BG Fitness Fanatics II: We Work Out

[Salodin]

Wow dude, good for you

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[Milkster]

160 pounds seems abysmally low. How tall are you like 5’7?

[archibaldcrane]

160 pounds seems abysmally low. How tall are you like 5’7?

5'10.25"

If I want to get under 14% body fat to see abs I need to get pretty light.

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[Milkster]

Jesus that's so small.

[archibaldcrane]

Yeah, I mean I'm not taking steroids and I'm not a gym rat (despite regularly lifting for years).

Most people have more weight to lose than they think.

Example: https://x.com/i/status/2016916034725282273

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[Milkster]

Body fat % is rarely ever accurate or consistent across individuals from differing backgrounds. Anyways having just abs isn't impressive as any kind of fitness metric in the big 2026.

[archibaldcrane]

Fortunately I'm only from 1 background so I don't have to worry about that

Anyway, did a 30 min peloton ride for the first time since like February

Beginning to see the vision (I'm ~171 right now)


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[Yabby]

Body fat % is rarely ever accurate or consistent across individuals from differing backgrounds. Anyways having just abs isn't impressive as any kind of fitness metric in the big 2026.

Keep in mind that the people we think are impressive, the physiques we consider big, and what we call lean, ripped, or juiced are all outliers. We've been in this world for so long that our body dysmorphia has completely warped our perspective. To the average person, someone with visible abs is still incredibly impressive and a physique they'd love to have.

Last week I was deadlifting with only 405 pounds on the bar when someone walked by and said, "Wow, that's so freaking impressively strong." I thanked them, but all I could think was, "Yeah, I'm still warming up."

We're the outliers with a distorted perspective, not Archi.

[Milkster]

Normies are so weird

[thetruepandagod]

5'10.25"

If I want to get under 14% body fat to see abs I need to get pretty light.

i'm 5'9 and 170 fella

and i see my abbies

[Andalusian girls]

respectfully, i was hitting legs today and there was a girl in spandex doing legs next to me whose lower half made me want to slice open my scrotum unravel my testicles and hang myself with them next to her, respectfully

[Zealot]

I

I don't

I don't know if that's good or bad

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[archibaldcrane]

i'm 5'9 and 170 fella

and i see my abbies

Yeah but exogenous testosterone is a different ballgame

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[archibaldcrane]

So I lift at home with 5-80 lb adjustable dumbbells. I have 2.5 lbs of magnets I can add on but that's the upper limit.

Normal chest day was flat dumbbell bench, then decline, then incline (then flys and overhead tricep extension)

But I got to the point where I was 3x9ing the flat bench with 82.5s, so I switched to decline first

But now I can 3x9 those too

So I guess I'll start with incline. Just did 3x8 with 70s, I'll work from there.

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[archibaldcrane]

We're the outliers with a distorted perspective, not Archi.

I'm just trying to mog the other dads at the elementary school functions

Mostly succeeding, except the one crossfit dad

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[Yabby]

Yeah but exogenous testosterone is a different ballgame

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Don't fall into the "I don't take test so i won't have X". At 6'4 when i 1st lost all my weight and started going to the gym i had abs at around 205 and that was 100% clean.

I'm just trying to mog the other dads at the elementary school functions

Mostly succeeding, except the one crossfit dad

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You are doing well, but don't limit yourself to just mogging normal people. Take the crossfit guy down.

[archibaldcrane]

Don't fall into the "I don't take test so i won't have X".

I will have abs

But comparing yourself to steroid users is a fast track to body dysmorphia

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[thetruepandagod]

Yeah but exogenous testosterone is a different ballgame

i haven't injected since early 2018.

i have also only been eating taco bell and doing cocaine 12 hrs a day for the past month with minimal gym.

all i'm really saying is your weight is pretty irrelevant i think you just need to do some more core work because you are fairly light

[archibaldcrane]

It's just about body fat. I can't see insertions with the amount of fat remaining on my stomach.

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[archibaldcrane]

Added dumbbell deadlifts to my legs day, haven't done them in year, I think it's just what I need for my old man lower back.

There's a Planet Fitness opening a mile from me in September, considering whether it's worth $14/mo for the next year to get access to a squat rack, back extension and some leg machines.

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