Ep. 206 - Is the day you start lifting the day you become forever small?

Iron Culture

The MASS Crew

Sports & Recreation, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2023

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

If comparison is the thief of joy, then what hope do competitive bodybuilders have for happiness? In a sport where you stand before a panel of strangers who numerically rate your nearly nude body in comparison to others, you’d think it’d be impossible. But is it? What happens to bodybuilders’ body image over time? Is it true that whether they place 3rd at the all-valley “championships” or 1st at worlds, they still feel small? If it’s not true, why not, to what degree, and in what circumstances? In this episode, we explore whether or not it’s true that the day you start lifting is the day you become forever small, and how this mindset can manifest, change, and differ between groups and individuals.

00:00 An update on the Iron Culture documentary and the frequency of episodes

04:50 Self-perception in the social media fitness space

Omar’s YouTube video will be linked here when it is published!

11:00 Mental and physiological distress in physique athletes

Helms 2019 Towards a Sustainable Nutrition Paradigm in Physique Sport: A Narrative Review https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31315180/

19:29 The marketing of bodybuilders and the “desirable” physique

37:21 The motivation to become a bodybuilder and physique (dis)satisfaction

Jankauskiene 2007 Muscle size satisfaction and predisposition for a health harmful practice in bodybuilders and recreational gymnasium users https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17485962/

1:00:55 The stressors and influence of the fitness industrial complex

Iron Culture Ep. 28- The Problem With The Fitness Industry (with Chip Conrad) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2rtKZ3AnXM

1:17:25 Tethering your expectations to people who can provide you with constructive criticism

1:26:23 Closing out: the internet is terrible but listen to our podcast (on the internet)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Eric.
0:04.4	Omar.
0:05.8	What can I say, my friend?
0:07.2	We have broken two promises thus far already, what, two weeks into the year with our dear listeners.
0:14.3	Well, the only thing I can say to that is three times a charm.
0:18.5	Mm-hmm.
0:19.5	And, hey, I would say something about a three-leaf clover going to the UK and Ireland.
0:25.3	Good luck charms, but we had that whole apology that was an apology with Dr. Connor Heffernan
0:30.6	of things that we allegedly said in an episode that we totally did not say.
0:34.5	Nonetheless, folks, we got to update you here.
0:36.6	We are back.
0:37.3	Once again, it is another Monday.
0:38.9	We had that announcement.
0:40.4	I believe it was episode 200 where we said, hey, we are making this documentary, which we are.
0:45.7	And I want to give it a shout out.
0:46.8	I'll receive some DMs and other things.
0:48.9	There's actually one person in Fortis that said they're very excited about it. So the cult is excited for this documentary featuring
0:55.7	Werner Herzog, my man, and that is very much real. It's happening. We're traveling to Sheffield
1:01.2	together. We did say as a result, likely coming up over the next several months, we will be
1:06.6	traveling. And it's, you know, some months, some weeks. we might not upload an episode it might be every
1:11.8	other weeks on and so forth so don't expect every single week for there to be an episode we did state
1:17.1	that and yet eric here we are again like clockwork another week another episode of iron culture
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