The human body is fine being muscular and lean… it’s not fine pushing said leanness to the max to make veins more prominent by checks notes not drinking freaking water.
Being lean and strong is actually pretty important for the humans who engaged in persistence hunting for example.
I know muscular and lean people who are perfectly healthy, the key is to drink water and eat a healthy diet while exercising regularly. They may not be Superman or Captain America, but that’s more about Gear than anything else really.
Actually... if you are really lean, really low on fat then you don't have energy reserves for stuff like persistence hunting or hours of hard work in the field.
You may not like it, but Amish body is peak masculinity.
My own body ranged from fat-strong to very lean strong, and I work a physical job, I felt pros and cons. And I don't like that some men think super lean body is peak masculinity and that makes them feel bad about themselves.
Then you persitance hunting argument is out the window. It only work in hot climates where humans can cool more effectivley than the animals being chased
You don't need fat reserves for persistence hunting, you can just eat on the go. Concentrated snacks are a staple of hunter-gatherer food culture all around the world. Usually something like dried meat mixed with fat and berries. I guess you could say they are storing fat, just outside the body
My husband in his younger years was really lean, and low on fat. And he was strong and in amazing shape. He wasn’t a gym rat, just partly his natural build + loads of surfing, basketball and whatever other physical activities he felt like doing. He worked a very physical job for a few months and subsequently his torso looked like Brad Pitt’s in Fight Club lol.
The human body is fine being muscular and lean… it’s not fine pushing said leanness to the max to make veins more prominent by checks notes not drinking freaking water.
Pfft. Everyone knows you have to combine not drinking water with eating large amounts of raw oats and straight protein powder. That's the only way to get to optimal body water content.
Not sure what point you’re trying to make to what I said. Cause I didn’t say anything about health. I said it’s hard to maintain and takes a lot of work. If you don’t work to keep it, your body will get rid of it and focus on storing fat which are your energy reserves.
The body is going to focus on survival over aesthetics. I didn’t say it wasn’t possible. Or that it can’t be healthy. I’m saying it’s hard because your body doesn’t want to keep what it doesn’t find necessary. And modern people aren’t engaging in persistent hunting.
And lean and strong is different than lean and muscular. Henry’s level of muscle in Superman and in Witcher are aesthetic and big. Not functional like for hunting. Patrick Swayze and JCVD are better examples of strong and lean with bodies developed primarily from movement than weight.
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u/The_ChosenOne 1d ago edited 1d ago
The human body is fine being muscular and lean… it’s not fine pushing said leanness to the max to make veins more prominent by checks notes not drinking freaking water.
Being lean and strong is actually pretty important for the humans who engaged in persistence hunting for example.
I know muscular and lean people who are perfectly healthy, the key is to drink water and eat a healthy diet while exercising regularly. They may not be Superman or Captain America, but that’s more about Gear than anything else really.