As it turns out, even some of the fittest of bodies still think their lacking. A study of more than 800 professional athletes showed that they thought their bodies were insufficiently muscular. The term for this train of thought is called the Adonis Complex. The curious aspect of this study was that muscle, although looking effective, doesn’t always make equal use in performance and still athletes feel the need to be bulkier and more muscular. The problem might be stemming from the athletes comparing themselves to other athletes that have irregularly muscular bodies from the use of steroids, and/or the problem might come from an evolutionary standpoint where men need to look muscular, and the images of muscular men in the media are reinforcing the Adonis Complex.
Derbyshire, David. " Men hooked on having a perfect body: Films, adverts and magazines are making even the fittest athletes feel inadequate about themselves, reports ". Telegraph.co.uk. 01 Dec 2009
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