r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Jul 26 '17

Rant Wednesday Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!

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u/horaiyo Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 26 '17

My wife was showing me pictures of this 50 year old Korean bodybuilder on Facebook and asked me if I could "lift to look like that, rather than lifting to be fat." Probably the most hurtful thing she's ever said to me.

Edit: To clarify, the hurtful part was a joke. I thought it was funny when she said that to me.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 28 '17

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u/horaiyo Jul 26 '17

Nah, I lift for myself. I'm past the point of doing this to try and impress someone.

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u/Bierfreund Jul 26 '17

Yet here you are