Weekly Written Analysis 2: Body Building

This weekend Columbus Ohio hosted the annual “Arnold Classic” which is a bodybuilding competition and also features various sport activities. The event is named after Arnold Schwarzenegger and thousands of people from all over the country were in attendance. I was amazed at how many people have such an interest in body building and couldn’t believe the size of some of these men and women that walked by me. It was so packed in the convention center that it was hard to even walk around to visit the various vendors.

I have never had an interest in this sport and was forced to attend for work because my battalion had purchased a booth at the event to generate leads for Army enlistment. Otherwise I would not have been there but it was definitely an experience. I do on the other hand have much respect for those men and women that compete. I have seen on different shows like MTV’s “True Life” where they documented a few people that were training for a competition and they worked out for hours at a time and watched and measured everything that they ate. For women to really look there best they have to practically get rid of most of the fat on their bodies which eventually means working out so much that they soon become flat chested because breasts are fat tissue. Some of those women start to take on manly features and I believe some of that is a result of steroid use. Still there are millions of people that love the sport and subscribe to the magazines and purchase supplements so that they can improve their physique. For someone to really train and exercise enough to be able to compete and maybe even win takes a lot of dedication and discipline, and after looking at them it really makes you want to go home and maybe do a couple of sit ups.