That was not considered comically overweight in the 90s or any decade.
Was John Pinette performing in the 90s? Chris Farley definitely was.
That was never considered comically obese. Though, in 1990, only 12% of the US was considered obese. It's like 32% now. So obesity has increased since the 90s.
This shows the change fairly well:
If you're working out 5 days a week and don't have the physique you're after, you need to do different work outs. If you're trying to slim down, lifting weights 5 days a week and cramming protein powder is the wrong workout
This advice is so incomplete as to be pretty unhelpful at best. Not trying to be a jerk, but A) the kinds of workouts you're doing don't have much at all to do with weight loss, and B) the number of people for whom too much protein powder is the reason they can't lose weight is...I mean, it just must be vanishingly small. These are not the reasons most people who want to be slimmer are not, even the ones who are real active.
There are a lot of people who don't realize that different workout regiments accomplish different things. They follow some shredded dude on insta who shares their workout, and they think if they do the same thing, they'll look like them.
If you wanna be shredded and you're over weight today, you have to slim down before you bulk up
Also, in reference to the pic from op, That dudes strong already. If they want to look "better," more weights isn't the answer
the kinds of workouts you're doing don't have much at all to do with weight loss
I get where you’re going with that, but if you’re doing full body exercise routines 3 days per week, including squats and deadlifts, then your caloric needs will be considerably higher than someone who is just wandering around the gym, hitting an occasional machine. When I’m doing my strength routine I need roughly 3900 calories per day. That is fucking hard to do. So, it’s pretty easy to lose fat (and some muscle). It doesn’t require starving, it requires me to just stop force feeding myself 6 times per day
A lot of people don't want to face that what needs to change is diet.
So true. There's also just a ton of bad info we all grow up with telling us that exercising for fat loss is viable, ya know? Hell, even the cardio machines (AKA the first place at the gym most new folks go when they wanna make a change) has settings for "fat burn". Which isn't...wrong, I guess, but it's super misleading, if you don't already know whassup.
Plenty of denial going around (my own included at times 😅) but dang, just getting solid info is a minefield.
message received. i'll now lift protein powders and cram weights.
Up voting because lol.
Well it depends on how long they’ve been at it, and dietary changes along with adequate rest will have a bigger impact than changing their exercises, assuming they’re on a reasonable routine. It takes years to build a good physique. It takes 6-9 months of consistently working out, and following a good diet, for people to really start noticing all of the work you’ve been putting in.
Doing that, changing your eating habits and not eating the protein powder is the right workout.
That was never considered comically overweight. That was the dad bod of the time, Frasier got a lot of action.
The ninetees WERE really fucken weird in certain circles. It is the decade that gave us pro-ana forums afterall. Never really applied in this way to grown men though.
Don't think this guy was alive in the 90s
His first big role was on Cheers, from 1984-1993.
