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
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Replying to @MoustacheClubUS
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
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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)
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The Ronnie Coleman doc was somewhat refreshing in that it mainly focused on Ronnie liking to lift heavy weights to the point of serious injury, which was certainly true to his experience
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I also think a few folks, like Kai Greene most notably of late, do think like this regarding posing and movement, even if this thinking is mixed in with a lot of pop-psychological stuff and general grandiosity
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