthier than that. Competitive bodybuilding is a whole different story. Usually, bodybuilders gain a lot of weight in the offseason and put a lot of stress on the digestive and cardiovascular system. Then, 16 to 20 weeks out, they start on a very restricted diet with a high volume of training to bring the body fat levels down to an extreme low level, and before contest day, the water is decreased dramatically. This doesn’t take into account the polypharmacy of drugs they are on to get this extreme condition. So no, competitive bodybuilding is not healthy—it’s a sport. Just like competitive professional football is not healthy—it’s a sport. My beliefs are the same. High-level competition in any sport is not healthy.
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