Since bodybuilding doesn’t look good, why do you still train?

In recent years, the "fitness" trend has rapidly changed our lives. Out of the pursuit of health and physical beauty, more and more people have begun to enter the gym. But if we put aside the possibility for the moment and just talk about my personal thoughts, would you be willing to build a body like Schwarzenegger?

The confusion about bodybuilding but "not being beautiful" has been going on for a long time. Back in my high school days, there was a picture of a female bodybuilder in the biology textbook at that time, and we often joked about her in private. When we were sixteen or seventeen years old, we simply couldn't understand why a good girl would make herself into an "indestructible body."

Later, when I got older, I realized that there are various aesthetic values ????in the world. Later, I learned that the word "bodybuilding" is translated from "bodybuilding". This translation caused a lot of misunderstandings. In fact, athletes participating in the sport of "bodybuilding" pursue more muscle volume and lines rather than beauty. Just like weightlifters who strive to maximize strength, their bodies do not conform to our popular aesthetics.

If we put aside this difference in aesthetics, what else is worthy of our attention in bodybuilders?

When it comes to bodybuilding, we must talk about the great god "Schwarzenegger" in the title picture. A legendary figure in the history of bodybuilding and the most well-known bodybuilder. He won the title of "Mr. Olympia" seven times in the 1970s, including six consecutive championships. However, when Schwarzenegger first decided to take bodybuilding as his career, he encountered everyone's confusion. Because everyone thinks that even if you choose sports as a career, you should also choose some more common sports, such as skiing, cycling, etc. But Schwarzenegger chose to respect his own heart and filter out those questioning voices.

Later, Schwarzenegger also had his own famous saying: "Back then, I said I would become the strongest man in the world, and they all laughed at me; after that, I would go to Hollywood to become a movie star, and they laughed. The voice got louder; after that, I will become a successful businessman. They all laughed when they heard this, but now they can’t laugh anymore, and only I can have the last laugh."

Some people may think that "bodybuilding" is the most relaxing sport, and the competition is over by just doing a few poses on the stage. But when you really understand this group of people, you won't think so.

Other sports may have training days and rest days, but these people who regard bodybuilding as a career have no day to relax all year round. Schwarzenegger said: "Bodybuilding is not only a sport, but also an art. Every athlete must have the spirit of a sculptor and polish each of his muscles to the same shape from left to right until it becomes a true "artwork".

Outside the gym, this group of people live like ascetics, and their recipes are disgusting to me. And it also includes some athletes who secretly take steroids and work hard to pursue their limits.

Perhaps in your opinion, this is a sport that is both unsightly and full of drug abuse. It doesn't matter, because these shortcomings do exist in the sport. But you also need to know that the monotonous and boring life has turned many bodybuilders into philosophers. These persistences, day after day, year after year, are also conveying something other than bodybuilding.

"When a corporal hears the Tao, he laughs. Not laughing is not enough for the Tao."