About Bodybuilding Legends
Bodybuilding Legends — Training, Nutrition & the Iron Game. An independent site about bodybuilding training, nutrition, recovery and the history of the sport, with free gym calculators.
We are not connected to the Bodybuilding Legends Show podcast or to any federation, gym or supplement brand.
Bodybuilding Legends is an independent editorial project. We publish plain-English, evidence-informed guides to building muscle, gaining strength, eating for growth and recovering well.
How our content is produced
Our articles are researched, drafted and edited with the help of AI tools, then reviewed by a human editor before publication. We do not present named authors, certifications or professional credentials, because we do not wish to imply expertise we cannot verify. Every guide is written to be checked: claims are tied to the peer-reviewed studies and authoritative bodies listed in each article’s reference section.
What we are not
We are not a medical provider, a personal-coaching service, or a substitute for professional advice. The information on this site is general fitness education. See our disclaimer.
Our standards
We follow an editorial policy and a sources policy. When we get something wrong we want to fix it — see our corrections policy and fact-checking policy. Text and imagery licensing is described on the licensing page.
What we cover
The site is organised into five areas. Training covers hypertrophy, strength programming, progressive overload, splits, exercise selection and plateaus. Nutrition covers protein, bulking and cutting, body composition, supplements and contest preparation. Recovery covers sleep, rest days, cardio and injury prevention. The Golden Era looks at bodybuilding from the first Mr. Olympia in 1965 to 1980 and compares how the champions trained with what research shows today. Calculators turn the guides into numbers you can use in the gym.
How the calculators work
All four tools run entirely in your browser; nothing you type is sent or stored. Each one names the published equation it uses: Mifflin-St Jeor (1990) and, when you supply body-fat percentage, Cunningham (1980) for daily energy needs; Epley, Brzycki and Lombardi, shown side by side, for one-rep max; the 1.6–2.2 g/kg range from the Morton et al. (2018) meta-analysis for protein; and plain arithmetic over your own plate inventory for the plate calculator. The formulas and their limits are written out on each calculator page so the result can be checked by hand.
How a guide is built
Each guide opens with a direct answer, then key takeaways, then the detail: worked examples, tables built from the cited research, and a section on where the advice stops applying. Numbers are linked to their source, usually a peer-reviewed paper on PubMed or a position stand from a body such as the ACSM or ISSN. Historical facts in the Golden Era section are cross-checked against contest records and contemporary reporting. When the evidence is thin or mixed, the guide says so rather than picking a side.
Advertising and independence
The site is funded by display advertising served by Google AdSense. Ads are labelled, kept out of calculators and never placed above an article’s headline. The site carries no affiliate links and no sponsored articles. Consent for advertising and analytics cookies is requested through a certified consent tool; see the privacy policy and cookie policy.
Get in touch
Spotted an error, an outdated study or a broken calculator? The contact page explains how to reach us, and the corrections policy explains what happens next.