Is the Lean Pill real?

The Leaner you are the more aesthetic/beautiful you look overall?

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    There’s a limit but yes

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Is 10% the limit?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        lol no newbie.
        Some people look better with slightly more fat, some people with less.
        some people with more muscle, some people with less.

        it's all about your personal insertions.
        I look peak at 14% body fat at 180lbs. any less and i look like a meth addict in the face.
        any more and I look like my thighs are ballooning up.
        everyone is different.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Yes. Ignore powershitter memes about muh "I can lift heavier though" lean composition is a primal indicator of fitness

        I've been as low as 6%. You look pretty fricking skinny under 10. I'd say that's the sweet spot. Depends on your muscle mass. If you're muscular you can get away with lower. But once you start getting to the point where there's waistband spill and stomach rolls it's fricking over and I'd say that starts happening around 15%

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          See that diverse model on the top right? I mean the left, darker guy. Women will find that fine too. You don't need to look like the other leaner models. But you should at least strive for that look. The fat guy on the right is definetely too much.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          hate to be the one to tell you but more than half of models in ur pic are not natty

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          do you even deadlift?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        10-12% is ideal if you have decent facial structure to support everything or you end up looking like a meth addict like

        lol no newbie.
        Some people look better with slightly more fat, some people with less.
        some people with more muscle, some people with less.

        it's all about your personal insertions.
        I look peak at 14% body fat at 180lbs. any less and i look like a meth addict in the face.
        any more and I look like my thighs are ballooning up.
        everyone is different.

        said

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      This.
      Emaciated is not a good look, OP's pic is only getting halfway away with it because he has a good frame.

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Only up to a certain point
    You'll look disgusting and emaciated below 7% body fat
    For a man leanness and muscle mass is the most aesthetic

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      FDS is basically a collective of the most unabashedly delusional cardholding spinsterhood members. And they're all ugly whales, too.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        FDS is redpill for women.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          That's what he said.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            FDS is basically a collective of the most unabashedly delusional cardholding spinsterhood members. And they're all ugly whales, too.

            FDS is redpill for women.

            What the frick is FDS?

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Female dating strategy. Basically a reddit group of larping trannies and fat women attempting their own redpills

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Female Incels

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Female dating strategy. Basically a reddit group of larping trannies and fat women attempting their own redpills

              FDS is basically a collective of the most unabashedly delusional cardholding spinsterhood members. And they're all ugly whales, too.

              they're not only fat, but black, the most disliked group of women

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Sounds more like the /LULZ/ pill

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      The nerve of that b***h. All women have to do is stop eating and most of them are fat anyway.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      She's right.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Shit bait. Needs more details to work.

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Yes.
    Life starts at 12% bodyfat for a reason.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Does that mean lift it 10 times, wait a little while, then go it again 2 more times (3 times total)?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Yes. It's more about volume, don't be afraid to do an extra 1-2 sets with negatives until failure.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          I keep getting sets and reps mixed up. 2 more sets would mean lifting 10 and waiting a little while 2 more times, right?

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Yes. 10 reps, 10 reps, 10 reps, 8 reps (2 negatives if failing). That's 4 sets.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Stupid as hell to just "do extra volume". It hinders your recovery. I started getting big when I stopped doing 15 sets per muscle

          Now Im doing 5-10 sets per muscle and Im at 2/3/4/5

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >Im at 2/3/4/5
            whats it like being fat?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        No moron lift it 3 times take a break and do it again and again until you’ve lifted 3 times 10 times for a total of 30

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      who is the 5x5 guy i remember seeing a photo of this dude pretty ripped

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        You're best friend and worstest nightmare at once

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Why do you use a photo of a guy sticking his tongue out like an butthole? Is this what you guys are trying to emulate?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Yes it's who they are trying to emulate

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        He's outgoing and not afraid to be wienery/funny.
        Not something an """intellectual""" incel like you could understand.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      But remember, it *starts* at 12%. 8% versus 12% is night and day. You should strive to get to single digits.

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Ottermode

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    No. You have to be taller than 6 foot 2 to get any benefit from being lean, and even then you will be at a lesser level than puffed up rugby physique mode. You will essentially have to be so naturally tall that you're unable to actually look good through lifting and thus cope by getting lean.

