Athlete Tries A FAT DAD BOD For 48 Hours

48 Hours was enough 😂

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If you have spent any time watching Fitness YouTubers you’ll have seen some of them trying on fat suits and making very entertaining videos about life with a little extra weight but I know there’s more to the dad bod experience than latex and extra large t-shirts while ignoring that underneath you still look

Like you’ve escaped from a boy band so I thought I’d make my own video and get myself a genuine dad bod constructed not from rubber but weeks and weeks of calorie Surplus so buckle up with a seat belt extender if you require it and enjoy the 48 hours that I

Spent exploring the pros and cons of a physique you just can’t buy on Amazon and with a way more complicated returns Policy so here’s the plan I spent a lot of time last year pushing my fitness to its limit so I’ve got a pretty good idea of what in Peak condition I can do therefore I was curious what impact would a dad bod have on me to find out I

Wanted to try one on for size get a feel for it maybe visit the gym the track put it under a little stress so this week I did just that Lots planned over the next two days and about to show you what I’m dealing with here but first the specs on

This4 kilos it’s about 230 uh it’s got a body fat percentage that is a long way from single digits this model doesn’t come with visible abdominals it’s got all the the definition of a TV from 1987 and it’s expensive to run this cost me around 5

To 7,000 calories a day for the last 6 weeks just keeping this thing fueled is a full-time activity the only good news is that you can fuel it on anything you like this is not fussy so this is it uh going to stick up some footage of my

Regular body so you can see what 8 kilos lighter looks like um no visible ABS there will be those that say that Lena body my regular body is a dad bod and stop making excuses for people to drift away from full-time sixpacks but let’s be honest it is not the bod adopted by

Most fathers or indeed humans so by far the more common criticism is going to be that Dad bods are bigger uh and yes you can get you can get these in a larger model I could have gone for one of those instead here’s my problem with that so

I’ve had one of those larger ones in the past and I was never super comfortable with the idea of something so unhealthy being something that a dad can just have and everyone should be fine with it please think of the children and then I am slightly reassured by my choice here

Because this is the model also used by guys like Jason Mamoa Gerard Butler Ben Affleck and they then just bounce back into shape when a movie Paycheck is coming I don’t touch a weight unless they’re paying me to do it and it’s nice to know that can be done because I’ve

Got a photo shoot coming up in April to show how a great photographer can make your social media favorite look quite incredible but the guy did say you still need to show up half decent it’s like you’re photoshopped and then the final reason why I didn’t want to go any bigger than

This is because my wife she said 104 kilos but no more for this video otherwise you’re going to have to edit this recent holiday photo to make the colors pop a bit better I said that’s a a weird request I can do that for you

Anyway you want to print it out and she said no no she just might need it for a Tinder profile I said 104 kilos is it so if there is anywhere that I’m going to notice having to Lug a bit more weight around it’s at the track weight is never

More obvious than when you’re trying to make it go quickly yes science I did quite a bit of track work last year I got to the point where I was doing 400 met repeats so so one lap few minute rest one lap few minute rest I was doing

About 1 minute 5 1 minute sixes so yeah the plan is just to warm up and then have a little run around and see if I’m still able to do that I would be very disappointed if I wasn’t breaking 110 quite comfortably but we will see okay already something that is very

Evident is I have more on me it feels like a suit I can feel my my midsection and my chest just bouncing up and down it’s not helped by the fact that I’ve got the t-shirt on underneath that I was wearing when I was running last year and it’s

Tight and looked quite cool last year now it just feels uncomfortable I’m not sure how it looks but I don’t think it would look very pretty so I’m going to put on a baggy t-shirt last last year I was running around this thing shirtless hoping people would see me ego turned up

To 11 I’m now looking around just to make sure there’s no one here before he chain shirt for 5 seconds just on my kind of moderate fast lap horrible horrible everything’s moving in ways it shouldn’t I’m carrying weight on my back it’s weird that moving up and down it’s

