Anyone on Jow Forums workout? How has your life changed since you started lifting? Do people treat you better? Post a few stats and an account of your journey.
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Will lifting get me girls?
Cameron Martinez
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Julian Gomez
The most it will do is give you a confidence boost. Granted confidence is very important so if you have a poor self image then by all means go ahead.
Brandon Martin
>age
25
>height
5'10"
>weight
159 lb (started at 137 lb)
>life before lifting
not feeling good about myself
>life after lifting
feeling much better about myself
People treat me differently, but I feel that's 90% because my personality changed for the better and my confidence improved MUCH. If you do it right, working out will change you more mentally than physically.
Lifting won't get you girls, but it will make them notice you more. Don't lift for girls, lift for yourself to get a body you feel confident in.
Gabriel Clark
>Will lifting get me girls?
Nothing you do to 'get girls' will 'get girls.' 'Getting' girls is something that happens if you have the physical charisma. Everyone else has to work on it.
Jayden Ortiz
I hate gyms, but started marathoning and not only I got in shape, I got a confidence boost too
that's pretty much you need to get dem chicks
if you don't have the looks, you gotta win them over with attitude. if you got neither, you have to get at least one
Dominic Allen
Lifting for the sake of lifting doesn't mean much desu, body building is fun but is more fun. I used to do some powerlifting casually in have, but focusing on cardio and calisthenics is way more useful these days now that I live in a community which focuses a lot on trail running, rock climbing, hiking, hunting, etc
>Did life change when you started lifting
Yeah, I started in like the 8th grade and took it seriously enough that I was good enough to start varsity for my hs soccer team, even though I was still fairly small. By senior year I made it to a 2pl8 bench 3pl8 squat , and almost a 4pl8 deadlift before heading off to university where I slacked a lot and started focusing on different kinds of excercise and my studies. I've pretty much always excercised, and while I'm still nostalgic for the days of hitting the weights with my bros I also like hiking and running just as much these days. Its a major boost in confidence to be in good shape desu
Cooper Stewart
No. The only purpose of lifting is to improve your confidence to the point that you're willing to finally talk to girls.
Having a fit body will improve the quality of women who will be receptive of your approaches, but you'll still have to approach, and getting you to the point that you'll approach is the goal of lifting.
Oliver Baker
I like this point of view. So you aren’t lifting for girls, you’re lifting for confidence. I noticed when I stopped lifting even though my body isn’t complete shit yet, my confidence decreased dramatically compared to when I lifted.
Did the change in confidence happen organically overnight or was it a learned confidence? Let the incels tell it confidence is a meme.
James Morris
>let the incels
Fuck that. They don't deserve first-rate citizen rights. They gave that up when they didn't want to nut up and be adults.
>work out for confidence
Literally everything in your life should be building on yourself. People die, people lie, people cheat and steal and run off. But you're fuckin stuck with you from cradle to grave and Hell, if we're all fuckin' wrong, then beyond the grave as well. So if you hate yourself now, and you let that just be a pattern, it won't exactly stop.
So yeah, you should be lifting for you, not girls. Most girls don't know what the fuck they want and most people happen on romance 'after the fact,' IE they realize they've given this person two full hours of their day, every day, for two weeks and suddenly it's like, "Oh, shit. I actually wanna do more than just bump nasties with them." This at-first-sight shit is meaningless tripe that shills espouse because it supports their fragile illusion that they're victims and not the perpetrators of their own misery.
If you're like and you just do it with this end-goal of 'getting girls,' you'll fail. And you'll fail. And you'll fail again, and you'll fail again, and again, until you settle for Amy Schumer's thrice removed cousin and realize-- you were the failure all along. You were doing it to yourself. You are what desperation looks like in a man and the woman you will get, with that desperation, is what it will look like in a woman. Trust me-- if any of you even slightly wanted those girls you'd have them. They'd fall into your lap like most guys fall into thots' laps.
Do things for you. You'll be the only one who has to live with it all your life. Do you really want that to be an anthology of, "Did this to try and get pussy... did THIS to try and get pussy... that too, that was for pussy..."
