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the trope of bodybuilders being so serious about the "psychology" of their sport, something that dates back to the film version of pumping iron, is deeply fascinating given that the sport involves shaving, oiling up, doing lots of repetitions with weights, and taking steroids
what, exactly, is this "mental game?" it's mostly just following a tedious, repetitive routine and then doing some poses / hustling some fans / selling some supplements. and yet many bodybuilders talk about their strategies for success as if they were splitting the atom
i mean, when my bodyweight drops from 230-240 to 205-210, i look pretty ripped, and when it's heavier, i look heavier. the high-tech steroid usage on their end is interesting, but most of them don't talk about that for fear of alienating "the fans" or "the feds."
I think there’s something quite interesting about mind-muscle connection and intentional gestures, both in posing and training... not “psychology” but deeply performance-arty. I have an article in the making about this if the semester ever ends
I think there is, and you see this reflected in things like the Fussell book or The Hero’s Body, but most documentaries follow this Pumping Iron model of “strategy” even when the stakes are lower (I just watched a screener of the Chris Cormier doc, and it’s more of the same)
*peering through a spotting scope* yes. its like the bowerbird dance but to attract retired banking executives with a muscle admirer fetish
I suppose everyone has to Do the Work, and nowadays that kind of schmoe, paypig, or fanboy hustling is pretty Woke
"The seriousness with which a man takes his profession, is almost always inversely proportionally to the seriousness with which it should be taken"
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