lifting is overrated IMO?

milkyway303 · 2016-10-07T23:39:43+00:00

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looc22 · 2016-10-07T23:07:31+00:00

Lifting is great for the body if you're careful and know what you're doing. I love lifting because it makes me feel good about myself and the way I look. If you don't want to lift, don't do it.

You can get pretty muscular without steroids and drugs, I don't know what you're on about. Not Arnold level, obviously, more like "slim and lean." It sounds to me like you're trying to "hamster" your way out of fitness. It takes a lot of time and dedication but it pays off in the end.

Looking physically sharp makes people respect you more, too, man or woman. It helps with first impressions and making connections

QuantumNukeCola · 2016-10-08T01:15:17+00:00

Lifting is great. It improves mental and physical health tremendously. A few weeks into heavy lifting you'll notice your posture become nearly perfect. Another indirect bonus is when doing chores around the house it'll be much easier.

If you do it to peacock just jump off a bridge though.

cynicalsimon · 2016-10-07T23:31:49+00:00

Of course it is. This constant 'do you even lift bro' has become cringey.

If your doing it for yourself, great, but at this rate, the majority of men do it for pussy.

If its TRULY for you and it makes you HAPPY , then do it.

2016-10-08T00:19:54+00:00

What kind of garbage attitude is that dude. Lifting is good for your health, good for your mind, dude. Cmon. Even running alone is good. You want to save a body that's going to die anyways, then go ahead and try. I'll continue lifting and enjoy being healthy for the rest of my days. I thank God for that.

BruceJennerTesticles · 2016-10-08T01:30:38+00:00

It really depends on how someone goes about it, and whether they include a BIT of lifting as part of a better/broader overall exercise scheme; or if the focus is only lifting (and then only certain types).

The general problem that you are talking about is what is known as "physique" development lifting/exercise -- where the goal is to work specifically on sets of muscles that give the APPEARANCE of strength. (And yes, since the goal is mainly superficial, guys often do look for shortcuts and that means steriods.)

It isn't that the muscles developed that way aren't "real" muscles, but rather that the overemphasis on certain specific muscles and specific exercises means that the person does NOT actually develop broad overall strength -- that is there are a shitload of ancillary muscles that are equally important if you're going to do more than simply "lift" in a gym.

And the end result of that is... alas, yes that if/when that person goes out and tries to show how "strong" they are in some real world scenario -- they can and do often injury themselves.

hollybegin · 2016-10-08T06:42:59+00:00

your never gonna get real muscles without using steroids/performance enhancing drugs

WHAT? You, obviously, don't know squat (pun intended) about weightlifting or fitness. May I suggest you to educate yourself a little bit more?

good_man_gone · 2016-10-07T22:10:49+00:00

Depends on what you want to get out of it. If you want to look like Arnold in his prime and dont bring the genetics then yes you wont be satisfied.

Any sport is good imo but lifting has the benefit that people will respect you more once you get bigger while some kid who does martial arts will fuck you up lol. If this is something for you you have to decide for yourself.

I havent lifted in years but I'm considering picking it up again.

Zombocom1911 · 2016-10-07T22:39:54+00:00

Totally depends on your genetics. Google Arnold pre steroids pictures. Women don't care if you are huge and ripped, though, they will still act like stuck up bitches.

fakkdethera · 2016-10-08T02:24:25+00:00

It's boring as fuck. I'd rather play a team sport (football, or soccer for you americans). Then you get in shape while you're having fun.

Capn_Underpants · 2016-10-08T03:09:29+00:00

your (sic) never gonna get real muscles without using steroids/performance enhancing drugs anyway so whats the point?

That's not true.

I lift as a form of meditation. It's also why I lift at home (I live off grid in a remote area, so a gym is an hour trip away). I have no music, nothing, just me grunting and the weights rattling. I think Henry Rollins speaks to this somewhat in a treatise somewhere.

Here's a good start

plus you could injure yourself badly.

And you could injure yourself badly walking across the road but do you just walk blindly across the road and hope ? Sitting on the couch chewing on twinkies is going to also leave you in a world of hurt, eventually.

I lifted a lot when I was younger (got depressed when I came third in a body building comp in my category and gave it away ... haha, had the size not the cut and no, I never did steroids) , then gave it away for other activities now back to it in the last year and I remember why I enjoyed it.

I have ectomorphic friends who dislike lifting but they're very physical in other areas eg rock climbing and use weights to enhance their rock climbing

Being active is the key but up to you. Weights can help most physical things you do.

Phuc_Mee · 2016-10-08T03:19:57+00:00

Getting "real" muscles is the icing on the cake. For me most of the benefits are psychological and emtoional. I find your statement ignorant and telling that you haven't lifted much.

coqui25 · 2016-10-08T03:34:13+00:00

I just swim. If you do it constantly and lift a bit of weights. You can get endurance, strength, and speed. I used to do 100 laps in less than an hour. I need waterproof phone and headphones.

Lester___Burnham · 2016-10-08T05:00:25+00:00

Lifting is not the panacea it's often made out to be in Manosphere circles.

The best workout, of course, is the one you actually do.

oldredder · 2016-10-08T07:47:41+00:00

Lifting is under-rated.

I get all the muscle performance and tone/appearance at age 40 with no steroids.

The one way to ensure you do not injure yourself is to be trained for lifting by those who already know the right posture to use.

Dokushindansei · 2016-10-08T10:01:12+00:00

I don't get to lift as often as I'd like to, but here are the reasons why I still do it.

First, it's important to my job. I'm a welder - fabricator on trucks and snow plows, and being able to lift things over 100 pounds has been extraordinarily helpful in that career. It also helps to know how to lift something to prevent back injury.

Second, I feel much better about myself. As I say a lot in this subreddit, I used to be 50 pounds heavier and 7 pant sizes larger than I am now. I am now more confident in myself and my abilities than I ever have been.

And finally, my career is filled with a bunch of older guys who have not worked out a day in their life. They are old, they are tired, they're out of breath, they can't climb on trucks anymore, and some have bellies that extend so far that they can't get under the trucks. I don't ever want to grow up and become that. I'm going to prevent it in any way I can.

You don't have to lift if you don't want to. There are lots of other great ways to get physical activity into each and every day. But it helps me quite a lot.

Sol_Install · 2016-10-08T13:25:55+00:00

You need to understand the basic principle here. Human body is like a machine. It needs to be maintained/taken care of. You don't need to aim to bench 300 lbs or squat 500 lbs. You don't need to be able to do 30 pull ups or cover a mile in 4 minutes.

Look around. A lot of people look like shit because they do not take care of themselves. At all. We've all seen them. Skinny arms. Skinny legs. Huge pregnant gut like he's carrying triplets. Poor posture. The look of death on his face. The lack of light in his eyes.

This is what lifting is about. And it's not just lifting. That's shit from TRP. Cardio and eating well is important too. You can just do some light moderate excising and that's enough. It's like the fat people we see everywhere. We see it so often that we think it's normal. We think that's how we're supposed to look. It's not.

That is what an unhealthy self destructive society looks like. Again, you don't need to be a track star. Or a bodybuilder but you should keep yourself in decent shape PERIOD. Don't take care of yourself and your body will break all the quicker.

And this shit that you posted in the OP? Pure ignorance.

Captain-hatefact · 2016-10-08T15:44:55+00:00

Take a legit martial art like Brazilian jujitsu. Size and strength can be negated in large part by technique. The confidence of knowing you can handle yourself in a fight is reassuring.

Title	lifting is overrated IMO?
Author	azxc678
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Date	October 7, 2016 10:05 PM UTC (9 years ago)
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