Summary: Many guides on TRP are designed for "all men", and while the information in them is applicable to all men, most of their writers don't understand what its like to be truly low SMV. Many writers here don't know what its like when women are automatically condescending just by speaking to them about everyday topics. The articles are often written with a tone of "just do X it works". This is the same tone as "Just be yourself" -- while it is good advice, it will only result in success for some people. Unfortunately for some other men, no amount of positive thinking, confidence, and personal achievement is enough to offset their defects enough to become successful at Tinder where looks are the end all. I believe the category of men who have no chance of accessing great looks is about 30-40% of the population. These men are coming here looking for answers, and this is the guide for the men in that category.


Body: I was a skinny SMV 3 or 4 man through my teens and early 20s. Now that I'm a 6, life is easier, and I've learned a lot through my progression. Most of my SMV increase was because of lifting. Red Pill is 100% applicable for all SMV levels, but the outcome and progression can be frustrating for men who are in the situation I was in.

How do you tell what your SMV is so you can know what to expect? Think about your recent interactions with women your age. Here are some indicators of your SMV:

1-4 SMV: When you ask questions to women regardless of context, answers are often single words or closed ended. Women ask few questions back. Women have dominant posture such as not slouching, opened arms, and flat indirect eye contact -- implying you are non-threatening to them. Women are condescending. In a group setting, women ignore you when you speak to them.

5-7 SMV: Women respond with open ended answers to questions. Women maintain eye contact in a way similar to friendly men. New women often have body posture that is closed, and women you know often have open body posture. It is easy to become the friend of women you are around. Women will start conversations with you about politically correct topics.

8-10 SMV: Women at least occasionally approach you. Women have submissive posture when you speak with them no matter if they are strangers or not. Women touch you accidentally. No speaking topics are off limits. Women have piercing open eye contact.

The guide you are reading right now is for men in the first category to work on getting to the second category.


Neck Beard Rule #1: The truth of your value is not determined by women.

This is red pill basics, but I want to describe it in another way for low SMV men. Low SMV men need the thickest skin of all men to become sexually attractive. When you're getting bombarded daily by messages that imply you aren't worth speaking to, it can be difficult to believe the opposite. However the opposite is true. If you are low SMV, you still have all the capability you need to be valuable. The reality is the women who are judging you poorly simply haven't seen your value yet. They don't know the full truth about you. Forgive them for judging you poorly. Believe that some of them would be attracted to you if they saw the best parts of you that you haven't revealed yet.

Neck Beard Rule #2: Maximize your personal strengths

What is your capability? Every man is different, but every man, hot and ugly, is standing on the shoulders of a giant: all his fore-fathers who successfully reproduced. There is something in those genes that works. Whatever your strongest traits are, they probably have something to do with how your ancestors got laid. This leads to a simple paradigm that works:

Stop trying to compete with your weaknesses.

Every opportunity women have to meet men is like a buffet for them. They walk down the row and pick what they crave the most. If you are ugly but capable, don't be in the buffet where women focus on looks. Be in the buffet where they focus on your capability.

This isn't to say you shouldn't work on your weaknesses. You definitely should work on all of them. However, when you meet women, aim to be the best man in that situation by picking the situations that align with your strengths. On top of this, in these places you will meet men who are similar to you, relate with you, and will help you become a better version of yourself.

Neck Beard Rule #3: Lift and be healthy -- no excuses

This is especially applicable to fat and skinny men. Looking ripped will raise your SMV considerably and make everything easier. There are no excuses not to do this no matter who you are.

Neck Beard Rule #4: Accept loneliness

If you're not high SMV, it is especially important to accept that being alone is a fine state of life. Even for low SMV men, there are women out there who will want an alpha relationship with them. However its a fact of life that these women will be less common than for more attractive men. Accepting loneliness is important because it will maximize SMV for the women who are truly attracted. For those women, desperation kills your chances of a healthy relationship, and the cure for that is willingness to be alone.

Men who have had lots of relationships realize that being in and out of a relationship is the same. You are alone either way. Men who haven't been in many relationships don't understand this and fantasize that relationships create an ideal version of themselves where they are more valuable.

Being in a good captain/first mate relationship is preferable to not being in one, but realistically she is never "yours" and she doesn't make a new you. She may decide to exchange some help around the house and some pleasure in bed for your time and leadership. However, this is so small in the scope of your life. There isn't a big difference between being alone and not. There is certainly no difference in your value. Don't fantasize about relationships creating a new you.


Takeaways: Life deals a different hand to every man. Its important to make the best out of what you've been dealt. If you are low SMV its easy to get trapped in negative thoughts. You have to be strong and know everything will work out for you even though you get a lot of negative messages. Keep lifting. Keep doing you. Find the places you are strong and keep doing things which play towards those strengths until you are one of the best. When you are one of the best, women will start to appreciate you, and you need to have the willpower to be selective of which women you let into your life. It just gets easier. Keep at it.