The Fitness Industry's BIGGEST LIE (Looking Fit vs. BEING FIT)
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- #fitness #bodybuilding
In this video we discuss the dichotomy of looking fit vs. actually BEING fit. We analyze the concept of "fitness" as it is marketed and sold by the modern day fitness industry, the discrepancy between what the people ACTUALLY WANT and what they are getting, as well as what the ultimate purpose of this channel is.
Perhaps the greatest lie that has been sold to the masses by the modern day fitness industry is that its image of "fitness" is actually, truly representative of that concept. The reality is that the image of fitness that you see sold to you, especially now on social media, is often times the farthest thing from actually being fit. Often times it's even the opposite, where the people representing the "picturesque" ideal of fitness are actually some of the unhealthiest people around.
Now, I have no qualms with people doing what they want to do with their own bodies. Let the PED users drug themselves to death in the name of building muscle. That is their prerogative. What I do have a problem with, however, is deceiving people into thinking you are selling them one thing when in fact you are actually selling them another.
In the case of the fitness industry, people seek out information because they want to become FIT. They want to become healthier and build a more resilient and capable body so that they feel, look, and perform better. This is the product they are told they are getting, yet the information being provided by many social media fitness experts is often not congruent with this ideology in whole. They have the looking fit part covered, but they do not do well to address the BEING FIT part.
It has been my experience that information dedicated to helping you guys LOOK FIT is vast and prolific and very easy to find. But information helping you to actually BE FIT is much more scarce. In my opinion, an important part of fitness is....being fit. My audience agrees with this assertion. Thus, there is a very real disconnect at play in the modern day fitness industry where the majority of information being put out only satisfies half of the equation here. The purpose of this channel is to help fill this void, and to help you guys find true fitness in the process.
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0:00 Looking Fit vs. BEING FIT
2:22 Poll Results: What You Guys ACTUALLY Want
5:28 Social Media Fitness is NOT Fitness
6:48 Why my "small chest" is irrelevant to me
9:55 Stop conflating fitness with bodybuilding
14:00 The purpose of this channel
17:13 Programs to help you BE FIT!
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Speaking my language, brother. Our bodies don’t know or care what they look like. Aesthetics are a result of actual fitness and performance. I wish we could return to an emphasis on performance. We’d be healthier physically and mentally.
I agree with that 💯 man. Been preaching it for years now.
We would probably look better generally as well since so many of the strategies aimed towards Aesthetics are unhealthy in ways that backfire physically and psychologically causing most who view aesthetic as an end in itself to actually look worse then if they focused on Fitness and performance.
Reading this comment was a very pleasant moment for me, I like aesthetics as much as the next guy but it's always been clear to me that the only reasons for training are health or performance and appearance is merely an inevitable by-product of physical activity
The results are not indicative of the general population at all.
In a very good way, people who like your channel and follow you (myself included) are definitely going to be biased towards performance based on your content
As for the golden age I remember Tom Platz in Muscle and Fitness emphasizing how flexible he was and how much he loves playing tennis. They even had photos of him on the court. Or Franco Columbo doing strongman feats and hanging upside down by the tops of his feet (toes curled up toward the shins).
And for bodybuilding, if smoking and sitting on the couch eating cookies got you the most jacked, that's what bodybuilders would do. They will do anything to achieve the "look" because bodybuilding is a beauty contest. Fitness and health are not a consideration in judging.
Hey "SmallTits", just wanted to say this is probably the best and most important video you've made to date. You deserve a much bigger audience.
Thanks brotha, I appreciate that. Jab and all 😂
He prefers to be known as "Small Titties" 😜
I once was one of these kids too. But then I grew up, got stronger, and improved my mental health. And all of a sudden I realized how much of a saturated shithole the fitness industry actually was. Nowadays with Instagram and TikTok (the rise of little SARM goblins), it’s becoming even so much worse. I really hope your message comes across to save these kids’ lives since they really don’t know any better.
I deadlift 315lbs for reps, but being a short woman with just enough body fat to mask the muscles, I don't look like strong whatsoever until I actually pick something up. Only then do I suddenly have Natalie Portman's cgi arms.
