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theactualworst December 29 2024, 19:42:00 UTC
Looking at him in the first X-Men movie vs what the standard is now bums me the fuck out.

I miss realistic bodies. I hate the super cut dehydrated look.

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squirrels_oh_no December 29 2024, 19:43:54 UTC

There is a reason professional athletes don't look like they fell out of an MCU movie - that hyper-muscular cut dehydrated look doesn't actually make you healthier and more athletic.

(Some of the most high performance athletes don't have defined abs at all. I wonder why...)

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jojito December 29 2024, 21:03:59 UTC
Yep.

Recently I watched Free Solo (about the guy who climbed El Capitan with no ropes). He trained for a year, and while he looks very defined, he also looks like a regular skinny normal guy. So did all his rock climber friends. I noticed his diet was also super normal.

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squirrels_oh_no December 29 2024, 21:06:29 UTC

I saw a picture of an NHL all star player without his shirt on once and he had a little bit of a pooch even (only a little). Of course he was in shape and healthy, but he just looked like a tall, lean, very pasty pale guy.

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archersangel December 29 2024, 23:46:55 UTC
This is from 2013, but probably not much has changed.

Photos of Athletes from All Sports Shows How Different Physical Fitness Can Look
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1841431-photos-of-athletes-from-all-sports-shows-how-different-physical-fitness-can-look

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breathe_me December 31 2024, 01:39:39 UTC
Thank you for sharing that, I've never seen those pictures before and they really offer some perspective that we don't see very often.

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burntxtoashes December 30 2024, 00:06:18 UTC
It's also really not maintainable for very long. I feel like a lot of bodybuilders admit that they can only look like that for competitions and then they have to go back to a more balanced lifestyle/image for their mental and physical health.

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👁️👁️ primimproper December 29 2024, 21:00:28 UTC


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kjesta December 29 2024, 21:22:38 UTC
that super defined and veiny look is so unattractive. i don't even like abs on guys, a little bit of definition on the whole is fine but anything more than that, eh. all those superhero bodies in movies these days do nothing for me.

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theactualworst December 29 2024, 21:45:37 UTC
Same!!

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blorpz December 30 2024, 00:38:12 UTC
people fetishize getting veins to pop out but it kinda creeps me out. no judgment but i think marvel caused that a bit

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