WHY YOU SHOULDN’T COMPARE YOURSELF TO PICTURES IN BODYBUILDING MAGAZINES: How Bodybuilders REALLY Get Ripped. “Pro bodybuilding isn’t about getting ‘beach lean’ or building a physique that looks pretty good in the gym while wearing a tank top. It’s about being inhumanly muscular and insanely shredded at the same time. This process also requires a large amount of bodybuilding drugs to help maintain a high level of muscle mass while getting down to ridiculously low body fat.”