Mou Cong, who has been practicing fitness and bodybuilding for 13 years, won the championship of the world-class bodybuilding competition, but the keyboard man of the Internet spoke harshly to her.
Mou Cong shared his experience with the trainees at the fitness academy. Image from the web
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►On March 26, the new world bodybuilding champion Mou Cong shared his experience with students at a fitness academy in Beijing. She wears a gray sports coat, long black silky hair, light makeup, and delicate eyebrows.
As soon as she took the stage, she casually took off her gray sports coat, revealing the well-developed biceps and forearm muscle lines, which caused a scream from the crowd. The meeting place was 5 floors inside and out, and the cordon that was pulled up was once stepped on the ground.
On March 5, at the Arnold Tournament, which is second only to Mr. Olympia in the bodybuilding world, Mou Cong won the amateur women's body sub-167CM championship and the full-court championship, becoming the first Chinese woman to receive this honor at the event. Her popularity also soared.
Suddenly, during the live question session, a student in the crowd asked aloud, "What do you think of the verbal attacks on your body on the Internet?" ”
This is another voice after she won the championship, and some netizens said that her figure was like "beef jerky" and had no feminine beauty.
At the scene, Mu Cong acted very calmly, "I know that many people are talking about it, and I won't care." When good sounds appear, there will be bad ones. The more argumentative it is, the higher the focus on bodybuilding. There are always people who appreciate the state of women's bodybuilding. ”
Mu Cong told Peeling Onion (WeChat ID: boyangcongpeople) that outside the competition, she is also a normal person, people do not know enough about professional bodybuilding, do not understand professional players, so she has to go forward and lead.
"To be a woman, you have to make a trade-off"
With contracted muscles and smooth body lines, Mou Cong, with straight black hair, stood in the middle of 14 competitors, subject to scrutiny by the judges of the Arnold Arena in New York.
"When I first turned around watching the game video, I knew she could win. The other contestants turned too hard, too stylized, too anxious to show themselves, and she was wisely slower than the others by a fraction of a second, with a slightly subtle and elegant presentation. A colleague reminisced about a minute of her game after Mou Cong won the Women's Body Group of the Arnold Tradition.
Mu Cong, the body is dark, the muscle lines are clear, and the well-developed muscles are bulging and powerful. After the news of the victory spread back to China, in addition to the praise on the Internet, there was another part of the voice waiting for her: the woman should be feminine beauty, she has a strong muscle, really ugly. Among them, there are many discriminatory words such as "body brutality" and "female man".
Many netizens mocked and ridiculed Mou Cong. Image from the web
This is not the first time Mou Cong has heard opposition. In the 13 years of practicing fitness and bodybuilding, she has met with many objections. There are those who hope that she will become an actor with her face, those who persuade her to participate in the imitation show to imitate Li Wei, and those who suggest that she should stop, have a child, and return to the family.
"But I'm a man who would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail." Mu Cong told Peeling Onion (WeChat ID: boyangcongpeople) that she did not want to imitate other people's paths, nor did she want to leave bodybuilding, "To be a woman, you have to choose." ”
From Mou Dongting to Mou Cong
In the stage when bodybuilding is still in the niche stage, a muscular woman suffers from various misunderstandings such as "masculinity" and "muscle man".
"Before I met her, I thought her muscles were so strong, and her voice should be very thick and masculine, but I didn't expect a mouth to be a very gentle voice." Student Si Yan (pseudonym) recalled that Mou Cong in life was a little girl who liked pink and cartoons, and often tied a pink head rope during training.
In fact, for a long time in the beginning, Mu Cong has been developing according to the route of girls in traditional Chinese culture.
Mou Cong in the game. Image from the web
Born in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, she was called Mou Dongting by her mother when she was a child, taking the meaning of Lou Ting. From the age of 4, Mou Cong began to learn rhythmic gymnastics, danced ballet at the age of 9, and was influenced by art. Her mother bought out her working years to provide for Mu Cong's studies, and she studied musical theater at the Central Academy of Drama.
