Interesting reflection, would've liked it to be a bit longer! Favourite part: Mention of Bob Paris, my personal pick for greatest muscular male body of all time.
my latest piece for @TheAtlantic looks at the state of muscle in 2019, including my ownhttps://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/09/what-its-like-to-be-jacked-2019/598519/ …
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for more, you can read through my extensive back catalog!http://www.oliverbateman.com/bibliography/
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Never followed up on it, but when I was writing about white supremacist “Viking” culture in the Pacific Northwest, there was a hyper masculine extreme piece to their culture. Along with martial arts and being very hairy and not washing.
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Perhaps they should embrace Skoptsy culture instead ... a much safer alternative throwback
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Great article. I’ve never thought much about it, but I am indeed usually repulsed by that hyper masculinity. You must be an outlier though.
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The word “jacked” used in this context deserves a return to its rightful forefront place in the American Language.
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Nice article. In my 30's I weight trained. Not in comp, just for me. I loved the strength/fitness that came with. I read the mags. Lifting for a female in the 80s was comment-worthy. Mostly "don't get too big". It was funny to me that people were so concerned that I stay dainty.
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