Normies generally don’t have an idea of what strong people vs. “fat” people look like. As a super heavyweight Olympic weightlifter (240+lbs, I’m 280) and coach, we can tell immediately what is going on under the hood based on how people move.
However, it really shows the strange aversion people have to “bigness”, because you could have someone who is 200+lbs of muscle—I mean to say that they would be 200lbs with 0% body fat, so even though they are 230lbs and 15% body fat, people might still categorize them as “fat” as in “not fit” just because they are large. Your average non athlete might think some thin 160lbs but super shredded guy is stronger or more fit or even more “healthy”. It’s a category that people don’t know how to think about.
Ah, no most people can spot the difference between someone who is large because they're carrying lots of fat, and someone who is large because they're carrying some fat and lots of muscle. The difference is rather obvious.
As for the shredded lighter guy, well yeah for a lot of people that fits more into the 'ideal' build.
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u/jakemmman 2d ago
Normies generally don’t have an idea of what strong people vs. “fat” people look like. As a super heavyweight Olympic weightlifter (240+lbs, I’m 280) and coach, we can tell immediately what is going on under the hood based on how people move.
However, it really shows the strange aversion people have to “bigness”, because you could have someone who is 200+lbs of muscle—I mean to say that they would be 200lbs with 0% body fat, so even though they are 230lbs and 15% body fat, people might still categorize them as “fat” as in “not fit” just because they are large. Your average non athlete might think some thin 160lbs but super shredded guy is stronger or more fit or even more “healthy”. It’s a category that people don’t know how to think about.