Men, You Need to Lift and Burn that Fat!

[RationalMale]

So many places I go, I see way too much... way too much of chubby, flabby guys. Guys, you may not realize it... you may have gotten used to it... but you're fat. And that's not good. Lifting and getting in shape will solve a lot of your problems if you actually get to it!

1. Lifting will help boost your self confidence.

Do you think a chunky Teddybear-verine could pull this off? Nope. We men don't want to admit it, but we all have off days, we all have times when we feel like death warmed over, when we feel an utter lack of confidence. You might not know it if you haven't been lately, but the surge of joy and confidence you get from a good workout is amazing, with even Arnold Schwarzenegger saying that a good workout can be as satisfying as sex.

Not only does lifting help improve our appearance, and the hormones released by exercising boost our mood, but burning fat can boost your testosterone level. The higher your body fat is, the more estrogen you have in your system. https://www.bodylogicmd.com/hormones-for-men/estrogen/ Why do you think fat guys rarely act like Jason Stathom or Hugh Jackman? They're being turned feminine by their body fat. Literally.

2. Girls

There are various theories about why, but simple reality is... getting fit boosts your sexual attractiveness. It creates a presence of physical power, it shows athleticism, it boosts your confidence, and it shows great discipline, all which are attractive in men. It's simple reality that even most chubby girls want a fit guy. Why do you think this 17 year old here was the fantasy that accompanied the... private time, of so many women age 15-35?

The good news is, you don't even need to be nearly that ripped to stand head and shoulders above the crowd. Because of the obesity epidemic, even being just fit will serve you quite well.

3. Health

My chubby, overweight friends... you might be used to living like how you are, being sedentary, being depressed, having allergies, bad knees... You don't need to. I'm not going to include links here because there are too many to count, but being overweight obese raises your likelihood of cardiovascular disease, your risk of stroke, cancer, knee problems, breathing problems, depression, and even shortens your dick. Not to mention the sheer fact you have to shop in plus sized, and you have a harder time doing things like fitting in chairs, desks, or getting in and out of cars. Working out can drastically improve your life in so many areas, it is invaluable. Society itself benefits from people working out--obesity related medical costs alone are about $190 billion a year in the USA. https://www.healthycommunitieshealthyfuture.org/learn-the-facts/economic-costs-of-obesity/

For you philanthropic types, that means the cost of obesity per year in the USA is greater than the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Moldova, Croatia, and Hungary combined. Keep in mind, there's about 160 nations with a Per Capita GDP lower than Croatia. . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita

4. Yes. You do have time!

Let's be real. We make time, for what we want to do. Call of Duty, alone, has been played for 2.85 million years worth of gametime. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/08/13/humankind-has-now-spent-more-time-playing-call-of-duty-than-it-has-existed-on-earth/

Other sources claim Americans spend almost 5 hours a day watching TV. Assuming the real number is two hours... that's still waaay too much time spent doing nothing when there's life outside. https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/03/15/the-average-american-watches-this-much-tv-every-da.aspx

Simple reality is--even if you work 50 hours a week, yes, you can find time to work out and get in shape.

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So my overweight, chubby, flabby, and skinny fat comrades... cough up the $20 bucks a month, take your own healthy lunch to work every week, and hit the gym, even if it's just for a 40 minute session twice a week. You will love yourself, you will love life, and you will love all of us who harangued you into actually going. The world itself will be a better place for you! So google your nearest gym, throw that junk food outside for the scavengers, and get to it!

[kat_gran]

YESSS YESSS YESSS YESSS!!! This is one of the best mytakes ever! EVERYONE should be working out, men, women, children, etc... There are SOOO MANY benefits to being healthy and fit. I could not agree more with ANY of your statements. I love the fact that you even threw in the philanthropic sentence! ;) hahah

It definitely is true, being athletic or fit boosts your confidence, stamina, and attractiveness level so much that you'll end up being a totally different person!
Being active and fit really shows the type of person that you are... Those who don't work out or are not active, I naturally assume to be lazy - because when I don't I also become lazy.

