

no, I do believe in the "fat gene" but I think many use it as an excuse to just say fuck it, not exercise and eat shitty and just go with it vs doing everything they can to fight it (healthy lifestyle, etc.).
I have a sister 2 years older and our situation is similar to you and your brother. both of us lifetime athletes but she gains weight looking at food and I can take a couple years off eat, fast food, cake/ice cream every day and gain 5-10 lbs of fat. even when accounting just for my higher metabolism from substantially more LBM the differences in that aspect are great.
I train differently than most, my beef is with gravity the weights on the bar are just the medium...Thanks to Wall Street your slice of the American Pie has been reduced to a crumb.
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