>be me >end of 12th grade nearing graduation >been lifting for years and can put up 305 on flat at that point. >All the Chad's wanted me to join the football team >but socially awkward af and acted like a dweeb loser skelly at school. >6th period class reading period. >no one fuckin reads but me, a busty Stacy randomly enters the class and walks up to the table I am at. >she talks to the other guys for a bit but then suddenly says >"those biceps tho.." >there is an awkward silence but I think nothing of it and keep reading. >one of the guys suddenly says "what?...oh...." >Eventually she leaves and I start to wonder who she meant. >Couldnt possibly been about me, I'm a gymcel. But the other guys didn't even lift or play sports. >I go home later that night in denial and punch the walls in self hatred. >post graduation I think of what a fucking loser I was and how i could've been more popular.. mfw the book I was reading was "How to win friends and influence people"
I choose to be, i don't give a fuck about anyone except my dog, my family, my girlfriend. I don't give a fuck about making friends, going out, or give people my attention and validation. Half the population could be bombed and i would not give a shit if i have my weights and can keep lifting and can see my dogs face.
I regularly reject women, because i see myself as a fit male who worked hard for his gains, so why should i bend over and let some dumb cunt that only has her looks allow her to date / fuck me? My girlfriend is an exception.
When i go places i mind my own business, eat, and listen to my iPod and don't socialize. At work, i don't give a fuck about anyone and only do my thing and collect my paycheck.
Damn dude you're so cool and dark, like one of those protagonists from a noir movie or something
Nathaniel White
Gross. Dude is ripped but still skinny at the same time. Like his arms are starved for nutrients.
Bentley Torres
And youre a loser who doesnt understand. But hopefully one day will. Godspeed
Aaron Mitchell
>be me >get bullied in high school >start doing martial arts >3h a day of karate >Beat the shit outta bullies >start lifting >Get into high school >realized never had any friends >be alone all the time >only motivation to live is to working out >spend most of free time watching anime and working out
>tfw you lyft for lyfting
Now I'm 22 still no friends nor a gf just autistic
I dont even look at peoples faces in the gym. This results in me thinking everyome looks hotter than they are and that I am an ugly loser. Every time I would actually have to make eyecontact everyone wouldnt look as good and I would see I was much more ripped and handsome than they were. I've never had a good self image of myself so that is partially why I never initiated at all with girls. This still affects me even though im starting to realize that it is all in my head and no one is making fun of me or thinks im ugly. Most women are actually receptive to me. Still virgin and only was able to kiss and cuddle with one girl that actually was happy to be with me. She was too fat so it didnt work out. Sorry for the blog post.
John James
>"How to win friends and influence people" this is actually a really, really good book, but OP, you and everyone else in this thread is a pathetic loser
>be me >very tall (195cm/6'4) and very skinny as a teen >some guys made fun of me in high school about it >more banter than actually bullying, still hurt a bit >started to lift some weights in early 20s, now I'm 26 >still insecure and not sure what people/grills are thinking when I caught them looking >I had even female friends get all touchy with my biceps and shit and still I don't know how I'm still fucking insecure
I guess that's not really being awkward since I'm not awkward with people, it's more of an introspection thing
Leo Hernandez
>my girlfriend
>my
>girlfriend
Nicholas Perry
>be me autistic lifter >feel simultaniously superior and inferior to everybody around me
It is a weird kinda feel desu senpai
Jaxon Lopez
>be me >used to be made fun of and feel bad about my body >lifting for 5 years now >because of my shoulders, back and pecs I look huge when I wear baggy shirts >when I look in teh mirror I just feel fat >when I start cutting I feel small again
People around me have started noticing that I have a horrible self image and that I actually mean it when I say I am fat.
Brandon Fisher
natural feels
Julian Scott
You’re not the only one. I’m too much of an asshole to make friends. I always generalise people and the only people I made friends with were guys that were trying to escape their shithole neighbourhoods like me.
Hunter Howard
I've been going to the same gym consistently for around 8 years now and I don't know any of the regulars names. The most I have ever said to any of them is "hi" in reply to them saying it first. I see new guys join and then become regulars, and before long they're chatting to all the other regulars except me. The same receptionists have worked there the whole time and I've never said more than "hi" or "thanks" to them when they return my card.