That’s strong asf for a female, only ever seen a female do that once in real life
@Aavila120 , A true strong woman is rare.
Good video man!
Also mental health and fitness is often overlooked. So many guys have massive body dysmorphia, unhealthy relationships with food, insecurity issues, etc..
For sure man. I mentioned that in my why i don't like bodybuilding video as well...focusing on what your body looks like is much more likely to lead to dysmorphia issues than focusing on what your body is capable of.
@@EnkiriElite - I have never understood why people are so obsessed with outdoing other people.
I think if people just focused on their own PR's and performance to self improve, they would be happier.
Man....when will your channel blow up? You deserve much more.
I think there's a little too much counter culture for it to blow up. But I'm OK with that at this point.
Bodybuilding should not be the face of the fitness industry.
Aesthetics ≠ Fitness
People like Chuck Norris, Muhammad Ali, and Bruce Lee would be called DYELs by today's standards even when they are super fit.
Yeah, it's a weird sort of distortion of reality. And you're right, it's because bodybuilding is the "face of the fitness industry." That's the best way to put it.
Muhammad Ali was a lean 215lbs lol, don’t think he would be called DYEL, Bruce Lee and Chuck yes because they were skinny.
Speaking from experience, you gotta be really fit in order to fight someone for 5 minutes.
Dude, I get trolled in my exercise vids, even though my conditioning is honestly insane. My kettlebell sessions are insane, but some dudes will say I'm fat at 17/18% BF 🤣 the fitness "standards" are so warped it's kinda disgusting
Anything above 5% is being viewed as "soft" these days, maybe a bit exaggerated but yeah it's completely messed up
It's sad in many ways. It's a bit odd that we have grown to conflate ultra leanness with health and fitness. Sure, being fat is not healthy. But neither is being ultra lean. It doesn't really make sense, it's almost like the industry trying to swing the pendulum back in the other direction with the ongoing obesity crisis, but then going too far.
What you promote makes so much more sense than "aesthetics" or whatever the fuck that means. Training with a performance focus takes care of basically all concerns most people have. Objectively strong dudes with good conditioning (not the disgusting starvation pageant competitive bodybuilders care about) and good dietary patterns look amazing. It seems that the fitness industry has become obsessed with showing folks how to game the system instead of showing them the process of its namesake.
Love the message man, people forget that there are many different ways to train and reasons to train. Looks are an important variable in some cases, but not all. Bodybuilding is not fitness, Powerlifting is not fitness. Fitness includes those methods of training, but it is not the same as them.
Every lifter maturing will come to a point when they realize: Big Legs > Big Chest
hear, hear!
Who wants big legs? Only women.
@@AngryAyrab Dat feminine sweep
big chest + big legs > big legs
@@EnkiriElite still memeing kinobody I see 😂
That RPG character analogy is what I’ve been telling myself ever since I started working out seriously. What’s the point of benching 3 plates if I get gassed walking down the beach? What’s the point of running 10 miles if I can’t do a pull up? Training to be well rounded really is fulfilling for me as I’ve always wanted complete mastery of the body and to just be the best physical version of myself in many aspects. I feel like people like us are becoming more rare, but your doing amazing with this channel and your knowledge is truly appreciated.
I agree man. The Bioneer also preaches this idea as well.
Ive been following this channel since Late 2018. Never in those 3+ years have I ever thought "hey Alec has a tiny ass chest" Heck I never even cared about your physique, I was just in awe of your raw strength, power and Athleticism. I think I can speak for alot in here that I´m grateful that you kept it function over form and kept it real. Most channels NEVER talk about power development let alone serious cardio training or Athleticism. In the 5 years I´ve been in UA-cam fitness I haven´t found someone similar to you Alec. The only thing I can say is stay true to yourself Alec
This happened w the legs aswell, the feminine sweep lmfaooooo. Imagine devoting your entire life to perfect how a muscle looks in terms of shape, I would literally go insane, its all insertions that you cant change.
