Andrew Schulz argues that gym influencers who make content shaming men for looking at them are often doing so as a calculated play for engagement.

“I think that making a video of how you're getting hit on at the gym became trendy and these girls are hopping on a trend with something that doesn't really justify harassment but this is not like a unique thing that they experience and they're like let me just put this up to show what my life is lik”

Liver King states his intent to stop using performance enhancing drugs and transition to a natural bodybuilding approach.

“I'm working with some people that are really close to me um to experts to come off this it doesn't happen overnight”

Exercise significantly improves mental health and personal confidence beyond just physical outcomes.

“it really has nothing to do with with outcome or like bet or personal records or like looking a certain way it's about how I feel mentally I agree it cleans it removes all of my the majority of my stress the majority of my anxiety”

Billy Gunn views consistent training and nutrition as a fundamental part of his lifestyle and identity rather than a temporary hobby.

“It's not that I do anything different I'm just that's my life that's what I do like it's not it's not a Pastime it's not something I just want to dabble in It's My Life”

Lifting heavy weight is not inherently dangerous for older people if they have built a proper base of training.

“I don't think 225 benching is going to hurt you because if in reality you lifting heavy is actually going to build some”

Andrew Schartz suggests that the negative reaction women sometimes have toward men in the gym may stem from past trauma rather than the immediate situation.

“I almost feel like there's something more sad about it like not to [ __ ] bring the mood down but like she seems like someone that's like been traumatized in the past and like has had bad experiences with guys and then is like acting out of like fear and like a trauma response”