5 Funny Ways Getting Jacked Changes Your Life

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[quote]Jewbacca wrote:

Coupled with being Israeli, whom liberals are taught are all evil baby killers, they physically fear me.

This works fantastically in business negotiations. They are afraid I might kill them, so they capitulate. Or they find me so abhorrent they want to get rid of me. Either works for me.

No, I am not invited to their Catalina Wine Mixers, but I’m a Jew and wouldn’t be invited anyway, unless a token minority was needed to show open mindedness and their gay black friend was busy.

Screw 'em.[/quote]

Wait, are jews even considered minorities? Technically, yes, but I don’t think most folks can tell the difference between someone that’s jewish and another white person (jew-fro and other obviousities excepted, of course). You’re probably treated as a minority just because you aren’t from the US, and it has nothing to do w/ where you are from, like an Australian or a German.

Not that I consider myself liberal or urban… just curious. All the jewish stereotypes/insults I heard growing up were from jews teasing other jews that I didn’t even know were jewish.

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I just smile politely and make people laugh. I haven’t really run into any issues.

Some of my co-workers really think my strongman comps are cool.

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Everybody confesses their nutrition and fitness sins to me or reminisces about when they were working out, or lean or fit etc.

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Haven’t had anything new happen other than a few attending joke about me protecting them from patients and a few extra people have asked me questions in the gym that could be also because I accidentally removed the fuck off sign I like on forehead when in the gym. Also possible I am not big yet. So we can with that

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One thing that im sure most can relate to here is people asking “How much can you lift”

This question infuriates me.

How much what do i lift? How many gallons of milk? How much do i curl? Bench? Squat? Once? 10 times? 100?

How do people not realize how stupidly vague that question is?

Just to make things nice and easy, i like to steal a line from Brock Lesnar during his college wrestling days when asked: “Whatever i want”

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[quote]J. Prufrock wrote:

[quote]SuperVillian wrote:

[quote]therajraj wrote:

1)Random women �??�?�¢??bump�??�?�¢?? into you
2)Girls with boyfriends give you naughty looks
3)Men challenge you
4)People see you as a threat
5)You get unjustly classified as a douche bag

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1 - Have never had this happen, ever, if anything I bump into doorways and corners not realizing how wide I am, but I’m also pretty spacey when I’m just walking around

2 - Having been both 225 lean and 185 cut, women prefer the smaller version, ironically even chicks that are tall, strong, or athletic themselves (I honestly believe this is because of the implication of longer and better sex due to being in ‘better’ shape), but when women with boyfriends are openly checking you out they’re admitting to themselves and their partner that you’re not a legitimate option, being ‘jacked’ will get you laid, but women don’t take you seriously no matter how intelligent or funny you might be, you’re just like a chick with big fake boobs, the girls that do pursue you beyond just sex are usually immature, shallow, and insecure, they don’t want a companion, they just want good dick and attention under the guise of a relationship that will make other girls jealous of their ability to tame a ‘beast’ such as yourself.

3 - In my experience, men don’t challenge you physically in the form of actual combat, most men are evolving into passive-aggressive drama queens in my opinion, but they will challenge you in other areas in order to compensate for feeling inferior, these areas will range from intelligence, humor, sexual prowess/penis size, or ability to play or possess past success in sports.

4 - They don’t see you as a threat, they are jealous of your work ethic and commitment to yourself and your well-being. You serve as a constant reminder to people that they could easily change what they don’t like about themselves with effort and discipline so they claim that you have no life outside of the gym or are a diet freak, this also leads to the aforementioned personal attacks from #3.

5 - Following the theme of my answers to #3 and #4, yes, people will also attack your character and integrity as a human being, being in shape and attractive is extremely alienating to people, but what I’ve found is that people will see you as endearing and actually appreciate you if you are upfront about your vanity and arrogance, denying that these factors don’t play a role in your pursuit of health and fitness is ridiculous, at the same time it’s also very liberating for yourself.
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This really resonated with me. I swear, almost all of my co-workers hold these types of views towards those of us inclined to “get big and strong”. It has come to the point where I refuse to take part in any discussions concerning dieting, exercising, or almost anything else of that nature at my workplace. Not because I don’t enjoy it, because I really do. It’s because people like that are almost hostile towards any type of lifestyle that forces them to acknowledge their own lack of dedication or discipline.

