Anons, why do you lift?

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For her.

In the hope one day I'll work up the nerve to befriend someone again. Last one was 10 years ago.

>>41131891
>this girl could beat 95% of /fit/ until they were begging for their life

>>41131903
>befriend

Why so nervous?

>>41131926
Intimidated that I have to confront my poor life choices to get any meaningful attachments.

>>41131903
Don't you meet people at work/school?

>>41131899
so you started lifting like 6 months ago at the max

>>41132006
Yeah of course. But I can never get close to them. Put up barriers, even though I'm generally well liked and make everyone laugh.

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>>41131891
atleast this way I wont be a complete loser

>>41131984
Are you seriously bettering yourself?

>>41132035
Trying to. Hoping I succeed at something someday. Then have the confidence to hang out and talk about something less superficial.

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>>41132030

Too real

I lift for her

>>41132108
I'm sure you will.

Nobody is perfect and everyone has made mistakes. Owning your errors and bettering yourself makes awesome and you will make a great friend for someone someday.

>>41132030
this. Before lifting i was an fatass autist. Now I'm a buff autist.

>>41131891
I was wasting away on my computer

I somewhat unironically lift for a theoretical racewar/apocalyptic scenario. You never know.

>>41132162
Thanks anon, cheers.

>>41131891

I'm into mountaineering activities.

Being stronger helps me raft longer, climb harder, run farther.

uhh....yea

Also it feels good.

White power

I want to play football for my university.

>>41132183
This is desu one of the reasons I work out, autism aside, being I traveling violin player in a post apocalyptic world feels comfy

>>41132183

muscles aint bullet proof, ya dingus

>>41132518
>he thinks the guy is lifting to stop bullets

You're dumb as shit, you know that?

I don't want to look small in my sons babypictures

The bigger I get, the smaller everyone else is which means the less nervous I feel around people and can talk more easily to em.


also people seem to like you more when you are large but are nice. Folks like the whole gentle giant thing and will treat you with better respect because of it.

at least in my experience so far.

>>41132532

>he thinks lifting will help him in a world where people have guns and the new currency will be useful trades.

you're dumb as shit, you know that?

>>41132557
>being physically fit isn't important in a scenario where conventional tools and technology aren't working or easily accessible

Seriously, FUCKING neck yourself

Because I'm a vapid cunt and want to improve my self worth. Recently started reading more, so i guess there's that too

>>41132557
By this logic, why lift now? All of those things currently hold true anyways.

>>41132571
>He thinks being able to do a perfect 500lb deadlift is more important then learning applicable skills

Okay princess. You go back to your conan fantasy land.

>>41132594
>you can only do one or the other

I'm guessing you don't lift at all

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>>41132571

Lets say I got a gun

Two people wanna get in my camp.

One is an average guy who is a carpenter

another one is /fit/ and has already lost a bunch of gainz because food is not plentiful because ya know...apocalypse.

Gee who do I want to share my last can of beans with?

Enjoy deflating like a balloon you silly, silly man.

>>41132621
>"Ihave no idea how Strength works" the post

Stop embarrassing yourself. You don't have to be large to be strong, numbnuts.

>>41132621
>not becoming cannibal and eating people to maintain gainz

>>41131891
To keep up with school aged kids.
To have a six pack for the first time in my entire life
To do cool spiderman type acrobatic shit and have that comic book hero look.
To be the star of women's rape/tender love fantasies.
To be that big fucking mistake a girl will make and hate herself in the morning for.

>>41132621
So tell me, why can't you have skills if you're fit? Are you one of the tumblr whales that thinks you need 40 hours a week in the gym to be strong?

>>41132588

I do it cus it's fun and it makes me look a little better every day.

I dont do it for pretty much any other reason.

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Anyone have her name?

>>41132651

I'm not saying you cant.

I am saying that being /fit/ fit aint going to be enough a help for it to be your main purpose for working out.

sure it will help...but if that is your sole reason, or one of the main reasons, you are a fucking dope.

>>41132670
>lifting to be strong is stupid

God damn why are you even here?

>>41132616
Bruh, if you think dicking around in an air conditioned gym and doing gear and lifting perfectly symmetrical weights is preparing you for some racewar/apocalypse scenarior then you're living in a fantasy.
It's fun! Don't get me wrong I like to LARP that I'm building levels and what not(completely fucked that up when I tried to make it into a real system and my autism won't allow me to complete a workout without it being perfected) but if you seriously believe what you think then you're a deluded child.

>>41132644

you got me on that one

>>41132680
I'm not even that guy, autist, but if you think that being strong isn't an absolute benefit above weaker people in a PA situation, then you must be a DYEL trying to use unlikely scenarios to justify being weak.

