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Tom Smaldone's avatar

I'd really enjoyed this read, Bucky. Glad to have finally gotten to read your work. Give the Fight Club boys my love.

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Bucky Sinister's avatar

hey dude! good to see you here

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Spaceman One's avatar

It's interesting you mention dysmorphia in your final paragraph because during your description of how bodybuilders live and prepare for competition, it felt like I was reading about an eating disorder.

Sorry about your buddy.

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Bucky Sinister's avatar

God I also just remembered watching a comically enormous guy at a gym joylessly eating cold grilled chicken breasts out of a Ziploc bag.

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Bucky Sinister's avatar

Oh, there’s no doubt. It’s rampant in that world. Of course I can’t say how prevalent—and I’m an outsider who only knew a few personally—but yeah, there’s a weird space in fitness where people go to far, and their mindfulness to diet becomes a dangerous obsession. Ever know a fighter trying to make weight? Same deal. There’s a widespread problem in amateur wrestling for teenage boys.

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Justin Kolber's avatar

excellent piece, really captures the stark reality of bodybuilding that is so often hidden from (or in) plain view

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