Many of us have been in the game long enough to encounter plenty of hilarious questions and feedback regarding our fitness centered lifestyles. I thought it’d be fun to translate some of the most common phrases you regularly hear from your peers. To get the ball rolling…
“I don’t want to put on too much muscle.” translation “I’m never gonna actually do any resistance training.”
“I need to lose 10 lbs.” translation “I need to lose 40 lbs.”
“I’m about 10% bodyfat.” translation “I’m around 18% bodyfat.”
“I eat healthy.” translation “I cook dinner 3x a week and order out the rest of the time. I usually avoid McDonald’s.”
“I used to do Keto.” translation “I gave up bread for 3 days once and had a mild headache so I quit…and somehow ended up gaining a little weight.”
“I have bad knees.” translation “I’m not willing to learn how to properly train legs.”
“How often do you workout?” translation “Please God tell me you workout 6 days a week for 3 hours, because otherwise…what’s my freakin’ excuse?!!”
“I’'d love my gym time but; the meal prep / food diary / big breakfasts seem excessive. So I don’t do them”
Translation: “building an impressive body or increasing my athletic ability is so important to me - I’m not willing to spend any time trying to make sure I get the right fuel”
“I skipped lunch so I brought a chicken sandwich. That’s got protein in, right?”
Translation: “I skip a lot of meals. And now I’m trying to make for it with one processed chicken sandwich”
“Yeah but to get noticeably big you have to take steroids”
Translation “To get noticeably big with the effort I put in would take steroids”
“What’s your secret ?”
Translation: “You have an appreciable amount of muscle therefore something other than hard work and consistency are the prime factors to growth.”
“I can’t work out as long as you”
Translation: “I don’t know how to workout efficiently”
“I eat a lot of protein”
Translation: “Most meals have a 4 oz portion of meat surrounded by enriched carbs”
“Do you play football?”
Translation: “There can be no other reason to big and muscular other than to play a game that takes 3 hours for an average of 12 minutes of action”
My favorite is when powerlifters or strongman get asked if they’re bodybuilders and get all indignant about it. Man, if someone confuses me for a bodybuilder, that’s a compliment!
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