I have been ganged up on a number of times and told how weird or gross it is to want to get muscular. I have had one female friend at work tell me she could never date a guy who was that dedicated to lifting and dieting because she wants someone who can eat junk food and be lazy with her. Hell, I have even heard another female friend at work say that she prefers a guy that “is really skinny with no butt”. Strange times.
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“SOME PEOPLE AREN’T INTO WORKING OUT AND THAT’S FINE, I’M NOT THAT INTO MUSIC, I ABSOLUTELY HATE MUSICALS AND GOING TO CONCERTS, BUT IF I KEPT COMPLAINING TO YOU ABOUT HOW I WISHED I COULD PLAY THE PIANO, BUT REFUSED TO TAKE LESSONS AND JUST PLAYED CHOP STICKS THREE TIMES A WEEK YOU’D THINK I WAS A COMPLETE MORON.”

Post that quote in your office, should get the point across. Hahahaha

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[quote]SuperVillian wrote:

[quote]J. Prufrock wrote:

[quote]SuperVillian wrote:

[quote]therajraj wrote:

1)Random women �??�??�?�¢??bump�??�??�?�¢?? into you
2)Girls with boyfriends give you naughty looks
3)Men challenge you
4)People see you as a threat
5)You get unjustly classified as a douche bag

[/quote]

1 - Have never had this happen, ever, if anything I bump into doorways and corners not realizing how wide I am, but I’m also pretty spacey when I’m just walking around

2 - Having been both 225 lean and 185 cut, women prefer the smaller version, ironically even chicks that are tall, strong, or athletic themselves (I honestly believe this is because of the implication of longer and better sex due to being in ‘better’ shape), but when women with boyfriends are openly checking you out they’re admitting to themselves and their partner that you’re not a legitimate option, being ‘jacked’ will get you laid, but women don’t take you seriously no matter how intelligent or funny you might be, you’re just like a chick with big fake boobs, the girls that do pursue you beyond just sex are usually immature, shallow, and insecure, they don’t want a companion, they just want good dick and attention under the guise of a relationship that will make other girls jealous of their ability to tame a ‘beast’ such as yourself.

3 - In my experience, men don’t challenge you physically in the form of actual combat, most men are evolving into passive-aggressive drama queens in my opinion, but they will challenge you in other areas in order to compensate for feeling inferior, these areas will range from intelligence, humor, sexual prowess/penis size, or ability to play or possess past success in sports.

4 - They don’t see you as a threat, they are jealous of your work ethic and commitment to yourself and your well-being. You serve as a constant reminder to people that they could easily change what they don’t like about themselves with effort and discipline so they claim that you have no life outside of the gym or are a diet freak, this also leads to the aforementioned personal attacks from #3.

5 - Following the theme of my answers to #3 and #4, yes, people will also attack your character and integrity as a human being, being in shape and attractive is extremely alienating to people, but what I’ve found is that people will see you as endearing and actually appreciate you if you are upfront about your vanity and arrogance, denying that these factors don’t play a role in your pursuit of health and fitness is ridiculous, at the same time it’s also very liberating for yourself.
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This really resonated with me. I swear, almost all of my co-workers hold these types of views towards those of us inclined to “get big and strong”. It has come to the point where I refuse to take part in any discussions concerning dieting, exercising, or almost anything else of that nature at my workplace. Not because I don’t enjoy it, because I really do. It’s because people like that are almost hostile towards any type of lifestyle that forces them to acknowledge their own lack of dedication or discipline.

