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		djtriptych on Feb 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Average American Man Is Too Fat for Universal’... if you're 5'9" / 200lbs you'd better be a powerlifter to be considered fit.

paulpauper on Feb 19, 2023 [–]

not necessarily. some people are stocky but not that fat either. Former high school or college football players would fit the bill, or people who do manual labor.

User23 on Feb 19, 2023 | [–]

Football strength training is basically powerlifting[1].

[1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7116789-the-strongest-sh...

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