Love this video man. Been getting into Olympic weightlifting movements for a lot of the reasons you're talking about in this video. Also wanting to get back into running and boxing for these same reasons. Instant sub!
Very good points you've brought up. I believe people who competed or were/are actually good at a sport will understand your philosophy a lot better than people who got into lifting weights just because its the cool things to do or because social media. Keep preaching and educating people via your ideas, you're great at it.
Thanks brother. I appreciate that!
Long time subscriber, never comment but had to just say these kind of videos need to be seen by so many people. Great job.
I reached peak cardiovascular fitness while I was 10-15KGs overweight. Trained to high intensities 9 times a week for a few months during that period, but I looked totally non aesthetic. Love the video and think your channel has a fantastic purpose even though I have some different thoughts regarding physique for my own goals. Personally I want to make people see me as physically capable just as much as I want to be physically capable. I want to spend much of my life practicing martial arts, but I want to achieve a certain aesthetic to highly decrease the chance that someone would want to pick a fight. People can be cruel and stupid, and I want to ward off cruel and stupid people to protect myself and my family.
Well said dude. 2 years ago I was running 5 and a bit minute miles and sleighing a lot of crossfit workouts and nobody said a thing to me . Now av been focused on bbuilding put on 40 lbs bench 365 pull 4 plates on pull up and people tell me how fit I am ! I know I was actually way fitter back then
Great message Alec! Health both physically and mentally is more important than anything to me.
EXAACTLY! Bro, your channel is like a gold mine. THANK YOU for this.
I love this! Very glad you spoke about this, I agree with everything.
Glad you enjoyed it man!
Great video, and as usual I couldn't agree more! One thing though - I think that probably most people that leave comments about your "small chest" are not your regular viewers. They're probably people that stumble across one of your videos and watch it. I think that we (your core audience) know what you're about.
I hear you there brother.
Being fit is a moving target. Someone who is obese thinks being able to walk up a flight of stairs without being winded is pretty fit. A guy that's already in decent shape thinks his 28 minute 3 mile time is weak.
Good point.
I'd add that this makes real fitness less marketable than the appeal to vanity currently on display.
For sure! There is most certainly an element of relativity at play as well. The focus should be on improving the baseline, wherever that may be.
Imagine the same people that complain about your chest going to ironman-triathlete channels to complain about their legs XD .
"lol small chest is just mad bro" You really are speaking the truth here my man. It has only been up until this last 5 years where we have seen this huge shift in the world of fitness, strength, and hypertrophy where the internet has just blown things out of proportion. In any other point and time in history your philosophy would be the prevailing idea. Going as far back as fitness in greece. The body was a means to an end physically speaking. What could the body do. This idea rains true right up until 2010's when suddenly the way the body looked became more important then what it could do. Like you said even the golden era of bodybuilding always had some display of fitness surrounding the physique.
I pressed "like 👍" on this video before I even watched the video, because I already knew what ideas and beliefs you were going to share. Good for you for not selling out like other people on the youtube platform. It is sad how this world works, image is everything a lot of the time. I wish more people knew about Zyzz, he looked like a Greek God, but died at 22 y/o due steroids, Coke, and cigarettes. A kid.....dead. I also believe most of the men judging your physique know the difference between looking fit and being fit, but because of their own insecurities, they will knowingly ignore trying to be fit for the desperate attempts to look fit just to get approval on their pictures on social media. I've met so many guys in the gym that will buy steroids from a guy in a locker room, have no idea which type of steroid it is, or what it should be used for just in hopes of looking better in the mirror. Then they tell me they regret it because their body hasn't been the same since, E.D. , hormonal imbalances, which makes them feel and think very negatively.
Video idea: can we see your athleticism in action? Like can we see how your physical abilities translate to activities such as basketball, grappling, gymnastics, etc?
The big bloated chest thing thats gripped rhe fitness industry drives me crazy.
Look at any of the old school pre-PED strongmen and they'll have woefully "underdeveloped" pecs according to the modern gym bro.
Agreed. It's a silly thing to obsess over.
