I disagree that being fit is just about not being fat, I think we should have strength / skills based tests.
For becoming fit and for losing weight faster, I think walking is not enough.
Also, what people want is a completely different game.
The problem is that societal expectations for males are not just of being lean, it's to have some muscle.
Women generally have it easier and just need to lose weight (skinny, not muscular women often rate even better than muscular women) albeit in the last years having a big booty became trendy, increasing the popularity of lower body focused weight training for women.
Losing fat is not easy but building muscle is 10x harder.
Your sleep, caloric intake, protein intake, progressive overload exercise routine need to be in place.
Screw up one of this factors and you'll just be a skinny dude.
I agree about the walking part. Walking 10k steps a day is the bare minimum to be considered a healthy habit, and it might be great if you're 70, injured or very out of shape, but we shouldn't be aiming at that. Sport is an area where I don't think there are diminishing returns. Walking 15k steps will make you feel better than walking 10k, and running them will make you feel even better.
Coincidentally today I walked more than 20k steps (10k carrying a baby), and it's a great way to have a "non zero" day while listening to music/podcasts. But it feels very, very far from a workout.
> Losing fat is not easy but building muscle is 10x harder.
> Your sleep, caloric intake, protein intake, progressive overload exercise routine need to be in place. Screw up one of this factors and you'll just be a skinny dude.
As someone who went from "quite skinny" to almost "magazine cover body" in 18 months, having a nice looking body is hard, but much easier than many people expect. Consistency is key, and I'd say eating enough is the hardest part (I think that's also true for people trying to lose weight), but it's perfectly doable. In 2 years you can achieve it. And I'm talking all natural.
I think the aesthetic for men is to have muscle definition rather than muscle mass per se. And that is more about being lean than having big muscles. And if you are lean it doesn't take much in the way of weight training to get enough definition to appear muscular.
What are you talking about? Building muscle is much easier than losing weight. You just have to lift heavy things on a regular basis, and eat something more nutritious than ramen. If you work out, the sleep takes care of itself. Losing weight, on the other hand, requires self control.
Yeah, no. Not by a million miles. Not eating is easy, you just ignore the hunger pain. Gaining weight is extremely hard for some people. I bet you don't know the feeling of forcing your 2nd dinner down your throat and trying not to vomit at 1am before going to bed because you're still 500kcals away from your daily caloric goal. Or setting an alarm every 90 minutes to eat yet another meal.
Millions of people having problem A doesn't make problem A harder to solve than problem B. I bet most overweight Americans don't want to lose weight. Of course they want to be at that ideal body type, but they don't want to put in the effort and changes to diet and lifestyle it takes to get there.
But we were talking about people actively trying to lose/gain weight, and willing to do the sacrifices, which is a different set of people.
For becoming fit and for losing weight faster, I think walking is not enough.
Also, what people want is a completely different game.
The problem is that societal expectations for males are not just of being lean, it's to have some muscle.
Women generally have it easier and just need to lose weight (skinny, not muscular women often rate even better than muscular women) albeit in the last years having a big booty became trendy, increasing the popularity of lower body focused weight training for women.
Losing fat is not easy but building muscle is 10x harder.
Your sleep, caloric intake, protein intake, progressive overload exercise routine need to be in place. Screw up one of this factors and you'll just be a skinny dude.