    Don't even try to be lean at less than 5'10. You will only push yourself further into the "perceived as gay" zone of the spectrum.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      This is bullshit. If you are a Manlet never get too buff. Lean (with some amount of muscle, not Auschwitz) Manlets look aesthetic. Buff Manlets look like barrels.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      This happened to me. I went from being super fat 250lbs to super skinny 140lbs and people started treating me differently. People would obviously smirk at me when I was fat and disgusting but then it's got better and better as I reached the 180 zone. Women became super nice to me, better overall human interactions, etc. I kept cutting because I wanted abs and I've never had them before. Once I finally hit 140 and got them I realized the smirks were back. It went from Fat loser to gay. I have gay thoughts but I repress them. There's no winning anons 🙁

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        So your magic aesthetic zone is between 140 and 180, use this knowledge wisely.

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Anything under 8% is considered attractive imo. If you're 10-15% it's cope for lacking discipline required to go lower.

    These 'ripped' 4 packs don't impress anyone.

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous
  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    How can I measure body fat percentage?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Grab a fatty piece on your body.
      Pull it out until you can pinch the skin between your index and your thumb.
      Is that piece thicker than 1 inch? if so you're above 20% body fat.
      This is how calipers measure it and it's fairly accurate.
      If you have more than one reading you can take (say love handles and stomach) the more accurate this becomes.
      The closer or higher above one inch it is the fatter you are.
      The closer it is to just literal skin between your fingers. almost to the point it seems paper thin the skinnier you are.
      At some points you're so skinny you can't even pull the skin away from the body to measure it.
      My triceps for instance are like this. I pull on the skin and can't even get it between my fingers without seriously pinching.
      You want that on the major points.
      The thigh, the ass, the stomach, the chest, and the love handles.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Using my Milwaukee measuring device, my fat pinch is seemingly 2 inches. Stomach and love handles. Might be 1.5 inches. The love handle might be 1 inch if I get a thin grip on it.
        I just stepped on my scale for the first time in ages. It read 186 for a second before shutting off (low battery). I'm 6'3".

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        this makes no sense

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          How does it not make sense.
          It's literally how they test for fat and is extremely accurate if you use calipers. You can find the exact measurements online.

          Using my Milwaukee measuring device, my fat pinch is seemingly 2 inches. Stomach and love handles. Might be 1.5 inches. The love handle might be 1 inch if I get a thin grip on it.
          I just stepped on my scale for the first time in ages. It read 186 for a second before shutting off (low battery). I'm 6'3".

          How long you been lifting? gotta be pretty object with yourself here m8. Sounds like you've got the typical skinny fat body of a novice.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >Sounds like you've got the typical skinny fat body of a novice
            You are 100% correct. Also I do not lift. Here is my thread:

            [...]

            . At most, I lift this 25lb weight I have my by desk. I lift it until my arms feel good, and I do this whenever I feel like.
            I have gained massive gains to my back just by finding the muscles and tensing them. This has improved my posture incredibly. I have had severe computer posture, and it's probably because my back is nonexistant. Just working my back for 15 minutes for one day cures me for a week. I used to have actual swallowing issues. Now, I never choke when drinking. I think this is quite the accomplishment. However, I still have hypopnea when sleeping. I bought a $200 device to measure breath and fingertip O2, this is how I know I have hypopnea. When I'm not actively stretching my frame (like during sleep), it fricks itself, and my breathing becomes very shallow. I have felt like I don't have enough oxygen for the past 4 or so years. I am now living with memory loss. I am just beginning to recover. However, I have been just beginning to recover for about a year or 2. I haven't really tried, because I do nothing all day except stress relief. My most effective breakthrough has been to discover my diaphragm. How, I can actually breathe during the day, and I feel, sometimes, like I am living.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              The last sentence should begin with "Now".

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              My advice is focus strictly mobility strengthening and cardio.
              Seems you got some health problems and posture problems. Serious lifting isn't going to do you any favors. It can actually make breathing problems worse in some lifters.

              Do your best, don't fall for any memes. Once you feel better you can always switch to real lifting programs. Until that point you need to focus on actually holding your body correctly.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Sounds like you should do yoga or basic gymnastics (Bodyline exercises, handstands etc.) for starters. You seem to get good gains with isometrics, so do them.
              When you have normalized your body you can look at other training methods.

              Btw if you want to do this "find muscles and tense them" stuff, look for muscle control courses from the early 20th century. It's basically that.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Shit, that sounds like good advice. I'm just ready to go to bed. Also, I made another post but deleted it, because it was too personal, and because I had hijacked the thread enough. If you have good advice, please look it up on an archive and drop more gold.

