Not that counterintuitive, it's been mentioned before and it's also my impression that being lean makes someone looks more muscular, a lean 5ft10 around 165/175lbs following either a Bodybuilding Physique or calisthenics program will look good topless with well define muscles, put a tee shirt on the definition disappears and he looks like a skinny dude, to my taste he is still a good 40lbs too light before the extra fat - I'd rather carry a few % extra fat and a 50/60lbs heavier frame, looks much bigger in a tee shirt - I'm 244 for 5ft11 atm, those guys look much smaller with clothes on, but the better definition changes the perspective with clothes off (plus I tend to see myself too small most of the time, yeah I know, there's a name to that condition...) Pretty sure the smaller frame is healthier btw, but that wasn't the issue.
Fair enough. Too each his own, I suppose. I prefer lean over fat, and slim over stocky, but it's a personal choice. As I've written before, the most impressive bodybuilder for me was Frank Zane, who was described by another poster a while back in this way: https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/berry-de-mey-at-55.316073/page-2#post-4569029 And he was still bigger than a normal person can reasonably be without the assistance of drugs.
Assuming a routine has sufficient merit, I can't see how it can get boring unless it isn't hard enough. Challenge is seldom boring. That said, I'm not particularly enamored of the routine in the video.
There is also another factor, memory of what we used to look like. That mental image is burning into our brains and what we see in the mirror today is being compared to that memory. I suppose if one never really had much of a physique that wouldn't be a problem, but for others it's a mental hurdle to being satisfied. At 22 I was 6'5" and weighed 205 with a 33" waist. At 40 I weighed 215 but had a 36" waist. WTF? Now at 67 I weigh 235 and have a "tight" 38" waist. BIG WTF? People tell me I look great' "for my age" being the qualifier. All I see is the fat fuck compared to the 22 year old.
And if you freeze the slices of an unripened banana, you have a resistant starch. I don't like my bananas too green, but I don't like them ripe, either. Somewhere in between. At the very least, you're getting a snack loaded with nutrients.
Yes, those are the rules. With special emphasis on the midsection. We should be labeled like cereal boxes: Some settling will occur. P.S. Nice outfit.