What a great mytake! I wish everyone would read this and start lifting or becoming fit! Then we would have soooo many more hot guys and variety to pick from! hahah but then again, on the bad side, maybe there will be waaay tooo many attractive, hot guys and we females won't know what to do with them! haha balance is good for the world. =P haha
But all jokes aside, definitely, people do need to start being more health and self aware on this and start taking care of themselves and their bodies. It is the ONLY ONE we have! Take care of it!

[NearlyNapping]

You DO NOT need to lift. Don't believe all that bullshit. What you need is good natural exercise like the body was designed for. All that crap at the gym is to compensate for not getting natural exercise. A million years of evolution did not design the body to lift weights at a gym.

Those gyms didn't even exist not all that long ago. Why waste time lifting weights and accomplishing absolutely nothing when you could be getting good exercise and actually doing something constructive? Lifting weights is a complete waste of perfectly good human power.

[frozenhorizon]

I agree. Climb mountains, run, do pull ups, push ups, sit ups, squats, etc. "Lifting" is a waste of your money too because you have to pay for a gym.

[Trump]

Great answer. Why spend hours lifting rocks if you could play a sport instead and have fun.

[frozenhorizon]

Also swimming. I forgot about swimming.

[throwsknives]

I kind of agree with you. Lifting isn't necessary, but women generally want a man who looks like he takes care of himself. You don't need to be ripped with a six-pack. But you should look fit and healthy. If you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, then what is the purpose of a cover? What's on the outside reveals clues about what's on the inside. A person who looks fit also implies they are confident, disciplined and love themselves. And if you cannot love yourself first, you cannot really love anyone else.

[ichot]

Agreed, Lifting just builds dumb muscle.

[GoodManDave]

I must be the only person in the world who DOESN'T feel any better after I "work out."

I've NEVER felt a rush at all from working out. If anything, I feel worse and MORE miserable.

That was when I bench pressed and did the official "working out."

With "Biking" at home, I've spent hours a day pedaling, pushing with the arms, etc... even changed the diet a little, and there's NO change, other than more pain and making me more miserable than when I started (and being hungry a lot), and sweating and smelling up the room a little...

I can't be the only guy (or even PERSON) that doesn't feel any of this rush that I keep hearing about. If people felt such a rush while working out, they'd do it more often. I think it's a thing many people say to get flabby people to work out, and sometimes I think it's a con. Maybe some people get some rush from it, but I just don't get it. No confidence change, no rush, nothing barely above the tiny bit of well, that's scratched off my list for the day)

I still exercise, but I HATE it. It's boring (at home), more than I can afford (if I go to a gym), and painful. NOT exercising is bad, but it usually seems more trouble than it's worth, in my opinion.

[Remonster]

How much lifting and losing weight will act as a miracle cure is wholly dependent on your personal circumstances and attitude.

I was in the best shape of my life back when I was quite depressed, paradoxically. I was under the misguided impression that it would improve my outlook on life if I worked hard enough, ate clean enough and do enough cardio along with it. The effort required to stay in shape felt like a very heavy burden without much payoff, however. It was ultimately quite the waste of time for me personally because it didn't bring me any tangible benefits apart from looking good in the mirror. On the inside I was still an insecure and pessimistic man.

I'm doing much better now so with my improved mindset it should be a lot easier to start extracting the benefits you describe in this Take. In fact I'm already enjoying them!

[Anonymous]

The percentage of women attracted to two gentlemen you have shown is small. women like faces, attractive faces it tells us what kind of DNA you have if your average in the face you DNA is probably average as well. Now, most chicks like athletic men not bodybuilders. Football playing, hiking, running, rock climbing guys who have a lot if stamina. And those dudes most times are toned but small. bodybuilders are just big and it's not attractive.

[Spermdumster666]

In fairness I never met an athletic who played sports that didn't lift.

[Opinion Owner]

@Spermdumster666 body builder and someone who lifts weights aren't the same thing.

[Spermdumster666]

Exactly. I don't see where he said bodybuilders. And aren't anyone who does lift weights technically building their bodies?

