I always find it interesting when they very first thing people bring up when discussing body building is steroids.
It is as if they believe that if they themselves took enough steroids they would look similar.
Body builders at the professional level demonstrate an astounding amount of intelligence and work ethic in their field. Sure, they may not be able to talk at length about physics and philosophy (though I am sure many could) but in their field of interest, they are brilliant and disciplined.
They are also genetically gifted. A vanishingly small percentile of the population even has the genetic potential to achieve what they do. It doesn’t matter if you personally think it is attractive or not. These are gifted and extremely talented people.
The amount of chemical knowledge required to do a successful round of steroids is mind boggling. It is not as simple as buying some stuff and injecting it. There are dozens of compounds that have a myriad of effects. Looking at your body and seeing what to use for a specific goal costs thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours of research. If a mistake is made in using steroids, you can burn up your liver or kidneys. You could grow breasts. You can permanently shut down and alter your endocrine system.
These are not meat-heads randomly sticking needles. The people like that don’t get very far in any profession.
Aside from steroids, these people know the exact number of calories they need and at what exact times of day. They know exactly how much of every nutrient they need at which time of day. They force themselves to eat unpleasant foods multiple times per day for weeks on end.
It is not vanity. It is a push to be the very, very best they can be in their chosen profession. To push their body to the absolute max. To compete. To win. To examine, find flaws…and then fix them. It is a 24 hour per day, 7 day per week, 365 day per year absolute dedication to their goals. How many of us can say we dedicate ourselves that much to anything???
Steroids plays a large role in their development…I’d say around 20% is steroids. The other 80% is an amount of hard work and dedication that most of us will never replicate in any profession we chose. If I were involved in that sport, I would be proud of the amount of work I had put in.
Just because you aren’t a fan of a particular something…doesn’t mean you have an obligation to insult those who have reached the pinnacle of success in that something.
