By Dan Woog The OutField For some gay men, the gym is a place of terror. For others, 's a home away om home. For Erick Alvarez, the gym is the subject
Contents:
- LIFTG THE GAY GYM STEREOTYPE
- GAY FNS TRAER VISED 100 CROSSF GYMS AND FOUND EXCELLENCE LED TO QUICK ACCEPTANCE
- THREAD: BEG A GAY WEIGHT LIFTER.
LIFTG THE GAY GYM STEREOTYPE
* gay lifting *
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GAY FNS TRAER VISED 100 CROSSF GYMS AND FOUND EXCELLENCE LED TO QUICK ACCEPTANCE
Pro-strongman Rob Kearney also dubbed the World’s Strongt Gay, jt broke the Amerin Log Prs Rerd by smashg through 475lb durg Pri Month (rerd ont of fabulo rabow lights, I should add). He’s the first openly gay pro strongman and has peted at World’s Strongt Man numero tim. When you’re figurg out what strength sports podsts to listen to, navigatg the terra n be tough — there’s some low key transphobia, homophobia, and misogyny out there.
For some gay men, the gym is a place of terror. “Mcle Boys: Gay Gym Culture” is a wi-rangg, sightful look at exercise, gay-male style.
It roams through history, soclogy, fashn and porn, stoppg to dissect topics like the Inter’s effect on body image, and the difference between gay and straight gyms. Alvarez – a Costa Ri-born, San Francis-raised personal traer – unrstands gay men who work out. Gettg f raised his self-nfince, and eased his ncerns about beg gay.
THREAD: BEG A GAY WEIGHT LIFTER.
“Thirty years ago, gay men were not necsarily accepted at the gym, ” Alvarez not. “There was a stereotype that gay men were limp-wristed and ail. Today, Alvarez says, “beg gay is equated wh fns, athleticism, havg a great body.
Acrdg the Alvarez, “average men” make up the largt group of gay gym-goers. Gay athlet – a sub-group whose numbers crease every year – work out to bee stronger, and to rce the chance of jury.