Marc Hooks

@del4rel @ChicagoSufferer Addicts gonna addict. He's a world record holder because that's one of his drugs of choice.

@ChicagoSufferer i remember getting into serious discussions about maximizing recovery, sleep, nutrition, etc. with another powerlifter and we later found out the world record holder in our class was smoking fucking CRACK when he wasn't lifting

Pro athlete who wasn’t eating breakfast or lifting consistently while in season 👍

@DentistryUnder1 @HealthcareREguy I can. Small business owners all over are doing that. I know it seems like you're making a lot of sacrifices but I think you've lost perspective on what it's like to struggle. You making a slight lifestyle change is much much easier than the choices those mothers make. Trust me.

@4dabears23 @HealthcareREguy Fair enough, but can you name any other profession that has taken annual paycuts every year for the last two decades in order to increase wages for their (mostly single mom) employees?

Restaurant owner: My costs and are going up, I’m sorry I have to increase my prices. Customer: I understand Contractor: Materials and labor went up, I’m sorry I have to increase my prices. Customer: I understand Grocery store: Eggs, beef, and produce went up, I’m sorry I have to increase my prices. Customer: I understand Landlord: Utilities, materials, and my debt service went up, I’m sorry I have to increase rent. Tenant: You’re a slumlord POS how dare you!!!🤬

@PA91978375 @HealthcareREguy I can always eat a little less, I can't live less

@4dabears23 @HealthcareREguy The main difference is that rent is one of the largest expenses for people. Things like food are proportionally smaller so the increase is not as noticeable but the principle is the same

@rowanfornow It's better.

does Chicago actually look like this I'm kind of floored

@LuisMLifts @FIT_grandpa_ @DeanTTraining My goodness. Society doesn’t shame masculinity at all. It shames behavior that puts men ABOVE women. It shame unwanted sexual advances. It shames being a dick. As it should. No one is shaming getting fit and being strong.

@FIT_grandpa_ @DeanTTraining Imo, society tries to shame masculinity now and a lot of men have been psyoped into being weak and frail and that being a "normal" thing so these guys believe they're fine and see no issue with their current state.

The average US male cannot bench press 225 lbs The average US male likely cannot even bench press 135 lbs That said… The average US male COULD bench press 300+ lbs WITHOUT steroids if they dedicated the next 5+ years of their life to achieving that goal Zero doubt about it

@skylarromines @jakozloski I'm guessing it's "too much makeup". And I don't think many men think of baldness is something they'll see in a woman.

Men’s top don’t-want in a spouse is “overweight” by a 2.5x margin over the next item. Women’s top don’t-want is “rude” by a 1.5x margin. Men’s rejection filter is dominantly physical. Women’s is dominantly character. Both sexes’ top wants are identical though: kind and funny. (Keeper data on millions of stated preference clauses.)

@MarkLazerus It's exactly the same distance as Arlington is.

I laugh every time the Chicago papers derisively refer to it as "Hammond, Indiana" in every Bears headline. Chicagoans know where Hammond is. It's a Chicago suburb. And it's half as far from Soldier Field as Arlington Heights is. It's not a cornfield somewhere in Jasper County.

@micheal_ws18 I got for a run 3x a week and walk everyday on my lunch break. Sometimes, I'll take a walk after dinner as well. I find it to be cathartic

How do people who walk 10–15k steps every day actually manage it? Like for real… where are you all going?

@HenryDel6 @Chizitere_xyz

@Chizitere_xyz was in publix went to get coffee. this really short woman there was trying to get the same coffee as i wanted. She could not reach. I said excuse me and I reached and grabbed her one and myself one. she recoiled in fear and called me creep. I dont go in aisles if a woman is alone

Nobody talks about the intense, daily mental gymnastics good men have to perform just to exist in public spaces. The average man spends his life crossing the street at night, staring at his shoes in the gym, and hyper-policing his own body language just to ensure he doesn't accidentally make a woman feel threatened. Men are constantly paying a "public existence tax," carrying the burden of proving they aren't monsters, while society acts like men just walk around doing whatever they want.