Nobody knows my name there, I am nameless. I'm not even weird looking or anything, I just have no social skills. Sometimes it bothers me, most of the time I don't care.
That's a great book, OP. Don't be ashamed. And you don't play football. So what? I was completely oblivious to female attention in high school, too. It's no big deal. You'll have many more opportunities. Socializing is a skill and needs to be practiced like anything else. Just try throwing yourself into uncomfortable situations occasionally and you'll adapt.
If you want friends dont put in your headphones and dont stare like you are pissed off at the world. I am usually in autistic "beast mode" as normies would call it. headphones in, pissed off look and going hard and struggling.
A few times I forgot my headphones at home and I shit you not almost every single time people came up to me to work in or people lifting close to me commented on how strong my deadlift is or if I could teach them how I can grip so much weight (some scrawny noob asked me after he was struggling to hold onto a 135lbs barbell on his deadlifts whilst I was repping 315lbs+ double overhand on my warmups) also had a qt ask me if she can work in on my deadlifts, she also noted how strong I am (lmao 4pl8DL for reps is apparently strong).
point being it is crazy how much people talk to you when you dont look like a fucking autist. also it is always good to ask their name and call them by their name it builds a bond. As soon as you know someones name and use it they will remember you way easier.
Gavin Green
some thicc ass braphog (but very cute, would marry desu) also came up to me when i was diddlydooing.
Too bad im autistic and couldnt capitalize on it. Fuck, ive messed up so much situations in my life to get gf its not even funny.
for normies anything above 3pl8 is strong as shit >tfw almost 5pl8 diddly but no gf
Austin Foster
Lol you do realise that you will be miserable once your gf cheats and your dog dies.
Jonathan Bailey
What do you think, how much reddit pussy does this guy slay?
It's funny because in the gym I have been mired more often for my DL and Squat than I have been for my looks. I guess it is easier for girls to tell me I am strong instead but it somehow always was the DL and Squat although technically my bench is better relatively speaking.
But dont worry user I also always fucked it up, with my autism I ended up basically giving her a DL lesson and fixing her DL rather than flirting like I was probably supposed to do. I mean she has way better form now but I didnt even ask her name and it went nowhere. So yeah autism is a fucking disease.
Henry Perry
>ended up basically giving her a DL lesson and fixing her DL rather than flirting like I was probably supposed to Fuck this is me, one time a "noobie" girl asked for a spot and advice on how to squat. She was a short blonde teen girl who squeezed my biceps but I thought nothing of it than just people seeing me as a zoo animal. I gave her a spot on her squats and she tells me "you can touch me if you want" and like an autist I thought I would be helping her cheat her reps rather than feel her perky body. She purposely made her ask jiggle the top of each rep "slow dont fuck up your knees" I tell her. Once her set was over she looked me right in the eyes, put her hand on my shoulders and thanked me. I left quick cause someone was stalking the bench I was using. Fuuuuck.
Benjamin Jenkins
oh no no no
Jack Gonzalez
I never wear headphones, I do have resting bitch face though. I'm not the kind of person that can smile for no reason, so I look unapproachable most of the time. Like I said though, most of the time I really don't care.
Gyms aren't a hub for socialising, anyone who says otherwise is a shitlord. Nobody in my gym will go up to random people to speak, but maybe it's because us britbongs are more reserved.
Isaac Scott
You btfo'd her and probably shot down her ego. Most likely a good thing.
Landon Reyes
Its a cool book but I read it with the intention of being able to influence and being able to pass myself to other people, to exist more socially so to speak.
Now this book only teaches you how to be mellow, something that pans out when you want to be anything else in conjunction with being mellow. People will not hate you and will be engaged by you, allowing you only to be a pleasant background to social interactions for others.
A must read for autistic and narcissistic people I suppose.
Michael Williams
I knew I was among brothers here. The worst part is how you realize so much later. I once had a girl at my classroom when I wasn't even lifting (I was doing karate at that time, body got better but not was good as it gets lifting) and pour a bottle of water on my chest. Just out of the blue, no provocation, just walks up to me and does it. I was confused as fuck and just asked what's the occasion.
