re: Why are Mr. Olympia Body Builders so respected?

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Without question they were some of the most insecure, narcissistic knuckleheads and drama queens I've ever met.

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No doubt. You gotta be a narcissist and probably have body dismorphia to want to do it. You have to have a screw loose.

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But you can't attain that type of physique without steroids, HGH or PED's and I don't see how that should be respecte.

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Because they set out to do something 99% of people can't do and accomplished it. The drugs don't negate the sacrifice, work, and commitment those guys make. Just because you or I never want to look like them doesn't mean you shouldn't respect the effort that goes into it.


Same idea as elite powerlifting. Guys deadlifting and squatting 1000+ pounds are generally fat, unhealthy, and juiced up. But they work incredibly hard and achieve what most cannot (even if they juiced up). You can't take that away because someone's juiced up.