gym bro

/ˈdʒɪm ˌbɹəʊ/

noun

A man who spends much of his free time working out at a gym.

Meanings

noungym bro (plural gym bros)

plural gym bros · alternative gymbro

  1. slangA man who spends much of his free time working out at a gym.

    A fight broke out between two rival delegations: the gym bros and the bikers.

    2014, Rob Colton, Enforcer, →ISBN
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    It's time to stop listening to the gym bros and your friend of a friend for poor advice.

    2016, John Chapman, Leon Bustin, The Lean Machines: Eat Well, Move Better and Feel Awesome, →ISBN

    You're already a father figure to so many gym bros, but it might be time to adopt a brotégé.

    2016, Dom Mazzetti, The Swoly Bible: The Bro Science Way of Life, →ISBN, page 213

    But if you're training like a lot of 'gym bros' you'll only be doing sarcoplasmic training.

    2016, Noah Daniels, Functional Strength, →ISBN

    The old gym bro adage that the body has no way of storing protein is another one of these things that is kind of true, but also kind of not true, and we should talk about that another day.

    2022 February 21, Adam Ragusea, 8:46 from the start, in Rice, beans, and the "myth" of protein combining, Knoxville, via YouTube, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2022

Translations

Finnish salimake
  • salimakeactive male gym goer (colloquial)
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APA

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Chicago

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