[Opinion Owner]

@Spermdumster666 dudes he showed where in fact body builders. People who lift ate not body builders. Body builders dedicate a lot of time and effort to get a certain size, they know what every muscle in the human body is.. body building is a sport. they literally are different things. Body builders are huge, people who lift aren't. I lift weights but I'm not cut , have huge arms or a muscle butt. Cause I'm not apart of that culture

[RationalMale]

To be precise I said "The good news is, you don't even need to be nearly that ripped to stand head and shoulders above the crowd. Because of the obesity epidemic, even being just fit will serve you quite well."

[Opinion Owner]

But people are actually loosing weight at high rates lol. And not only are they physically healthy but compared to their always fit counterparts they are mentally healthy. Which you an Google for more info

[AdamThomas]

I work 80 hours a week and still train. Isn't it funny that those who claim not to have the time to train can tell you all about the latest garbage shows on TV? Or even better, they have time to argue for hours here on GAG. A guy the other day complained that people call him skinny and said he never had time for the gym, he argued with me for an hour and a half, and continued after I'd gone to sleep. I'll never understand people, especially men, who are willingly weak.

[bluenose1872]

Life's too short to be vain. Doing weights ages you. It's still physical strain and it takes its toll. Jogging kills as well. The daft yank that invented Jogging died whilst Jogging. It's bad for the joints and the heart. Walk. That's all you need. Walking burns the same calories and uses the same energy as running. People who judge a person by how fit they are are too thick to be alive

[Panay]

i don't think doing weights ages you... but you don't need to go completely hardcore and become ripped-being fit is just staying healthy

[bluenose1872]

@Panay it does. Hard physical exercise is just like hard work. The strain puts wrinkles on your face and wears the joints dwn. It's documented. You can't do it indefinitely anyway. Your body starts packing in about my age and it's harder to do it. You just end up back to square one but with an old face and pains everywhere. Pointless. Better to just go on long walks and stay away from mirrors. You over analyse something even it's perfect you'll always find faults. That's why girls end up with anorexia and millions of other complexes about their bodies

[Decentguy]

iv'e been thorugh a lot in my life and still sometimes im going through depression, but i still go the gym and workout everyday, yesterday i was soo depressed that i was having suicidal thoughts while exercising but i kept going on and finished my exercise, no matter what i never skip going to the gym.

[GuyAdviceFromGuy]

men are obsessed with lifting just the way women are obsessed with shoes and make up, none of the things the sexes do to themselves, the opposite sex gives a shit about.

[Spiorad_Aisce]

Good take - Not a lifter but to believe in benefits of fitness training whatever your preferred option and number 3 is the stand out point, your health.

[Private_Property]

I can't workout today. I'm too sore, from working out the last two days. But I look forward to working out tomorrow. Damn I'm 34 and in pretty dec shape, but not super huge muscles, but there's guys in my gym 15 years younger than me with big muscles and I'm so jealous/feeling inferior. I got started late in life. Anyway got a job in big four accounting and gonna put on meat. Hell yeah

[ConsultantIsBack]

I LOVE THIS, I AGREE, I LOVE EVERY WORD AHHHHHH
That last point tho, omg EVERYONE has the time

[Nik1hil]

30 minutes of intense workout and lifting before evening shower is enough to keep you fit..

[Josht11]

is it okay to just stay skinny I'm not really that bothered about lifting.

[Scrambledagain]

Would rather lose my six pack for that type of personality that attracts woman. In the "tall, jacked, athletic" equation, "jacked" is the key to women.

[Polocrew]

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Lift so much your ballsack hurt

[YourFutureEx]

I loved this take. Honestly, this was different. Good :)

[GreatnessRevamped]

I like this.
Good stuff.

I do martial arts over working out. Same routine to a point, but with the end result of beating (bad) people up. I love it.

[Phoenix98]

Yeah I'm already there single digit bodyfat and I don't plan on stopping anytime soon.

[Anonymous]

I just clicked here to look at wolverine ! My o my he's sexy !!!
But yeah everyone should be working out :)!

[Dtegesd123]

I agree but lets be like girls and just wear a corset.

[ConsultantIsBack]

We kinda do, lifting belts lol!
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[Dtegesd123]

@ConsultantIsBack LOL. yeah I wear those when I wake up.

[WombRaider]

Don't lift to get girls lol... Lift for your own gain.