FatDave:
One of the things I love doing is finding examples of those on the bigger side who are not your typical "overweight people."
Sumo wrestling, for example. They're big people, but they're athletic, put in work to get their bodies to function a certain way, and just so happen to be overweight by standard definitions.
What are some ways you practice fat empowerment?
Munchies:
What you are talking about is body composition. These people *are* fat, but they are also muscular.
I'm clinically overweight, but that's due to being muscular. As such, I look like I should be lighter than I really am.
I am curious about the term "fat empowerment". What do you mean by that?
As munchies said these people are indeed fat, besides muscular. To add something, if you look at old pictures of sumo wrestlers (before the 21th and 20th century) they still looked fatter than the average but that's mostly when you compare their appearance to modern athletes. In reality these were the normal, well fed, people of the era. In modern times, things have generally changed. The today's athlete is able to focus solely on getting better at his sport. And in sumo, the rules make it favorable for the athlete to have as much kinetic energy as they can and since getting fatter provides that, most sumo athletes, the ones who play competitively at least, will gain quite a lot of fat too! But there is a lot going on behind their appearance. Wich is very interesting because since they're athletes you'd expect to see muscle
But since competitive athletes don't care about appearance more than they care about performance, and in sumo they have an advantage if they're heavier, in any way, they do gain weight, as to increase their effectiveness. But as munchies said that's body composition and there's a lot of muscle behind that fat.
I have a couple more things in my mind but i think it whould be a good idea to wait for you to explain what you mean by that "fat empowerment" term, before i write them!