Episode 538
We’re Getting Gun Shows — Ladies’ Arms Stealing the Spotlight
The new fitness flex is literally flexing — women are making biceps the new status symbol and I am here for it. I heard about a Wall Street Journal piece where folks are posting arm selfies, rocking sleeveless fits, and even doing last-minute curls before going out. One woman says people see her arms and assume she can carry all the groceries in one trip — highest form of strength, right? Hollywood’s even in on it: Matt Damon had a biceps double in one scene, and the arms actually belonged to a woman named Devin Dalton. We joke, we swoon, we admit abs are overrated when a few curls make you look like you can move a couch solo. I riff on how arms are replacing six-packs as the easiest way to seem effortlessly powerful — and way less annoying to maintain.
Takeaways:
- I joke that the new women's status symbol is biceps, not abs, and we love it.
- We riff on a Wall Street Journal piece about women flexing arms and 'emergency curls' before dates.
- I point out one woman's claim that strong arms get you judged as able to carry all groceries in one trip.
- We marvel that Matt Damon's on-screen arms were doubled by Devin Dalton because her arms looked better, wild.
- I tease that arms are easier than abs — a few curls, walk out like you can move a couch solo.
Transcript
Good morning.
Speaker A:It's haystack.
Speaker A:And the latest fitness trend with ladies is apparently flexing.
Speaker A:The new fitness flex is flexing.
Speaker A:And by that I mean arms.
Speaker A:Forget abs, forget glutes, the new status symbol for ladies in fitness biceps.
Speaker A:Women are posting arm flexing photos, wearing sleeveless clothes more often, and apparently even doing a few emergency curls before they go out.
Speaker A:So the arms are all popping and stuff, which.
Speaker A:Which is understandable.
Speaker A:I mean, abs are so demanding.
Speaker A:You've got to diet, train, sleep, hydrate, sacrifice any and all joys biceps.
Speaker A:A few curls and you're walking around looking like you can move a couch by yourself.
Speaker A:One woman in this Wall Street Journal piece that inspired my bit said that people look at her arms and they assume that she can carry all of the groceries in one trip.
Speaker A:And it's got to be like the highest form of strength, right?
Speaker A:Carrying all the groceries in one trip.
Speaker A:And this trend has really become a big thing.
Speaker A:This is how far this bicep trend has gone.
Speaker A:Matt Damon's arms in one scene of the Odyssey are not Matt Damon's arms.
Speaker A:They belong to a woman named Devin Dalton who doubled for him because her arms looked better, which is incredible.
Speaker A:I love this.
Speaker A:Hollywood now has reached the point where even your biceps can have a stunt double.
Speaker A:And forget cgi.
Speaker A:For.
Speaker A:For one of the most famous men in the world, that stunt double, at least for the biceps, was a woman.
Speaker A:Absolutely amazing.
Speaker B:She's got arms, strong, sexy biceps.
Speaker B:Shredded AR does push ups for her triceps.
Speaker B:Check out her arms.
Speaker B:She's doing shoulder presses.
Speaker B:Her forearms are impressive.
Speaker B:Wearing sleeveless dresses.
Speaker B:She's so sexy.
Speaker B:She's so flexy.
Speaker B:Yeah, she's ripped.
Speaker B:Oh, yeah.
Speaker B:Oh, she's so swole.
Speaker B:She's putting on a gun show.
Speaker B:Her arms are so fine.
Speaker B:Bigger than mine.