Love u man.. U r the best when it comes to athleticism & reallife strength
My main goal is gaining muscle right now but I am trying to maintain my fitness, I bike at least 3 times a week and get a good step count
And this is actually hindering my muscle growth, I’ve been stuck at the same weight for a while and I think the activity has made it very hard to eat enough
Great video, your channel is a gem lol sucks that the majority of people wont find it but hey keep it up anyways brother
This here is a good video. That and also I think when these commenters talk shit about your chest, it’s also just missing the forest for the trees. The main muscle groups associated with athleticism, (the back, the lowerbody, and the delts) you’ve developed very substantially, which makes anything lagging behind from a size perspective look smaller. It’s also just very ignorant to think Alec here has never pondered the thought. He owns a mirror. That being said, keep up the good work Alec 💪
I’d rather have developed lats and legs over a big chest. I don’t do much pressing besides OHP but I have added more push-up frequency just to help develop it a bit more. But it’s def not a priority right now for myself.
Just a great video. Your words needs to be spread.
I played team handball (2nd biggest sport in Europe) for 20 years, 2 of those professionally, and now I coach a team for European competitions. Strenght is such a small part of being an athlete while athleticism, mobility, and conditioning are so much more important for being fit, it's enraging to see so many people on the tube overlooking these. Everything on youtube is about looking like a gorilla or looking like you could die from a papercut to your veins.
The first video I saw of you, you were doing explosive sprinting exercises and I immediately thought to myself: fucking finally someone who knows what he's talking about. Since then I watch your channel pretty often and I incorporate a lot of your exercises in the conditioning sessions of my team and the kids are absolutely blown by the end (exactly what I wanted). Thank you so much for your work, I wish you were more popular.
I totally agree with you, but handball is not 2nd biggest sport in Europe🙂
When I discovered handball I was a teenager (US don't care). And I had wished I found it earlier! A sport that is almost wholly dependent on raw athleticism with lesser regard for specific sporting skills themselves. I always thought I'd be good at it!
Glad you enjoy content man, and more importantly, I'm glad the info has been helping you improve your coaching!
The appearance that we look for as an indicator of fitness, lean and muscular would be a good indicator if drugs had never been invented. Kind of hard to be muscular without accidentally getting fit as a natural. The biggest leanest natural is probably gonna be very strong, decently mobile, and at least adequately cardiovascularly fit.
I'm having to do all this fucking mobility and joint health bullshit to keep making gains! I wish there was something I could just take to make the areas I can't train optimally right now just grow!
My fitness journey started in 2009 from bodybuilding(ish) to mma to powerlifting to hiking to now general fitness and wanting to be healthy and build overall athleticism. I feel better than ever and so much happier with my body
Im sick of fitness channels/influencers assuming inmediately what the hell i want when i consult them about something. It's like they think everyone wants to be a freaking bodybuilder.
Well, i start with calisthenics and im obsessed with two things: strength exercises and ROM (in the calisthenics community, we are all form nazis).
Muscle hypertrophy is one of my goals too, but i don't see the joy of training just for that purpose.
My brother has a huge chest and can barely mess with 225 on the bench. It's just genetics. Most of us have a body part that just doesn't get big.
Training to grow and get stronger is mostly the same thing which is why I picked mass and strength
Most people wish they could look as good as you. Most never will. You look awesome and you actually know what the fuck you're talking about. Thank you for sharing all your valuable information, you inspire so many people.
My own goals tend to lean towards having the best I can of all 3 things that being fitness/health/aesthetics. I don't think these 3 have to collide with each other as long as you leave PED's out of it and don't ignore one completely in favor of another. I eat a balanced diet and stay active for general health, I could do better with being consistent on cardio to keep my fitness high though it never really falls off and in terms of aesthetics that's just building mass without straying too far from being pretty lean (i.e. "bulk" up to like, 14% BF and then cut back down to 9-10% ish).
I also wasn't surprised by your poll results since your channel is skewed towards strength and conditioning goals so that outcome is about what I would've expected lol
And yes, you are very unique to the industry. I looked up other "hybrid" peeps after you posted that. And they do not hold a candle to you (and most are juiced)
Just trying to fill that void!
