"once i hit THESE numbers i will look good enough to be lovable."
>gets told lifts are shit and THESE numbers will make you make it
>"1/2/3/4? sorry meant 2/3/4/5 lol"
and so the cycle repeats, body dysmorphia and so on.
how the frick do you combat this?
before anyone says anything yes im a dyel but i have made enormous progress compared to myself 1 year ago
> how the frick do you combat this?
Get other hobbies. If you obsess about something it's gonna become unhealthy no matter what you do.
This.
There is no making it, it’s a goal that is always out of reach. That’s why you enjoy the path and reflect on your progress and keep on keeping on. Unless you’re a professional there is no point in beating yourself up about anything, just push yourself and keep going.
If you haven’t made it, maybe you SHOULD be focused on making it.
Based on where you’re posting this, I assume you’re still a useless piece of shit failure, so maybe work on that first.
>Based on where you’re posting this, I assume you’re still a useless piece of shit failure, so maybe work on that first
i hit 2/3/4/5 for 1rm, then hit it for 5 reps, then got close to 3/4/5/6, got sick of bulking, cut down to a decent ~15% bodyfat, and have been maintaining the physique ever since
just go until you stop caring, then do something else
>cut down to a decent ~15% bodyfat
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
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>>cut down to a decent ~15% bodyfat
>BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
That's probably the best BF walking around %age. You look really good compared to 99% of people but you also don't look insecure like zyzz
>close to 3 plate overhead press
how roided can one become?
>then got close to 3/4/5/6,
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Show 15% bf body close to 3pl8 ohp
dyel larp
his lifts being conveniently pl8 to pl8 is what got me
I got 6 pack abs and I am happy. I don't worry about autistic shit like 1234 homie what the frick is a 1234 . I like to see reps go up for push ups and squats
>Progress in 1 year
Nice going. Not hating but suggesting that you reframe your time horizon. See you in three years, we can talk again
You need to have concrete goals to avoid this. This is why you have a million autists and trolls posting "I lift for X" threads. Just you need to bear in mind if what you are progressing will actually benefit your long term goals. So lifting for girls is fine, but if you're not developing your social game as well as lifting you're probably never going to "make it" if you just want to roll in pussy. If you're lifting for admiration/respect you're gonna need to post in /cbg/ or start competing in bodybuilding competition or go to the beach to get what you're actually looking for.
What I would say are the tiers of goals are something like:
>1/2/3/4, sub 18% bf
You are now fit. You probably look athletic, and good to your average normie
>1/2/3/4+, decent job, partner/easy sex
What "making it" ends up looking like to many people. If you don't have more specific goals many will plateau here. Note that lifting only accomplishes 1/3 of the objectives here.
>2/3/4/5
You are now jacked. You are admirable even to other lifters
>3/4/5/6
You are leaving humanity behind, possibly on roids. Impressive to all.
, sub 18% bf
>You are now fit. You probably look athletic, and good to your average normie
isnt that pretty easy? for just 1 rep.
have you ever been to a public gym? 1/2/3/4 automatically puts you in the top 15%.
nobody gives a frick about ohp, nobody has ever given a frick about ohp, quit trying to force the ohp meme. Even the big 3 is a stretch since deadlifting is powershitter leverage cope. And since 90% of lifters don't squat the only metric to compare is bench. Bench is king and will never be topped, everyone knows how much they can bench and how much others can bench. when you go into the gym the first thing you see is who is on the benches and how much weight they have on the bar. Bench is all that matters, all that has ever mattered, and all that will ever matter.
Your back matters more. Because if your back is weak you won't be benching very long
>nobody gives a frick about ohp,
ohp is literally the historical strength standard, how high can you lift the stone. It is one of the hardest presses, certainly harder than BP. There's weird strength press like Bent Press but besides being weird lifts that no one else can do I don't really see the point in them
If ask 1000 people how much they can lift, 300 will ask what you mean, the other 700 will quote you their bench max. Cope all you want, bench is king.
