Bryant Gumbel Explores the Phenomenon of Women’s Bodybuilding

Photo Credits: Brian Moss & Shemuscle.com

Just a reminder that our good friend Brian Moss of Shemuscle.com will be featured extensively in the July 14th episode of HBO’S REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL. Be sure to check it out for an inside look at the always fascinating world of women’s bodybuilding.

REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL EXPLORES THE GROWING PHENOMENON OF WOMEN’S BODYBUILDING
WHEN THE EMMY®-WINNING SHOW RETURNS JULY 14, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO

REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL presents more enterprising features and reporting when its 160th edition, available in HDTV, debuts WEDNESDAY, JULY 14 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), the day after Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game, exclusively on HBO.

Other HBO playdates: July 14 (2:35 a.m.), 17 (10:00 a.m.), 19 (1:30 p.m., 8:00 p.m.), 23 (5:00 p.m., 12:30 a.m.), 25 (noon), 27 (11:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.) and 29 (3:30 a.m.)

HBO2 playdates: July 16 (10:00 p.m.), 20 (3:00 p.m., 1:00 a.m.), 22 (10:00 a.m.) and 31 (11:00 a.m.), and Aug. 3 (7:00 p.m.) and 8 (2:00 p.m.)

HBO On Demand availability: July 19-Aug. 8

American Beauty. Host Bryant Gumbel explores the good, the bad and the bizarre in the world of women’s bodybuilding. Although it’s virtually ignored by mainstream media, and offers significantly smaller financial incentives than those available to their male counterparts, thousands of participants make a living from the sport, with many pushing all boundaries to achieve the perfect physique.

In an environment of obsessive workouts, round-the-clock fitness routines and even plastic surgery, performance enhancers often play a crucial and dangerous role in the physical development these women seek. Revealing the growing practice of “muscle worship,” which brings male fans in contact with some of the female bodybuilders they admire, REAL SPORTS goes behind the scenes of women’s bodybuilding and learns there is a lot more to it than meets the eye.