7 Reasons You Should Pump Some Iron

[rachel1112]

1. Everything is easier

Carry heavy boxes, move furniture, anything that requires strength is possible and easy AF.

2. Metabolism boost

Helps you to reduce bloating and boost your metabolism to the max. And who doesn't want a flat stomach?

3. Glowing skin

It helps to balance your hormone and keep your acne in control. Also, it will speed up the blood circulation throughout the body, making your skin looks more alive after you get your ass to the gym.

4. Great physique

Let just admit it. People who lift look better than those only do cardio. So add a little weight to your training routine isn't a bad idea.

What does it kills to have a body like that? Nothing! So work for it instead of wish for it.

5. Mood boosting

A session of hardcore training helps you to reduce stress and feel happier. Even if u say you don't feel like hitting the gym today, think about the feeling after.

5. Chicks/guys magnet

Your life got better, more people are attracted to you. And you can tell your kids a fairy tale about your dating life afterwards XD

Isn't that's what you wanted?

6. Your body is somebody else goal

Isn't it feel great when somebody says they want to be you? Isn't it feel great to take all of those compliments? Isn't it feel great when u know you are the inspiration for them to hit the gym every day? It feels fantastic.

But remember, fitness is not about being better than someone else, it's about being better than you used to be. It encourage you to BE THE BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF.

7. You'll thank yourself later

"It's too hard. It's unrealistic, i could never look like that"- common things that i usually hear. But you know what? Throw away that though. Because a year from now, you'll appreciate the body that you slaved for.

[Fathoms77]

I like to lift but it's mostly to keep a strong core at my age, and it's very helpful for my primary workout (rowing). With four days of rowing and two days of lifting, I can maintain a low body fat percentage and more muscle than most, while still having a nice low heart rate. :)

I have never had much interest in being giant or cut. Doesn't prove you're healthy, anyway.

[Xfitchick]

That is why I do it. I only miss the glowing body :-)

[sattepesutta]

holy shit ur hot

[BubbleBoy69]

Glow for women goes with age even if they lift. Around 25+

[sattepesutta]

especially if they are naturally pale white

[bvictor]

Yeah while that is all fine and dandy and you have MANY valid points. I don't think it does your article much justice to say that this is ALL that is involved. Physical fitness includes fitness of the mind and body. It includes making workout plans before going to the gym, educating yourself about the various exercises and their proper forms, hell maybe even doing the research behind many exercises and why we do and don't do certain things a certain way, and ABOVE all else you need to have a balanced diet. Saying it is as easy as this without telling the whole story just doesn't seem honest. It is a lot of work and for some people it may involve some life changes. This is why it has been a difficult challenge for most Americans to successfully become fit at the gym. Because most Americans want something simple and this is not that. Probably the one thing most Americans need to learn is that if they really want to become successful at the gym they need to accept that they will need to make a lot of sacrifices first. Once they come to terms with that then everything else comes easy at the gym

[rachel1112]

yes, I agree with you and every point that you just made. I might didn't include all of what u just said in the take, but I have never said it was easy.

[bvictor]

While you may not have said it or intended to say it the exclusion of these details can lead people into thinking that it is. Not blaming you though. I just don't understand why people want things to come easy. Some people feel like they are entitled to all these benefits without putting in the work. Merica right?

[rachel1112]

lol my main point is to show people the benefits and something that inspire them to get fit and healthy. They need to see what it can do before give up with the thought :"It's too hard"

[UglyButHonorable]

I'm doing bodybuilding for 5 years and I've a animal body. But I'm different kind of a girl magnet. I push them away with my look. I'm ugly. So it doesn't give you any confidence. It only makes your body, bigger , healthier etc.. So If you think you will be a playboy after workout you're definitely wrong as hell ... Don't fool people.

[rachel1112]

lol based on your profile pic, you're not ugly

[UglyButHonorable]

Everyone around me is saying just the opposite.

[Naughtygirlishere]

Your not ugly but what's ugly is you having a lowself esteem lol

[UglyButHonorable]

@Naughtygirlishere no i am ugly myself.