@@EnkiriElite you should be trying to fill that small-ass chest
Bu dum ch
I'll see myself out
I like how you sound like you only care about the chest part lol
Also I 100% agree with what you saying. Keep up with that great content!
I definitely find that the mainstream focus on aesthetics has made me more judgmental over other people's appearances. Before beginning fitness I'd basically never pay attention to whether someone looks skinny or is significantly lacking in certain areas, but now that's one of the first things that jump to mind. It hasn't gotten to the point of body dysmorphia or where I think you have a lagging chest, just more of a subconscious bias against the appearances of people who don't lift, which I still think is an unhealthy mindset that I really wish I could get rid of.
There's another dichotomy in social media fitness which is conflating powerlifting numbers with real-world strength or fitness, which you've also touched on in "Why I don't like powerlifting"; but perhaps you could cover the social media aspect in more detail as well. This hasn't affected me as much, but I do think it applies to a lot of others. I remember a comment under one of your videos saying how you're focusing on general fitness to "hide the fact that you never got good at powerlifting". And indeed, one of the main reasons I've gotten into your channel is your focus on well-rounded fitness instead of the narrow focus on appearance or powerlifting that can be found everywhere else.
Great video!
Great video Alec! How do you feel about muscle ups? Do you think they're more of a party trick for people to appear strong, and fit? Or do you think it's a genuine feat of strength and athleticism.
I think a strict muscle up requires an incredible degree of upper body strength and bodily control. I don't know about the act of the muscle up itself, but I do know that the training required to develop the physical capacities needed in order to be able to execute this movement well would be very beneficial.
Amen! 1) fitness depends on the task to be fit for, but in general, one would accept that we are talking about being generally fit for most physical tasks a human being would engage in as some sort of athlete; 2) so annoying when people talk about Trystan Lee or some goof that is way too lean and muscular, probably on PEDs, and only trains for bodybuilding, then they call that "fitness"
Glad I found this channel. I also couldn't give two damns about "looking fit". I just like being strong asf and healthy. Looks are just a product of that
Well said brother!
Every time a video discussing athleticism drops on your channel, I get reminded of the whole athlean x fiasco and how his hired thugs tried to strawman your arguments against him lol.
I started the gym to look aesthetic, now that i achieved my goal physique, i wanna do cool calisthenics floor tricks, be faster, explosive, jump higher, be stronger in the ohp/bench pull up/squat/deadlift and even have decent cardio.
I have focused on performance in and out of the gym this year and have only become better looking as i dial in general fitness instead of bodybuilding.
This video is perfect because a lot of people even running gear don't even go for strength right now I'm doing a trt dose and I'm doing StrongLifts because I like it and I did one of those body composition things and it said my body is balanced and I was happy about that. I really really really hate that a lot of people in the gym have no programming natural or otherwise. People in the discord server I'm in will be talking about I'm running this that and the other thing and they don't really have a plan I'm like what are you doing? I would rather be strong than look strong even though in the past year or so I have looked a little better.
Proud 1/50 member of “other” category (lots of sport specific goals that take precedent). But basically the pursuit of general strength and athleticism, at least for the strength/conditioning/aesthetic component of the equation.
Can you give some examples on what exercises or routines fall under the purely aesthetic category? Like which routines to avoid if you want a more fit/performance based body.
I have been subscribed for some years now. Personally I do not share the same goals as you, actually I am a calisthenics enthusiast that loves building muscle with it, and that's it. Still I watch some of your videos, I listen to some of your ideas and analyze them, I take what I can use and don't mess with the rest. I respect you for what you are and admire your overall fitness, you ARE that RPG character with all stats. Actually I started watching your videos because I kinda liked your physique, in fact, you got me into weighted chinups and dips!! I don't mean to brag but we should all be this respectful. Understand that people have different goals and respect them for what they achieve. And lastly, yeah they may talk shit about your damn chest, but I bet your ass that you can out benchpress most of those mf. Keep grinding hard 💪
This is why I subbed to this channel
Someone once called me a fit boy and I gave them a weird look.
