Strong, dark, bronze tans, bulking muscles, swimming trunks, and Stage Glaze. Yes, this is the world you are used to, bodybuilding, where athletes strive to develop the most appealing, most muscular, and most aesthetic physique on the stage on the day.

However, you may be wondering: why is it so important for you to have a spray tan? Why that dark colour, and why all the fuss about regular tanning sessions before the show, why that thick layer of spray tan?

As you are familiar with the world of bodybuilding, you probably know that there are  those who refer to it as the “sport of illusions”, meaning, that athletes want to create the illusion of being more chiseled, more muscular, and more aesthetic as humanly possible.

How do you do that?

Well, apart from all your many many hours of training to get those physiques and your rigorous diet, and all the time to perfect your posing skills to show off your body, in a way that flatters your physique the most – and this is the part where spray tanning comes in.

Here are some of the reasons why you are required to have a Go Brown Spray Tan:

1. Defines the muscles

It’s no secret that on darker skin tones muscles can appear more prominent than on lighter ones. This means that spray tanning helps a great deal to increase the appearance and the definition of the muscles (and complementing your effort at the gym) without much effort for those who have lighter skin. To add to the illusion, you do not stop at only one layer of tan. Go Brown does an additional layer, an extra dark coat to highlight your muscles all over your body for maximum effect and results.

2. It helps with creating the illusion of a slimmer body

Remember what we’ve said about the importance of illusion in the sport of bodybuilding? Apart from adding a little more bulge to the muscles, a dark coat of spray tan ensures that the athletes’ muscles are visible even when they’re not flexed. A Go Brown Spray tan helps with this by enabling the muscles to appear leaner as the darker colour draws the eye inwards. However, you should know that this only works when the athlete has reduced his or her body fat to single digit numbers.

3. It helps with covering up stretch marks

When you’re busting your tail at the gym, stretch marks are inevitable “battle scars” both for women and men, whether they like it or not. This is a natural by-product of the muscles increasing in size. Almost all bodybuilders have to deal with stretch marks and a Go Brown spray tan helps to cover up all these marks and other skin blemishes by evening out the tone of their skin.

4. It holds up against bright lights

The lights used on the bodybuilding stage are often very bright and quite harsh, and they end up washing out lighter skin tones and making darker skin tones appear grey. A Go Brown spray tan create a stage-ready physique on competition day, as natural skin colour will not hold up as well under those bright lights.

Multiple layers ensure that you that your bronzed skin tone is not only even, but also as dark to prevent the bright lights from washing out your skin and affecting yours scores you get from the judges.

5. It helps a great deal to achieve the “total package”

To sum it all up, a great Go Brown spray tan is a final touch to a stage-ready physique. It will help you, the competitor, look your best. A proper spray tan helps the muscles appear a bit more defined, a bit more developed and adds a slimmer look where it’s needed and at the end of it all your appearance on stage determines the score the judges give you.

To get the best tan for your show day take some time to prep your skin. Read through our guide for the best Bodybuilding Spray Tan Prep.