>>41132680
>im weak but I build a cabinet in high school once so I'm better than fit people now

This is literally you and your argument. Just admit that you don't lift and move on with your life.

>>41132679

Not what I said.

>Lifting for *puts on tinfoil hat* an apocalypse because the size of my delts will be the difference between life and death is stupid.

If you wanna be stronger for self improvement, yeah sure do that.

or to look better? Cool do that too.

>>41132715
No one said that shit retard. You're resorting to straw men because you are afraid to admit that being strong is better than being weak.

>>41132727

In a situation where there are guns, being able to lift shit loads isnt going to do much to make that huge of a difference.

is it better than being weak? Hell yeah. But not enough to warrant it to be your main purpose for lifting, thus you sound retarded for having that be your reason.

That is what I'm trying to get across, ya donut.

>>41132753
So you admit that being strong is better than being weak. So how are you too dense to understand that lifting to be strong in a PA situation is objectively better than lifting just for looks if we're speaking in terms of application?

Guns exist now and people still lift for strength, stop acting like weapons negate strength. No one said they were lifting to be a fighter in a PA scenario you fucking autist.

>>41132703
If your strength is built and can only be maintained in a gym and is not tested in the real world then it's toy strength fit only for a safe as fuck society where your needs are all met.

>>41132713
>That projection.
Okay little little lady.

>>41132778
>if you don't lift tree trunks in the forest then your strength means nothing

This delusion proves that you don't lift. Which board are you from, twink?

>>41132775
A natural who lifts for looks will be just as strong as one who lifts for strength.

>>41132775
>No one said they were lifting to be a fighter in a PA scenario you fucking autist.

>>41132183

have you been even reading the thread, bro?

>>41132796
That's literally wrong. This must be your first week.

>>41132792
Oh..oh my god. You're retarded.

Okay, quickly.
Show me a scenario where your 6months of power lifting will make you survive a bad shit happened world.

>>41132811
Show me where he said he lifts to be a fucking fighter. He said he lifts for a PA scenario, not to be a warrior monk in one.

>>41132825

I can tell the nitro truck raiders to back off and they will cus im alpha male!

>>41132825
Once again, no one said it makes you more likely to survive. It makes you more useful. How is this hard o grasp that strength serves a purpose?

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>>41132183
Are you me?

>>41132816
No, that's not wrong at all.

A natural who lifts to look good can not put on any muscle unless they get stronger. That's a fact.
Are you fucking retarded? Are you still drinking the strength base koolaid and think that you have to look like a fat big legged fucktard to be strong?

>>41132811
I'm not really reading this I'm at work

>>41131891
Keep your filthy eyes off my waifu

>>41132183
This 9 of 10 times famalam.

I tell people this when they ask why I started lifting too. Half of them believe me when I say that when shit hits the fan, I want to at least have some muscle to sustain me in the short run, and if I needed to live an agrarian lifestyle - I would be much better suited with a bigger body.

>>41132859
>using memes to justify memes

So you're saying that a Strongman and a Bodybuilder, both natty, are going to have th EXACT same strength? If you say yes, you've proven your stupidity, so think wisely before you post.

>>41131906
>beliving a 125 lb can is going to beat any man

>>41131891
Because my government advises strength training at least 2 time a week and 30 minutes of cardio every other day

>>41132845
Useful in what way? Do you fucking think people wait for you to spend 2 hours three days a week to lift perfectly even weight and risk damaging yourself permanently to maintain that gym strength?

Powerlifting and strenght training are decadent and vain sports that depend on all modern conveniences and the safety of modern society to work.

The fucking irony of someone who says "stronger people are more useful" being completely dependent on fucking steroids. Fucking embarrassing.

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>>41131891

To be swift as a coursing river.
To have the force of the great typhoon.
To be strong as a raging fire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK7XwLbd-oI

>>41132662
Tits McGhee

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>>41132831

Where will strength come into play if not in a fight?

to lift some debris off someone?

Again it's better to be strong than weak. I get that. I agree. If thats the case than say "I lift to be stronger because its better than being weak"

as oppose to this fucking retarded neckbeard fantasy of "I DO IT IN CASE THE WORLD ENDS AND I CAN USE MY SUPER STRENGTH TO WIN AT LIFE."

That scenario is from the mind of a fucking child and the point of all this was to point out fucking retarded it sounds for it to be his main purpose for lifting.

>>41132909
Okay mongoloid, let me paint a picture for you since words are hurting your head.

You've got your guns and gear and everything. Someone who is strong can carry more gear for longer distances than someone who is weaker. This he can sustain himself better in all scenarios because he is more independent and less reliant on resource stops.

>>41132921
See
>>41132926

Just fucking admit that you're an autist who doesn't lift and is just looking to put down people who DO lift using hypothetical scenarios.