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    the lean pill is the biggest redpill there is in all of lookism

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    how do I get like that? just not eating + gym?

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >Be fat
    >Want muscle
    >But also want to be lean
    >IST tells me I can only gain muscle or lose fat, not both

    What do I do? I want to be lean with some muscle. Why can't I just lose fat and gain muscle at the same time?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >listening to IST

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      lift for 4 years and then cut

      https://i.imgur.com/LAQwGqK.jpg

      The Leaner you are the more aesthetic/beautiful you look overall?

      honestly yes but its hard for a nattys ego to accept leanness because of how much you disappear with clothes and how weak you get. it feels like you aren't really achieving anything in the gym.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Building muscles takes far longer than losing fat, if you want "quick" gratification, focus on losing weight, but time is ticking and you're getting older, and it makes more sense to focus on building muscles first and dropping the weight later. If you're working out and eating right you'll drop some weight while building muscle, but you won't lose fat

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      You can and it’s not that difficult, it only takes dedication and persistence. Do intermittent fasting, restrict you caloric intake to eat just a little less than what your body needs, but enough protein and combine lifting with light cardio. The heart rate at which you burn fat is relatively low and can easily be achieved by brisk walking. 3 hours of walking every week at a firm pace, intermittent fasting and 3 times in the gym for lifting should get you proper results within 3-12 months, depending on you starting point

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        delusional

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          He’s not delusional lol, it’s very possible to lose fat and gain muscle. Everything he said checks out. It’s only really possible as a newbie though when utilizing the newbie gains. When I was around 350lbs, I was losing weight like crazy and still improving my lifts/putting on muscle. It sorta ‘stops’ after you use up all your newbie gains tho

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            delusional, any newbie weight loss you experience by not being completely sedentary has little to do with actual fat loss

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Not delusional you dipshit lmao. I’ve been landwhale status and dropped over 180lbs WHILE putting on muscle. I did not lose 180lbs worth of water and muscle

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          If you are fat you can gain muscle and lose fat. You simply train and eat. Your body will burn fat and will need to put some muscle for your training intensity.

          You can and it’s not that difficult, it only takes dedication and persistence. Do intermittent fasting, restrict you caloric intake to eat just a little less than what your body needs, but enough protein and combine lifting with light cardio. The heart rate at which you burn fat is relatively low and can easily be achieved by brisk walking. 3 hours of walking every week at a firm pace, intermittent fasting and 3 times in the gym for lifting should get you proper results within 3-12 months, depending on you starting point

          It also works without intermittent fasting and cardio. If you are fat, just lifting is the easiest way to lose fat through sports. You simply have to watch how much you eat, so yes, lots of protein, so that your body can build muscle, while you lose fat.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Get lean first and then lean bulk.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      What they mean is that you can lost fat and gain muscle but the amount of muscle you could be gaining will be diminished by the fat loss.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      2 years ago I was 230 lbs and I could bench 220 lbs for 1 rep
      today I am 180 and I bench 260
      just lift a ton, make sure that the little food you eat has a ton of protein

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I thought this frail twink was on crutches in the thumbnail

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Lean, yes, but with a decent frame and build. You can’t be Auschwitz mode and look good even tho that’s technically ‘lean’.

  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    yea but u gotta have some muscle

  15. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    There is a limit. It's individual. But you will look better as a man when you are below 15%. That should be your minimum goal. Some may get away with 18%, depending on your fat deposition genetics (especially in the face). Below 12% shouldn't be necessary. These are absolut realistic standards, not overblown /fit gay, roidtroony bullshit.

    T. exfatty
    185cm aka 6'1 who went from 108kg to 73kg, now at 83kg and not happy with that although still bearable since face is still slim enough.
    If you are not lifting, 10kg below your height should be your goal. If you are lifting, you can't really tell because of muscle weight.

    And yes, people will treat you different and better. Especially women.

  16. 1 year ago
    Anonymous
  17. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    It helps but if you don't have any muscle you won't look that great.

  18. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    The most important thing 2bh

  19. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Yes, once you have abs you are near your limit,and past a certain point you start to look worse which is around 8-12%bf depending on the person

  20. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Why am I so fricking undisciplined? Why the frick after 30 years of life can I never fricking do the work to get lean? Why am I such a homosexual?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Diet pills do not work, no.

