• Asafum@feddit.nl
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        2 months ago

        I think it’s actually intentional because a thing asshats are trying is to make fun of how he isn’t muscular.

        … because you know… Lifting weights has so much to do with being Mayor…

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          The weirdest thing about this is given his build he could still be much more physically fit than 2/3 of his detractors. Natural muscle is not as prominent as modern media has made it out to appear and to be as crazy built as some folks look you simply have to use extra supplements and push your body far further than is actually necessary for any kind of day to day life. You can be skinny and still perfectly strong and healthy

          I bike about 100 miles a week, and every bike ride I stop at the outdoor fitness area for some water and do a few pullups to even put my build a little. I’m skinny and lanky as fuck and honestly built pretty similar to him

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            I’m a short “small” guy and I can’t tell you how many times I hear “wow you’re way stronger than you look.” It’s pretty frustrating lol

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            I suspect many people can’t even get to what the media says is “physically fit” without completely giving up any life or doing roids…

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              Movies and TV have in recent decades really leaned heavily into a level of muscle that isn’t possible for the average person to attain without performance enhancements. This combined with gymfluencers who take performance enhancers and people who’s hobby is lifting so they spend many hours a week at the gym plus average people not having the time or money for the gym makes a perfect storm of most people not knowing what a healthy amount of muscle or a healthy build looks like

              Oh and expectations have always been for women to be overly thin so far too many women are led to feel that their healthy weight isn’t skinny enough

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          deadlifts 350

          becomes mayor of a mid sized city

          deadlifts 400

          becomes mayor of a larger city

          This is how it works right?

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      Meat eater here, I also don’t like these cringey meat lovers. Worst are the carnivore diet evangelists, they’ll call you veran if you eat any plant based food.

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        Ugh, I hate the carnivore diet folks because I have a really good friend that did it and actually lost a bunch of weight and got back to being much more healthy and spry. How do you gently bring up the long term crap that it can do without sounding like an ass as your friend gets happier and happier? Luckily he reintroduced vegetables at two months in, but I know of some idiots who don’t.

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          So many of these diets boil down to cutting calories by cutting high calorie foods like carbs (especially sugars) and fats.

          Calorie counting is the only tool needed to lose weight.

          I’ve been skinny, muscular, and chubby all on a typical diet and again on a vegan diet.

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            Calorie counting is the only tool needed to lose weight.

            That’s just wrong. Ask an NFL football player, pro soccer or pro whatever if they count calories and lose weight anyway.

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              Nah, they’re correct. Calories are the determining factor for controlling weight. But intake aren’t the only numbers on a calorie balance sheet, workouts go on there too as subtractions. If you want to lose weight you make sure that your daily total leaves you at a deficit (Negative number). Athletes are usually already at their target weight and so they just make sure their daily numbers work out to somewhere around zero total.

              http://justcico.com/

              I would feel negligent if I didn’t also mention to other readers: This is just for weight. If you want to be healthy, it’s important to also get proper vitamin, mineral, and protein intake daily regardless of caloric in/out.

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                My beef with this mindset is that it makes people too focused on counting calories. Psychologically, it’s really bad for you. There are many elements to that.

                Plus, If some dude is on the couch 99% of non-working time, them walking or whatever, will make them lose weight almost instantly. Even just going for a daily walk as long as they can, being kind of they don’t go that far that day, but picking up the next day, will improve their mindset.

                If you just look at the biology, it will fuck with the psychology of losing weight, which is probably why they’re overweight in the first place.

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                  I both agree and disagree here.

                  Losing weight has little to do with activity and more to do with discipline. If you take a fatty and get them to exercise, they’ll probably replace those calories with an after-workout snack, they’ll just be a little healthier given the exercise.

                  To me, the most effective way to lose weight is to change your relationship with food. Food shouldn’t be something you reach for when you’re stressed or bored, it’s there to provide nutrients. Instead of counting calories, I recommend categorizing calories, meaning figure out how many carbs, protein, and fat you need (see dietition or nutritionist, or guess with articles online), what types of fats and carbs you need, and construct a meal plan that fits. You’ll need a certain amount of non-calorie nutrients as well (e.g. dietary fiber, cholesterol, sodium, etc). If you can figure out what ideal looks like, you can approximate it with foods you enjoy, adding stuff you like less that rounds it out.

                  If you can’t build the discipline, any weight you lose will be temporary.

                  I had a problem where I needed to “gain” weight because I had started some intense exercise (bike to work) and didn’t increase how much I hate enough. So I did this exercise and adjusted my diet accordingly without adding a bunch of trash, and my weight returned to normal. I stopped tracking once I got a feel for the right quantities.

                  Be intentional about what you eat and you can reach your goals.

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              There’s a lot more that goes into a healthy diet and lifestyle but for weight management this is the only factor.

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        Worst are the carnivore diet evangelists

        That “Liver King” dude had a psychotic break recently and got arrested for threatening Joe Rogan, and his family’s, lives.

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      In America eating meat is seen as masculine and the women there actually have offspring with men that see the world this way. Some even see it this way themselves. Cringe-nation.

      Between this, random circumcision and guns having more rights than children…

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        Ah, yes. Lets sic the mods at the jokes instead so nobody gets any fun 😄

        Also, do you wanna know how to see if someone is a vegan?

        Don’t worry, they’ll tell you.

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    same fuckers that loose their shit when I tell them I prefer dog bacon but I’m also kinda sick of it because I just got back from visiting family in china and my family doesn’t cook much of the more well known dishes. we just eat wild/kennel dog and wild salad.

    then I ask them why they let heir government officials shoot dogs for misbehaving when they haven’t even been trained

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    It’s always some kind of projection, these are the people who get triggered by the mere existence of LBGTQ people.

    They legitimately think their reaction is normal so these posts would trigger the muslims too.

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    This is not even a joke. It wasn’t funny or even bad the first time it was used and definitely not the one million times since.

    It’s akin to a 5 year old holding a piece of shit under another 5 year old’s nose to make them react: the other shrugs it off and you only end up smelling like shit yourself.

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      Except everyone fine shit offensive, and I don’t think Muslims care about Christians eating pork. Pigs are not sacred to Muslims, it’s actually the opposite.

      It would be very different if they were sending pictures of steak to Hindus, for example.

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          Because their religious bigotry stems from their racism. You don’t see them talking shit about protestant or orthodox Christians despite them being at odds with Catholic Christianity, mostly because they perceive all Christians as white. Muslims aren’t perceived as white so they get targeted.

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          I mean, people who are being toxic against a religion are probably also racists, I imagine. I wouldn’t put it past them, so to speak.

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          They’re only being Islamophobic to him because he’s brown. They wouldn’t act the same way to a white person who followed Islam

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    Muslim here, he’s lying. Muslims have nine lives to survive all the terrorism, but if you tag him enough times he’ll turn to ash.

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    I’m remembering a paragraph of one of the Witcher books where a vampire is at a fancy ball at a royal court and while eating a garlic soup with his silver spoon he was explaining in great detail to a patron seated near him that vampires are deathly afraid of silver and the slightest touch of silver will immediately kill them

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    At least he’s not saying “death to all Muslims!” (or actually killing them)… this sort of silliness can be more easily addressed and resolved, I guess. Silver linings!

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    Speaking like a normal person and not a salesman is probably helping him quite a lot.