Then I said, I am not fit, I lift heavy things and can not run a single kilometer without almost passing out
Personally I just identify as a gym lifter and once I competed in my first bodybuilding and powerlifting show I will call my self a bodybuilder and powerlifter.
I am not a fitboy, although I can ride a bicycle for hours on end because I'm Dutch and that's my work as a bicycle delivery driver for takeaway.
lookin sharp and professional 👌
See I actually want to get stronger these days on the big three. I've noticed that physique follows my strength whereas before when I was concentrating on my physique, I never got it.
I would often train my performance to improve my physique, like improving the weight and volume and frequency
I powerlift first, flashy kickboxing second, fill in the gaps from there. Works out pretty well. I definitely don't miss the days when I was pure PL and couldn't hit flight of stairs.
Health and athleticism should be first. Aesthetics should just be seen as a nice bonus but not main priority.
I’ve had pain in my hamstring/glute for the past 9 weeks now n have done an mri, X-ray, n ultrasound yet nothing popped up. Even the doctor said that he feels no pain/swelling in the area. Have also went to the physio for 7 sessions but nothings changed. What should I do?
Placebo maybe
Check out knees over toes guy. Hopefully his atg system helps you.
The sucked down bodybuilding look never makes me think fit, it makes me think emaciated and weak since I've been there for wrestling. What makes me think fit is actual demonstrations of being fit. Depending on your fitness goals, you will most likely look good by just training for that goal. As an example, getting strong as shit will entail building muscle and therefore looking better. Another example, say you wanna be a really good rock climber, you'll probably get a pretty good looking upper body and will probably slim down to be lighter, therfore looking better. There definitely needs to be a shift in the mentality of the fitness community. The number one focus should be on health/actually bring fit and looks secondarily. I say this should hold up even if you wanna be a bodybuilder, your health is the most important thing.
Great video.
Well said man💯 UA-cam fitness is not even fit unfortunately.
Nice polo shirt👁️👁️👍
Thank you sir.
people at my gym tend to have a hard understanding that
Dont even be "fit". Be healthy, be strong, body and mind and follow your heart, do the best you can to do the right thing no matter what.
Bronze era lifters were a group of lifters who wrestled, ran, jumped, did gymnastics, and strong man demonstrations. physique had small chest, massive core, strong shoulders and arms and legs. It’s the way we were intended to lift and move.
Preach on. It's kinda embarrassing when you see jacked guy who can't carry furniture without being winded or can't run fast enough to catch a bus. Why would you want a shiny car with bad tires engine and transmission.
I wish I had a small chest. I like don’t workout my chest at all, but it’s massive and I hate it.
Looks great on the outside, possibly dying on the inside.
Not fitness
Is that why people get caught doping?
@@soonahero not sure what you mean. Can GMY pls clarify? Thanks
Be fit and healthy
Funny. I actually got into "fitness" to be lean and aesthetic. I think after about a year later I realized that I enjoyed being able to do all the shit I could do in my 10s in my 30s (I very much still like to climb trees and hang from anything I can hang from) and seeing the numbers go up in the gym, more than I enjoyed my new buff look. Still can't get the women folk to like me though :D.
"Still can't get the women folk to like me though" I never had much luck with women, so I just stopped looking at women and tried to find a great woman. (Lammmmeeee) But seriously, fitness never helped me meet women to my knowledge, beyond "not being fat".
Whats your take on upright rows
Agree with you 100% but also feel like I've reached the point where I will join them since I can't beat them. I want a legitimate fitness career and to get away from all this shitty full-time and mandatory overtime work that eats away at my happiness.
If I have to lose my natty status for it, so be it. We only get one life.
(Props to all of you who stay natty and focus on fitness and performance over all else though. I respect it.)
Hopping on gear seems like it wouldn’t help you get away from that mandatory work and overtime. You’ll just end up having to manage more variables. But who am I? My view on that subject is definitely biased against it. If you do go down that road good luck and I wish the best in your career
@@itsjustme5097 Easy money on tiktok giving shit advice just for having an aesthetic physique
@@BasedChadman Just pray the natty tribunal doesn’t come for your soul for misleading novices
Every compliment I have ever gotten on my average body is from dudes…as you get older, you train for health and personal performance goals. Those are the only things that keep you training long-term.
