The Golden One - Marcus Follin - Mr Olympia and Modern Bodybuilding is an Abomination
Aired: 2015-09-21
Duration: 04:13


=== Modern Bodybuilding Abomination (04:00) ===

[00:00:12]  Today I wanna elaborate a bit on modern bodybuilding since the Mr. Olympia competition was on this weekend.
[00:00:18]  And to keep it short, I think modern bodybuilding at the top level is an abomination.
[00:00:23]  And I say that because it is nothing to do with what I perceive as the beautiful things of the Temple of Iron.
[00:00:29]  Mr. Olympia has nothing to do with health, fitness or performance.
[00:00:34]  It is more about who can withstand the most amount of gear into their bodies without dying.
[00:00:39]  It is more about that aspect than actually training hard.
[00:00:42]  The guys at the top level don't need to hit the gym hard.
[00:00:46]  They need to be meticulous about their diet and they need to be meticulous about their gear intake.
[00:00:51]  That is what that competition is about.
[00:00:53]  Plus who can have the best genetics.
[00:00:55]  Now the genetics part you can't get away from.
[00:00:57]  That's just the way of life.
[00:00:58]  But that's not what I'm taking a stab at.
[00:01:00]  I'm taking a stab at that bodybuilding on the top level has has become this sort of really degenerated abomination from something that was once beautiful up until Frank Sane perhaps lost.
[00:01:13]  Frank Sane was a bit too big and a bit too dry in my opinion.
[00:01:18]  I prefer to have a higher body fat.
[00:01:20]  I think that looks more healthy and natural.
[00:01:22]  And realize this that there is nothing healthy, there is nothing aesthetic, there is nothing glorious about having 5% body fat.
[00:01:28]  And I suggest that no one has it.
[00:01:30]  I long for the fucking day when that ideal goes away.
[00:01:33]  And if I can be an inspiration and spread a message, it is the following.
[00:01:37]  Fuck that fucking level of shreddedness.
[00:01:39]  It is nothing to do with anything that is that is glorious for a man.
[00:01:43]  Because your health will take a stab.
[00:01:46]  And for me, the beauty of the gym, the beauty of a masculine physique.
[00:01:50]  Like no homo.
[00:01:51]  But that is also how you can perform with your body.
[00:01:54]  If you can't perform with your body and it's just for show, that is more a feminine quality.
[00:02:00]  Like I'm quite vain myself, but I realize that the masculine value is to perform and a more feminine value is to look pretty.
[00:02:09]  So if just for show, if you can't actually do anything with your body, that is for me not as glorious at all.
[00:02:16]  And if you look at the guys on the top levels of bodybuilding, they've also lost the sense of aesthetics completely.
[00:02:23]  Back in the day, when Frank Sane was around, they still had some sort of ideals.
[00:02:28]  They weren't too big.
[00:02:29]  They sure as hell didn't go around with these huge bellies that looked like a pregnant cow.
[00:02:34]  Now I'm not disrespecting anyone on the top level, but at the same time, I need to call out this shit whenever I see it, because it's not good role models for younger guys to say like, okay, cool, I want to be a bodybuilder.
[00:02:47]  And you have to realize that it's a competition about who can take the most gear.
[00:02:51]  You don't want to destroy your body and your life like that.
[00:02:53]  And no, I'm not saying that you should train to be healthy.
[00:02:56]  Like who the fuck wants that?
[00:02:57]  No, you want to be big and massive.
[00:02:59]  But what kind of price are you willing to pay for that?
[00:03:01]  Do you want your body to be completely fucking destroyed because you want some quick fucking gains?
[00:03:06]  No, obviously not.
[00:03:07]  So I hope that the current training in Mr. Olympia, you know, with his mass freaks, the bigger the better and the harder the better.
[00:03:14]  I hope that fucking goes away.
[00:03:15]  I'm really no fan of that at all.
[00:03:17]  It's nothing to do with fitness, health, performance and it's outright dangerous.
[00:03:21]  And I don't in any way want to be associated with that sort of bodybuilding.
[00:03:25]  So if you say like bodybuilding to me, yeah, it can mean a lot of things.
[00:03:28]  It can mean natural bodybuilding or strength training.
[00:03:31]  You build your body, you build your confidence, that is one thing.
[00:03:35]  Even bodybuilding with moderate amounts of gear that is also one thing.
[00:03:38]  Amateur competitions in bodybuilding that is also one thing.
[00:03:41]  But I'm not liking this sort of development where you need to be like 5% body fat to stand a chance because you will only fuck up your fucking hormonal system and you will feel like shit for 3 weeks or 3 months or 6 months before a fucking competition.
[00:03:55]  There is no way to live.
[00:03:57]  That is not something anyone should strive for ever.
[00:04:00]  So that is my beef with modern bodybuilding and especially with the professional level of it.
[00:04:05]  I don't want to be associated with that shit in any way whatsoever.
[00:04:08]  And that's also why I don't want to refer to myself as a bodybuilder even though I'm quite juicy.