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What you say seems somewhat paradoxical, due to the unfortunately rather pornographic nature of the industry.
bodybuilding and religion seem to go hand-in-hand.
Wrong.
What you say seems somewhat paradoxical, due to the unfortunately rather pornographic nature of the industry.
Wrong.
In most concerns completely unrelated to bodybuilding itself, the bodybuilding population is quite similar to the general population. So, if 3 out of 10 people around the world like cream soda lollipops, then it's a safe bet that 3 out of 10 bodybuilders will like cream soda lollipops, even if they consume fewer of them during prep.
There's a YouTuber named Lee Lemon who used to give fitness advice and talk about her experiences with deconverting from Pentecostalism to atheism. Her old channel is gone; she occasionally did flexing videos and it was a little lewd sometimes. The current one can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/c/MsLemon/featured
She's older now and the style of her content has changed, but she still apparently takes fitness selfies on her Instagram, which can be found on her YouTube links page.
I guess it may depend on the country women from the USA south America and eastern Europe will be more religious but that is where most fbbs live try looking for fbbs from western and northern Europe and some east Asian countries like japan and south Korea and china but i am sure most fbbs are only moderately religious and don't care that you are an atheist and just keep it to themselves.
I guess it's worth thinking about the fact that for most of these women their instagram profiles, etc. are really businesses. Competing doesn't pay the bills, so instead they make money by selling video clips or sessions (in-person or on camera), snagging supplement deals and sponsorships, and attracting the attention of the best professional photographers (e.g. HerBiceps) who pay good money for shoots. And you do that by maxing out your follower counts.
With that said, most folks aren't going to alienate half their potential fanbase by discussing divisive issues like religion or politics. And those that are are disproportionately likely to be more extreme and rigid in their beliefs. As with any group, there is a (literal) silent majority, typically more moderate in viewpoints, and they're not going to talk about their beliefs every 5 minutes, particularly in a forum where it isn't really relevant, and especially not in a way that could cost them followers (and hence money).
So I suspect the actual distribution of beliefs among FBBs, or virtually any demographic group, is a lot more moderate, and typical, than you might suspect given the sampling of who puts their beliefs "out there" on a regular basis.
I'm going to go with the i don't think their population is does any differently than the countries they live in
Women in general tend to be more religious.
Yes. It's a bit weird. Women are generally more religious, but men are more likely to be found at the extremes (in a wide range of interests and endeavors, including -- to pick an example almost at random -- bodybuilding, but this is also true on the non-religious side. You're just not going to find many female atheists, especially in the United States).
I'm pretty familiar with the industry and I've been a regular attendee of bodybuilding shows and conventions (well, pre-COVID and one last year).
I'd say that Fitness & Bikini girls... especially the white girls... do tend to be overwhelmingly Christian and identify as such. You often see that on their Instagram pages, along with conservative political leanings like 2A and "Let's Go Brandon," and all of that. Non-white fitness girls will talk about religion less, and rarely get into politics.
Bodybuilding is less so. It's definitely more counter culture and attracts a more extreme, non-conformist personality. Fitness girls can be married to fairly normal guys, while bodybuilders tend to be with other bodybuilders or single. I'd even say that most female bodybuilders are not explicitly religious - at least not in my experience.
And like.. just know that I'm an insane muscle fetisist who's literally consuming this content all of the time, LOL. So I do have a pretty good overview of things.
Ever since my fasciation with muscular women began, I've noticed that most of them are pretty religious (particularly Christian). Just curious to know if there's any muscular women out there who are atheist or agnostic since bodybuilding and religion seem to go hand-in-hand. If this topic is too divisive or has the potential to become to divisive, admins are obviously free to delete this thread without any backlash.