A have a friend who"s interested in bodybuilding and strongman competitions. She doesn"t really exercise a lot, she just enjoys watching the shows. I didn"t really find that kind of pastime activity interesting in any way, but one day she persuaded me into go to a bodybuilding contest with her. The place was really crowded. At first I didn"t believe I would have fun there. The person who started the show and introduced the participants was not really convincing, and all people around us were just teenage girls waiting to see guys boasting of their muscles. Then the show started. I was quite surprised because the athletes looked really impressive but not in an exaggerated way, if you know what I mean. In other words, you could tell that they had put a lot of effort into their exercise program. Most of them did not really show of, they just presented themselves and disappeared from the stage. It was also a female bodybuilding competition, something I had not been aware of. The ladies there made me think of how I had neglected my muscles and that I should start going to the gym regularly. Again, they didn"t look like monsters, which was something I would definitely say the day before if you asked me what a female bodybuilder looked like. I must say the competition was not a waste of time at all. And it was not pointless either, as I suppose it really showed the beauty of human body, even if it was only an ideal body almost everybody wishes to have.