The twist of direction began in 2004. Mu Cong was influenced by her husband and began to exercise. Because his lover is French and advocates bodybuilding culture, Mou Cong gradually gave up his job in the magazine and embarked on the road of fitness and bodybuilding.
She was quickly recognized, and in 2006 Mou Cong won the Miss Shape at the National Fitness Championships.
In the following ten years, Mu Cong deliberately maintained the habit of competing every year and did not let his physical functions deteriorate.
In a video of strength training, pulling hard 95kg, the barbell is gracefully lifted in her hand. "The amount of training that Mu Cong has, I as a boy sometimes can't stand, but she can easily complete it." Assistant Ma Kui said.
In the season, Mou Cong will divide the amount of three meals a day into every three or four hours, for a total of 6 meals a day. Most of the food is broccoli, boiled chicken breast, etc., eating less but clean.
In the off-season, she will return to the life of an ordinary person. On the evening of March 26, she ate 2 pieces of grilled chicken wings, a lamb chop sprinkled with salt and pepper, fish, vegetables, desserts, millet porridge and other foods. "I'm also a normal person, and I'm going to come back to life in the non-season."
"People don't know enough about professional bodybuilding to understand the lives and preparations of professional players. So I should go forward and lead. Mou Cong said.
Mou Cong instructed the trainees to exercise. Image from the web
Dialogue with Mou Cong:
"Every time you exercise, there are two little people fighting in your head"
Peeling onion (WeChat ID: boyangcongpeople): What is the opportunity to participate in the Arnold competition?
Mou Cong: My coach Martinez inspired me, he asked me why I didn't try to be a professional player, and I also wanted to prove my ten years of perseverance in fitness and bodybuilding. Winning the championship in these international competitions to get a professional card is an important part of the road to professional competitions, and the proof of "professionalism" is very important to me.
Peeling the Onion: Has your family always supported you on this path?
Mou Cong: Yes, especially my mother is very supportive of me. In 2006, my mom watched me compete for the first time, when I won the Miss Physique Championship at the National Fitness Championship. Mom saw that I could make some achievements and trusted me. But she still has some conservative thoughts, thinking that girls are over 30 years old, and it is time to have children at this age.
But I've come such a long way in bodybuilding and don't want to leave easily. Fortunately, this career is doing fitness, which can make the body stronger and stronger, and it is not too much of a problem to have children after five years.
Peeling the onion: Have you ever hesitated and swayed in these 13 years?
Mu Cong: Doing bodybuilding exercise mechanically for a long time will be very boring. I have been gone for more than ten years, and there are really very few people who walk together, and I often feel lonely. People who have been together, they all have their own direction. When I stood on the stage, I saw that my former game partners were all referees below, and at that moment I suddenly felt that there was no motivation in life.
When I went to the game a few years ago, I found that the younger generation came up, and they were very aggressive, but to be honest, they were also very young. Looking at them, I wonder how many years can they hold out?
A lot of people say to me, I'm talented. But there are a lot of talented people, and they can really win the championship and get the world championship.
Peeling the Onion: Are you a tough person to yourself?
Mou Cong: Be harsh on yourself. Because you are not harsh on yourself and do not pay for training, others will be harsh on you when you are competing. It's a competitive sport that needs to be competed.
As for bodybuilding, it is even more critical. Wear very little clothing and show off bodybuilding on stage. The referee is picky, he is picky to see who has fewer shortcomings and who is the champion.
Mou Cong trains in the gym. Image from the web
Peeling the onion: Are you used to this state of being picky and judged?
Mou Cong: Yes, and I myself am a very perfection-seeking person. On stage, I don't want any flaws in my makeup, hairstyle, and clothing, including every movement and the presentation of the turn.
Just my turnaround at Arnold, I train every week offstage, turning four turns into one movement, with each breath ticked off.
