when did you learn that building muscle and looking good all come down to GENETICS?
Those guys complaining about tree trunk legs while only squatting 225 for reps? genetics
those guys hitting 1/2/3/4 sub 200 lb after 6 months? genetics
those guys with the v tapers? genetics
those guys who eat what they want and still look good? genetics
the simple reality is that bodybuilding and strength training are ALL genetics, natural or not. If you have been lifting for over a year and still can't do 1/2/3/4 or still look like shit you have dog shit genetics, and im not sorry for saying that. It's time to stop holding hands and coming up for excuses for looking and performing like shit. You should be able to notice differences from the gym after 4 MONTHS. You should LOOK GOOD after 1 year of training. NO EXCEPTIONS
Don’t do it, you’ll give your kids cankles I swear to god a bitch could have a 10/10 ass, but as soon as I see cankles she gets dropped.
Josiah Moore
Yeah. What you dont realize is all the people that have "good genetics" have been active since childhood and have done sports etc building up some lean muscle and athletic ability before even touching a weight, so once the weights come into the picture they are golden.
Its much different from you selfish pizza boys out there who ate dominos every night when you were in high school and sat around playing halo. Of course youre not going to do as well as someone who looked great before they even started lifting
Matthew Russell
it's almost as if everything is predetermined before birth
This is why my kid is never gonna play vidya untill after he's worked out for the day
Lincoln Taylor
I realized this a while ago, wish more people would figure it out. It’s this, we all have prett close to the same genetic muscle building capabilities with the obvious differences.
So how do you make up for this when starting in early adulthood? Do we just have to work harder?
Ryan Martin
if it was all genetics then people wouldn't need to eat or work out and could just lie suspended in isolation chambers for the first 20 years of their life and jump out and fuck a supermodel the first thing they did on the outside
I have horrible gyno + shitty fat distribution where practically all of it goes to my belly.
Carter Jones
>look good 1 year after training >no exceptions
Try again. If someone starts at absolute skelly mode and can still pack on decent size, after a year this is only going to be a max of say 12kg of muscle which isn't going to make him look amazing on a previous skelly frame. Similar for someone that is fat.
I suppose if someone who had been doing manual labour for 8 years with decent base strength came into the gym and hit 1234 quickly then youd consider him to have good genetics - but then you're just an idiot.
Muscle takes a long time to build and how long it takes to hit 1/2/3/4 depends on your starting position so much more than your genetics. It took me a year to reach a 'normal' dyel body because I was so skinny after I had an operation. That's not because I have bad genetics. I went from 48kg to 62kg in my first year. Benching 100kg at 62kg is not going to happen after a year of training. Now im at 75kg after 2 years and can easily do 1234 for reps. But im fully aware that some people start with the level of strength I have now from doing labour jobs and shit.
Anthony Scott
>being athletic since infancy isnt genetic
Liam Howard
Redpill OP IS A FAGET
Luke Cox
>growing up on a farm is genetic >having your dad push you to achieve the sports goals he never could is genetic >all your friends wanting to play video games instead of playing tag is genetic
Real talk though why do people get such massive hard ons by lying about what you can't do because of your genetics? On a board that claims to support hardwork and dedication some of you really do seem to want nothing more than to stop people from being dedicated and putting in hard work.
Chase Nelson
that's not a redpill, that's a blackpill genetics give you a major edge, but they don't bail you out of all your shitty decisions and having bad genetics doesn't mean you can't reach your goals. you're just a pessimistic loser dude >inb4 u got baited!11 i know this is bait, but some people might actually believe it because they want something to blame other than their lack of effort
OP please post body with timestamp, time lifting, and lifts. Chances are you’ve been lifting less than a year and are a retard. Also no timestamp = bullshit
Xavier Perez
It's true.
I practically already have a Chris Hemsworth "Thor" body after only working out for the past year and a half. My gains came pretty easy.
Mind you, I was a lazy slob for the past 7 years before that.
Landon Young
Ok then, post body with timestamp then as proof
Samuel Thomas
Genetics are pretty damn overwhelming I think. I have high test levels but I’ve never been big. I fluctuate between 15-20% bodyfat with some noob gains and 1/2/3/4 lifts and then down to 12-15% and lose 20-50 lbs on my lifts
Then again I’m only 5’8” and never got above 160 lbs except during a period of time where I was already out of shape and tried bulking too fast
James Rodriguez
no
Isaac Bell
Obviously genetics are a strong factor, but giving up because of that is dogshit. Don't be a pussy, we live in an age where every possible resource you could ever want is available to you, and you can optimize all the factors that go into building muscle.
Henry Sanders
Genetics are cope. If you’re not improving you’re not pushing yourself hard enough.
>tfw very good lifting genetics (reached 1/2/3/4 in 3 months lifting) but huge hips, balding and horrible facial aesthetics
Would trade any day for a face above 4/10
Charles Long
But if I have really skinny wrists and ankles maybe her neanderthal thick wrists and ankles will balance out my offspring
Joshua Nguyen
>we all have the same muscle building genetics
Stop.
Angel Wood
> ...we all have prett close to the same genetic muscle building capabilities with the obvious differences.
The obvious difference in this case is that you're retarded.
Nathaniel Morales
You hit the GYM HARD, while Chad eats pizza
Girls look at your gymcel body and think "ewww what a try hard" while they look at the chad and think "i love him, he just does what he wants, not even concerned about the whole bodybuilding thing".
Chad STILL looks INFINITELY better than you because of his GENETICALLY DETERMINED HEIGHT, FRAME and FACE.
Women are getting more and more choice and validation and its either CHAD or NOTHING
The day after pic related fails to work out she will be a bag of cottage cheese level land whale.
Henry Taylor
>It's time to stop holding hands and coming up for excuses for looking and performing like shit b-but that exactly what you're doing right now. making excuses.
