Why does everyone advise lifting over anything else?

AwakenedSovereign · 2017-10-13T17:37:55+00:00

A well built physique is a status symbol. It reflects an excellent work ethic, dedication, and constant effort to maintain. It is not something that anyone can buy or cheat their way to. ~ Arnie

You know Jack shit about lifting. Get a membership to a real gym with a full compliment of free weights. Campus gym being "too packed" is an EXCUSE. Light your excuses on fire or they will prevent you from living.

Main reasons to lift are as follows:

Health & strength. Injury prevention, more energy to have fun, less easily fatigued, clearer thoughts, higher testosterone, less anxiety, overall superior sense of wellbeing. Better erections.

Discipline. Self explanatory. Discipline is the one thing men will always need to build their life.

Aesthetics/attraction. Women dig muscle. Period.

Self defense / martial arts. You might think that in our "civilized" world you will never need to defend yourself.. or those you care about. You are wrong. Dead wrong, if unlucky

edwardhwhite · 2017-10-13T17:49:00+00:00

Because it burns more calories, raises testosterone, and increases your shoulder-to-waist ratio, raising your SMV.

SirKolbath · 2017-10-13T18:21:00+00:00

I just don't understand it. If I say that I am doing any other workout besides lifting I get my head bit off by this sub.

No, you don't. When I first came here I commented that I did almost exclusively bodyweight and cardio due to my role as a Krav Maga instructor. No one gave me any shit about it. Now I lift as well. You have to find a workout that works for you and your body type efficiently.

Nothing makes me as sore as a bodyweight workout, honestly. Running a Deck of Cards twice a week to beat a time is downright lethal and compliments the iron.

From what I understand, lifting only works out your pecs and triceps.

Then I would say you don't understand it. Lifting targets every muscle group you actively work.

So why should this be my only focus?

I don't understand this sentence. Why should lifting be your only focus, or why should your pecs and triceps be your only focus.

If it's the first, it's because it thickens the bones, strengthens the muscle, and takes a certain level of personal discipline. Women like a solid physique not just because it looks and feels good, but because it demonstrates that you have the discipline to do uncomfortable things over and over again in a relentless search for self improvement.

If you meant the latter, then you shouldn't. You should find a gym with full equipment and a workout that hits every muscle group and conditions your entire body.

I don't have a barbell in my apartment gym (the campus gym is always slammed), but I still workout each muscle. I'll do biceps and triceps and lats and some mixture of others. Obviously I have leg days. And obviously I'm doing core and cardio somewhere in between.

So go work out at 3a. Get a ten dollar membership to Planet Fatness and go at midnight when there's no one there. A busy gym is a pain in the ass, but it is also an excuse. The very last person you should accept excuses from is yourself.

Explain please, why this type of routine is so frowned upon here? I'm asking honestly because it is such a powerful response here typically. To a point where people act like I might as well just be sitting on the couch. Please enlighten me

Probably because you're not actually targeting every muscle group. Anything is better than nothing but that doesn't mean it's the best or most efficient workout.

I was a wrestler and MMA fighter. My body responds best to lifting medium weight, high reps for each muscle group once a week, cardio at least four times a week, at least one day of bodyweight, and one day of active rest (light workout on the elliptical). Your body is probably entirely different. Try several workouts and see what works for you. Hire a personal trainer and get some solid, professional advice.

haughtyhay · 2017-10-13T17:53:00+00:00

It’s not frowned upon. But you are severely mistaken if you think lifting “only works the pecs and triceps”. Lifting is the act of going to the gym and workout out, lifting heavy ass weight, building muscle and enjoying the sight of your own body in the mirror. It is not limited to only bench press.

Anything that causes microtrauma in your muscle fibers will in turn cause growth. To cause microtrauma, all you have to do is get to the point where you feel the buildup of lactic acid in your muscles. In other words, the “burn”, the feeling that makes you end a set and begin resting for the next one. Once you feel the burn, you know you have cause microtrauma. The more microtrauma you cause, the more you need to eat and sleep to allow growth to happen.

If you are feeling the burn during your workouts, and allowing sufficient rest between muscle groups (different for everyone, usually it’s 2-3 days for me) then you’re doing just fine, and fuck the haters. If you’re not seeing progress, then maybe you need to accept the fact that you have no idea what you’re doing, start doing some research and build a regimen specifically tailored for you and your goals.

TRPAndNofapGotMeLaid · 2017-10-13T18:43:53+00:00

Lift. Squat, deadlift, row, chinup, benchpress. Lift.

Until you squat 315, bench 225, deadlift 405, anything besides these primal movements and maybe some shoulder prehab and direct ab work is unneccessary.

dammit_redskins · 2017-10-13T18:36:09+00:00

Wait wait, wtf do you mean it only works pecs and triceps??? Do you know what lifting is? Lifting is resistance training and you can work every major muscle in your body by lifting weights. I don’t know what the fuck you think lifting is. Is it that confusing?

Title	Why does everyone advise lifting over anything else?
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Date	October 13, 2017 4:54 PM UTC (8 years ago)
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