Almost like I feel like I’ve been punched in the in the kidneys or something feels horrible Jo my plan was to do like a like the workout I would be doing last year four laps with few minutes rest in between each one and see if I could hold on to those sort

Of 105 106s I have a feeling I might just do one we’ll see what I do if I go comfortably under 110 like comfortably under I’ll do some more 1 minute 12 dead going along the back straight feel good I feel big heavy but I also feel powerful and then oh man

Suddenly it hit me it felt like running with a rock sack on or something it horrible and and it gets worse because coming down the last 100 met the last 70 M certainly I mean I was just dying absolutely dying I was smoked at the end

Be interested to do a long longer Run 5K drop the pace how long does that bouncing last before it becomes really annoying oh that was Grim home right horrible track session over gym is next first just got to walk the dog Thermo regulation okay here’s how it works I’m

Outside in the cold in my double layer winter jacket perfect I start walking 2 minutes later I’m cooking I’m boiling now got a t-shirt on underneath that’s all which is too tight I I had this when I used to be stupid big I would spend all my

Winters sweating and then all my Summers sweating even more it’s permanently hot it it’s as though the body struggles to regulate temperature when you cover it up in stuff it shouldn’t really be covered up in dude that you can’t carry you’re welcome to carry a stick but that’s a

Tree I’m at the gym and I’m driving over here haven’t gone in yet and I’m thinking is the dad bod really going to make much difference here I’m fairly optimistic that I’m going to walk into this place and I’m doing an upper body session today and it’s going to just kind of be

Fine and literally as I’m parking I’m suddenly realizing why it is going to be different too silly right I’m back and exactly what I thought would be the problem was the problem it was horrible but nothing to do with my body as such it’s my head

I’ve got dad B head okay the workout was fine here’s the problem let’s go back when I first started working out years and years and years ago I would walk into a gym and I hated it I I I wouldn’t even look into the mirrors I would I

Would worry that every single person in there was looking at me and thinking what a loser what’s he doing here and then when I got in shape I realized that no one’s looking at anybody else I mean it’s ridiculous last year I’d be coming home from the gym Jim would say was it

Busy I don’t even know I didn’t even pay attention to whether there was one person in there or 100 no idea I’d probably spoted 100 but I didn’t care and I thought oh this would be quite useful if I ever talk to someone that’s overweight and saying they hate going to

The gym because of how people are looking at them or if I ever find myself back in that place I’ll remember no one’s looking I walk into there and I’m thinking everyone’s looking everyone’s looking and thinking that guy looks like he’s had too much to eat over Christmas

And there’s mirrors everywhere in there um I’m thinking everyone’s looking at me I say everyone the place is pretty much empty I do not look athletic anymore so it’s just horrible I did not feel like I belong and of course I do I mean being an idiot being a big

Baby and I should probably just quickly add anybody thinking what are you talking about you’re not that big how can you you know you’re kind of making a mountain out of a mole hill I understand point is it takes so little to screw with your head yeah it is very very easy

To uh put hurdles in front of yourself that just don’t need to be there very very easy today’s challenge is the one I’ve not been looking forward to the 5 km run I mean I got myself in shape originally by using runs around 5K in length park run

Stuff like that so I know it’s quite possible to run heavy I did just fine um but it’s not as much fun as running when you’re lighter uh Nixon unfortunately also going to suffer a bit he hasn’t had his regular shave down he is looking like a little furry sheep right now so

He’s going to start off warm and cook so we both have similar problems to deal with although he’s not fat so not quite the same are you ready okay it’s cl to one 410 don’t feel too bad apart from all the bouncing 1K to go the dog demonstrating how hot he is okay

We’re done 21 2120 I don’t know it’s not a slow slow time and there were there were years where I would have couldn’t have dreamt of running under 22 minutes but it’s it’s slower than normal and not only is it slower than normal it just feels oh like when I did my

1830 that I did in training during the summer no Autumn I came off of that and then hit the ski urg for 10 minutes I’m kilometer from home I’m tempted to find Jen to come and get me right I’ve just realized the best way to describe how I feel

