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Re:Ozempic Melted Away Weight–and the Idea of 'Body Positivity' by watwut on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @05:20AM (#46524659)
> Even if they didn't, everyone walked more, or rode horses, chopped wood, drew water from wells, and did a hundred other things that required using their muscles in a way that's just not necessary today.

None of that will bulk you like weight lifting nor is similar to weight lifting. Those guys were smaller. By our standards, they would do a lot of low resistance repetition, basically.

> That's weight lifting too. Bodyweight is still weight.

I mean, you are stretching the definition of weight lifting to unrecognizable. Climbing is not weight lifting anymore then walking is running.

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Re:Ozempic Melted Away Weight–and the Idea of 'Body Positivity' by triceratops on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @11:07AM (#46528018)
> None of that will bulk you like weight lifting nor is similar to weight lifting

Even weight lifting won't bulk you unless you actively try to bulk. Seriously, appearing muscular or bulky when you're fully dressed is actually quite hard to accomplish for most people (practically all females and maybe half the males). It takes years and years of gym work and diet that most people won't ever put in.

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