Peeling onions: Which training was most impressive?
Mou Cong: It was when I temporarily left bodybuilding training and did CROSSFIT for the first time .100 (a fitness system that trains endurance, weight bearing, etc., without gaps). A thirty-minute project, I threw up while running in the middle of the lap. It was the first time I had practiced myself in more than ten years of fitness.
Peeling the onion: This is a contest of self-will.
Mu Cong: Yes, in fact, fitness, although the practice is the body, but will hone the mind, to see if you can continue to insist. Every time I do a sport, I have the idea of two little people fighting in my head. While saying that you should stop practicing like this, you will tell yourself that if the number of pushes is discounted, you will fall behind when you finally stand on the competition stage. At that time, no one could understand my feelings, only I could talk to myself.
Peeling the Onion: What did you prepare for Arnolds?
Mou Cong: A short turn, I practiced for a long time. During training, I even spent more than 1 hour alone practicing the state of physical stabilization. When I was working on stage, it was impossible to use my brain to deploy all the nerves in place, so I had to implant the state of the muscles into the brain to let the muscles form memories. For example, when I practice my biceps, I will observe its contraction and ensure that each contraction stops at that position and has control over the muscle.
I also studied the lights in the arena and found that blue things would be dazzling in the warm light, and at the end of the game, I chose a blue bikini to wear.
Peeling onions: There's a voice online that your muscles are too big, like men', and not good-looking.
Mu Cong: Their aesthetic is like this, I can't change it, I see it and don't respond. Some remarks the more you pay attention to it, the more vigorous it is, because there are many people looking for a sense of existence.
I am different from Internet celebrities, who care about other people's comments and the guidance of public opinion. But why should I care about other people?
Mou Cong in life.
Peeling the Onion: When was the first time I heard this talk?
Mou Cong: It has been more than ten years ago, and I have heard it too many times. Saying that this kind of bad person may be a keyboard man, may be inferior, or he may not have a vision, he has not seen it at all.
Aesthetics have a lot to do with everyone's living environment. This project is linked to the standard of living, which requires a large cost, the intake of meat protein, and the growth of muscles. When people are still thinking about food and clothing, thinking about what to eat for the second meal, how can they think of going to fitness and bodybuilding? That's why I think that people in first- and second-tier cities are receptive to this phenomenon of mine. Because many of them have embraced the concept of fitness to understand my life and the beauty of this body display.
Peeling onions: Is bodybuilding a niche sport?
Mou Cong: Now more and more people are starting to do it. In 2006, I won a number of awards in domestic competitions, the prize money was only 7800 yuan, and now the prize money of the domestic non-professional competition is very high, and the prize money of the provincial competition can reach 50,000-100,000. This shows that this project is increasingly valued, encouraging people to become professional athletes.
However, compared with other competitive sports in China, such as badminton, table tennis, etc., bodybuilding is still niche.
Peeling onions: What's the difference between mass fitness and bodybuilding?
Mu Cong: Fitness is a basic, bodybuilding is more professional, participating in professional events, is a professional level. Both are non-vocational and vocational, basic and advanced. Bodybuilders are more rigorous in their diet and training, training one movement to mobilize muscles to the extreme. Now the basic is already a trend, but people's understanding of professional high-level bodybuilding is still very shallow.
Peeling onion (WeChat ID: boyangcongpeople): There is a kind of doubt why girls should go to muscle training? If you don't play like you go to a game, the muscles aren't of much use. What do you think of this view?
Mou Cong: We struggle with aging and sagging every day. In addition to speeding up the body's metabolic detoxification, muscles keep the body in a state of vitality. The main purpose of fitness is not to become good-looking, but to prevent chronic diseases.
Peeling Onion: You are now the first Chinese female athlete to qualify for the IFBB (International Bodybuilding Federation) professional card. What are your career plans after that?
Mou Cong: I played in the national championships in April, and after May I turned pro, and my first match is estimated to be in Ireland in June.
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