@Chizitere_xyz Oh no, I have to cross a street and move my neck! What will I ever do to recover?! If a woman doesn't feel threatened around me, that's a good thing. If I have to be slightly inconvenienced to make that so, I'll gladly do it.

@dimenpsyonal You have no idea how big the US is and how car dependent most places are.

This is hilariously cheap btw

@theonlytruecel @DrunkTweeterr I didn't win the genetic lottery but I have confidence and take care of myself. I've never worried once about what other people think of me or my looks and I've never had an issue with women. Take care of yourself and be confident, it's all it takes.

@DrunkTweeterr it is insane how much of your life is determined by your frame for both men and women. we live in a cruel world that punishes you for things outside of your control

what is the female equivalent of being short as a male? if you say being fat or skinny im going to put you in solitary confinement for the rest of your life because not weighing enough or weighing too much can be fixed fairly simply, never said easily just simply.

@shin_kale_rider angry birds came out

Why, did something happen in 2008?

@DrDiGiorgio @ViktorShvets @megbasham Well, in the US you can have both! So your family is left destitute after you die. That sound good to you?

@ViktorShvets @megbasham I'd rather be bankrupt than dead.

This is the ultimate midwit healthcare take. No, 32 countries have not “figured out” universal healthcare. The UK has “free” healthcare, and roughly 1 in 3 cancer patients in England still fail to start treatment within 62 days of urgent referral. Canada has “free” healthcare, and the median wait for neurosurgical treatment is around a year. Australia has “free” healthcare, and over half the country still buys private insurance despite paying for a public universal system with their taxes. Switzerland has universal coverage, because residents are required to buy private insurance. There is no government system where benevolent bureaucrats tuck you in at night with a warm blanket and an MRI appointment. The actual lesson from other wealthy countries is not “they figured it out.” America’s system has huge problems. Our prices are insane, insurance markets are distorted, and hospital systems are cartelized. Our regulations make care more expensive than it needs to be. Yet we still guarantee access to even the 8% who don’t have coverage. We give easy routes to qualify for medicaid for those with disabilities. Pretending the rest of the world solved healthcare because they slapped the word “universal” on a rationing scheme is not analysis. It is bumper sticker policy for people who think access means having a card in your wallet while you wait a year to see the doctor you need.

@rachaelbereba I started 3 months before I turned 40. I’m not “ripped” yet but I am in the best shape of my life

Can someone who’s never been ripped before still get in the best shape of their life if they fully commit to the gym in their late 30s and above?

@RealBrittHughes With that logic, why provide anything at all? Tax dollars for collective good is what government should be. Most people don’t have newborns so they pay a tiny bit so that this can be provided.

This sounds cool. But wait. 400 diapers will last a family with a newborn approximately five weeks. The program will cost the state approx. $12.4 million this year alone. That money will be funneled through a company called Baby2Baby, which will then provide their branded diapers to 400 participating in hospitals (California has over 500 hospitals in total.) Meaning that instead of lowering taxes and letting families keep their own money to buy essentials like diapers, California takes their money, pumps it through a “nonprofit” that has overhead and whose CEO made $240,000 in 2024, to provide a “free” service available only in certain locations, and that you could have bought yourself for much cheaper.

@DeanTTraining This is so so wrong. I was in a similar situation earlier in my life and it didn’t take me getting to 125 to see my abs. 125 at that height would be dangerous.

Assuming he doesn’t add any muscle while dieting down…. 50-60 lbs Dead serious

@TheSwankCoach @dehenau_ @mattyglesias No they weren’t.

@dehenau_ @mattyglesias All of the women at my grad school were on scholarships. Just for being female.

Someone needs to tell America's young men that college is a good place to meet girls.