[Naughtygirlishere]

Stop acting like a little bitch yo
😑 Seriously
It's your low esteem thats the reason why girls probably run away from you
Your looks are perfect fine
But now grow up some balls and have some confidence in yourself

[UglyButHonorable]

@Naughtygirlishere i am confident already. I am just aware of how I look like. I am the best person you can ever meet, you should light a candle and pray god for making you meet me. I can be a really good friend, but boyfriend? No. Because i am ugly

[Naughtygirlishere]

Say your ugly one more time and I WILL "ducking" throw Bananas at you lol

[UglyButHonorable]

@Naughtygirlishere I'm ugly.

[Naughtygirlishere]

😡 starts the banana attack damn boi u ganna get it now
3.bp.blogspot.com/.../boom.jpg

Lol

[UglyButHonorable]

@Naughtygirlishere You're a hot chick lol

[Naughtygirlishere]

Of course I'm a hot "chicken" lol 😏😏
Keep up that attitude and you ain't getting a bite of me 😂😂

[UglyButHonorable]

@Naughtygirlishere I can't get a bite of you because I am ugly.

[rachel1112]

YOU ARE NOT UGLY, END OF STORY!! lmfao

[UglyButHonorable]

I am ugly. Sorry

[Naughtygirlishere]

Oh boi oh boi 😖😖!
Again
smack you bitch enough with the drama
I said you ain't getting a bite of me BECAUSE 😑 Ur low selfestem pisses me off!!! Lol

[UglyButHonorable]

@Naughtygirlishere I said I'm not getting a bite of you because of the uglyness I have !!

[Naughtygirlishere]

Seriously dude? 0. o
Ok tell me which part of you is exactly ugly?

[UglyButHonorable]

@Naughtygirlishere My face.

[Naughtygirlishere]

😑 Hold on let me fix that with a bit of natural powder 😈 *slaps you*
😏 There bitch I made it look red
Happy now? Lol

[UglyButHonorable]

@Naughtygirlishere And my penis is 2cm.1 inch maybe not even 1 inch

[Naughtygirlishere]

Now that's a problem lol

[UglyButHonorable]

@Naughtygirlishere You can kick me at the penis.

[Naughtygirlishere]

Not interested lol

[YourFutureEx]

The only problem I found with this take is that your pictures focused more on abs rather than other body parts (which are primarily targeted by weights).

Other than that, good! :)

[RainbowFanGirl]

Using the ab machine counts as pumping iron, eh?

[rachel1112]

thanks:))

[YourFutureEx]

@RainbowFanGirl that's for pussies :P

[Anonymous]

You miss so many others. Increase and heighten ability to learn. Increase in male ejaculation when you cum especially if you do lower body exercises. More energized and alpha during sex. As you reach top tier in body you'll be fucking girls like a pornstar.

[rachel1112]

umm... okay. I'll talk about it later lol

[Loadedgamer]

It's subjective, and your trying to persuade everyone to pump their iron!

fitness Instructors are just smart economists; that target people who are cubby or thin, so they can manipulate them into working out to make good money!

However I think ripping up doesn't matter if the girl or the guy is a dumbass or is just using that lifestyle to get attention!

Let's be honest the real muscle that a human needs to strengthen is the brain!

[rachel1112]

yeah yeah... whatever.

[Loadedgamer]

In reality once you have all these body disfunctions when you get older such as osteoporosis, or arthrisis you won't be able to pump iron or even do anything!

Therefore you're maybe saying whatever right now, but when you grow older you would wish that you strengthen your brain!

[rachel1112]

lol i already did. Had gone through college and now working as a graphic designer. When i was young, i studied pretty hard (because my mom is Asian and it's pretty important to her to make sure that i studied 24/7) #hardworkforeverpay

[Loadedgamer]

Finishing college just means you finish your goal, but it doesn't necessarily mean you strengthen your brain!

[Likes2drive]

I'm lifting heavy things all day at work so I seem to keep in shape from just that since I end up being to tired to go lift more at a gym but nice take and is motivating

[rachel1112]

thanks:))

[yucel_eden]

These women are worth cherishing.

But I don't find and in women attractive. A little showing is ok, but too much I don't like for some reason.

[rachel1112]

i totally get it

[yucel_eden]

Abs*

[America1st]

I love a woman who is toned with some definition. Any more than that, I find totally undesirable. Other men really get turned on by bulked up women. Working out regardless of your goal is alwasys a good thing. We are all different.

