How many buff men do you see on a regular basis?

vorverk · 2016-05-19T15:34:25+00:00

Hundreds. Makes me feel small. Then I turn off r /bodybuilding and youtube videos and hit to gym where I'm the biggest guy.

martin-ho · 2016-05-19T15:42:21+00:00

Out in the street, maybe 1 guy per week. In the gym, probably 10 guys during the ~ 50 minutes I am there.

danisleet · 2016-05-19T15:46:01+00:00

In day to day activity, few to none. At the gym I go to now it's pretty loaded with them, I'm a small fish in the big pond now.

LLL3peat · 2016-05-19T17:28:06+00:00

Depends where you live. In the gym, plenty. Out in the street and and in the workplace, not very many. Where I used to live quite a bit. Now it's like no one. Then again where I live now there isn't any women unless they are fresh out of high school.

incognitomamsito · 2016-05-19T18:10:38+00:00

In my city (not the US)

About 5% are buff and aesthetic/low bodyfat.
About 20% are no-neck strongfat types...lots of big arms and even bigger bellies
The rest are either plain old fat or skinny/skinnyfat.

RojoEscarlata · 2016-05-19T15:58:42+00:00

Not that much lately or in general, actually for the last year and a half I'm generally the biggest guy in the room wherever I am.

PemBayliss · 2016-05-19T16:02:49+00:00

I live in the Midwest. IRL I see few built, solid men. Maybe one per day.

RPAlternate42 · 2016-05-19T16:47:25+00:00

Maybe one every couple of days out in the world.

Rarely there are guys taller than me, and those that are rarely have my athletic proportions (6'1", 195.5#). In fact, most guys I see or meet are shorter than me and weigh as much me or more but are fat or shapeless. Otherwise they are shaped like test-starved fem-sticks.

If you have a BMI in the "Overweight" range but have a body fat percentage of <20%, you are in the upper percentiles for men (in America.) Mine is 25.8 (technically overweight) and my BF% is nominally 14-15% but is probably a little higher now because I'm nearing the end of a bulk cycle. I'd have to lose 6 lbs to get to around 13%. I'd also be at a BMI of 25 exactly, which means exactly overweight and a BMI of <15%. Which puts me at a percentile even higher.

If you are doubting yourself, take all that into consideration.

jeezydasnowman · 2016-05-19T18:36:39+00:00

Very, very few. Charlotte NC

Nodeal_reddit · 2016-05-19T22:55:07+00:00

I went drinking at a couple of bars one night in Portland ME. I was always a tall and strong guy, but I felt like a little pussy because there were so many jacked guys in the bar. Maybe it was a r/bodybuilding meetup or something, but it was weird.

_Insidious_ · 2016-05-20T09:44:35+00:00

Probably once a month / if that unless I am at the gym? I'm a fairly large guy though, 6'0, 225lbs , 33" waist above the belly button using tape at 8pm.

Surfincloud9 · 2016-05-19T15:47:03+00:00

At work, I'm a clinical chemist I see more than I do anywhere else which is kind of weird. 4 of my coworkers are buff and we just do lab work. We are all quite red pilled 25 year olds

In the gym, maybe 3 a day everyday

awkwardtouching · 2016-05-19T22:41:11+00:00

At the gym there's some guys more buff some less. I don't obsess over it because I believe you must guard your mind. If you find yourself in a body dysmorphia loop - stop thinking about it before it becomes obsessive. It can take years to retrain yourself if you let it take over.

bmer92 · 2016-05-19T16:12:23+00:00

Not many on my level but I'm a former fitness model and current pt. I see some chadly dudes who are bigger then me but not defined. Women will call me bigger but I'm just 6.4% bf

Title	How many buff men do you see on a regular basis?
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Date	May 19, 2016 3:22 PM UTC (10 years ago)
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