I have been ganged up on a number of times and told how weird or gross it is to want to get muscular. I have had one female friend at work tell me she could never date a guy who was that dedicated to lifting and dieting because she wants someone who can eat junk food and be lazy with her. Hell, I have even heard another female friend at work say that she prefers a guy that “is really skinny with no butt”. Strange times.
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“SOME PEOPLE AREN’T INTO WORKING OUT AND THAT’S FINE, I’M NOT THAT INTO MUSIC, I ABSOLUTELY HATE MUSICALS AND GOING TO CONCERTS, BUT IF I KEPT COMPLAINING TO YOU ABOUT HOW I WISHED I COULD PLAY THE PIANO, BUT REFUSED TO TAKE LESSONS AND JUST PLAYED CHOP STICKS THREE TIMES A WEEK YOU’D THINK I WAS A COMPLETE MORON.”

Post that quote in your office, should get the point across. Hahahaha[/quote]

Man, you would think. Some of the people I work with, however, have no clue. One of the women, that I actually get along with most times, said to me the other day, “You can keep your opinions to yourself, but I don’t think I need to lose any weight”. She is probably about 5’3" and 105 pounds. I don’t think it has ever crossed her mind that maybe she is actually too skinny. Things like that just show me how distorted the average person’s views on fitness and nutrition are.

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I have three prominent scars on my upper back/front: one on the back of my neck just above the trap region: when i was slashed during a fight in the pen ages ago; the second between the shoulder blades inflicted by an ex gf during sexy time several years back with a fake tiger/whatever claw thing worn on her finger during a very rough sexy time session a long time back; the third just near the pec delt tie-in when I tripped on the stairs and fell onto something in the dark during a power outage at work a few years ago.

Whenever women have asked me about these (and Ive honestly explained the story behind each scar) the third scar elicits COMPLETE indifference from each and every one of them; while most LOVE passing their fingers over the first two with “that look” on their faces - usually just before sexy time.

Point being: its not the scar itself, its the STORY behind the scar. A rough looking biker guy getting off a Harley with a 4 o clock shadow and sporting a SIMILAR build to yours and walking into the bar asking for a drink (looking out the window you see a woman with tats, head band and a jacket waiting for him on the “bitch seat” of said bike) tells a completely different story than a mid 20s well made up kid with the SAME build who’s seen laughing and talking at the gym/school with his buddies every day, and rarely if ever walks out with a woman or two hanging off his shoulders. Same scar(s): different story.

[quote]csulli wrote:

  1. No not really…

  2. I will say this. I get WAY more attention from guys who are out with their girls than I do from the girls lol. The dudes are always unnecessarily paranoid about it and make it out to be a much bigger deal to their girlfriend than it is. It’s not actually that important to chicks at all.

  3. Guys definitely do NOT challenge you though. I have a theory on this. Most guys who are as “jacked” as you actually understand the culture and what it takes and they actually have a de facto bond with you about it lol. They can recognize a fellow iron brother. Guys who are out for trouble aren’t going to go for you. You’re way too big of a risk, and they don’t want to get their ass kicked. They either go for a smaller, easier target OR they go for the biggest, tallest guy they can find, because then, even if they fail they at least get some cred for taking on such a giant. Jacked dudes of average height fall into a deadzone here.

  4. Maybe. I know at college I accidentally scared the shit out of girls on more than one occasion :frowning: I don’t know that that had anything to do with my physical proportions or just the fact that they’re told repeatedly at orientation that every male they see is out to rape them.

  5. Well I am a douchebag so I dunno.[/quote]

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One weird thing I’ve found is that my mates are always justifying to me why they don’t work out. It’s weird, I couldn’t care less if my mates train or not, but for some reason I get unsolicited excuses about why they don’t, as if they are expecting me to judge them negatively.

I also get comments from girls who say things like “you must only like skinny girls who work out” which isn’t the case at all. I like 'em all shapes and sizes.

I don’t know why people would assume that just because I work out I would think negatively of people who don’t.

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[quote]pushharder wrote:

[quote]twojarslave wrote:

Nowadays people at work just seem to agree with me and do things that I ask them to do. So, in that sense, becoming strong has helped me get in touch with my feminine side.
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Haha! That was really funny

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[quote]J. Prufrock wrote:

This really resonated with me. I swear, almost all of my co-workers hold these types of views towards those of us inclined to “get big and strong”. [/quote]

I remember my former supervisor, who really didn’t like me after I hooked up with his secretary, pulling me aside one day to give me crap about walking around with my “chest puffed up”.

