Lifting is Bullshit (for the average guy)

2ndal · 2016-11-09T23:02:03+00:00

So what now? Give up, clearly.

TheFamilyAlpha · 2016-11-09T23:48:47+00:00

Dude, you're 45 at some point I think you'd recognize that it's you and your poor performance.

Your body isn't special. You eat too much, sit too much, and move too little.

Shit programming = shit results

war_drunk · 2016-11-09T23:20:38+00:00

Are you sure you're not doing something wrong? Lifting for 25 years... Surely there is more to this story. You're not some magical creature stuck in one form for life - either you haven't really done the work, or you've been doing the wrong work.

prarrott · 2016-11-10T00:55:28+00:00

Recompositioning your body is difficult, especially as you age. It sounds like your time in the gym was characterized by a lot of "fuckarounditis" as Martin Berkhan puts it. There are plans and approaches that will give you results in the gym, and with your body, if you adhere to them. And if you aren't recieving positive response from women as a result, your simply not "wearing" it with any confidence.

zeno_of_shitium · 2016-11-10T15:40:44+00:00

I have been in your position. The following helped me;

1) Take a month and track everything you put in your face. Cronometer.com works pretty well. See how it tracks with your estimated maintenance calorie requirements. If you're eating too much, switch some of the fat and carb for protein and then cut back the carb or fat (or both). Around .9g of protein per pound of body weight is all you need.

2) If you work at home get a standing desk and work standing up for as long as you can. Start working standing up every morning to ease into it. If you're in an office, talk your office manager into getting you one.

3) Never eat at your desk or in front of a computer. Eating should be like any other task when it isn't social. Focus on it. You'll recognise the feeling of being satiated quicker.

4) Take cold showers when you wake up. Helps boost T and feels fucking great once you're out and over the shock.

5) Lift. Pick a program and stick with it for at least a year. Wendler's 5/3/1 works a treat. Don't change anything in the program. Just follow it religiously.

6) If you have a tendency to snack at home then put a mirror in the kitchen.

FireTempered · 2016-11-09T23:25:28+00:00

Try sprinkling a little alpha on it.

edwardhwhite · 2016-11-10T02:43:16+00:00

Eat better.

returnofthemackX · 2016-11-10T00:36:32+00:00

Well it did wonders for me, which makes me doubt your commitment to it.

rocknrollchuck · 2016-11-09T23:53:03+00:00

You Are What You Eat

Read this, it is straight-forward.

I've always been a slightly pudgy, short, unremarkable metso-morph.

There are three basic human body types:

*the endomorph, characterized by a preponderance of body fat

*the mesomorph, marked by a well-developed musculature

*the ectomorph, distinguished by a lack of much fat or muscle tissue

Since you do not describe yourself as having a well-developed musculature, you are obviously more of an endomorph. You hold onto fat more easily, and carbs affect you more than the other two body types. Focus on your diet more with the suggestions in the article I linked, and you will lose fat. Then, if you have been lifting regularly, you will see the results as the fat comes off.

One question: you said you started lifting 25 years ago, but do you lift now? If so, what does your routine look like?

screechhater · 2016-11-10T00:05:07+00:00

Quit whining and read this

Posture

Diet

"Is it possible I am simply genetically handicapped and really can never have what it takes?"

in your mind. I have a nephew, a combat medic, one bad mother fucker, stands out in a crowd like a beacon. My 15 year old daughter is 2" taller He teases her and she teases him, my 6'3" boy towers over him, but respects him. He has made it his mission to be bitchin 24/7, I give him rides to bars, he catches a ride home, slaying pussy left and right

druganswer · 2016-11-10T20:01:22+00:00

get your test checked.

if that's fine you just suck.

i would vote going keto on the diet. and i mean not fucking around, 100% keto. no cheat days. you'll at least get ripped if you stick to the right amount of calories. there is no way around it. you will be losing weight and eating massive gobs of protein.

Sepean · 2016-11-10T06:03:59+00:00

You have always been average because you don't put in effort. You don't do what it takes to succeed.

Do heavy compound lifts and push yourself. Make sure your lifts are going up; your body will get stronger and the only question is if your brain is willing to do the work.Count your calories and keep adjusting them down until you're losing 1lbs per week. You have to eat so little that your body burns fat and that sucks and there is no way around the fact that you have to endure that.

No diet or lifting protocol will do the work for you. Cut this bullshit out about how you have tried everything. You haven't tried just lifting heavier each time you go to the gym and eating less and less until you lose weight.

gettingmymojoback · 2016-11-10T12:00:28+00:00

Half assed efforts = half assed results

Ask yourself if you're really putting in 100% effort in the gym and on your diet every week. Are you tracking your lifts? Setting goals? Measuring your performance every week against your previous week?

You've been doing this 25 years with no results. Ever stop to seriously think about that? The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results.

I was a 40 year old fat fuck 5 months ago with a gut hanging over my belt, the guts gone, I'm 25lbs lighter and still dropping. It's not that hard.

All you have to be is at least 1% better than the week before. Can you do 1%? It's 90% mental and 10% physical. Beat last weeks version of yourself every week. Wether that be by adding 5lb to your lift, doing just one more rep on your last set, or running your last mile just a few seconds faster or running for 15 seconds longer than the week before.

Put in the effort, watch your calories, hit your macros. That's all it takes to see results.

nastynickdr · 2016-11-10T16:24:13+00:00

Are you lifting heavy shit off the floor? Heavy shit above your head? Squatting? Pushing to your limit? Hows your diet? Or you just do a bro split with lots of machines and curls and fucking around the gym?

LBEB80 · 2016-11-10T22:30:18+00:00

You need to lift more than 3x a week and you should get some professional help on diet/training. Look up Renaissance Periodization. Also stop being a bitch.

cholomite · 2016-11-10T01:06:58+00:00

For the record, I think you're just being a lazy fuck. BUT, if you really do work as hard as you claim and still look average I would go out and buy some baller new clothes. Just sharpen up whatever look you got going and have some fun with it.

In the end how you feel and act is much more important than how you look.

Westernhagen · 2016-11-10T01:14:55+00:00

Low energy, lack of motivation, soft and effeminate. Go get your testosterone levels checked. If you are low T and then get on TRT and lift, you will build muscle for sure.

Title	Lifting is Bullshit (for the average guy)
Author	DiamondBack43
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Date	November 9, 2016 10:57 PM UTC (9 years ago)
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