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    3 months ago

    If you want muscles like that you’ll need Powersauce bars, the only power bar with the power of apple sauce!

    *Note: Powersauce bars are actually junk made up of apple cores and newspaper.

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    3 months ago

    Then after a month, flip those pictures.

    Looking ripped, but compared to that one super ripped dude, we still feel inadequate.

    And that super ripped dude is watching bodybuilding comps feeling inadequate.

    Low grade body dysmorphia is real.

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      3 months ago

      And even if you lose weight, you’re still fat.

      I lost over 30kg during university, I’m now relatively steady at 85kg at 1.90m. Math says I’m perfectly fine, girlfriend agrees, my mind says I’m the ackshually meme.

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        3 months ago

        It’s also unfair to compare oneself with professional athletes, models, etc. Yet people strive for those beauty standards simply because they have to assume, other people expect them to look like that.

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          To quote Rob McElhenney on getting fit:

          "I’m gonna break it down for you, because it’s actually quite simple, and anybody can do this. Anybody on the planet can do this. First thing’s first: if you have job—like a 9-5 job—quit that. Do you like food? Forget about that. Because you’re never going to enjoy anything you eat. Alcohol? Sorry. That’s out. So what you need to do—you have a chef, right? like a personal chef?—make sure the chef makes you a lot of chicken breast. And make sure you keep your caloric intake at a certain level. And as you go to your physician 2-3 times a week—just to monitor all your testosterone levels—because testosterone is important to building muscle. You’re good friends with the trainer from Magic Mike? So you want to give Arin a call. And you want to make sure he’s at your house and takes you to the gym at least twice a day, because you’re gonna want to do your muscle-building in the morning and then your cardio in the afternoon. Now, do you have a family? Like a significant other or kids? Yeah, forget about them. You’re not going to have time to deal with them. So that’s really all you have to do. And make sure you have a studio pay for the entire thing, because it could become exceptionally expensive. So, I think if you just do all those things, then you too can have an absolutely unrealistic body type, such as me.”

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        3 months ago

        True, but it’s also good to not get carried away with assuming people are on steroids.

        If they have actual indicators of steroid usage then fair enough, but otherwise it could just be years of consistent hard work and good genetics.

        Usually you just need to look at the traps to tell tho 🤣