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post 1613928531 08-18-2020, 03:46 PM
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The benefit is plowing hole.

Something for me at least, feels really good about being strong and solid through the hips, and a substantial weight.

The feeling of bouncing a woman off me.

I like the feeling of being confident, strong and sturdy through all my movements.

It effects pretty much every movement you make.

It's subtle but it's there.
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post 1613929021 08-18-2020, 03:53 PM
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only gays like bulky muscled man srs. usually girls like athletic v shaped and healthy looking man. even twinks are more attractive than bear mode for women.
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post 1613929161 08-18-2020, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted By dumperrr⏩
only gays like bulky muscled man srs. usually girls like athletic v shaped and healthy looking man. even twinks are more attractive than bear mode for women.
If you are natty with a low body fat, you are much more likely to end up with an athletic v shape as opposed to bulky look no matter how hard you train.
post 1613930211 08-18-2020, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted By randomuser12345⏩
Literally none.

1. When i see really big guy i think: "he made a cult out of and build his life around nothing. Must be stressed about any extra calorie or missed protein intake. What a cuck." Pretty sure most of people that aren't gymcels thinking similar.
2. Ideal form for majority of women is tonned lean body that you can achieve with healty diet and few calisthenics per week.
3 & 4. yeah mb. Tho nothing beats martial arts in that regard, so why don't you just learn how to fight insted.
The kind of person who sees people dedicated to hobbies, passion, or life styles that they enjoy and looks down upon them.. Like seeing someone playing pick up basketball and thinking, "I bet that guy practices sometimes by himself to get good at putting a ball in a hoop. LMAO what a loser. Won't be catching me WASTING my time on that." (as he drives home with a bag of Wendy's to go binge watch 4 hours of netflix and misc).

Personally when I see someone who is big, I just think ahh, someone who isn't afraid to put in work to get what they want out of life.

Benefits:

Feel comfortable in your own skin. When I play baseball with the boys and the tarps come off I have a friend who is a former chad (6'1, former athlete, chiseled face) I hear him make jokes about his body (which now carries man teds, huge love handles)
Girls will generally treat you a little better (difference between being athletic and lean, and skinny fat are easily 1 to 1.5 points of attractiveness

That is about it.
post 1613930761 08-18-2020, 04:15 PM
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In general you'll be healthier, more aware of what you eat, will have a higher quality of life as you age/get older. And stand a smaller risk of medical issues as you age.


Furthermore you'll get more respect in general/people will take you more seriously. I know some twink or non-lifting miscer that has never actually been juiced up/jacked will deny this. But the simple truth is its very noticeable to anyone who has muscle/a good physique.

As far as women some like it, some don't. But the one's that do like muscle are very easy to obtain. If your just an average joe an entire sub-group of women are out of your reach.
post 1613949961 08-18-2020, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted By 400Lb
as opposed to dedicating your life to???

srs question. I like lifting weight, compete in powerlifting, but it is not an inconvenience in any other aspect of my life. I probably would not fall under your definition of "gymcel" since I do not live for the gym, but I would say I am dedicated to lifting/powerlifting. Just wondering what you dedicate your life to that you think is a better pursuit?

I dont see your post as insecure so much as just not seeing that the gymcel probably considers his passion as important as what you are dedicated to(if this sentence even makes sense lol).


In my experience being bigger/stronger has both advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages:
For tradesmen, being stronger tends to lend itself to a job. If you are pulling, pushing, squatting heavy in the gym, even though barbells/dumbells are more ergonomically friendly, the work you do tends to be much easier as far as physical demands.
For office brahs/professional types, the sitting in one spot is not good for the body, so getting in the gym and moving weight around carries obvious physical benefits.
In general, people tend to think twice about getting aggressive if you are a bigger guy. Martial arts training being equal, a smaller man tends to lose against a bigger man in a fight.

Disadvantages:
Tradesmen tend to find the strongest dude in the crew to lean on when the work gets heavy.
People in general expect you to know how to fight if you are big, so sometimes if you get yourself into a situation where you have to fight, there are usually less alternatives to getting out of it peacefully. This usually is in a bar/club/party type scenario, though.

