Article April 2, 2007 Issue

beyond body worship

with contributions from FLAVÍO COLOMBINI, ALISON MCKOWN

BY FLAVÍO COLOMBINI

BRAZILIAN BEACH culture can be very focused on physical appearances, and, for men, having a muscular body is considered important. Whenever I went to the beach, I would see many guys with muscular bodies, and I began to feel really insecure about being skinny.

I wanted to be muscular and strong like the guys on the beach, but I resisted the idea of going to a gym because I didn't want to get too wrapped up in the way I looked.

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