The phenomenon where a person (usually dude) who might appear somewhat athletic or muscular at a cursory glance... but upon closer inspection, you see they have no muscle whatsoever, and instead, have
fat that lays in such a way that deceptively makes them look pseudo-muscular. Similar to how "skinny
fat"
people aren't really skinny, Fake Fat Muscle
people aren't really muscular.
There are several proofs to this: 1) the person has no vascularity, or even any actual muscular development, and if they were to
flex or strain or lift a weight, they still don't actually look different. Why would they? It's all just
fat. There'
s no muscle there to
flex.
2) The person doesn't actually workout. Sometimes they go to the gym, but it's a pretense. Their workout amounts to nothing. They could instead lay on the couch and they would have the same end result appearance. Fake fat muscle types are at most, weekend warriors.
3) Similar to skinny
fat and ILS (imaginary lat syndrome) this person is presenting themselves dishonestly, and in keeping with that, they'll often wear either
tank tops, muscle tee, or shmedium T-shirts to try and accentuate their fake
fat muscles.
These pretenders shrink in the presence of real
men, and usually do a subtle scurry out of the gym when the real lifters arrive, so as to not be exposed as frauds by comparison.