![]() "5 years? Are you sure you are doing it right?" This has got to be the most insulting thing one can hear. I have been lifting for 5 years each body part 2 times a week. So when people say that kids are healthier than ever now because of "fitness culture" I remind myself that it's a pretty niche phenomenon (more kids are obese than ever before anyway, because they spend all day gaming & eating) and half the kids you see juicing before they're even 21 won't even be at the gym in 5 years time when they realise that artificial gains come at a price (see Conor Murphy) They're not exercising because they love exercising or want to get healthier they're doing it for aesthetics (which is fine, we all do, but it's not just for that) and often quit the gym all together after a few years when the gains aren't kept. Problem is that most of the kids who see these physiques on Instagram try and emulate them, but obviously can't do it naturally (and most of them don't have a clue about diet, training or resting) so go on the gear, don't know what they're doing and end up with seriously bad side effects which forces them off. Just be aware that the road is longer than you think and don't get discouraged if you look nowhere close to GymShrk fitness models. Note: I'm not trying to say you can't look good without steroids. And while it's a great motivation to have in the beginning (cause it pushes you in the gym), in the long term you'll realize the light at the end of the tunnel might never come (i.e you realize you'll never look like Jeff Seid without gear). It can only go away when you put in the trash Instagram and those social media apps full of kids who act like bimbos.Īnother problem that arises from this, is that I see so many people that think physiques like Jeff Seid's or Zyzz's are natty achievable. ![]() But still, body dysmorphia won't go away. Filters and photoshop play a huge role and give the illusion of a way more godly physique than it really is.ĭespite this, the majority of the population doesn't lift, so we are still kind of safe and our gains can be recognized in real life (and anyone who says he only lifts for himself is not very believable). Not to talk about the fact that those dudes on social media look way different in real life. The standards got exceedingly high, and are in most cases unreachable by natural lifters, causing body dysmorphia to be a common occurrence. Our eye is getting more and more used to see roided dudes on the internet and so the psychological principle of contrasts plays against us. I think the whole social media thing and fitness industry is really fucking up the standards of what's considered to be a good looking physique. Today that guy only gets to be labeled as "nice-looking" or "decent", or even DYEL in most cases. ![]() In the 60s that guy would have been labeled as swole and attractive. Let's take a natty guy who's been lifting for 5 years.
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