“No pain, no gain” and the production of subjectivities by renounce of the self

Abstract

This article objective to make a refl ection about one of present speeches on Physical Education
the “No Pain, No Gain”, seeking approximations with the notion the renounce of the self, found
in the studies of Michel Foucault. Is established relationships with current body approaches, with certain
peculiarities, especially regarding the appropriation of discourses and practices present in spaces of academy,
bodybuilding, high performance athletes of various modalities, where pain and sacrifi ce are seen as a
means to conquest, victory and success. On the results it is possible to understand that to reach the idealized
body, the subject arises in several trials. We see in the examples cited to the renouncing of si is resigned by
biomedical parameters and sports training. The emphasis of the renunciation of self is established in a life
ruled by means of regulatory actions and the subject drug adherence as part of the training itself. In this
study we identify the production of subjectivities off ered by resignation of you present in sports scenarios
in contemporary times. We highlight that the speech "No Pain, No Gain" is marching by society and not restricted
only to athletes or bodybuilders, how can we observe in our daily lives, such as physical education
professionals. As for the impacts related to the fi eld of physical education, we think of the responsibility
to enable the subject to refl ect about dictates that arise in society, taking as being unique with diff erent
sensations and desires.