Micah and Barry Plath Show Off Their Bulging Muscles in ‘Welcome to Plathville’ Sneak Peek (Exclusive)

Barry and Micah Plath build muscle together — and strengthen their relationship in the process!

In PEOPLE’s exclusive sneak peek of Tuesday’s episode of TLC Welcome to Plathville, the duo headed to the gym together. Micah, 22, guides his 55-year-old father through his intense exercise routine.

“Micah and I entered a, like, new phase of our relationship where we bonded like, like, gym brothers,” Barry says. “I’m here to pump him up. He’s here to pump me up.”

Barry Plath in “Welcome to Plathville”.

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He asks his son what he wants to do first and suggests that they work on his legs first. However, Micah insists that he always starts with chest exercises. He goes to the bench press and invites Barry to be “my spotter”.

Micah does a rep and then grumbles about how heavy the bar is. “Comic routine in the middle of the bench press,” laughs Barry as his son continues to push himself. Micah lowers the bar after a few reps and says it’s “just a warm-up.”

“Almost right away, it’s just a competition,” Micah tells the producers, grinning. “‘Oh, are you lifting that much? Give me some more weight. Look at this.'”

Micah Plath spots her father Barry Plath at the gym in “Welcome to Plathville.”

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He challenges his father to “jump straight to 225” on the bench press. Barry gladly accepts and manages to lift two heavy plates.

“It’s a man’s thing. It’s a man’s testosterone event — I love it,” Barry tells the producers. The duo perform a few more exercises, including folds and dips. “I want to see his veins just bulging as he tries to keep up with me.”

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They flex their muscles and show off, brimming with confidence. But when Micah asks his dad if he can hang from a pull-up bar and casually sets an example with seemingly zero effort, Barry admits, “Yeah, I can’t do that.”

Micah Plath flexes his muscles in “Welcome to Plathville.”

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In last week’s season premiere, Barry revealed that he has been hitting the gym three to four times a week since divorcing his wife, Kim Plath, 51. He explained that working out initially started as a way to release stress and frustration, but eventually became his new passion.

“Working out, that’s my new hobby,” he told producers in the episode. “It used to be an outlet because I was frustrated. I was going through the first four steps of the divorce grieving process.”

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Welcome to Plathville season 5 premieres Tuesday, September 5 at 10:00 PM ET on TLC.

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