How fit do you have to be to get a gf?
>tfw no gf
Fitness related question:
How long have you been seriously working out? Seriously as in consistently, doing all the exercises good form, having a routine.
I've been working out seriously a year and a half now. I estimate it'll take at least 5 more years of hard training for me to even have a chance with a girl.
>>39461042
visiting from /b/ for the fuck of it
if you want a girl have you considered just asking her out?
>>39461160
Common sense like this doesn't fly here. FYI for everyone else that thinks cocoon mode for 5 years is a good idea: That's approximately 6% of your life and assuming that the traditional 'dating' with an eye to possible marriage (if you're into that) is 20-40, that's 25% of your entire searching-for-a-life-partner timespan.
No pressure.
>>39461160
>asking her out
>implying I'd even have a chance to begin with
You can't pick up a 50 pound weight if you've never worked out a day in your life.
How much does this bar weigh?
>>3946092
not enough
One magma
>>39460924
10 lbs
or do you mean without the weights
>Be me in the left photo
>23 y.o unemployed
>Addicted to drugs and drank daily
>GF left me and I was a sad fuck
>Can't blame her because I was failing at life
>Entered a rehab program and got sober. Actually achieved it this time after many failed attempts.
>Started lifting consistently and enjoyed having something to look forward to each day other than drugs/alcohol.
>Pic on right is me now, almost 3 years later.
>Life is good, have a great job.
>Gained more than muscle from the gym.
>Gained the confidence I needed to believe I could save myself and turn it all around.
What are your guy's transformations like? How has lifting and exercising changed you for the better?
Lookin thick brah , good for you.
my story is almost the exact same as yours , its uncanny. right down to the age and time frame.....
>>39460855
Dude my transformation is a lot like yours.
>26 y.o dead end job
>addicted to drugs and drank from waking up til passing out every fucking day for 5 years
>15+ shots of jack a day @130lbs
>Don't know what happened
>Got sober
>Go to AA
>Life starts getting great
>Start lifting after a few months sober
I've been sober 16 months now and I've gained 35 lbs. Don't look any fatter than before and a whole lot more muscular. I love life and lifting bruhs.
>Be me in left photo
>20 y.o in school
>Fall hard for girl, decide to lose weight to have even a remote chance in hell
> That doesn't work out, but continue losing weight and starting to lift.
> Met my current GF who is amazing
> Life is much better now
Weight progress is 330 > 195 > 225 > 250 at 6'6"
Tell me about your gym's regulars /fit/. Here are mine.
The meme machine : owner of a fitness shop or whatever. In pretty good shape for a 40-50 yo guy, but always does memey/crossfitty exercise. Often seen with his son which is a skinnyfat beta faggot somehow, even though he's training with his father for years.
Momentum man : 50ish dude, always does isolations high reps, high speed, all momentum. How he stays injury-free is a mystery.
The colossus : 6'6 black dude, doing bodybuilding. Not that big by /fit/ standards, but pretty big for my gym.
Half mountain : Take hafthor, take away half of his widht, you got him. Pretty chill dude.
The meme master : coaches a women water polo team. Makes them do exercises that are at best useless, at worst begging for injury.
No pain no gains : Ottermode black dude that always says "no pain no gains maaaan". Chill as fuck.
>>39460850
>Asian manlet that have the I am a virgin aura, but I'll admit he is pretty strong probably a lot stronger than 90% of the guys at my gym but he is probably a virgin no less
>These group of pretty in shape asian girls that come in every 3 or 4 days to do squats and other butt exercise they all have pretty nice asses
>The white guy that love to flex in front of the mirror only ever do chest and biceps
>the group of annoying gym buddies that hog the squat rack for hours
>the wannabe jeff seid that take off his shirt before his lifts but doesn't have a sixpack to show
>>39460908
>the annoying group of gym buddies that hog the squat rack for hours
Hehe that's me
"Techno Viking" : old skinny goatee guy that wears tight cut off , ONLY compression underwear , and timberland boots with mid calf socks
I pay $30 a month. Cheapest I've heard of is 10 a month but that's planet fitness
>>39460757
38$ it's a ripoff but it's short walk away.
>>39460757
$20 a month at LA Fitness.
