This essay will discuss the main components of the bodybuilding industry by identifying the ideology, membership, rituals, habitat, language and the artifacts that are the basis of this specific subculture. Bodybuilding is beginning to create an impact to society by implementing a healthy routine that makes you want to get out of the unhealthy habits that we are becoming accustomed to since everything we do nowadays is suitable to make our lives much easier without any physical effort. At first thought, you may not think that there would be much literacy involved in bodybuilding, go to the gym, lift weights, and go home. However, this is far from the reality. Literacy is abundant in the bodybuilding subculture, from books to magazines, to online
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This fundamental form of communication distinguishes those within the subculture and those who occasionally associate at the gym as the majority of the people do not understand the jargon as it is made up by the group of people. Some examples of the slang that bodybuilders use to explain that they are seeking to gain some weight in order to pack on more muscle mass would be referred to as “Bulking Up”. But not all may want the same, some might want to gain weight they might be seeking to lose some belly fat in order to get leaner and have more defined muscle visibility. They would refer to this as “Cutting” or “Shredding”. During cutting season, bodybuilders in training might incorporate what is called more “Isolated” movements so that they can feel a “Burn” in order to retain more muscle rather than lose it as some muscle may be depleted when “Cutting”. Isolated movements would be techniques that focus work on an individual muscle without incorporating a secondary muscle group which provides maximal muscle shape. In order to feel a “Burning” sensation in the muscle that comes from straining it by the buildup from exercising the muscle to failure, which is until you can not repeat the movement (G.2016, March …show more content…
The gym is where all the magic happens, their shrines are beheld by spectators while they are at work lifting weights until the body won’t allow them to get another rep as they are pouring in sweat and the print of the veins seem to jump out at you while they rep another bicep curl. The gym is their domain where they are able to perform while their true identities grow into to light for others to see, being a witness to such extravagance allowed me to grasp the concept of the bodybuilding subculture. This is a way life for them, where the young timid guy with insecurities comes in an attempt to transform their body from a skinny/overweight individual to a lean mean machine with biceps the size of a cantaloupe. Legs so big it makes you wonder if they are natural or if drugs were used to generate massive quadriceps, with more ridges than the Great Cannon. Their physique is based on being able to have a symmetrically round body’s as they get judged on by posting a Front Double Bicep, Front Lat Spread, Side Chest Pose, Back Double Bicep, Back Lat Spread and Abdominal Pose. During these poses, they have to flex their muscles as a way to make them seem bigger while they expose the quadriceps, hamstrings, calves, deltoids, pectorals, arms, biceps, shoulders and abdominal all while presenting in a tan that makes the
This fundamental form of communication distinguishes those within the subculture and those who occasionally associate at the gym as the majority of the people do not understand the jargon as it is made up by the group of people. Some examples of the slang that bodybuilders use to explain that they are seeking to gain some weight in order to pack on more muscle mass would be referred to as “Bulking Up”. But not all may want the same, some might want to gain weight they might be seeking to lose some belly fat in order to get leaner and have more defined muscle visibility. They would refer to this as “Cutting” or “Shredding”. During cutting season, bodybuilders in training might incorporate what is called more “Isolated” movements so that they can feel a “Burn” in order to retain more muscle rather than lose it as some muscle may be depleted when “Cutting”. Isolated movements would be techniques that focus work on an individual muscle without incorporating a secondary muscle group which provides maximal muscle shape. In order to feel a “Burning” sensation in the muscle that comes from straining it by the buildup from exercising the muscle to failure, which is until you can not repeat the movement (G.2016, March …show more content…
The gym is where all the magic happens, their shrines are beheld by spectators while they are at work lifting weights until the body won’t allow them to get another rep as they are pouring in sweat and the print of the veins seem to jump out at you while they rep another bicep curl. The gym is their domain where they are able to perform while their true identities grow into to light for others to see, being a witness to such extravagance allowed me to grasp the concept of the bodybuilding subculture. This is a way life for them, where the young timid guy with insecurities comes in an attempt to transform their body from a skinny/overweight individual to a lean mean machine with biceps the size of a cantaloupe. Legs so big it makes you wonder if they are natural or if drugs were used to generate massive quadriceps, with more ridges than the Great Cannon. Their physique is based on being able to have a symmetrically round body’s as they get judged on by posting a Front Double Bicep, Front Lat Spread, Side Chest Pose, Back Double Bicep, Back Lat Spread and Abdominal Pose. During these poses, they have to flex their muscles as a way to make them seem bigger while they expose the quadriceps, hamstrings, calves, deltoids, pectorals, arms, biceps, shoulders and abdominal all while presenting in a tan that makes the