TL;DR

Stronger people are more useful
Good post. The advantages far outweigh the disadvantages. Not to mention when you lift heavy and smash PR's the endorphins your body releases makes you feel so much better, and exercise helps combat fatigue and make you more energetic and productive. I used to sleep all day and do nothing but when i started to train more often i became more motivated and started looking for jobs, working on creating a website etc
post 1613950311 08-18-2020, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted By stevemckenna⏩
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post 1613951761 08-18-2020, 08:30 PM
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Pros
-Fun hobby
-More attention from women, especially if you are lean
-People seem to assume a lot of positive things about you
-More blatant flirting
-Women feeling you up
-long term health
-strength for real world stuff

Cons
-Closeted gay bros hitting on you(mostly if they are drunk)
-Dumb jokes about getting you to lift things
-People actually asking you to lift things(cmon you work out it should be light)
-Fat people fit shame you
-Girls tempting you when you are in a relationship
post 1613953211 08-18-2020, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted By randomuser12345⏩
1. Good for you, what actual benefits of your muscles irl?
2. Again good for you. Just cos you are muscular? Sry i don't believe it. If you can fk whoever you want you could do it and without extra meat.
3. I'm talking about real martial arts like boxing not some bullsht. Against good boxer you will be sleeping before you can grab anything.
Yeah and against a big muscular dude who can box, you are going to get your chit pushed in. Keep coping *******
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post 1613964001 08-18-2020, 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted By brahskimoseph⏩
Yeah and against a big muscular dude who can box, you are going to get your chit pushed in. Keep coping *******
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post 1613964121 08-18-2020, 11:32 PM
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These are the benefits OP

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post 1613966231 08-19-2020, 12:19 AM
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Originally Posted By CherryPopinski⏩
These are the benefits OP

Nice bro
How long have you been training
post 1613966461 08-19-2020, 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted By BritishTwit⏩
I agree, I get more attention from girls/compliments etc. when I'm not super jacked lol.
what is considered super jacked?
Misc standards or real life standards?
post 1613966611 08-19-2020, 12:31 AM
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Muscles don't mean chit when it comes to fighting but people are dumb af and won't mess with a jacked dude compared to messing with a skinny fat version of the same guy.
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Originally Posted By lancefraudd⏩
fair enough I respect your opinion. Yeah im currently training solo in martial arts. Thinking of joining mma classes or getting a private coach.
lol your'e in for a surprise when you actually start lol.

A bigger person will have a huge adv in grappling, and you gonna feel it in sparring when they hit you.

Gracies even put forward that 20 lb (10kg) weight advantage is like a belt in BJJ. If your'e 155 and grappling with a 175lb dude its equivalent to him having a belt on you.
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Originally Posted By Gizzyhardcore⏩
lol your'e in for a surprise when you actually start lol.

A bigger person will have a huge adv in grappling, and you gonna feel it in sparring when they hit you.

Gracies even put forward that 20 lb (10kg) weight advantage is like a belt in BJJ. If your'e 155 and grappling with a 175lb dude its equivalent to him having a belt on you.
what bodybuilding exercises or muscles would be the best for grappling in your opinion
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Originally Posted By dumperrr⏩
only gays like bulky muscled man srs. usually girls like athletic v shaped and healthy looking man. even twinks are more attractive than bear mode for women.
If you lift and have low bf%, you will have a v shaped body unless you have horrible genetics, mr. noavi
post 1613969931 08-19-2020, 02:29 AM
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Originally Posted By lancefraudd⏩
what bodybuilding exercises or muscles would be the best for grappling in your opinion
First off grappling is best for grappling.

But then probably muscular endurance, it sucks when you are tired and the other is not and you can't do ****. So just get used to training in the tired zone. Which means you probably have to lower the weight.

Specifically body weight stuff, maybe mix in a few compounds for strength and explosiveness.

The stuff we do at training is medicine ball slams, shuttle runs, press ups, lots of sparring, time on the heavy bag going 100%, 1 min sprints on the assault bike, body weight squats / lunges etc, sit outs, sit ups
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Originally Posted By Gizzyhardcore⏩
First off grappling is best for grappling.

But then probably muscular endurance, it sucks when you are tired and the other is not and you can't do ****. So just get used to training in the tired zone. Which means you probably have to lower the weight.

Specifically body weight stuff, maybe mix in a few compounds for strength and explosiveness.

The stuff we do at training is medicine ball slams, shuttle runs, press ups, lots of sparring, time on the heavy bag going 100%, 1 min sprints on the assault bike, body weight squats / lunges etc, sit outs, sit ups
Thanks a lot man
When i bulk up to my desired side, i will switch and focus in these kind of exercises
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Originally Posted By lancefraudd⏩
Nice bro
How long have you been training
Pretty consistently since I was 13 but I have periods where I'm super on top of my training and others where I fall off a bit. I'm in a slump RN
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