Big-Muscled Narcissists

I work in a place where there is a gym situated on the first floor next door to my office. This gym houses some of the most prominent body builders in Kuching, e.g. Mr. Sarawak, and the runner-up to Mr. Sarawak.

Every morning from 9.30 to 11.00, and in the evening after four, you will hear the banging and crashing of weights onto the floor above. One of my staffs, Rozza, who did not know at first that there was a gym above our heads (not directly, though, it was our next door neighbour), was always wondering what sort of construction was going on on top of us. They actually rock the whole building when they put their weights down!!!

Body builders go for lines and not strength. They are judged by how clearly defined their muscles are, and how big they are. Therefore, my neighbours are always trying to bring down their body fat and pump up their lean muscle mass, and they love their mirrors!!!

Believe it or not, body builders do not really eat a whole and complete meal. They would drink protein powder, and take nutritional tablets (sometimes more than ten tablets in one serving, two to three servings per day), and push needles. Their total calori intake per day could amount up to 1,800 cals only!!! That is for a muscly guy weighing 74 kg!!! Their diet was even worse than Atkin's!!! One of them had not even had carbs for a week!!!

There is a competition taking place tomorrow night at the Rajah Court, Kuching. The guys taking part will actually have to go through all the steps and pain of beautifying themselves. Mr. Sarawak was telling me today that he would have to cut his nails, shave all his body hair (from the back of the hand, to the armpits, to the chest and down the legs), trim his nose hair, and hydrate himself well enough, but not too much to give himself an oedema.

Right before the competition, they would have to apply tanning cream onto themselves, from the neck down. That would give their muscles a better dimensional look. One application took about one jar of tanning cream, and one jar of tanning cream cost about RM140.00!!! Imagine that...

I learned today too that it was better to wear a black posing trunk than a red one. The reason was that if you sweat in a red trunk, or had the tanning cream stained it, you would look as if you were having your period!!! Now, imagine THAT!!!