Is there an alternative to lifting?

ChadTheWaiter100 · 2019-07-30T19:36:11+00:00

The alternative to lifting is laying around with your dick in your hand wishing you were having sex with a real woman.

4thAndLong · 2019-07-30T19:04:36+00:00

You could try a hobby with heavy physical activity. Sports, mountain biking, swimming, hiking, etc..

mybro_ · 2019-07-30T23:34:23+00:00

When it comes to sport/working out, you need to do something you enjoy. I don't like the 'just lift bro' advice here because doing something you don't like will drain you.

So my suggestion is to try out different sports and see what you like. Maybe when you do another sport you won't mind lifting one or two days a week. Maybe completely stopping lifting will make you happier.

I've hear swimming is good for muscle mass. Biking is probably good for leg muscles.

L3onard3 · 2019-07-30T19:34:21+00:00

Nothing is going to build muscle like weightlifting. Nothing is going to keep you young like weightlifting. There is no alternative. Your back shouldn’t be hurting if your form is good. And, add some fat to your diet along with the protein.

cschoicethroway · 2019-07-30T19:04:11+00:00

switch up your lift schedule

FinancialThanks1 · 2019-07-30T19:14:49+00:00

maybe playing rugby will motivate you to lift

MisterRoid · 2019-07-30T19:42:03+00:00

I train both wrestling and armwrestling on top of lifting in the gym and can strongly recommend both.

LatePillSwallower · 2019-07-30T19:15:45+00:00

Aesthetics are mainly diet driven — don’t eat shit and get fat. Eat protein to maintain current muscle mass — doesn’t take that much to just maintain.

Martial arts should give you some good conditioning and help keep you lean.

You won’t get “jacked” though — if that is what you’re going for.

boy_named_su · 2019-07-30T20:19:43+00:00

Men's gymnastics will make you swole. But you're probably too old to start that

Swimming will give you a nice upper body (and chicken legs)

poet_and · 2019-07-30T19:32:03+00:00

If you really have been lifting for 6 years, you should be relatively well built and it would be idiotic to give up those gains.

However....your back is hurting? Dude, you're 22, be careful!

The lifting endgame is not often discussed. Instead, people want to bust through plateaus. You could probably lift like once a week and maintain indefinitely. If you were grappling or whatever, you might even get away with less lifting. But you really should protect those gains.

Grappling is great fun, and you're young enough that the injury angle should be manageable. As others have said, as long as it's heavy, it's fine.

LatePillSwallower · 2019-07-30T20:04:43+00:00

How much protein are you eating? What’s your current height/weight/bf%?

YouNeverKnowAnyone · 2019-07-30T20:19:02+00:00

Eat steaks nigga. All I eat is steak, bacon and broccoli

Chadster113 · 2019-07-30T20:55:48+00:00

Maybe you should try knitting. I hear it’s killer on you grip strength

Throwaway-242424 · 2019-07-30T23:53:12+00:00

Virtually any professional athlete with a good physique is also doing loads of cross training with weights.

Some sports like grappling and rock climbing are decent enough, but still a very distant second to proper resistance training.

Stick with it. If it was easy, every dude would be jacked.

OrzhovPalatine · 2019-07-30T19:07:22+00:00

I fucking hate lifting too, I sometimes spice it up by chopping wood, rowing or rock climbing.

GNlght · 2019-07-30T20:08:24+00:00

Just do martial arts it is enough to keep you fit, the whole „you need to lift to get laid“ is bs anyway

lugrulo · 2019-07-31T03:06:23+00:00

Steroids if you really want the body that bad. It’s pretty common, but I wouldn’t do it.

addwater · 2019-07-31T14:58:44+00:00

Not getting laid

Title	Is there an alternative to lifting?
Author	poet_and
Upvotes	1
Comments	34
Date	July 30, 2019 7:01 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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