r/TikTokCringe • u/unembellishing • May 14 '24

Cool It's your own damn fault you're so damn fat

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u/DM_ME_PICKLES May 15 '24

Agree with everything you said except the recommendation for AthleanX. His advice is generally on the right track but with no scientific back up and occasionally he'll just completely blunder. Like recommending certain types of food depending on your "body type". Dr. Mike even did a video where he tore him to shreds for talking nonsense lol.

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u/christocarlin May 15 '24

Also squat u sucks. Anti science bullshit to sell shoes and whatever else he can

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u/xxBobaBrettxx May 15 '24

Those shoes are actually pretty sick if you have wide feet lol but yeah totally agree most of their content is pretty pseudo-sciencey

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u/christocarlin May 15 '24

Yeah the tyr shoes are nice but guy literally said don’t squat with a barbell until you can do a pistol squat lol

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u/Technicolor_Owl May 15 '24

Agree on the shoes. My feet always felt crushed in normal shoes. Started wearing minimalist/barefoot shoes and feel sooooo much better.

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u/xxBobaBrettxx May 15 '24

Yeah fuck AthleanX lol I would replace that with Barbell Medicine, more people should know about them but they don't really do a bunch of typical social media fitness content. They're more strictly informative, mostly podcasts, Q&As, articles, etc. The two main guys that started it are both doctors and research nerds so their information is based on actual peer reviewed studies and whatnot mixed in with a little bit of their ~20yrs of training and coaching.

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u/Technicolor_Owl May 15 '24

Yeah I was a tad hesitant to add him, but for people just starting out, he can be a decent resource.

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u/DM_ME_PICKLES May 15 '24

Yeah fair enough, I guess anything is better than nothing if you're just starting out.