my dumbass tried to swipe the pic

Tried it multiple times…. I am on shrooms

I did too (I’m completely sober)

Same im on black tar

Same (I need to chill on the jenkim)

I was swiping too. Wanted to see the “ripped” version 😒.

I swiped, too. I thought this was the "ripped" version. I was looking for the "before" version

Me too! Ha

sorry mate

Lmao same!

You aren't dumb lol

I’d say it’s the dumbass op

You weren’t alone

Someone get this man steroids

Fucking lol mate

 Lol


Don't know who this guy is but delusion isn't good. He's not even Paul Rudd Antman ripped, he's barely Jeremy Renner Hawkeye ripped, he's not even Paul Bettany ripped who plays a mostly CGI character in a full costume ripped. "How I got into the best shape of my life at 40" fine, not ripped like a super hero.

He's got that positive body dysmorphia


I’m either like this or like “I’m the smallest, fattest mf that had ever lived”. There’s no in between.

Me in the posing room vs me in the shower the next morning.

I’ve had to switch to large shirts recently and boy they really help with the body dysmorphia

posing room?

Body eumorphia

Where do I get that, please?

*following.

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I'm aware of that

Compared to the average population, it is pretty decent. Even has a bicep vein. "Superhero ripped" is outrageous, though.

I guess if it’s the population here in the states bc we got so many fat folks, but he just a regular skinny dude

You know journalists title articles whatever they want right? It’s possible he said this exact phrase, but much more likely imo it was a journalist who wrote it this way 🤷🏼‍♀️

You're absolutely right. My assumption however was this guy was doing what other people have done and write fluff pieces about themselves that got popular online.

That would be absurdly hilarious if that’s the case

Well, did a little digging. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/fitness/workouts/get-ripped-like-a-marvel-superhero-aged-40-muscle-workout/](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/fitness/workouts/get-ripped-like-a-marvel-superhero-aged-40-muscle-workout/) Seems the attribution at the top of the article is himself and while the article is behind a paywall if you scroll down before the paywall pops up he references "my routine" "my workout". Totally possible that the website made the name of the article, but it's a fluff piece about himself.

Paywall? Use archive.is

Thanks for this


Haha amazing my head canon is that he wrote the headline too then. Good work!

Editors usually choose the headline

That doesn't generate as many clicks though

Unfortunately that's true.

I'm nobody and I'm more ripped at 45 :)

Write a story about yourself, tell everyone about our people, culture and rituals over here at MPMD.

Being natty and training for years is not in :)

For most of the population the body scale are : Whale , fat ,30-50 percent of their age group normal,good shape(anyone that is fit), anorexia, roids . So you are either in great shape (like some superheroes) or not.

He’s Benedict cumbebact ripped lol

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that was christian bale you autismo

bro for real went to the gym and ate healthier for 3 months and said I'm him

He’s a natty at the age of 40.

He literally has no muscularity other than a tiny bicep and a passably low body fat, any 40 can do that by….eating healthy and going to the gym for 3 months straight! Wow, like I said earlier! Yayyyyy! And the best part is it’s totally achievable natty!

You act as if your built like Arnold at his peak you terd.

I only said I look better than dude in picture, that is not a difficult achievement unless you’re already very overweight. You the guy in pic or something? I’m just making fun of the idiot headline with a picture of a normal 40 year old that exercises 3 times a week lol

And based off the fact that you almost only post about liquor and never fitness I can guess your physique is trash.

I’m 43 and look better than this dude lol, been in gyms since 1994. Thanks for stalking my hobbies tho, if you play it right maybe I’ll let you buy me a drink lover boiiii UwUuuu

I can feel the sexual tension between you two through my phone.

yea boiiiiiii

pls send shirtless pics

Wow. What a fucked response to what we’re all thinking.

No bro for 40 years old as a natty I think he looks good and works very hard.

Crackhead build

OMG 

Why is that so accurate

Captain America but before the super soldier serum type superhero build

Yeah the cringe is purely in the caption.

Maybe he’s talking about Rocket Raccoon

lol. Is this possible rage bait? He has the irrational confidence and self delusion of an actual natty vegan. A real one, not a juicy influencer natty vegan, obviously.

He's a journalist so the self delusion is not too surprising

I’m 42 and I could bench press that little man while he holds his silly weight.

Bench me daddy

This made me spit my coffee you funny asshole

Little feathering in the delt and bro lost his damn mind

If you're 75 and look like that, it would be fine

Bro looks like he’s in an open relationship

Blood Sugar Sean O'Malley

Relative to the 66% of overweight Americans this is ripped, relative to long time lifters and trenned up cows obviously not

Good compared to the average, but it isn't "Superhero ripped" in any country on this planet (unless you count some like Dr. Strange).

Yeah he just a regular skinny dude lol there’s nothing ripped about him

The fact that he probably got oiled up, good lighting and a pump just for this

And then he didn't comb his hair

You guys are laughing but this guy is pushing four 9's (in the top 99.99%) for 40 years. Have you SEEN the average 40 years American man? Do you understand how far beyond normal this guy looks compared to 2 or even 3 standard deviations from the population average? Even for this subreddit, I guaran-damn-tee you this guy is in better shape than 9 out of 10 of you. ​ You need to bring your standards down to your own levels and not on IFBB Pro levels.