>>41132884
Yes probably.
Can I ask you something?
Can you name 5 100% natural never did gear bodybuilders and strongmen?

No seriously. Do that for me. And when you fail, I want you to think about why that is and what this says about what you understand about how fitness works.

>>41131891

Because strength feels awesome.

>>41132652
nice bro me too. this is the best answer in the thread! sometimes i get distracted by stupid stuff but i realize that it's just this. and it makes me feel good, too.

>>41132939

>If you dont admit my fantasy world that I invented in my head is a good reason to lift than you are dumb

ok buddy you win.

I lift just in case I get thrown back in time by Aku and have to find my way back to the past.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw7U4F86JMo

You can see the continuation of my reasons to lift on Adult Swim.

>>41132926
Just to chip in, in almost any long term survival scenario where resources are scarce, it's the big guys who die first because of the shear amount of calories they need compared to the skinny stick guys. I saw this on a ray mears survival program so it must be true

>>41132984
Kek. It's funny because this is probably what the skinny twinks in this thread actually think.

>>41132981
No need to be shy about it. It's okay to be a DYEL, but don't pretend you're not when it's apparent.

>>41132621
>yeah, all muscle just turns to fat within 6 months if you don't go to the gym
>yep, exactly, totally why I don't lift

>>41132926
Do you know what strength endurance is?
Do you know what endurance is?

Okay. your fucking deadlift and ohp is not going to allow you to carry anything relatively heavy for a decent distance. At all.

You'll bonk hard as fuck. Oh yeah moderate strength will help you carry it.
But people who think like you are all power lifting fucktards who live in a fantasy land and have no fucking endurance. You'll be fucking useless after two fucking miles.
Do something for me.
Carry a 50 - 100 pound load of anything for 2miles at a good pace. If you're exhausted after that then you're a fucking waste.

There's a reason why soldiers spend most of their time doing bodyweight stuff and learning to move their own bodyweight and rucking and not masturbating to an end of the world scenario like some 9 year old and doing some babby's first power lifitng routine.

>>41133042
God damn you are dumb. I'm not even gonna give you a response because of how little you know about lifting and strength.

>>41133038
No one said anything about it turning to fat.
Just that you don't do anything active or useful that will maintain that strength and you honestly don't know how to workout outside of a gym to maintain it.
Even worse your muscle mass depends on extra calories that you simply can't afford to piss away on such vanity as strength for it's own sake.

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>>41133027

I lift. I just dont do it for a retarded fictional reason.

I live in reality.

I lift cus I like to and it makes me look better and it's cool to see yourself progress over the years.

Not cus I need to beat the last boss on Mad Max Fury Road.

but have fun waxing your pole to the thought of buff you gallivanting across the wasteland with your rippling muscles, ya idgit.

>>41133042
>he thinks all powerlifters are fat
>he thinks there's only power lifting
>he thinks lifting isn't universally helpful

You know what else soldiers do? They fucking lift. You know why? Because lifting builds endurance and strength.

>>41133070
Yes I am dumb.
Please explain it to me.
Use small words.

>>41133075
You clearly don't lift and it's cute that you want to play pretend.

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>>41133113

>its cute that you wanna play pretend

holy shit that irony

>>41133091
See
>>41133086

Lifting builds endurance. Being able to carry 600lbs means you can carry 100lbs for farther and longer. Because you have endurance.

>>41133121
Ou play pretend in the real world, the other guys play pretend in hypotheticals.

Which of these is more real? I know you can solve this one, fat boy. Quit projecting your weakne

>>41133086
On their own time they do.
The military doesn't have the patience or want of soldiers who'll cripple themselves for a nice new PR.
But sure, show me all of these natural powerlifters who're winning marathons. I'd love to see it.

Oh and I never said all powerlifters were obese. Didn't even bring up their body composition.
But they almost always carry far too much mass and need far too many calories and are thus more of a burden then anything else.
Nothing they can do will help in a real bad shit scenario.

Being stronger and fitter will help. But up to a certain point. After that it's just risking your long term health and using up too many food calories for vanity.

>>41133146
No one, ANYWHERE in this thread said you had to be an elite lifter. You spent this whole thread on that assumption and looked like an idiot in doing so.

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>>41133143

Grasp at those straws anon.

Just tell yourself guy on the other side of the computer doesnt lift and that means you win.

Well done, anon. Well done.

>>41133176
I don't see a rebuttal. Sucks to face the truth, huh?

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Trainings every day.

>>41133183

The rebuttal was literally: "You're grasping at straws"

>>41133157
...
I outright state that strength up to a point was good and even brought up people who do heavy resistance in my posts.

You've been stupidly banging at that max strength fucking drum this entire damned time.
No, i will not give you this out so you can walk away and think you've made some point.
You have not.

