12/If current body habitus a good choice, then gathering data on it is very easy and very useful. If it hurts, it's necessary
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13/Don't nag them about physique goals, tho (other than gathering data). Talk to them about physical performance benchmarks.
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14/"Weight" may be too daunting for the lip-rationalist. Let's talk about cardiovascular endurance. How long can he run?
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15/If he can't do 1 mile (or equiv at incline) on treadmill in 10 min he's destroying his body. That's a non-threatening goal
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16/Likewise "skeletal muscle%" may be daunting. Talk about what he can lift instead. If he can't do a few bodyweight pushups
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17/...then he's gonna throw out his back moving out of his apartment or something. Not rational! Work on his lifts
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18/"They" say looksmax for pussy;
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19/They imply terrible life choices. Fuels past regret, future anxiety. Not smart to index progress-evaluation to these!
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20/Better to convince a friend of importance of something linked to physique but LESS important: endurance/stamina/strength.
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21/(Even better if you hook him on a sport & he starts to autistically grind) He makes progress on these, & loses weight too.
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22/If I don't officially end the thread I'll keep coming back with increasingly trivial observations, so: /thread
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