[Sinister]

I love girls who lift and have some muscle on them. Many guys don't but then everyone has their own tastes. Leg day tomorrow can't wait!!!

[sattepesutta]

you chose the ugliest pics of marc fitt out there, he is one of the handsomest men i have ever seen #nohomo

[sattepesutta]

damn, u have me motivated, i am going to workout from tomorrow morning to my fullest (night time now) and when i am older stowaway to the states and party with drunk white trashy women who want to lick my abs till trump throws me away or hilary licks my abs and throws me away

[rachel1112]

lol finally somebody recognized Marc fitt. He's like... my goal lol he's hot

[sattepesutta]

Nobody would recognise him with the pics you put up lol

[rachel1112]

https://i.imgur.com/tjMqCvW.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtS3hoYIQAAhSBN.jpg

67.media.tumblr.com/.../...h3V3I1s282juo1_1280.jpg

what about this?

[sattepesutta]

MUCH better, #nohomo, a bit confused now, wth #fullhomo 😂😂

[rachel1112]

lmfao

[HonestWhiteGuy]

I agree its good to do but i think the pics you used are pretty unrealistic for most guys to achieve, those guys probably live in the gym and use supplements

[Riggers]

You could have just made this entire thing in 1 point.

- You will look good and people will actually like you.

All your points were just that.

[Scrambledagain]

Brother, I have a 6 pack and guns to match lol. I still struggle with women. Gym doesn't make women jump at you. That's the one thing that's wrong with this take.

[rachel1112]

@Scrambledagain I don't know maybe you're just too shy or socially awkward, or maybe there's something wrong with your personality. (Don't hate me, I'm just saying...)

[Scrambledagain]

Well thanks for "just saying". You just proved my point, looks don't mean shit do they? To a degree it' does but it's not nearly as important as personality.

[starryeyedkitten]

can't I just go on the treadmill or swim instead?:P

[19MK34]

Couldn't disagree more on most of these.

Basically the only reason I can see to lift weights is for athletic performance reasons. If you are trying to get better at certain sports weight training is very useful, the rest is mostly nonsense or the benefits aren't worth the time investment.

[19MK34]

Furthermore why are you using pictures of men who are clearly on gear in this take? Most men don't look like that after weight training, if you like men who are on steroids you should make a take saying why all guys should take steroids instead, rather than pretending most men would look anything like that after working out for however long.

[BubbleBoy69]

You can look like this without going on steroids

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[19MK34]

@BubbleBoy69 Lol. Sure you can. You can also fly to the moon by flapping your arms really fast.

[Miezko]

For most sports weight training isn't really all that useful. In not saying it's not useful at all, obviously it helps, but if you want to be good at a sport weights are not the answer. At all.
And there's a bunch of awesome benefits two weight lifting, some she touched some she didn't. But, contrary to your claim, it doesn't require committing a ton of time. You can get excellent results by going to the gym only three days a week and spending maybe 45 min to a hour at the gym. In fact, if you're going more than that, like five or six days a week and you aren't using roids your most likely going to get less results. You'd be over training.

[19MK34]

@Miezko Weight training isn't useful for sports? I wonder why basically all professional athletes do resistance training then, must just be a coincidence.

Almost all the points she made are vaguely look better, be sexy, etc. The only exceptions are 'mind boosting' which is less of an effect from weights compared to aerobic exercise and lifting heavy objects which is hardly worth devoting large amounts of time to.

[Miezko]

Take a look at Kevin Durant, he definitely hits the weights hard.
Also try not to take my words out of context please, you're smarter than that.

[19MK34]

@Miezko Professional basketball players definitely do resistance training, not being bulky doesn't mean he doesn't do any weight training.

[Miezko]

And as to your second point, look into symbolic-interaction approach. How we perceive ourselves and how we think others perceive us goes a long, long way.

[Miezko]

Again try not to take my words out of context. I clearly said it helped, but not that much. And Durant is an excellent example of just that. Do professional basketball players lift weights, yes. Does it help, yes. But compared to how much time they spend, you know actually practicing basketball, they barely lift weights. When compared to how much actually basketball practice helps their game, weight lifting has very little impact. That's why guys like Durant and Melo can be league leaders even though it's obvious that they don't spend too much time in the weight room.

