Gym Candy Character Traits

Micks purpose of being in the novel is so that the story isn't so boring.and also if he was not in the story, they're probably wouldn't be a story. But otherwise Micks purpose in the novel is to try to overcome a problem and build from his mistakes and then become stronger. Micks goal is to be stronger so he has to build his way up to getting stronger. I feel like Mick grows more throughout the story because when he starts to take steroids he becomes stronger and then he knows that he shouldn't take them but he feels like he needs them to be the best. I think Mick grows off of this because he learns what is right and what's wrong because he never does steroids

Attention Getter: (PowerPoint image) When we see someone extremely muscular, we wonder is the person using steroids?

Today’s modern bodybuilders opposed to the bodybuilders of the sixties and seventies look like they have evolved from some enormous inhuman creature with amazing genes. Looking at the average size and body fat percentages of old school bodybuilders they weighed somewhere between one hundred and eighty to two hundred and twenty pounds. Now if you compare that to today’s bodybuilders weighing in at somewhere between two hundred fifty and three hundred pounds it makes you think what the heck

Attention Getter: (PowerPoint image) When we see someone extremely muscular, we wonder is the person using steroids?

Their findings contribute to those who believe that black athletes are born with the ability to compete in sports. In his book, Jon Entine attempts to explain why black athletes are so unbelievably successful. He presented and explained some researchers’ findings. Apparently, people that are of the Eurasian descent, tend to have a great deal of natural upper body strength. They are muscular and very big, and they have thick torsos. As a result, and obviously, they are able to be successful in events like weightlifting and wrestling. These researchers then found that those of East Asian descent, are pretty polar opposite. Instead, they tend to be smaller, and have short extremities, long torsos, and thicker layers of fat. As a result, they, then, are slower and not as strong. Their long extremities and long torsos allow them to be much more flexible than the next person. Finally, researchers realized and presented the following about black with a West African ancestry. They generally

Boxing, an official sanctioned sport in the early 20th century, is a sport that is known as one of the most violent and physically demanding sports on the earth. Professional boxers that get paid to fight must be in top shape in order to preform at the highest level. Being a professional boxer is a tough life. Boxers train hard for many months leading up to one fight and either win, lose, knock out the opponent or even get knocked out. The sport has been around for centuries, but has most recently taken off over the last 100 years. It is a multibillion dollar industry with fighters taking home hundreds of thousands of dollars if not even millions of dollars for big matches. In his novel Papa Jack, Roberts tells the story of the famous African American boxer Jack Johnson. He details the boxers rise to fame and fortune and his downward spiral that would soon follow. In Papa Jack, Roberts displays life of a professional boxer through firsthand accounts with events that happened during Johnson’s life and shows how boxing not only influenced his life but also how he influenced the African American community.

Brian snapped back to reality in the St. Lucy’s gym. If he wants to acheive his goals, he knows he will have to work hard. He feels great at this moment, and in the future he will become even better. With a pep in his step, he saunters back to practice, prepared for what challenges are to

The Earth has seen many superhuman-like athletes, but none like that of Bo Jackson. Bo was a genetic freak, outrunning and powering anyone on the football or baseball field. It all started when Bo was a young boy. He picked up a lisp from his father in which got him made fun of quite often as a child. Bo would fight back in interesting ways, like throwing rocks or apples. He threw a rock through a screen door just to prove a point to a neighborhood bully. Bo Jackson was capable of great strength in courage which allowed him to travel over a vast setting, gaining popularity to eventually become a national hero.

Gym Candy is the story about Mick Johnson a young boy living in Seattle, Washington. Ever since the age of four Mick has been playing football, mainly because his father, Mike Johnson had a chance to play for the Chargers but he screwed it up and thought that he did not have to try very hard. Before he knew it he was cut from the team and did not have a second chance. Mick mother used to be a gymnast but she doesn't pressure Mick to be the best like his father does. In middle school Mick is pushed around a lot and one time he was knocked unconscious and because of that his mom stopped coming to the game, she did not want to see her son get hurt again. After this Mick meets a new member to the team his name is Drew Carney. Mick and Drew become better friends and that is when Rooney (the head coach of the Middle School Football team) comes to Mick telling him that he is good but he has the attitude of a punk. So Mick looks that up and finds out what really happened to his father.

I developed a character to be a representative of the main audience for my essay by taking the characteristics of individuals observed in McComas’ weight room and combining them into one persona. Based off of this, the persona is a male Virginia Tech college student who is familiar with the weight room and the concepts of body building. He is in good physical shape, and wears typical gym clothing, such as gym shorts, sweatpants, t-shirts, or wife-beaters. He has long-term experience with the majority of the weight and machines found in McComas’ weight room, and falls into the category of “serious lifters,” rather than just an occasional gym-goer. He is very perseverant in his work out regiment, and has a focused mindset.

Great collages form illustrations of over 20 sport superstars. A title on the page will proclaim: Athletes are made of.. then �A Hunger for Greatness. Here Babe Ruth is shown, winner of more home runs than anyone else, a salary bigger than the president's, and an appetite to match. (One day on Coney island he ate 4 steaks, 8 hot dogs and drank 8 sodas). Then the illustration shows him with cokes for eyebrows, catchers mitts for eyes, a steak for a nose and a hot dog smile. Under the caption Athletes are made of big mouths Muhammad Ali is shown since he was known as much for his boasting as he was for winning boxing matches. Once when he was on a plane the stewardess told him to fasten his seat belt. 'Superman don't need no seat belt ,'

The documentary, “Unforgivable Blackness” directed by Ken Burns casts light on the extraordinary life story of legendary boxer Jack Johnson. The documentary is about the barriers Jack Johnson had to overcome to satisfy his hunger for becoming the best and living “The American Dream.” Johnson had humble beginnings in Galveston, Texas and it was in those beginnings that glimpses of his bright future were slowly but surely beginning to show. Through out his life, he showed independence, relentlessness, ability to improvise, call attention to himself and get around rules meaning to tie him down. Jack Johnson was a self made man who had the drive to go forward and achieve what he wanted to achieve

punching bags. The second thing about Drago's training that is questionable is his use of steroids in the movie. Contrary to

"’The UFC and MMA in general is a steroid epidemic. They've started this really stringent testing and everybody is getting popped. They're just getting popped left and right. It's one of the things fighters have been saying for a long time, that everyone is on steroids, a huge percentage. Give a number 50, 60 [percent]. Whatever the fuck it is that are on steroids. The reality is, this whole steroid epidemic, one thing we have to recognize, the use of steroids is less than 100 years old. There's always been substances that people have taken, but the actual use of anabolic steroids in human beings is relatively recent in human history. I think as time goes on, they're going to create more powerful and crazier shit and it's going to get to the

Eddie Hall is a 29-year-old strongman from Britain, whose dream is to become the world's strongest man. The documentary portrays the difficulties Eddie has faced to get to where he is today and to attempt to accomplish his goal. He has given up time with his family, quit his job and now has to sleep with a sleep apnea machine (due to his weight) all to dedicate his life to training and the gym in order to accomplish his goal. It is an amazing view into under extreme circumstances what people will do to accomplish their dreams. Eddie failed many times in strongman competitions, Arnold competitions (etc.), such as dropping a half a ton on his head and dropping a weight that would have broken the world record for largest amount deadlifted. But