E! THS - Female Bodybuilders...MUSCLE WORSHIP.

Ok...who watched the E! True Hollywood Story on Female Bodybuilders last night?? I know that we did and it wasn't really that bad. They didn't try to hide the fact that most female bodybuilders (and you know who I mean) use steroids to achieve that ultimate physique. The first Ms. Olympia, Rachel Mclish, also weighed in with her thoughts including stating that bodybuilding has too much going for it to be ruined by steroids. I think we need to get in touch with her ;) They also highlighted some natural competitors as well making it an interesting hour of television.

MUSCLE WORSHIP

One segment of the show is a topic that ALWAYS makes my brain do backflips. That is the topic of "Muscle Worship". I learned what this topic was 2 years ago and my jaw hit the floor. For those of you who don't know what that is, "worshippers" follow these bodybuilders, male and female, like they are celebrities and pretty much..worship them. They are fascinated with their physiques, strength, power, muscles etc etc They will pay anywhere from hundreds to thousands of dollars for your “time”. Depending on the bodybuilder, they will let you touch their muscles, wrestle around with you, let you watch them pose in their posing suits and…more. As I am a lady, I will not even discuss what that is, but it was enough to make me physically ill. Women and men, men and men, groups of men and so forth and so on.

On the show, this guy flew from New Zealand to meet his “Goddess”, watch her pose in her posing suits, wrestle with her and playfully touch and flirt with her…in her bedroom. As it was televised, I’m sure it could’ve gone further but didn’t. Closer to home, people attempt to worship Jason and it gets to the point of stalking. It doesn’t matter when he says, “no, I’m not into that” or just ignores the requests. These people are relentless.

There are SO many things that I find wrong about this! First of all, if someone is the type of person to want to worship you, you’re going to let them into your house and your bedroom??? You’re going to let them touch you and do other things for money??? What I’ve learned that it is mostly those who “use” that partake in this kind of activity. It usually pays for their drugs. Sorry, but it's true. As a spectator at one of those shows, take a look around. A lot of those people on stage are worshipped. And the odds that at least one of those judges is a worshipper is pretty high as well. That gives "politics as usual" a whole different meaning!

As I don’t see how or why this would offend anyone, I apologize if it does. This topic is so out there to me and the fact that it is so common is absolutely outrageous. I bring these topics up to raise awareness and to get your thoughts. As I said, I had no clue it existed until a couple of years ago and I was like, “WHOA”!

Please note that I'm not saying that ALL bodybuilders who use are worshipped. I am stating that for the most part, those who ARE worshipped are the athletes who use.

So, what I want to know is: How many of you have ever heard of this??? What are your thoughts??