Just a thought ..

Hi there,
Just a strange thought that occured to me.
I was thinking about bodybuilder’s physique and trying to see beyond some accepted interpretations of bodybuilding (i.e., as being a rather shallow, ultimately unhealthy, freakish ‘sport’ that speaks to males with low self esteem etc.)
I was trying to think about what esoteric side it may have…
This is because originally bodybuilding and wrestling in its modern form stem from 19th century fascination of classical greek culture (also expressed in the reintroduction of olympic competitions).
And then I was reminded of some classical-hellenic sculptures that I’ve seen in art books etc.
Then many question were raised:
Was it actually a form of training to achieve – or express – an element of stone? That is, I do not think it is a coincedence that these male sculptures were made of stone (or bronze). It might have been interpreted that building a muscular physique was actually adding a quality of the stone-earth element, thus strength, to a person.
I might note that some sculptures’ physique are very impressive and compete with drug-laden bodybuilders today. It is easy to think that these features are products of ancient greek imagination, but what if they are not so? Did anyone back then looked like some of their gods? Is this ‘ideal’, which is also ‘ideal’ today, echoes an ancient “truth” of some sort..?
Also, reading in Qigong Meditation book, it is said that muscle is a better conductor for electricity than fat. He was talking about the inner intestines muscles (for lower dan tien) but could this fact have an energetic application when considering an overall muscular physique?

I am wondering what this might mean from a taoist perspective. I might be totally wrong as well. Modern path of bodybuilding seems very far from Taoist concepts, ‘less is more, more is less’ etc.
Just a thought.