>be me
>leaner than a chicken breast in a food dehydrator
>7.7% bodyfat, vascular like a road map
>yoked to hell, traps look like they’re trying to escape my body
>go to a BBQ with wife’s coworkers
>wearing normal-ass t-shirt, but sleeves still fighting for their lives
>all the guys there look like they bench press emotional labor
>one of them says “wow bro, how much chicken do you *not* eat?”
>ha_ha_fatjoke.wav
>I chuckle politely
>he offers me a beer
>“nah I’m in prep, 6 weeks out”
>his smile dies faster than his testosterone
>another dude whispers “insecure” to his friend
>they both laugh like they’ve just invented fire
>entire group of guys starts orbiting around each other, bonding over dad bod pride
>they start joking about how *real men* eat pizza, not protein
>someone mutters “dude probably stares at himself in the mirror for 2 hours a day”
>they don’t know I do
>later that night, I’m in the bathroom
>shirt off, abs popping
>veins crawling over my obliques like electric wires
>look like I was carved out of oak
>but can’t stop hearing their voices
>“probably compensating for something”
>“must be miserable”
>“what’s the point?”
>suddenly don’t feel proud, just tired
>all the hunger, the missed memories, the early mornings
>the sacrifice
>for what?
>to be the most jacked guy at a party full of men who hate me for it
>wife knocks on door
>“you okay in there?”
>nod at the mirror
>“yeah, just needed a minute”
>flex abs one more time
>still hollow underneath

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Since you got fit, have you noticed antagonistic behaviour from other males towards you? For me it's either out of shape middle aged dudes…

Since you got fit, have you noticed antagonistic behaviour from other males towards you?
For me it's either out of shape middle aged dudes…