EDIT: skip first half for social + physical changes if not interested in strength gains.

Hey bros, just wanted to make a quick post on my gym progress over the past few months as I've been finishing my last few months of high school and the effect it's had on my interactions with other people + my own attitude.

Been going to the gym 5 days a week nearly every week for prob 10-15 weeks, gained about 4kg muscle(70kg->74kg) could have gained more if I ate enough but I've been lazy 40% of the time when it comes to hitting caloric excess.

(Weights will be in kg, x by 2.2 for pounds)

B press/db press: 35kg -> 60kg

Overhead single db press(sort of like doing a push-up whilst sharing a db with both hands over your head): 17.5kg -> 35kg

Deadlift: 60kg -> 120kg

Squat: 60kg -> 130kg

Biceps curl: 12kg -> 20kg

Bent over row: 40kg -> 60kg

Push-ups: 25(proper form, struggle) -> 25-30(proper form, after chest workout with not much struggle)

Pull ups: 3(struggle + not full range of motion and could only do 1-2 sets) -> 6-7(multiple sets/full range of motion)/5 with heavy chain around my neck

Social Effects:

• 2 different people asked if I was on steroids(little ego boost but they don't know shit about steroids/test so kinda worthless) + my teacher complimented me saying I've gotten a lot more muscular.

• becoming more assertive and dominant unconsciously around girls, give less of a fuck to what they say or do + less of an emotional response when they test me, + teasing them more.

• mood tends to be very stable(at around (6-7/10)and long lasting instead of being moody like I used to be(that would be the test boost).

• girls are getting giggly when I tease them now instead of getting pissed/ignoring like they used to do 40-50% of the time.

• random people defer to me when I'm walking around and walk around me or wait for me to go first instead of me having to get out of people's way.

• Other guys my age avoid eye contact/look down when walking towards each other.

• Girls make eye contact more.

• Girls eyes going all sexy when I'm physical with them(girls in my group are pretty touchy feely so I push them around a bit and they playfully hit me back) instead of just sort of smiling and going non-reactionary like they used to.

Physical/muscle changes:

• my school shirt is tight around my arm instead of hanging loose with a two finger wide gap(feels good man)

• my forearms used to be half the size of my friends, now it is bigger than his and harder(heh)

• shoulder muscles are bigger and harder + rear delts(back of shoulder?) are popping up

• I have visible lower back muscles(didn't used to)

• I have visible upper back muscles(didn't used to)

• upper body is bigger in general

• shoulders are pulled back as a result of doing bent over rows and my chest puffs out giving me more open and dominant body language

• EXTRA POINT: am doing nofap concurrently and after about 5-6 days of not jerking it my voice would become noticeably deeper like my vocal chords dropped. This would disappear after jerking it once or twice. After lifting a lot it takes about 2-3 days instead of 5-6 for my voice to become deep again(+ getting more sunlight seems to help a lot as well)

Thanks to all the guys out there for providing motivation for me to improve my strength/appearance and I hope this post can motivate other young lifters like myself who are just starting out and for all of you guys who don't lift weights yet. Do it, you'll love what it does for you :)

Edit: On mobile so I can't flair, if one of the mods could do that, you'd be such a bro