Hi, thanks for checking this out, I am doing a project for my English class (freshman in college) its an "ethnography." Essentially its a culture study, for the assignment I have the choice to pick any American sub-culture to study. I decided to pick the world of strength training.

To get a little more specific with the title, strength training, I will be looking at body builders, olympic lifters, and power lifters. I am using those three groups as a way to get specific within in the more broad topic of "strenght training."

Anyway, where I need your help is... if any of you guys/girls have any experience with those 3 groups within "strength training" help me by answering the following questions:

-First introduce yourself very briefly (name, how long "in" this sub-culture, anything relevant you think should be included...)

1. What rewards/benefits do you see from being associated/participating with those groups.

2. How does being connected with this sub-culture define you.

3. Do you think this sub-culture is accepted or rejected in the eyes of culture as a whole?

4. How and why are you a part of this sub-culture?

5. What sacrifices have you had to make as a result of participating in this sub-culture?

6. What relationships have you developed from this sub-culture?

7. How do you think this sub-culture fits (and maybe, is viewed) within larger society?

8. Is this sub-culture actively maintaining its identity or is it being absorbed into the larger culture?

9. How do you fit in this sub-culture?

10. How do the memebers of this sub-culture interact with each other?
Ok well thanks a lot for checking this out, again, any input you can give me helps me a lot!

-Thanks,
Andrew Scott