I recently stumbled upon fitness tik tok, and the sheer number of people admitting to engorging themselves one week then absolutely starving themselves another is really wild. Supposedly the goal is to get "cut", but it really feels like what wrestlers used to do in my high school lol

    • CommCat [none/use name]
      ·
      2 years ago

      fighters cutting weight can also be dangerous, a lot of deaths and serious injuries in boxing is because fighters starve and dehydrate themselves to have that weight advantage. As for bulking and cutting, it's purely aesthetics, Social Media and superhero movies have really pushed the whole male self image to levels that were previously reserved to females.