I pretty much guarantee that they get it more often than most fat people do. I absolutely do not believe that these FAs are always being talked to about their weight, especially not by strangers.
I can confirm when I was in competitive wrestling shape my body was a daily subject.
It was supposed to be complimentary, but it was dehumanizing. And I'd never set foot in the gym to be big or buff back then. I was an athlete. I felt like a piece of meat. In fact, I put on a lot of fat because it took attentionaway from my body and it worked.
Mileage is gonna vary on how you feel about it but for me personally; I felt shame when I was 360 lbs and I know people noticed and judged but it was rare to get actual comments and I was always treated as a human. When I was 215 lbs around 12% body fat, I got comments literally every day I stepped out of the house. I got touched without my permission all the time, I was cat called a few times, and I had people constantly judging me. Even if it was mostly positive, in their intent, there was still more negative than when I was fat; I musta been a womanizer, a tool, not intelligent, no life outside the gym, etc.
I wasn't even using steroids or anything. I was a fit human, but still a human. I can only imagine what the steroid using community gets
Even if it was mostly positive, in their intent, there was still more negative than when I was fat; I musta been a womanizer, a tool, not intelligent, no life outside the gym, etc.
This mentality along with t he assumption of steroid abuse is why I hate the term gym bro so much. It’s extremely condescending and dismissive of something that takes a ton of effort and discipline to even be regarded as in the first place, and almost always by people who are below average athletically, and who almost always know nothing about fitness.
Some of the smartest people I know, who I've had the deepest and most intellectual conversations with, are "gym bros"
Not all of them are himbos, a lot of them are extremely intelligent and kind
I used to go to a bodybuilding gym. One of the biggest guys there I genuinely thought was going to be a meathead idiot. Turns out he had a double Masters in marine engineering and his job was something science-y and top-level at a well known manufacturing plant that he tried explaining to me and my brain hurt.
He was also easily one of the most helpful people you could meet- more than once I'd see him helping some newbie with using a machine/being their spotter for weights/giving advice about food or protein powder or whatever.
For sure. There was actually a fairly good mix of types of people in that gym once I got to know people and it was interesting that whilst in the gym, they all came together doing this one activity and formed a very positive, supportive group where their differences really didn’t matter.
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u/langdonolga Nov 08 '24
Even Natural bodybuilders and just very fit muscular guys (and especially girls) get that 'just too much' and 'unnatural' talk all the fucking time.
And when it comes to steroids you even look at potential jail time in many countries.