Essay On Scrawn
Scrawn to Brawn
Brian Dimuzio Jr.
Baker College
Scrawn to Brawn
Have you ever wanted to be that guy that turns heads when walking on a beach with no shirt on, or maybe even the guy that maybe breaks necks to check you out? The article by Guy Trebay in the New York Times, “Scrawn to Brawn: Men Get Muscles, Or Pray for Them,” caught my eye with the way today’s society is bringing kids up with the various hormones and drugs in today’s world. Referring to the video or a documentary, he had watched just recently that one of his buddies had reminded him of how much fun he had missed out on.
Guys happen to be much thinner back then, most would say simply because there trying to look exactly like someone they seen in a magazine or on a television commercial. Trebay (2000)(Para3) asserts “Most of them were stoner`s swayback, but that’s aside the fact they were …show more content…
Supporting the fact Trebay says “Most of them (referring to the guys back in Woodstock) were stoner`s swayback, but that’s aside the fact they were skinny,” Trebay (2000), but Dr. Charles Ysalis` argument about the male population abusing steroids not so true. I have looked at various pictures regarding the Woodstock era, and do understand where Trebay was coming from. Also a huge supporter of going to the gym daily, but have yet to ever administer any type of steroid to my body. Denying the fact that men in the Woodstock days were classified as skinny guys, whereas today’s men are more likely to have much more meat on their bones. According to Mens Health magazine`s Lou Schular (Scrawn to brawn, 2000) “The ideal man now a days has muscles you can see from fifty feet away,” I firmly agree with Schular`s statement and feel the same, as well as hope that one day that`ll be me who people are looking at. While today`s society continues to increase in populations as well as body sizes, whether obese or muscular, there will always be a topic for Mens Health to write
Brian Dimuzio Jr.
Baker College
Scrawn to Brawn
Have you ever wanted to be that guy that turns heads when walking on a beach with no shirt on, or maybe even the guy that maybe breaks necks to check you out? The article by Guy Trebay in the New York Times, “Scrawn to Brawn: Men Get Muscles, Or Pray for Them,” caught my eye with the way today’s society is bringing kids up with the various hormones and drugs in today’s world. Referring to the video or a documentary, he had watched just recently that one of his buddies had reminded him of how much fun he had missed out on.
Guys happen to be much thinner back then, most would say simply because there trying to look exactly like someone they seen in a magazine or on a television commercial. Trebay (2000)(Para3) asserts “Most of them were stoner`s swayback, but that’s aside the fact they were …show more content…
Supporting the fact Trebay says “Most of them (referring to the guys back in Woodstock) were stoner`s swayback, but that’s aside the fact they were skinny,” Trebay (2000), but Dr. Charles Ysalis` argument about the male population abusing steroids not so true. I have looked at various pictures regarding the Woodstock era, and do understand where Trebay was coming from. Also a huge supporter of going to the gym daily, but have yet to ever administer any type of steroid to my body. Denying the fact that men in the Woodstock days were classified as skinny guys, whereas today’s men are more likely to have much more meat on their bones. According to Mens Health magazine`s Lou Schular (Scrawn to brawn, 2000) “The ideal man now a days has muscles you can see from fifty feet away,” I firmly agree with Schular`s statement and feel the same, as well as hope that one day that`ll be me who people are looking at. While today`s society continues to increase in populations as well as body sizes, whether obese or muscular, there will always be a topic for Mens Health to write