>>41133127
Someone who can squat 600lbs twice and does nothing else vs someone who works with 100 pounds for hours a day. The average skilled blue collar worker for instance.

Who will be able to carry that 100 pounds for longer. And who will be at higher risk of injury and who will need the most calories to function optimally or even survive.

By the way. If you're squatting 600lbs for reps with ease then you're either big as fuck and probably not natural and a freak or definitely not natural and normal height. In either case you're going to be dependent on drugs and thus totally fucking useless in all scenarios.

I'm glad I could derail this thread. You're all autistic.

>>41133353
>I WAS ONLY PRETENDING

>>41133371
Nah I'm
>>41132183
And I just posted that and left. You fuckers apparently think being in shape will be bad in these scenarios.

to be the best fucking human i can be

>>41133426
Considering there's no point in having an excess need for calories, yes, it is bad. Unless you want to die quicker because you need those 20" arms, it's bad

>>41133453
I never said I wanted to be huge. Kys my guy.

>>41133540
Shut up loser

>>41132027
Are you me?

>>41131891
i lift so that i could be proud of myself, so that my parents could be proud of having an alpha chad kid and so that i could eventually score so much pussy and money that all of you will be eternally mad

also i wanna be a Zyzz level rolemodel at some point

>>41133664
Why are you so angry about me wanting to be physically fit in case of a scenario in which being physically fit would benefit me.

>>41133727
Because it poses no benefit. The whole emphasis of an apocalyptic situation is the lack of food.so how useful are you when you start to either because there aren't 5000 available calories you dummy?

I want to look healthier and better. I believe that everyone looks a bit better with a fit body.

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>>41131891
For upcoming race war.

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>>41132183
R A C E W A R

>>41132594
>>41132557
>>41132518
>>41132680
You are a fucking idiot if you seriously believe the "functional training" meme. You seriously believe increasing my strength won't help me with my speed? My coordination? Are you seriously that deluded you actually think that training in a gym is nothing more than comfort and that none of the abilities can be extrapolated into anything else? If videogames can help me with my autism, lifting can help me with my survival skills. You're a fucking idiot. And you're not even the one that said "racewar".

>>41133777
Trips of truth.

>>41133750
Who the fuck needs 5k calories a day. The old and weak will die. The fat will die. The huge body builders will die. The people that have taken care of their bodies will live longer. That doesn't mean being 230lbs at 12% bf you fucking idiot. Why are people in the army in good shape? Why do they run alot and have strength requirements. So that they can out survive and kill the enemy.

>>41133857
>living in this much of a fantasy land

God damn I pity you. Hope you never move out of your parent's basement because the world is gonna be hard for yu

>>41133908
What the fuck

>>41132984
>the body cannot adapt to change
>muscle memory won't allow for strength fluctuations depending on how many calories are currently available
>Because you'll never have in the wild the strength you had in the gym, you should never lift, ever
>strength training won't increase testosterone and therefore cathecholamine neurotransmission
>nobody that strength trains does intermitent fasting ever
>having mind-muscle connection isn't helpful either in a scenario where gyms no longer exist
>Knowing how to properly deadlift a couple hundred pounds will not help you lift things in the wild
>even though you'll have the same biomechanics in an urban setting and an apocalyptic one, and you'll also try and balance the point of gravity of anything you lift, lifting won't help you lift something that's not perfectly balanced, even if it's lighter than your current 1RM

>>41133819
"Functional training" isn't a meme. It's what people who use exercise as a means to an end do.

Secondly it will, but if you have no endurance then you're fucking useless.
And strength =/= co-ordination gains. I swear to god I think you're trolling at this point.
You're right.
Anything and everything you do can have a positive or negative effect on anything and everything else.
HOWEVER being a gymmonkey will not make you better able to survive or that much more useful then an active blue collar worker who has "oldman strength" applicable skills endurance and low calorie needs.

Can you hunt?
Can you fish?
Can you eat insects?
Can you gather and grow plants?
Can you build a spear, a sling, a bow and arrow from nothing?
Can you build a home or shelter using nothing but sharp rocks and knowledge of flora?
Can you even make a fucking fire?

>>41133946
That is BESIDE the point, you giganting imbecile. You said lifting is useless for war, and I completely disagree because it's simply not true.
Bitch, I do half of those things for fun already, are you sreiously so idiotic that you think lifting will somehow worsen those skills?

>>41134038
>You said lifting is useless for war, and I completely disagree because it's simply not true.

I didn't say that in so many words but, yeah it is. As a matter of fact american special ops teams forbid you from doing squats or deadlifts.

And no you do not you faggot. If you did then you'd realize that farting around in the gym doesn't make any of it easier. You are saying that it's vital and needed.
I'm telling you that it is not only unneeded it can be a dangerous vain hobby in those fantasy scenarios you're dreaming up.