About all of this stuff here’s how sums it up perfectly I walk into the bathroom this morning look in the mirror first thing I do in the day and it’s it’s what I’ve got used to doing over the last 6 months walking in there looking at myself in the mirror and thinking yeah

Looking looking all right looking forward now to a day of maintaining this above average at least 50y old body I walk in this morning look in the mirror and I just think it’s a shame and that just sums it up I’m not looking in the mirror and thinking oh my

Goodness you disgusting lob of a man cuz I’m not I’m not I’m just thinking hm I know what that can be with not much extra work so it’s a shame okay I got a jog cuz I’m freezing I’m not sure I’m ready for anything dog is always watch this

Next are you ready are you ready are you ready time for the last test and I’ve have no idea how this one’s going to go I I am on Alp the zwift um if you’ve not used zwift it’s online cycling World think uh a Counter Strike with Lyra

That’s the back end this is the bell end there is a mountain on it Al theift I have climbed it previously in under an hour and that’s regarded as being reasonably competent I’m going to ride up it now not in a million years will I go under the hour for two reasons one

You have to tell zift how heavy you are and the minute you tell it you are 104 kilos basically causes your cyclist to go very slow when he’s going uphill as he would in real life uh the other problem is that I’m not cycle fit right

Now uh the all the training I did last year was pretty much for hrock so I’m not I’m not kind of fit for this to be honest if I’m an hour 20 if I’m under that I’ll be delighted it took me 10 minutes to cycle to the beginning of the

Hill and that just about killed me I’m dripping with sweat I’m going to put both the fans on going to open the window I’ve got my fluids electrolytes I’ve also applied lots of lube uh this body this heat this challenge has the potential to be a chafing disaster I want to start burning

This body off but not literally layer of skin at a time okay just over 16 minutes in this Hill has 21 Corners I’ve just started Corner 15 and dying okay just gone through halfway roughly in 30 just under 38 minutes that puts me on track for 1 hour 16 but that

Is not going to happen I am absolutely dying here absolutely dying I I have no idea I have no idea if I’m going to finish it to be honest okay Sprint to the top 700 M to go I’m not going to break 80 M 80 minutes I’m on 78 already

But but we are not slowing down not now let’s go 82 minutes is what I need to do is take this discomfort which is extensive and every time I’m on the sofa watching telly I think I’ll have another snack I need to experience this I need to be able to take a discomfort

Experience and it would remind me too I’d probably still eat the snack 48 Hours what did I learn well I learned that Dad bod was less physically able than my FIT dad bod but not massively so and actually still pretty above average in many ways in fact I could happily

Live with it I would need to get a lighter winter coat and I’d probably regret it come summer but it wasn’t all negative I’m still in okay shape for 50 I can whiz around a park run eating out without calorie counting is lovely in fact the only concern I have about this

Body is that it’s too close to my old body I can easily imagine from here slipping backwards and to steal inspiration from The Wire I know I have plenty of donuts left in me I’m not sure I have another obesity recovery left in me so my biggest motivator to return

Quickly to My Fit Body aside from that photo shoot coming up is to put some daylight between me and how I used to be in fact one of the reasons I wear permanently too tight t-shirts is that when they become ridiculously too tight and I have to

Resort to dark colors only I’m reminded to go no further backwards so if you are exactly where you want to be congratulations enjoy it but if you’re not understand that there might be a place between your current state and what social media tells you is ideal and you might find

That place pretty cool anyway consequently your journey might not be quite as hard as you envisage and also know that worrying about how you look and how other people are looking at you is 100% normal it’s 100% not necessary to do but it’s normal right that’s it I’m back into training immediately I

Should point out now if you want to suggest that rapidly gaining weight and then intending to lose it again is not the healthiest or indeed safest thing to be doing I’d agree but also point out that YouTube might have a few more riskier activities taking place to turn

Your attention to before The Old bloking Pink Shoes the only real risk I’m worried about is delaying my comeback and then accidentally adding a couple more kilos on just in case that happens I should probably edit that photo for Jen one more time Oh