What prompt did you give it? Did you just feed it that picture and ask it to write an article about the benefits of the pictured exercise?
You mean to tell me i could have stopped chasing muscle before i even started??
*flips table*
āCan you create an article exploring the benefits of a zercher squat/deadlift hybrid where the barbell is impaled directly through the upper thighs?ā
That last pic is a picture of @BrickHead
Iām quite ordinary looking these days and I am not and was never a freak. Iām an average guy who tried hard. I also never had exceptional strength. @tlgains
My avatars are of older photos I use so that when I comment on diet and exercise Iām not perceived as someone who hasnāt done it.
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Figured Iād snap a screenshot from the reels on FB for comparison. Iād say the AI is pretty accurate considering the criteria.
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More AI fails:
The Advanced Mixed Grip:
The Bilateral Imbalance Training Program:
Youāre not ripped until you lose your nips:
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Dude in the 3rd pic has like an 86 pack.
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What, yāall donāt hit overhand reverse-grip unevenly weighted upright rows?
I find nothing hits my forearms quite like this.
These generative AI images tend to add brand new core musculature, like 12-packs, outer and inner intercostals, and obliques with obliques. Iāve also seen some cool chest-abs. 
This one is real tho. Itās my powerlifter friend Larry. Larry has dabbled occasionally with veterinary substances.
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Larryās big 3: Chops, Ribs & Tenderloin. 
Accesories- Bbq, apple wood, & anise.
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If theyāre going to talk about the perfect body, they should probably actually show the entire body.
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In that case, I should be getting my Shallow Bigot Club membership card in the mail any day now.
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I think the āattractionā to the dad/mom body is a product of laziness I think the people that claim they are attracted to the dad/mom bodies are themselves lazy, sedentary people with bad eating habits and they donāt want to be with a fit, active person who makes them feel self-conscious about their own physical condition so they gravitate towards someone they think lives a sedentary, unfit lifestyle like they do.
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Related to this topic and the discussion on 81 year olds on SI Swimsuit
I came across their instagram account today. There are quite a few models with noticeable fat rolls and the like.
I mean, I sort of get what they are doing but these should not be the physiques that make it into the magazine known for showcasing top tier physiques.
Apparently AI has some self improvement work it needs to do on itself.
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Iām pretty sure that if the eating disorder groups weāre told that I practice daily intermittent fasting, eat keto/carnivore, which means that eliminate certain foods from my diet, ignore any cravings that I might have, weigh and measure my food, count calories and macros for each of my meals, and train twice a day in ways that most average people and most people my age simply would not do, theyād say that I have an eating disorder to that I am in desperate need of some type of intervention. However, doing all these things are as normal to me as breathing, and I think they are fairly common among people who strive to live a high performance and fitness lifestyle.
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No you arenāt
Iām not trying to be boost your ego here, Iām simply going to lay the facts out as they are.
This is a mere observation of mine. You frequently mention that you are ānormalā looking when you speak of body composition, physique attainment and training.
What do you think normal is? Is normal a guy someone who has a decades long relationship with exercise who took bodybuilding seriously for years, competed once, and maintains an active lifestyle?
Here are the stats for the average American male aged 40-59.
Weight: 200.9lbs
Height: 5 foot 9
Waist circumference: 41 inches
Bicep size (flexed): 13.9 inches
Take away the 40-59 age bracket and we have more stats. Average bf% 28-40%. If your bf% is below 17% you are in the top 5%
Even if we take guys who go to gym. Plenty of my family members/family friends in their 40ās hit the gym, only one of them looks like you and thatās because he has been pumping iron for two decades cumulatively.
Your current physique either requires very good genetics + regular involvement in high impact athletics (wrestling, boxing, football/footy, track and field, rock climbing etc), normal genetics and many years of lifting followed by maintenance of lifting 2-3x/wk or normal genetics + decent amount of gear and a very solid year of liftingā¦
Who has set your standards as to what is normal? How many non bodybuilders/athletes do you know who are 40+ with your degree of muscle tone?