>If ask 1000 people how much they can lift, 300 will ask what you mean, the other 700 will quote you their bench max. Cope all you want, bench is king.
The correct answer to
>how much do you lift?
Is
>which lift?
https://youtube.com/shorts/kZzVlHC6-SY?si=L0pHYm6xKScMq_HO
The BP is the easiest of all the presses, get over it.
>The BP is the easiest of all the presses, get over it.
That's why it's the king of all lifts and the only one that matters. It's the one everyone knows because everyone can do it. Lay down, push bar. Simple as.
I know that you likely have autism but please understand: "How much do you lift" literally translates to "what is your max bench press?" in normie speak.
>It's the one everyone knows because everyone can do it
So you think it is the king of all lifts because everyone can do it?
Yes. If you don't understand why it being a universal BENCHmark of strength makes it the most important lift then you are moronic.
everybody knows how much they can squat
You're moronic, most gymcels don't even do squats.
I'm starting to think the majority of this board has never even set foot into a gym before.
>Yes. If you don't understand why it being a universal BENCHmark of strength makes it the most important lift then you are moronic.
Omg the word benchmark has bench in it thus they most correlate.
Lmao.
If someone asks me how much I lift I would say
>which lift?
Unless I was doing that lift... and then it would be self evident.
The point is to do hard lifts. I like BP but it is a frick tonne easier than OHP.
>If someone asks me how much I lift I would say
which lift?
And then they say bench.. You guys must be zoomers who watch tiktok all day or something. When strangers see that you're a big dude and want to talk to you they don't ask you how much you squat, or how much you deadlift... people ask how much you bench. Because bench is the universal normie metric of strength.
I don't care if you have autism and le-ahktually whatever this or that. Lifting was always a bro thing until a couple years ago when the autistic science nerds got involved. Brolifting was always egolifting beach muscle shit, bench and curls. How much you lift = how much you bench. It was this way for decades before you were born and shaped the entire planet's perception of lifting. When the strength coach comes in to coach a sports team everyone compares each others' benchpress numbers because it's an easy lift and doesn't require a bunch of formcoping. Same thing with dyels who just join the gym... When little children draw superheros they draw huge pecs and arms and tiny legs, because they intuitively know that big pecs and arms and that v-taper shape = masculine and strong. Just because you spend half your day watching sarmed up twinks on tik tok backsnapping themselves deadlifting 700lbs doesn't mean that normies have that same frame of reference. To normies bench = lift, lift = bench. You cannot refute this.
>Because bench is the universal normie metric of strength
Im 38 buds, I have never had the generic >"how much do you lift?"
I have been asked how much I can bench, squat and deadlift but no one has ever walked up to me and said how much do you lift.
The OHP is a substantially harder lift than BP and it carries over to BP but not the other way around.
>Im 38 buds, I have never had the generic "how much do you lift?"
Because you are dyel mode.
>The OHP is a substantially harder lift than BP and it carries over to BP but not the other way around.
Yes, that has nothing to do with bench being the most easily recongnized, understood, and universal normie metric of strength.
Snatch is harder than benching
Cleans are harder than benching
Squatting is harder than benching
Deadlifting is harder than benching
Reverse grip banded sumo zercher squatting is harder than benching
Doesn't matter. Bench is king.
>Because you are dyel mode
No.
>that has nothing to do with bench being the most easily recongnized, understood, and universal normie metric of strength
Not only is that still wrong, why the frick would anyone care about what a "normie" thinks is strong, I care about strong people think is strong.
>these unrelated lifts are harder than benching.
No.
The Bench is the easiest press, the OHP is a more difficult press.
The keyword is
>press
I would quote my squat because its the biggest number
Almost no one cares especially when you go full autism and talk about historical lifts and measures of strength kek
>Almost no one cares especially when you go full autism and talk about historical lifts and measures of strength kek
Because you are weak and can't lift heavy shit above your head.
don't care. will keep improving my ohp
>bros I’m top 15% at the public gym full of fatties
Kek who cares
By not being stupid enough to think nonsense like that in the first place.
acceptance aka monkmode
Kinda my default mode so I tend to need to motivate myself to do things
>big OHP, Bench, Squat, Deadlift
Anon you don't think these exercises are going to make your biceps bigger right? You don't think they're gonna give you nice calves right? You don't think they're gonna give you nice abs right? You don't think they're gonna give you nice side delts right?
