> And they don't meassure success by looks* but by performance (eg. new PR) A great many actually don't care about strength and don't pay a lot of attention to

> And they don't meassure success by looks* but by performance (eg. new PR) A great many actually don't care about strength and don't pay a lot of attention to PRs, 1RMs, etc. The goal is, after all, purely a subjective evaluation, and strength in a particular lift is no guarantee that the resulting physique will address the things a bodybuilder is trying to address. In other words, for competitors the mirror is largely the only tool in the toolbox at the end of the day. I don't think it's as unusual as you suggest.