Bodybuilding culture
Subject in Fitness
Bodybuilding culture has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Modern Wisdom. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Chris WilliamsonBritish podcaster and host of Modern Wisdom
Williamson argues bodybuilding depends heavily on the personalities of its competitors.
“bodybuilding in particular is reliant on not just the bodies, maybe even more the personalities of the people that are involved in it”
Modern Wisdom: How To Go Hard, Even When You Don’t Want To - Sam Sulek - #1157 (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:06
Williamson believes gym culture would be markedly different had Greg Plitt and Zyzz lived.
“if Greg Plitt and Ziz hadn't passed away, I think that we would have a markedly different gym culture today”
Modern Wisdom: How To Go Hard, Even When You Don’t Want To - Sam Sulek - #1157 (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 54:41
Sam SulekAmerican professional bodybuilder and YouTuber
Sulek compares the character-driven bodybuilding of the 1990s and early 2000s to professional wrestling.
“yeah, the 90s, early 2000s, like, it was to the same prestige as, like, the WWE”
Modern Wisdom: How To Go Hard, Even When You Don’t Want To - Sam Sulek - #1157 (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 1:01:07
Podcasts
- Modern Wisdom · 1 episode
Episodes
How To Go Hard, Even When You Don’t Want To - Sam Sulek - #1157Modern Wisdom · Oct 1, 2026 · 1 h 41 min
Chris Williamson and bodybuilder Sam Sulek discuss training hard over optimising, married life, winter discipline, bodybuilding culture, self-coaching, and peptides.