Surely OP doesn't think that
isnt jogging and cycling enough for calves? but yeah biceps are important. and for abs isnt hanging leg raises good? like 30 reps straight legs.
im too slow to think
Depends on your form, but yea hanging leg raises could work. For side delts you want lateral raises.
the longer your time horizon the happier you will be. the ultimate goal is being happy with a literally infinite time horizon, where you just love the process, and lift for the sake of lifting, and eat well for the sake of eating well
Stop listening to the internet maybe?
The goalposts are always shifting when it comes to personal development anon. Nobody ever achieves anything and thinks "yeah, this is enough." You always want more, you always want to be better, it's just human nature. You need to learn to appreciate what you have and what you've achieved. It gets a lot easier the older you get.
I hit some crazy stats such that people don't believe I was natty
That was me proving myself right that natties can be fricking enormous, if not for very long
I've coasted ever since but when I do higher volume I can see the beast coming back
I'm a dad now and love my life so I'm not bothered by stats.
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Benched 2 plates for ~35 reps. Did 120dbs incline for sets of 20. Only ever did a fatigued Bench max of 405, not a true max. Hit reverse grip presses of 365 for sets of 3. JM pressed (Triceps skullcrusher basically) 2 plates for sets of 10.
Squatted 600 for a max. 4 plates for 20.
Deadlifted close to 700. Barbell rows were 405 standing up and 315 bent over pendlay style for sets of 5-10
Having got my 5x5s on pendlays to 295, good game to you sir. Shit takes so fricking long
10 push-ups without stopping superseded with 5 pullups. 10 sets of 10
I see you also benefited from higher volume.
Pls just lift
Realize that making it is a process and not a destination. It also goes on forever.
There are only 2 forms of life. Growth and improvement and stagnation and death.
Reps and weight do not mean shit, this board is obsessed with it, but it's actually form, intensity, time under tension, mind-body connection, proper breathing, and time put in that counts. Everyone here would probably benefit by dropping weight a LOT and then working on making each rep as challenging as possible and doing a high volume.
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If you have an IQ above 75, by the time you reach 1/2/3/4 you'll have already understood that fitness should just become a part of your life, a not some gay "goal" you do.
If you are old enough to have a fully functioning brain by the time you hit 1/2/3/4 then you started lifting too late in life and will forever be a coping nerd. I'm not meming either this is a 100% serious post.
Once you realize that you'll be lifting every 2-4 days (depending on recovery) for the rest of your life, you just go with it. It's like brushing your teeth - you do it daily without really thinking about it. Once lifting becomes a habit, you stop cyclejerking about it.
Nobody cares about the fricking number except for some body-building forums and this Vietnamese basket-weaving board. Just go to the gym consistently and lift. Also, don't compare yourself with roidtrannies.
T. my buddy lifts the same dyel numbers as I do, but his arms are twice my size.
>lifts the same dyel numbers as I do, but his arms are twice my size.
Because he actually lifts them. You are likely wide gripping all shoulder in your bench, bouncing, using momentum and cheating range of motion.
Lol frickoff, he's on roids. I know cuz he told me.
As far as I'm concerned I made it after I hit 2.5 pl8 bench and had sex with a girl I actually liked. Anything after that is trying to get a higher score like in an arcade game.
I haven't been to the gym in 15 years and I solely do cycling/swimming/weighted ring calisthenics. Many will not like this statement, but being lean with a six pack is all that matters looks-wise. Nobody really cares about your 3pl8 bench if you're fat.
>muh abs
>gets bulldozed into the nearest wall by a strongfat bloatlord and stomped to death
many such cases, abs on twinks is like breasts on a fat girl.
