{"id":504684,"date":"2023-05-09T10:35:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T14:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=504684"},"modified":"2023-05-09T10:44:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T14:44:44","slug":"the-philosophy-of-bodybuilding-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/09\/the-philosophy-of-bodybuilding-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Philosophy of Bodybuilding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Has anybody ever written a truly critical essay on bodybuilding, who doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t take steroids or any weird stuff?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Body, building?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Question: what does it mean to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153build\u00e2\u20ac\u009d a body?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are a lot of things that you can build in your body. This includes muscles, strength, your sinews and ligaments and tendons, your blood, and your bones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Body composition, and body proportions?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simply put, it seems that the overall goal is to increase muscle mass, and lower body fat, a.k.a. adipose fat tissue. Not to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153increase weight\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, or to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153gain weight\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, or even to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153lose weight\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why do people like to use the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153weight\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 so much?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My theory is that because it almost sounds too harsh when you tell somebody, or when somebody says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I need to lose <em>fat<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153, instead of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I need to lose <em>weight<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, this whole nonsensical notion of quantifying everything. For example, it seems that most guys gauge their own self-worth levels compared to other men is how much they weigh, or how little they weigh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Problems in body building<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lots of problems here. First and foremost, it seems that everybody is on steroids, some sort of performance-enhancing drugs, testosterone boosters, whether \u00e2\u20ac\u0153natural\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lot of money to be made here. For example, protein powder, whey protein powder, creatine, and all this silly weight lifting paraphernalia which includes weight lifting belts, knee wraps, wrist wraps, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the real goal here? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player wp-block-jetpack-videopress--has-max-width\" style=\"max-width: 271px;\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> <iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/zVCKhz48?cover=1&amp;autoPlay=1&amp;controls=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;playsinline=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player wp-block-jetpack-videopress--has-max-width\" style=\"max-width: 271px;\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> <iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/IbXQIs2R?cover=1&amp;autoPlay=1&amp;controls=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;playsinline=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player wp-block-jetpack-videopress--has-max-width\" style=\"max-width: 271px;\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> <iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/axB6hV0r?cover=1&amp;autoPlay=1&amp;controls=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;playsinline=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has anybody ever written a truly critical essay on bodybuilding, who doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t take steroids or any weird stuff? 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