Why so much focus on lifting?

TooHoly999 · 2018-03-30T13:08:49+00:00

lifting is given out as advice for virtually anyone who seeks advice in any aspect of their life.

More or less "find a hobby." Lifting is a pretty cheap hobby that no one can mess up.

There are other types of workout than lifting. Basketball, kendo, jujitsu, muey Tai, hapkido, boxing, etc. So what makes lifting so popular in this sub?

A lot of those are expensive, and you're less likely to have a karate gym than a weight room. If everyone posted asking for advice, saying "play basketball in the park" would be ridiculous. Lifting is more time efficient.

Is it because lifting makes you look better? Increase ur testosterone? Makes you healthier? Stronger?

Yes.

You can do boxing and other intense workouts, even basketball or football, to get in shape and look good and sexy, increase your testoesrone and get healthy.

Yeah, but it's not as time efficient and it doesn't build muscle as quickly. You're probably basing your theories off of athletes who also lift as a supplement. Allen Iverson said he never lifted weights, and although he had some muscle, he was little as fuck. Can you imagine him backing down in the post.

Lifting is far inferior to these types of workout mentioned because all it does is make you stronger and ripped but extremely slow and inefficient in fighting and in other general situations that require actual athleticism because of all the useless muscle mass that burns up ur oxygen and drags u down.

You're probably referring to weights without cardio. But if Usain Bolt were put up against a powerlifter of equal weight in a street fight, I'm taking the power lifter.

Is it because lifting increases your confidence? Why rely on lifting to gain confidence? Cant you be confident without lifting and having a large amount of useless muscles?

Most people at my school's biggest accomplishment is winning a few games of Fortnite. I can deadlift four plates. Knowing that I'm stronger than 80 percent of people I run into on a daily basis is empowering.

When I watch videos where bodybuilders like Ronnie Coleman or Phil heath acting like there the baddest mother fucker in the world it makes me chuckle.

Polarity sells.

ats not to say I dont lift. I do lift but am not too crazy about it, nor am I obsessed with gaining weights. At 145 lb 5'9 I'm more confident than most buff guys because first and foremost I know confidence comes from within not without, and secondly, I am actually very athletic and know how to fight (been practicing various martial arts since grade 4). If you cant be confident without having to lift, without all the useless excess amt of muscles, then id say thats pretty fucking pathetic.

Yeah, absolutely. Alan Thrall says he's trained powerlifters who squatted 300lbs the first session they were ever under a bar. Probably farmers or something.

I'd also be confident if I were a chess grandmaster, the biggest SoundCloud rapper at school, or if everyone just started calling me Captain Pussyslayer. I just picked lifting because I had to pick something.

There have been multiple occasions where big/buff/ripped guys treated me like shit at the gym, calling me skinny faggot,etc. Guess what? Whenever a situation like that happened I challenged them to fight me. We did get into fight. Guess who gets knocked down? Not me. Today was just one of these days and it made me ponder on the whole "lift and get big" obsession so popular among guys and in this sub.

Hypertrophy doesn't translate to being the best fighter, sure. You just ran into an insecure guy who was probably skinny when he started.

like to recommend boxing, or jujitzu, or muetai, or rugby, instead of lifting and bodybuilding. Lifting and getting ripped should be a secondary or optional form of exercise, not the primary or a mandatory one

Everybody's more likely to lift weights. It's simple and fun. Fighting is also probably fun.

That being said, I don't think being the best fighter is that important anymore, but hypertrophy is. Think of how often you'll actually need to get in a fight vs how often you'll want a girl to notice you shirtless.

GayLubeOil · 2018-03-30T19:27:12+00:00

If your so confident then why did you write us this defense Butt-Weasel rhetorical question post? How bout you put a quarter in your asshole cuz u just played yourself.

MusicSports · 2018-03-30T13:22:08+00:00

I lift because I want to be strong and have the body of the sculpture of Hercules presented in the Lourve Museum. I only get one body and I want it to be the best it can be. I also love soccer so I have to work on agility, speed, balance, and body control. But that's not the reason lifting is advice number one.

