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post 1616499001 09-14-2020, 11:39 AM
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What percentage of guys actually lift?

I'm in college so it's a bit skewed

How many people in the real world are actually jacked?
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post 1616499141 09-14-2020, 11:41 AM
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It depends on what you consider jacked


"Real life jacked" or "Misc jacked"?
post 1616499231 09-14-2020, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted By GODself⏩
It depends on what you consider jacked


"Real life jacked" or "Misc jacked"?
This.

I'd say the percentage of adult men over 25 that lift are about 5%. Smaller percent have impressive physiques even by irl standards.
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post 1616499851 09-14-2020, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted By Muzzlrpress⏩
This.

I'd say the percentage of adult men over 25 that lift are about 5%. Smaller percent have impressive physiques even by irl standards.
Bout .350% would be looking thick, tight, and solid
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post 1616500201 09-14-2020, 11:54 AM
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over here it seems everyone lifts. i don't like it actually it seems like a popular fad now.
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HS- #people who lifted for sports

College- #people who lifted for sports and #frat bros

Real World- Three fiddy
post 1616501571 09-14-2020, 12:09 PM
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34, almost 35. Wife is 32. We make it to the gym 2-3x week, but are overall pretty active.

90% of our friends are about the same......but that's probably skewed because I refuse to be friends/hang out with fat lazy people or people who are "too busy" to go to the gym but are fat and want to talk about all the tv shows they watch and they probably dont want to hang out with me, because we'd have nothing in common and I have no respect for people who choose to let themselves go or value the taste of food more than their health....there needs to be an understanding and a balance.
post 1616502061 09-14-2020, 12:15 PM
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Less than 5% of Americans get 30 minutes of exercise a day.
Even less than that lift as their form of exercise.
Even less even look like they lift.

Literally less than 1% of people.
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post 1616502131 09-14-2020, 12:16 PM
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The average age for American men is 30 and married so it’s probably low
post 1616502501 09-14-2020, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted By bsmit107⏩
34, almost 35. Wife is 32. We make it to the gym 2-3x week, but are overall pretty active.

90% of our friends are about the same......but that's probably skewed because I refuse to be friends/hang out with fat lazy people or people who are "too busy" to go to the gym but are fat and want to talk about all the tv shows they watch and they probably dont want to hang out with me, because we'd have nothing in common and I have no respect for people who choose to let themselves go or value the taste of food more than their health....there needs to be an understanding and a balance.
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post 1616502801 09-14-2020, 12:22 PM
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Alot of lifters at my gym don't look like they lift. They are in shape, but not enough muscle mass to fill a T or look swole in anything but a slim fitted shirt.

If by 'guys' you mean males, then I guess it would be a tiny minority, as they are mostly focused in the 18-35 range.
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post 1616503171 09-14-2020, 12:25 PM
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Only guys in my age group who look like they lift are at my gym. Old school, hardcore PL/bodybuilder gym.
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Very few lift at all and even fewer lift heavy and proper. What college are you going to?
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In STEM, it ranged from 5% to 15%. Never explored the rest of campus because college is for ****s and degenerates.
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I lived in a small town (10,000) with one gym. The gym probably had 200 members tops. Add another 100 or so that lift at home, so it's about 3%.
post 1616504941 09-14-2020, 12:43 PM
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Among my close friends from school 4 including me currently lift, 6 don't. One is a personal trainer, one is tiny and you'd never notice he lifts let alone has been lifting for 15 years, the last one just started sports again after nearly a decade of no physical activity whatsoever, and I am a bloatmaxxed wannabe powerlifter.

Among the 5 nonlifters are 2 former lifters, who got injured and stopped, and 1 guy, who only plays soccer but kinda looks like he lifts. He is a supermanlet at 5'3 maybe that's why.
post 1616505561 09-14-2020, 12:49 PM
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30.2% of the adult population meets the minimum muscle-strengthening exercise recommendations (two or more times/week). That's a really low bar to clear though....so guess, maybe 10% of that group look like they lift. Imma guess ~3%.

https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S...137-8/fulltext
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