You won't do shit: the post.
I'll never understand why an adult man would want to be weak. It just doesn't make sense to me. Imagine being so insecure that you're willing to risk your own safety to have a lumpy tummy. You guys must live very sheltered and homosexual lives.
A 3pl8 bench has no impact whatsoever on fighting ability.
neither does having abs
But abs help attract potential mates and impress people. Citing your lift numbers only impresses like minded people. And if you’re so worried about getting beaten up like some lame Charles Atlas beach fantasy then take up boxing or other training.
This is lame shit like functional strength. Newsflash: most of us live in the modern western world and extending our lifespan and aesthetics through fitness is the priority not LARPing some survival situations. Grow up and/or move somewhere better.
This guy is actually scared of being attacked by an orc wherever he goes
I used to be, but I am become the orc. So now you must live in fear as I did, and the cycle must continue... forever.
>Muh physical violence
That's why people carry guns you fricking mong
you look like a skelly in clothes though 🙁
how the frick did you get that without lifting heavy?
I'm a 29 year old kissless hugless handholdless dateless virgin who has rejected sexual advances a couple times + didn't reciprocate on multiple flirtatious interactions because I'm not comfortable with my body due to being overweight. Decent face (but fat), tall (6'1 or so) and I'm white with blond hair + broad shoulders with a deep voice. I'm 295 lbs, I went down to 215 or so at one point in the past and I never thought I was attractive enough to reciprocate flirtation/sexual advances. I imagine every woman is already taken with a man who is in better shape than me or better looking.
I used to be 490 lbs and somehow I have no loose skin besides under my upper arms + between thighs. I plan on getting so lean (down to 170-180) that I can see abs in the mirror anytime I want so I can confirm I'm always lean in my brain so I can possibly start trying to get with women.
It's actually over and I feel like an hero'ing the thinner I get because I get more attention from females yet my brain doesn't allow me to reciprocate until I'm not fat. Even if I lost the weight (which I did before), I find something else wrong with me that doesn't "allow" me to flirt with women. My entire life consists of self improvement at this point with no clear goal or end.
My brain won't allow me to seek out women for the prospects of sex or even speak to them in any fashion other than simply "what's up" and "see ya" until I'm essentially top 10% of male bodies. There's no in-between.
You're just mentally ill and your only option is to give up or just have a nice day and end the pain. Nobody will ever love you the way you want them to because you are an autistic moron with a delusional and distorted view of reality.
Nah, I'll keep going homosexual. Keep your demoralization projection to yourself and perhaps try your own advice.
By all means, continue to write more novels on imageboards about how you're a moronic failure. That will surely help lmao. You can't even look a female in the eye, of course you don't have the balls to commit suicide. I'm just driving the point home that, in all honesty, nobody on here fricking cares if you have a nice day so whining about it serves no purpose.
I put penis in vegana, you don't. I am better than you. I am more of a man than you. I win, you lose.
i stopped trying to make it once i realized muscles reduce your lifespan and my joints hurt from the weight i have to lift to make progress. it was fun at first and i put on enough muscle to not look malnourished but i no longer have any desire to continue, i just do full body once or twice a week and do mostly calisthenics now.
Why did so many tall guys above 6 foot get into fitness after the pandemic? Plus they're tall so it feels like they don't need to get huge. I think a lot of hate for bodybuilding/getting huge on this board is from tall guys who use their height and 2 days of gym body to get women.
>"once i hit THESE numbers i will look good enough to be lovable."
What have others done to earn your love? Real question.
dude, if you press 2plmwo you should AT LEAST squat 5 wheels.
>before anyone says anything yes im a dyel but i have made enormous progress compared to myself 1 year ago
newbie detected
>Good enough to be lovable
That's entirely dependent on personality and not being a shithead. Maturity is realizing this.
t. 5.5/4/6
You are fine, as long as you are healthy, don’t worry too much, get hobbies, talk to girls, live life, and don’t think too much.
>sending my warmest regards,
> - a manlet