>>39460757
$100 a month for powerlifting gym
$52 a month for shitty commercial gym near house
Australian gym prices r gr8
Hey /fit/. I'm 18, box regularly, and sometimes go to the gym or run. I have no problems with my body, except for my chest. How do i develop a chest that is defined from my abdomen? Any exercises you recommend? Pic is me
Lifting weights might be a good place to start
>>39460638
I guess for starters you could start working out.
>>39460642
Also, don't forget to put them back down, OP.
Can you get fat or ruin your gainz/dietz if you drink whisky or liquor, even though it has little to no carbs?
>>39460577
>alcohol
>7calories/g
>fucks with hormones
>fucks with sleep
>fucks with protein synthesis
nah man it'd be hard to mess with your fitness drinking liquor.
fucking normies "I drink vodka cause it has 0 calories" -that's what you sound like.
>>39460590
You're a fuckwit
Once in a while in moderation does not make a chip on overall progress.
What mode is this?
African Child Mode.
sick?
auschwitz mode
So I have come to a crossroads in my fitness journey. Long story short I have about 1500 dollars I can spend on a power rack, weights, and an adjustable weight bench. I have done some browsing on amazon and found a decent rack and weight set. Was wondering though if anyone on /fit/ would like to share their recommendations before I pull the trigger on it.
>>39460033
Link what you were thinking about for feedback.
so this rack for the size and weight rating/price https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VLRVSC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3SQ9YFE6CSCS0
and this weight set
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000772KEA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3MGZPXAMCF0DM
cant find a bench i can settle on yet though
Why not just keep going to the gym? Most people I know who have shit to work out with at home dont use it. Plus I'm pretty sure that there was some study that if you have an at home gym your less likely to work out then if you have to go to the gym.
When will they learn?
>>39459994
10/10 meme, great job OP
what show is this
is his cock outline supposed to be so prominent
>>39460061
You better be an oldfag if you dont know what lazytown is
Aspiring hockey goaltender. my outer hip about where the ball socket is for the leg is uncomfortable almost painful when trying to get closer to splits position, any stretches I should do or should I see someone about it,@ if so who?
>>39459856
Look up the anatomy and find the area that hurts.
find fixes.
Did you recently start playing more?
>>39459856
don't post pics of quick. he gets a 30 game groin injury every season because he never learned how to stretch
>>39459856
Fuck I miss playing hockey.
any of you homo or bi? Can we have a gym&homo stories thread?
>be me
>be homo
>started to get /fit/ 3 months ago
>Always heardhomo stories about gyms
>so far nothing has happent
The lockers and showers are an incredible place, nonetheless.
mfw no homo
>be me
>be straight
>homo dude takes a liking to me
>flirts with me, I'm being cordial
>He learns I'm straight
>Respectfully stops flirting
>Now we're friends
Gays are OK in my book. Never witnessed anything crazy going on in the gym involving gayness.
>Bearmode with arms size of my head strides in
>starts DB press next to me.
>don't wanna creep. Avert my eyes
>low, rumbling grunting at the end of his sets
Most of the stories you read about homos and gyms are all just fiction. Unless you're going to an SOPV that for some reason includes a gym, you're going to get a standard experience.
Lockers and showers are there for storing and washing respectively. The saunas in my local gym are well known for homos to meet and chat, but not anything else. I assume the people who use it chat about where to meet up next.
I'm homo but don't have time to workout, sauna and wash. Stupid careers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn_0kuurkyE thoughts?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk3aNAC7NfM
>>39459680
Took a 6 month break from this place. Are you guys are still on Blaha? Wasn't this guy "exposed" in December?
>>39459995
Yes, generally we have moved on. But it seems ilke the guy who made the YT vid in the link is shilling his vids here.
what is the minimum weight required to be able to throw devastating knockout punches?
pic related is sergey kovalev; a slav with incredible punching power. he only weighs 175 lbs and looks dyel but all of his punches are capable of ringing some serious bells
>>39459597
weight helps but its mainly about technique
>>39459597
It's often the skinner fighters with a long reach that generate the most power, e.g.,Tommy Hearns
>>39459958
While tommy hearns has godly hands mike Tyson, rocky Marciano and GGG is who I think of when talking about power
I'm skinny and still no veins, how to get me those veins?
High blood pressure and volume
>>39459504
Work out intensely to cause stress to muscles
Roids
Sodium
Get a nice pump going for pictures