People noticing when I lift

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Some people are just naturally toned.... so they're prolly just wondering if your really putting in the work to look that way, or if you just have great genetics. I lift weights and sometimes I'll ask someone if they lift for that very reason. And lifting weights is like a fraternity. It's like if you love star wars and then one day u see a guy wearing a Luke skywalker shirt you'd think to yourself, I wonder if that guy is into star wars like me or is he just wearing the shirt cuz it looks nice. With you a guy is thinking... does that guy workout hard, or is he just naturally like that
 

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My Tanita Ironman bodyfat scale summarizes the body types well, using a rating of 1-9. It makes a 3x3 grid. On the worst corner (a 1) a person has lots of fat, and no muscle. On the far corner ( a 9) a person has little fat and lots of muscle. All combinations are represented. Over the 6 years I've had it, I've seen my rating (which started a 5) go as low as 2 (49% water, 25% fat) and as high as 9 (60% water, 8% fat). This explains why on some days women throw themselves at me and some days they run.

Women are like human bodyfat scales.
Bodyfat scales are highly inaccurate at best.
 

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Yes, but day over day, at the same time of day, they indeed show you a lot about your state.

For example, whenever I would score, I would score 6-9. When I felt sick, I would score 2-5.

And if you graph your fat % over time, it shifts gradually, not suddenly.

One puzzling part is whether you call yourself Athletic or not. This results in drastically lower body fat.
 
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