I wanted to learn to be fit, so I started leaving some love in the comments for Enkiri ELITE Fitness 😎
I don't think the sumo guy is a good example of fitness either. He's just exhibiting another flavour of unfit IMO. He might strong and good at chucking a guy out of a ring but a lot of sumo wrestlers are so obese its got to be taking years of their lives.
They literally have the highest amount of muscle but whatever
I agree with ya in many respects man. The juxtaposition there was more for the sake of making a point! Sumo wrestlers will be very fit in certain respects, and very unfit in others.
@@soonahero They don't though. And so what if they did. We're talking about what represents actual 'fitness' and the 'highest amount of muscle' isnt that.
@@edwardburroughs1489 how would you measure “actual” fitness? We can measure things like lean body mass, body fat, speed, strength etc. What combination would you use to have a hierarchy of fitness?
I don’t think any sport should be relevant because they have arbitrary rules.
@@soonahero Not sure exactly but I know that sumo wrestlers are not an example of general fitness although i get the point that the video was making. I've been watching a bit of sumo lately, here on YT - ua-cam.com/channels/Ik5AQ47TYq8PQRoeM47LqQ.html and some of those guys are so obese its untrue, their trainers are not doing them any favours as you often see the 'lighter' wrestlers win.
When I hear the word fit I think a mix of aesthetics and performance.
Athletic is for, well, athleticism. A sumo is athletic because that is the sport. Outside of sumo wrestling the carry over would be moving heavy objects, ie weight lifting. While a muscular gymnast would be "aesthetic" while being athletic in more areas than the sumo, hence more fit.
Great vid. Here is some ❤️ in the comments
Literally just spotted a guy at my gym who looks 2x more jacked than me and he benches less than I do. Made me think of something like this lol.
Other thought, people who train for esthetics, not bodybuilders but those who just want to look good with their shirt off, are usually also fairly fit. Somebody can train, for example, calisthenics strictly for esthetic purposes but they will get fit in the process as well.
Your right that being fit doesn't mean being muscular or as you put it having big titties but that being said it is very important to me. I'm fit, strong but yet look muscular and to me that is very important. I also want to look the part. Love the channel
How much do you bench?
I’d like to think fitness is more health related that’s why Pete Rubish gave up trying to chase a big deadlift nowadays and instead is more focused on trying to run a sub 7 min mile @220. If he loses muscle trying to get more healthy & fit he loses muscle, which is the opposite of bodybuilding youtube gym bros who’s always in a surplus to grow muscle.
Only thing is fitness is not interesting to people and doesn’t get the views. People are very vain, shallow, and superficial only caring about hypertrophy & show muscles no pecs no sex.
Too much muscle also isn’t a good thing. Mike Israetel is 5’5 250 @ low body fat and he says the most he’s supposed to weigh is 180. All that extra muscle taxes the heart.
Thanks!
Ayyy much appreciated bro!
Do you have a full time job? If so, how do you have the energy to do such explosive workouts?
Lol, if you lack a chest then 99.5% of people lack a chest, wtf. I'm pretty sure you can do more weighted pushups than almost every fitness influencer out there.
even sarm goblins wont put on size if they dont do excercises right. being natural or on peds still require you to know what you are doing.
"You know how many times my chest has been called small in real life, goose egg, dude."
Mike O'Hearn tried to sell your own chest back to you? Sounds about right, seems anabolic.
Find mountains... walk, run, cycle up.
I can't stand it when I hear people refer to bodybuilders as "athletes". There's really not anything athletic about what they do. I'd either call them a lifter or a hobbyists.
the "aesthetics" movement in my opinion is popularized mostly due to tiktok and is unfortunately filled with people that don't train hard enough or eat enough and either abuse PEDs or get stuck in a noobie purgatory
🙌 too true
Where'd you get that polo?
Untuckit