[19MK34]

@Miezko Yeah, but that doesn't counter my point that the only effective reason to lift weights is for sports performance, since that is why they lift weights. I figured you were either trying to say sports performance isn't a valid reason or that their is another reason, Durant would be a poor example for either argument.

[Miezko]

No, I am saying both of those things. Most high school sports programs don't do much weight training. The amount of time a pro athlete will spend weight lifting compared to studying and practicing is minimal. Both those points suggest that weight lifting is not paramount to success in sports.

[19MK34]

@Miezko I never said that athletes should necessarily spend a lot of time weight training, just that they are basically the only group who will get any noticeable benefits out of doing so.

[Miezko]

And part of symbolic-interaction approach explains how we see ourselves and how believe others see us goes a long way in shaping not only us, but society as well.
For instance if you tell a joke and no one laughs, than you tell another joke and again no one laughs eventually your going to come to the conclusion that you're not funny. And because you see yourself as not being funny you're going to be less likely to tell jokes.
The same is true if you see yourself as good looking or sexy. You knock it as superficial, yet studies have shown strong correlations between attractiveness and success. The confidence you gain from perceiving yourself as desirable carries over to numerous other facets in your life.

[Miezko]

You described it as very useful, that was what I was pointing out as a myth. It's useful, but not very.

[19MK34]

@Miezko The level of usefulness depends on the sport, but its more useful for athletes than anyone else.

[Miezko]

Again, symbolics interaction approach would disagree.

[Miezko]

Symbolic-interaction approach*

[rachel1112]

lol I said that you should be better than who u used to be and be the best version of yourself. Not to look like or be better than those people in the pic. And one more thing: claim that people who worked hard on their body that they use steroid is an insult.

[19MK34]

Lol. So why add those pics at all then? And claiming steroid users are just harder working than everyone else is delusional.

[rachel1112]

lol first, those pics are inspiring. Second, i don't say steroid users are harder working, what i meant is you cannot claim that somebody is on steroids because of what they'd achieved. Just like when you did really good on a test and somebody claim that you cheated.

[19MK34]

Except you can. If someone has 'acheived' something known to be impossible calling them out for cheating is exactly what you should do. Stop trying to push this idea that you can achieve an unnatural physique through hard work alone.

[Noxifer626]

7 reasons why you shouldn't lift:
1) It takes time.
2) It hurts.
3) It's boring.
4) It takes too much time.
5) It's expensive to go to a gym.
6) Some people may NOT WANT TO (surprising, I know).
7) Did I mention it takes way too much time?

[fuqthegovt]

future 400 lb fat man in about 15 years.

[Noxifer626]

@fuqthegovt Already getting there, 211 pounds right now ;)

[Anonymous]

"People who lift look better than those only do cardio". I think this is true for men but not women. I think women who lift and have muscular bodies look unattractive.

"Chicks/guys magnet". Again, I feel this is true only for guys. While I agree guys probably look more attractive when they have fit/toned/lean/muscular bods, I don't feel I can say the same about chicks. Many guys I know aren't attracted to the muscular bod on chicks.

[Lookingforthetruth]

Only low test males don't find those females attractive.

[Opinion Owner]

@Lookingforthetruth funny that. I'm not low test and I still dont find those females attractive.

[TheWaterBear]

@Lookingforthetruth bullshit. I'm willing to bet that my levels are higher than yours, and I don't find muscular women attractive.

[19MK34]

@TheWaterBear Arguing about how you have higher test levels than a random stranger on the internet is the dumbest thing I've seen on this site.

[TheWaterBear]

@19MK34 I have hormone disorder, so I take HRT. My levels are high, and I don't find women with low body fat and visible abs attractive. Better?

[19MK34]

@TheWaterBear Yes, that makes much more sense worded in that way lol.

[Proof_Striker55]

Girls in the pictures are extremely sexy. I really liked them

[Miezko]

Those girls must only do abs. They have no definition anywhere else on their bodies but their abdominal area. Kind of makes you think the photos are doctored, not saying they are just that I wonder.

[AdamThomas]

It makes me laugh how weaklings always get triggered by these kinds of posts.

[ProbablyTooMature]

I definitely don't like the ripped girl look. Sorry.

[fuqthegovt]

Eh I'd fuck her if you won't.

[ProbablyTooMature]

@fuqthegovt Go for it.