Wolverine

I love that I got fit enough that some people assume I must be using steroids.

Nope. Just lifting, lifting, lifting. (And no, I don’t use anything that even metabolizes to steroids except, like, food. No HRT or anything else.)

Cemented In

Strength of a manual worker vs bodybuilders.

Sure, but who cares? The goal of a bodybuilder is not to be the strongest possible at everything, but to have their body appear a certain way.

Practical strength usually beats out gym-built strength, but having been comparatively weak and now strong, I’d still do better on any tasks that require strength than 99.9% of mooks off the street.

Just as those bodybuilders would. Being strong makes your entire life better, no matter what clowns like Ian Welsh claim.

No Roids

I’m proud that I was able to put on nearly as much muscle with plain old hard work as dudes who use testosterone and other chemical cheat codes.

It took longer, sure, but my body isn’t all messed up. One minor downside is that it does get a lot harder to find clothes that fit. Though I look awesome even in tight clothes now, so there’s that.