funny things that non lifters say

I recently had "why are you having protein shakes to try and lose weight, its going to bulk you up"

"You can only lift that because you're big"
As if I was born at my current size and have always lifted what I do now.

Similarly, "I could do that if I were your size"

"God, you look amazing Faz"

I also hear variations on "I'm not going heavy (or low reps) because I don't want to get massive."
Because it sometimes happens overnight, obviously.

I'm worried that if I start lifting weights I'll get too big.

I don't have time to work out.

Why are you eating so much?

You know that eating too much red meat is bad for you.

Is it true that Donnie is Big Z's rent boy?

Said by the Mother:

I really worry that..
lifting isn't good for your joints/health/heart/blood pressure
you're eating too much
you're getting too big
your heart will explode
you'll injure yourself and not be able to work
when you stop lifting you'll shrink and have lots of excess skin
you'll get arthritis

etc etc

Said by everyone else..

I have this friend / I know this lad who..
can lift more than you
can bench press "insert who gives a f**k amount here"
is f**king massive, he makes you look small (when said mate/lad is a good 50kg lighter lol)
is well harder than you like

How do you get so big
How can you lift so much
I just can't seem to get any bigger (whilst eating 1500 calories of clean food a day)

I'm doing lower reps to try and get stronger (proceeds to do 4 sets of 8)
I'm doing higher reps to try and get leaner (proceeds to do 4 sets of 8)
Yeah I'm doing 5x5
How often do you train shins (said to me whilst i'm doing calf raises)
blah blah blah

'I'd never noticed your resemblance to a badger before Faz'

You'll injure you back doing (insert back strength improvement exercise).

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I always get the old timers talk to me well i say old timers there usually in there 40's and they say

"When i was your age i could lift that or more than that" lol

X2

...Got to be the most common one ive heard over the years,f**king classic!!

It's amazing the amount of people, middle aged women particularly who think that all someone has to do to look like an Olympia contestant is purchase a tub of whey from Holland and Barrett.

Hence the reason ridiculous supplements such as 'womens protein powder' exist. Costs the same as regular whey, just has half the protein and half the calories per scoop. Because if they use the mens stuff they'll look like a drag queen on trenbolone, overnight, obviously.

In order of favourite to least favourite
Id be as strong as you if I trained all the time
Protein shakes make you fat
My brother saying that our lower backs could handle similar strain before giving out without realising the can strengthen
"Do you take protein?"
Something about being able to beat me in a fight because im too slow. Had a few variations on that one but once it came from my mates middle aged, skinny fat drunken uncle. He was going on about his speed as though he was an elite athlete and legit thought he could beat me in a fight

I get this all the time. It's as if people don't think I can understand size otherwise.
I got told about this one lad who was much bigger than me (I'm 6'5"and 145kg) when I saw him he was 5'8" at a push and maybe 75kg.