It's advice number one because happiness comes from self discipline and looking at the effort you've put into becoming the man you imagined yourself to be since you were young. A strong majority of men have no sense of self discipline. You can do anything to gain self discipline though sacrifice and effort to achieve your long term goals. Lifting is taught here because with only 3+ months of self discipline you can see immediate results. It's an easy way to show that hard work produces dividends in the long run. If we told people to pick up a guitar and become the new Aerosmith after many years of practice, nobody would try. We tell people to pick up weights for a few months to get a body they are proud of. It takes much longer than that to really get the body you want, but you'll see some results by then. Hopefully they learn and apply this to the rest of their lives.

TopTRP · 2018-03-30T13:39:59+00:00

If you cant be confident without having to lift, without all the useless excess amt of muscles, then id say thats pretty fucking pathetic.

And yet here you are, so insecure about being weak and skinny that you come to this sub and make a post desperately seeking validation from the community to convince yourself that staying small is OK.

Sounds pretty confident to me.

vyrulence · 2018-03-30T13:48:23+00:00

Read this: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheRedPill/comments/3ctyh7/why_trp_always_tells_you_to_lift_weights/

futianze · 2018-03-30T13:22:04+00:00

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ImQuitingPorn · 2018-03-30T12:33:39+00:00

Heavy weights increase testosterone. Boxing not. Also you cant really grow muscles with martial art. Why not both? Nr.1 reason is looking good which leads to feeling good which leads to confidence which leads to attractiveness.

Insendi · 2018-03-30T13:20:03+00:00

I’ve quit lifting and focused on boxing. Lifting can make you big but boxing can as well. You focus on body weight exercises like pull ups and battle ropes and you’ll get a good physique feel free to message me cause I’ll give you a good workout plan

alisemihc · 2018-03-30T13:29:11+00:00

I do Kendo and still lift.Farmers walk,deadlift squat etc... It helps to boost testesterone and energy.Its really time efficient.You dont have to attack lifting.

Shredderick420 · 2018-03-30T14:14:20+00:00

For me lifing's mental aspect is the most fulfilling. I feel sharper and more 'wake' after a workout. More in tune with the day and my self. I go from mind to body at gym, helps sith my stress levels especially if i add sauna also to the equasion. I feel that i work better as a whole when i workout regularly.

RedStar19 · 2018-03-30T14:38:46+00:00

Great that you're confident without being huge.

I agree that everyone should have high self-esteem regardless of external factors (not that being huge, succesful, handsome, etc. don't help). Where does your confidence come from?

Mr_Badass · 2018-03-30T15:18:00+00:00

Lifting helps increase ego boundaries.

The purpose of ego boundaries is to protect the self. And through having these in place, one will know the difference between who they are and who someone else is. They allow for ones inner space to be protected and looked after. As one feels safe within to follow their own purpose and all that that means to them, there will not be a strong need to gain the approval of others. This will naturally make one feel free within. Having an inner centre will also be possible and this means that a sense of wellbeing will have a greater chance of being experienced.

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/ego-boundaries-what-are-ego-boundaries

Chief_Leji · 2018-03-30T16:40:36+00:00

In my opinion lifting is simply what we were made to do. Heavy compound lifting aids in testosterone production. If I was to compare the times that I lift consistently to the times where I don't, I can note that I've had more focus, was more confident, and generally more masculine. Really, go read the benefits of heavy compound lifting on the brain.

Also, I'd like to make that distinction. 3 hours of curls does not have the same effect. When I say lift I am not advocating bodybuilding per say. Generally it's a strength based program. Which works not only your muscles but central nervous system. This also aids with general athleticism and gives you functional strength that is applicable in everyday life. Weightlifting should be the primary form of exercise because it creates the foundation for athletic performance.

Strength is a masculine value and it applies not only physically, but mentally, emotionally and spiritually. So I agree that if you are not confident without lifting then you really aren't masculine and lack emotional strength, but at the same time I don't think I can fully respect a man who may appear masculine in action and speach but is physically weak.

Title	Why so much focus on lifting?
Author	ExoticNefariousness
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Date	March 30, 2018 12:26 PM UTC (8 years ago)
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