This is a foundational text of American Bro Culture: two large men shooting the shit about lifting weights, working in references from everything to guns to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to football in the process. The subject of the day is the squat, and whether one of the two participants - Echo - neglects this essential lift.
Huh, I've never seen excessive weightlifting framed as hedonism but it definitely tracks. Theres common connections to body dismorphia but its seen as "healthy" and productive so it doesn't really get a nuanced take like that
I am a recovered drug addict for over a half a decade. I wouldn't say I get the same head from lifting as I do from opiate use, but I come out of the gym fucking flying. These dudebros have largely never fucked with drugs so for them it's probably even more intense. It's definitely a high. If you're doing it five days a week? Eating 7,000 pounds of chicken breast? It's the most insane level of pleasure self indulgence. They all want you to think it's working in the coal mines levels of misery and self sacrifice. I could make a similar argument for men that like being punched in the head (that's a thing).
Huh, I've never seen excessive weightlifting framed as hedonism but it definitely tracks. Theres common connections to body dismorphia but its seen as "healthy" and productive so it doesn't really get a nuanced take like that
I am a recovered drug addict for over a half a decade. I wouldn't say I get the same head from lifting as I do from opiate use, but I come out of the gym fucking flying. These dudebros have largely never fucked with drugs so for them it's probably even more intense. It's definitely a high. If you're doing it five days a week? Eating 7,000 pounds of chicken breast? It's the most insane level of pleasure self indulgence. They all want you to think it's working in the coal mines levels of misery and self sacrifice. I could make a similar argument for men that like being punched in the head (that's a thing).