Don't be that guy who can't live without a woman. They're all pathetic. Every single last one, and you will be too if you let yourself get there.
Carson Barnes
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Anthony Thomas
I workout a lot and am in decent shape, but I have gyno from puberty so it feels fucking pointless and I feel like my body would look more symmetrical if I was just fat lol.
Henry Robinson
Don't listen to this trash, OP. Doesn't sound like he has very much experience with personal relationships, and he's spouting idealistic garbage that won't help you. Doesn't even sound like he's a man, really. Thinking that putting in effort to get girls is a bad thing? What?
Bro please have at least 10 friends and not be a virgin to give advice.
Christian Baker
>23
>6´4"
>200 lbs
>openly geeky, tall and skinnyfat, shitty diet, male feminist
>fairly lean, nice biceps chest and shoulders, girls like to smile at me around campus and the gym, pick up numbers and smash classmates every month or so
Had a girl at the pizza place on campus give me a free pizza and and her number a little while back. Lifting makes things a lot better, absolutely start working out pal.
Don't go to Jow Forums though, the place has gone to shit. Dyels are running rampant with off-topic pseudoscience and waxing philosophical autism. Jow Forums and Jow Forums kinda ruined the place
Lucas Powell
So what's your advice and how's it working for you?
James Parker
(fit/izen here. Yes it will (or it will atleast be easier to get girls) but it is a stupid reason to lift.
You should lift for yourself. Girls come and go, but you will always have yourself. Once you get the girl, what is going to motivate you to lift now? You'll be like millions others and let yourself go once you've "got the girl".
Lift because you become more confident. Lift because your body will be healthier, and you'll be able to do more things. Lift because you want to see how far you can push yourself and how strong you can become. Lift because it will create routine in your life. Lift because it will force you to be dedicated. Don't lift because you want girls.
Also my stats:
21, 194cm/6'4, 87kg/191lbs, lifts: 1.25/2.25/3.75/5
life before lifting:
Depressed, had a hard time keeping my life on track, few friends, nogf and no dates
after:
Satisfied with my life in general, returned to being a high-achiever, feel a lot better and confident, wake up every day with energy, have more friends, still nogf but now it's not because I don't go on dates.
Cooper Johnson
Lifting in and of itself will not get you girl.
It is just a piece of the whole that will get you girls.
It gives you a more desirable body and more confidence and better self esteem.
But you're still going to have to work on your entire package.
Look at Jow Forums. Most of them are still incels because they're stupid.
Tyler Hall
Nope. If you're already in decent shape before you start lifting, lifting will only make a marginal difference towards your attractiveness.
People who say that lifting is some sort of magical potion towards becoming a chad are full of shit. Most women really don't care as much about your muscles as you would think. In the looks department they care infinitely more about your face, hair and height. As far as your body goes, the only thing you need to make sure of is to not be overweight or too skinny. You can do that without lifting.
The biggest benefit lifting gives you is that it'll give you a bit of a confidence boost (atleast initially). So if you're struggling with self-esteem issues or depression then lifting can be a good idea. Also in general it's healthy for you. But lifting in and of itself isn't some sort of magical chick magnet.
t. a guy who has been lifting consistently for 5 years. I know what i'm talking about.
Elijah Torres
Whats gyno?
Carson Edwards
If you can't get girls without lifting then no, lifting will not cure you of being unfuckable.
Oliver Torres
no, video very much related
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Gabriel Adams
>Just be tall and good looking bro xD
Jack Russell
>reading comprehension
Literally followed op's format to a T, I obviously said that lifting helped
Kevin Jones
I was once the harmless, most non-offending guy in the office, speaking with a soft voice, a beta. When superiors shat on me, I just nodded and smile like a retard. Girls in the office see me as their male friend.
When I started lifting, I literally felt like pic related. Friends and girls said I looked as if I'm constantly looking for a fight. I start approaching girls because I don't give a fuck. I don't take shit from guys trying to prove they're alpha over me. I even talked back to my superiors. Its liberating.