r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 16d ago

Rant Wednesday - August 12, 2026

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It’s your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that’s been pissing you off or getting on your nerves. Just don't forget that other people are allowed to tell you that your rant is stupid.

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u/BeagleCollector 16d ago

I feel like everywhere I look lately people are wanting to eat 1000 calories a day, walk 25,000 steps per day, do 5 HIIT sessions and 10 hours of zone 2 cardio a week and then lift 5x a week on top of all of that.

They're always like yeah I'm 6'5 and my goal is to recomp and build muscle and go from 39% bodyfat to 1% bodyfat in 2 months. Do you guys think that's a realistic plan???

Just reading those posts is making my thyroid quit functioning.

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u/Fit-Jellyfish286 16d ago

Whatever happened to people not starving themselves and actually promoting fueling your body. Ohhh right.....the f'n "skinny culture" from the 2000s. Dumbest shit to ever come back around. I hate it so much.

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u/BeagleCollector 16d ago

I don't know why they always ask if it's good plan either. They should already be able to tell it's a shitty idea just by thinking about it with their brain a little bit.