Most men your age work at a desk all day, eat like shit, drink beer and live a sedentary lifestyle
What does your average 40-50y/o gym goer look like to you? Do you think most your age exercise regularly?
Even if you were once bigger, most American men would still take bodybuilding advice from you.
A back squat of 315x25 puts you at āeliteā status in terms of that particuar lift. Provided you weighed 200lbs at the time
Are you being humble? Or are you using a metric of comparing yourself to heavy steroid users and genetic freaks (1 in 1,000,000).
Why canāt you acknowledge your lifting accomplishments?
Imagine if I told you I ākinda trainedā back in the day and you found out I was able to deadlift 485-490 at a BW of 155-160lbs back in the day? What you did with the squat was even more impressive
Would you tell me my lift was normal? Or would you say āthatās pretty impressive!ā I know I had a good deadlift because at the time I never managed to meet someone who only weighed 155-160 at my age who could replicate the lift. I was also able to bench more than almost everyone my age. Those who could bench more than I could were almost always much bigger than I wasā¦ shame about what wound up happening to me but I digressā¦
Stop calling yourself normal. Youāve talked the talk and walked the walk. You could probably still be on the cover of a mens health magazine.
If not for your physique and background in training, your qualification also provides a degree of legitimacy as it relates to nutritional science.
I canāt for the life of me understand how you could think your physical attributes are normal for a man your age (or a man in general). Very few young adults in high school and college look like you doā¦ meaning few men at their hypothetical peak look like you do as a middle aged man.
You might not be as big as you once were, but maintaining muscle mass isnāt as hard as building it up to begin with. Youāve managed to maintain a very good physique, and surely you must know this?
If you REALLY think your physique is normal/common amongst the general population then you might have body dysmorphia (look in the mirror and see a small/average guy when a muscular reflexion is present).
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I believe Iām in better shape than most men in their mid 40ās. But I believe that when people see me, they likely think, āhe takes care of himself,ā or āhe keeps in shape,ā not some unusually muscled man. But if they think otherwise, thatās fine.
Iām not really hung up about it, sort of how Iām not hung up if weāre behind on laundry and I put on socks of different shades of the same color (Iām not sure how else to put it.) Itās kind of like, āIām not what I once was. Who cares?ā
But, the perception of ordinariness admittedly might be from what I once was capable and what I looked like, my avatars for example. Maybe I should use a current photo.
In that respect, youāre right. That experience isnāt the norm.
I think it was 325 x 20 to be exact. 
I donāt think I said 25 reps, but no biggie.
Thanks!
I think itās an amazing feat.
Thank you very much.
I look at my current physique and just see a guy who does what I doālift for general fitness and health, does cardioāand Iām fine with that.
For some time, from say 2017 to 2020 (thatās a long time) training was all over the freaking place and inconsistent. Now Iām consistent, although life does take away some days here and there.
Thanks. I think my physique looks alright and even some of the lifts I even think some lifts I do show decent strength. However Iām aware of what some other men are capable of, which puts all this in perspective. Even some people on T-mag have me thinking, āDamn, thatās freaking strong!ā
But again, I donāt get hung up on this, or jealous. I see other bigger and stronger people in the gym and think, ācool,ā and go about my business. Itās similar to being reminded of my age. Most of the crowd at my gym is made up of young, attractive people. A passing thought that has sometimes crossed my mind is, āYes, you actually are a balding middle-aged man with some gray hairs. But again, itās not something I get hung up on. I have minimal care for it.
I donāt want to do what it takes to get considerably bigger and stronger these days: bulking, unwavering discipline, and more lifting days and volume.
As said, itās likely a skewed perspective or maybe even some vanity. But it doesnāt affect what I do. I go shirtless outside for activities and the beach and wear clothes that suit my physique.
I actually know someone who Iāve suspect to have an image disorder. I think he lost his mind to bodybuilding. Doesnāt a thought process have to disturb someone or interfere with life for it to be disordered?
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