      You might have actual ADHD.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I don't. I'm just depressed and seek easy dopamine hits to try and get me through the drudgery of life. I can buckle down and get to work when it's absolutely critical, but beyond that I'm just fried emotionally/mentally.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Fasting has helped me control my cravings. Fast 2 days a week and you will habituate yourself with being hungry.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            I did a fasting protocol earlier this year, but I developed hypoglycemia problems. Like did a fasting glucose test at a lab, and nearly passed out at the 2 hour mark.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          You could try a dopamine 'fast' and see if that gets you anywhere.
          >no screens
          >no hyperpalatable food
          Some people will say to eat blandly but I think that's probably too far. Just cutting out sweets, restaurant food, and junkfood will get you like 95% of the way there along as what you cook at home is healthy.
          >seriously consider not streaming music
          Some people say no music at all but if you have it on a physical medium that should probably be fine. The important thing is that you only have it on a little bit instead of listening every free moment. Being limited to a disc or record will force you to cut down as a matter of course
          >do a bunch of reading
          >consider meditation, about 10-20min a day
          >make absolutely sure you're getting good sleep
          >get some sun if you can. It's good for you
          >cut stims like caffeine
          High dopamine tolerance/low baseline dopamine level can frick with your ability to start/stop tasks and lead to ADHD-like symptoms. Places like IST where you can get stuck doomscrolling are especially bad for that kind of thing so being here isnt doing you any favors.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Yeah. I actually had a good period of several weeks where I got away from IST. Still fricked around with streaming shit "in the background" at work, but mood was markedly better.
            I've been trying to make the foods that hit my macros better, but trying to maintain more philosophy around it
            >no grains
            >no added sugars
            >no seed oils
            But maybe I can lighten up a bit, incorporate rice again and have sauces I make or are more intelligent about using? Perhaps letting go of too strict of dogmas and making foods I'll want to actually eat day to day.
            I like to cook. I make damn good foods when I am flexible. But I've pigeonholed myself into this corner where I'm so strict to meet high goals that I can't succeed.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              For oils; coconut, avocado, olive oil, and butter/ghee will get you pretty much everywhere. You might also consider rendering fat out of meat if you have the time (or some quality bacon to fry up).

              I've never really encountered bad health effects from grains, but white flour and white rice are something I try to avoid since they're pretty nutirtionally void. I use as much whole wheat flour as I can get away with and stick with brown/wild rice and similar.

              For sugar, I avoid it 90% of the time in my own cooking. I use a bit in my homemade bread as a softener, but otherwise the only sugar I add to anything is usually in the form of local honey for tea or coffee.

              Obviously there are exceptions to everything. I don't turn my nose up at my mom's cooking, or when my parents invite me out to dinner. I still get dessert sometimes, or make dessert for family get-togethers that's got a bunch of sugar (stewed apples in cinnamon and brown sugar are always a prize winner). I just keep that shit to a minimum and focus on cooking well for myself otherwise. Keeping things super strict might be what you need if you find yourself slipping into bad habits but 90% of the battle is just getting the right stuff when you're at the grocery store and not bringing home any shit to tempt yourself with.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Yeah, I already make my own ghee and use that and olive oil for the majority of cooking. I get a lot of protein from pork loins too, so when I have enough trimmings I render lard from it.
                When I say added sugar, I mean for shit like sauces -- I make my own teriyaki and barbecue sauces pretty regularly, and tend to use only honey as the sweet element. But that shit can add up quickly so I want to limit that during a cut.
                But being super strict and attempting monotonous, but meticulously calculated, meal prep is obviously not working for me, so I may need to rethink shit. It's when I feel down on the food I have made that I tend to go moronic with junk foods to get that fricking dopamine hit.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >90% of the battle is just getting the right stuff when you're at the grocery store and not bringing home any shit to tempt yourself with
                What's the other 10%? Is calorie counting mandatory to get to the lean point?

  21. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >Get lean
    >Feel small
    >Start bulking
    >Feel fat
    Does it ever end?

  22. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Yeah you need to be lean and muscular. Nobody wants lean and no muscles. That's almost as bad as being muscular but fat.

  23. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Typically but don't be a homosexual like Timothy Chalamet

  24. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >Want to get lean and look generally good
    >Want to be strong

    I must choose...

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