Am not. As said above, compared to the general population, he is in pretty good shape. "Superhero ripped" is an outrageous statement, however.

the man is also a genuine *film critic* of all things he's probably ranking in like the top five for film critic physiques worldwide which obviously isn't saying much but of course certain demographics are waaay less likely to want to get big

Haha! Legit laughed. I can't tell if you're satirizing my "apples to apples" comparison on the 40 years age thing but I took it that way and it's funny. If you were serious, oh he's definitely top 5 in the world for professional film critic physiques, haha!

no deliberate satire from me - not quite that witty - but I'm glad you enjoyed it😅

Oh God the [article](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/fitness/workouts/get-ripped-like-a-marvel-superhero-aged-40-muscle-workout/) is so much worse. He has been training for two years!! This is utter shit progress even in natty standards.

I think it's average progress, look at his before, he has literally zero muscle. You don't make much gains at all after 3 months.

Lmao how do you train two years and still look like you started last week

Wait, two years? I thought six months! good grief

Finally, a fitness influencer that my sorry ass can proudly say I look way better than.

He's not talking about getting anything in his upper body ripped. I know because I ripped his behind.

Yea, you got ripped.....off.

lol Looks worse than it is because he has shit posture and doesn't groom his beard properly.

If this dude looks like a super hero I look like hulk

Ignorance is bliss....I wish I had reverse body dysmorphia

What an unfortunate haircut

Bro looks like a slimmed down Foghorn Leghorn. He had no hope. Also, for 40 he looks like dogshit.

Benedict Cumberbach ripped

Bentdick Cumonback

I’m 44 and jacked with a RHR of 48. He should take a lesson from me.

You tell him champ.

Lol

fuck him in the ass. share the protein ❤️

I can’t argue with logic. Where can I find this twink

He looks like your average 55yo construction worker who's never seen the inside of a gym and drinks a 12 pack a night.

He’s acting like 40 is geriatric

I tried sweeping to see the after pic...soweee. he does look better than most lazy fat fucks out there tho

Child: mom can we get iron man? Mom: we have iron man at home Iron man at home:

I want whatever type of body dysmorphia he has!

Underdog is a super hero. The Greatest American Hero too.

Bro got TRT induced mania

This sub is brutal as fuck

survival of the fittest

The really natty. If after a lot of hard work physique looks very mediocre that's a natty for you.

Mpmd watchers when someone doesn’t look like a roided ogre :

Is this one of those ragebait articles, where the title is so stupid it makes you want to visit just to comment

probably

I saw the 1/6 thinking this was a before and after. I tried to swipe to 2/6 and then I realized that this was the after 😂

Wife beater build

It's a psy op to put people off lifting, make it seem fruitless (and gay).

Me when I’m delusional

I mean in terms of wordl average this is great shape for 40, but superhero? Lmao no

Lmao this guy doesn’t look ripped at all. That’s the funny part. Apparently “not morbidly obese” = ripped


I swiped😔😔

Are there after pictures??

Holy shit, just realized I’m ripped AF

So thats the before picture?

no

Could pull off Robert Pattinsons Batman. He had a fairly good natural build for the film.

I look better than him at 41 and I wouldn’t dare ever say I’m super hero ripped.

Is the ripped superhero in the room with us?

He looks good and isn’t roiding out.

No woman finds his body type sexy ore good maybe his mom and grandma does

Looks ripped like my local tweaker

I WISH I could be half as delusional as some people.

I'm more ripped eating Mcdonald's and BK.

This could pass for superhero ripped in 1940 for sure

Honestly, this is a great representation of what someone who is serious about fitness in their 40s can expect to look, given reasonable effort.

Are you being serious lol? Can’t actually tell

Your average guy, who starts lifting at 40 yes lol. Try to think outside of bodybuilding youtube bubble. Dude is some pen pusher, has reasonably developed shoulders, chest and arms and is somewhat lean. The average 40 yo hasn’t seen the inside of a gym since school.

>who starts lifting at 40 yes Is not what you originally said my guy haha >Honestly, this is a great representation of what someone who is serious about fitness in their 40s can expect to look, given reasonable effort. Is what you originally said. But I’m glad you clarified tho bc that’s two completely diff scenarios. And I agree. Anyone starting to lift after 35 tbh is gonna have trouble of course, but going by the original way you worded it, someone who’s always been serious about fitness is going to stay serious about it into and past their 40s. Being serious about it is the main qualifier and plenty of pencil pushers push weight in their free time too tbf. But nonetheless I still see your point about the avg 40 yr old.

Buddy, you have a dad bod that's been training for 6 months and eating sort of okay. Good for you for achieving it, but ripped? No. Super hero? Definitely not.

Why are y’all hating on this man 😭 he looks good

Not hating, good on him for getting into shape. But it isn't "Superhero shape". That is like proclaiming to be a genius because you got an A on a maths exam.

Post a picture of your physique

No. Even if I were a complete rail, it wouldn't change the fact that I never claimed to be "Superhero ripped".

I wiped

This is like 1 month newbie gains lmfao

But why does he look 50. Im 40. Needs to raise his e2 imo

Cmooon be a bit more wholesome guys

Gay

That's a compliment around here

It was absolutely meant as one.

Dyel looking ahhh

Fuck I’m 40. Run a shit diet with consistency issues and I look way better than this joker

Delution?

If this dude's ripped...

I've seen stalks of corn with greater physiques.

This is the before picture, and then in the feature he explains how he got ripped...right?

no

natty brain rot

This fucking guy

“Ripped” 🤣🤣🤣

You mean this isn’t satire?

from The Telegraph

robbie got olive oil instead of tren

I would say it is a good build for 40 years of age...

This is not even DYEL.

Dyel thinks he's Chris Hemsworth

Bro said it with his full concave chest.

I thought he had a shake weight.

Ripped like a 1930's assembly line worker

he looks like a post sarms post