Why Isn’t Bodybuilding Associated with High Intelligence?
A colleague suggested to me that bodybuilders and those who have adopted the bodybuilder fitness lifestyle should be given the same respect that professors or so called intellectuals of our society receive. Clearly if bodyguilding was easy a majority of the people in the world would have muscular physiques. Dennis B. Weis writes about the myth of "bodybuilders being all brawn and no brains". He suggests that folks who make this claim feel intimidated and somewhat insecure. Achieving a chiseled physique requires a gread deal of dedication, discipline and aptitude. High achieving figure, fitness, and bodybuilidng athletes use a scientific approach to training, nutrition, and supplementation that should not be labeled as narcissistic. You have to have some level of intelligence in order to achieve the desired physique.
Recently a couple of friends ask me to show my arms, which made me feel self-conscious and I began to wonder, do these people respect me or think that I am some kind of frieak. Bodybuilding and contest preparation is a complex phenomenon that requires skill and intelligence. It is my opion that the field and bodybuilders should be given much respect.
March 12, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Yea I’d say for about 85% of people who are both lean and huge it takes genuine intelligence to keep making progress. The problem is most people are only exposed to naturally large guys who can just lift hard and consistent and attain freaky size.