I ain’t a big guy, not in the least. But what I don’t have is the typical “desk posture” where my head is 6 inches out past my chest and my shoulders are rolled forward. He didn’t go for the good posture explanation and told me I was giving off an aggressive vibe, just because I stood with my shoulders back and head high.

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[quote]audiogarden1 wrote:
One thing that im sure most can relate to here is people asking “How much can you lift”

This question infuriates me.

How much what do i lift? How many gallons of milk? How much do i curl? Bench? Squat? Once? 10 times? 100?

How do people not realize how stupidly vague that question is?

Just to make things nice and easy, i like to steal a line from Brock Lesnar during his college wrestling days when asked: “Whatever i want”[/quote]

“More than you” makes a good response as well.

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[quote]Mcincinatti wrote:
http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/half-lifts-workout-says-social-class-85221/[/quote]

Actually thought this was a really interesting article. I am someone who turns 40 in a few days and who just started lifting less than two years ago. Also, I pursued endurance events my entire life.

That said, I firmly believe that the author was mistaken that he could not have the best of both worlds. He stated: “Jogging up our block, however, for that first run, I discovered that heavy weightlifting makes endurance workouts deeply unpleasant. My legs felt like dead tree trunks. The next day, when I tried to do squats, I learned that running undermines strength gains”

Your legs always feel like bricks the first time running after a long break. And doing squats the day after running for the first time is not the optimal choice of timing. I have begun to bring some sprinting, running and cycling back into my routine recently. And while I have the normal start-up pains they are no different than what I experienced in the past before lifting.

I honestly believe that with 3 to 4 weeks of concentrated running I can be as fast if not faster than I ever was (when I had 10-20 lbs less lbm). I am already as fast as I was cycling and that was my primary endurance sport.

The author did not state how long he was lifting but for him to gain (and then lose) as much weight as he did I highly doubt it was all muscle. And if I am correct, that probably accounts more for his brick leg feelings than being jacked.

All that said - that wife sounds jealous. My wife likes the changes that my body has gone through. But maybe she is the odd one?

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[quote]Captain Needa wrote:

[quote]Mcincinatti wrote:
http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/half-lifts-workout-says-social-class-85221/[/quote]

Actually thought this was a really interesting article. I am someone who turns 40 in a few days and who just started lifting less than two years ago. Also, I pursued endurance events my entire life.

That said, I firmly believe that the author was mistaken that he could not have the best of both worlds. He stated: “Jogging up our block, however, for that first run, I discovered that heavy weightlifting makes endurance workouts deeply unpleasant. My legs felt like dead tree trunks. The next day, when I tried to do squats, I learned that running undermines strength gains”

Your legs always feel like bricks the first time running after a long break. And doing squats the day after running for the first time is not the optimal choice of timing. I have begun to bring some sprinting, running and cycling back into my routine recently. And while I have the normal start-up pains they are no different than what I experienced in the past before lifting.

I honestly believe that with 3 to 4 weeks of concentrated running I can be as fast if not faster than I ever was (when I had 10-20 lbs less lbm). I am already as fast as I was cycling and that was my primary endurance sport.

The author did not state how long he was lifting but for him to gain (and then lose) as much weight as he did I highly doubt it was all muscle. And if I am correct, that probably accounts more for his brick leg feelings than being jacked.

All that said - that wife sounds jealous. My wife likes the changes that my body has gone through. But maybe she is the odd one?[/quote]

This. Dude gave absolutely no time to truly evaluate it and just decided that being sore 1 time was enough. I’m sure there are plenty of scrawny kids that have squatted 1x and the next day the DOMS was brutal enough they swore it off forever. That writer sucks.

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[quote]Captain Needa wrote:

[quote]Mcincinatti wrote:
http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/half-lifts-workout-says-social-class-85221/[/quote]

Actually thought this was a really interesting article. I am someone who turns 40 in a few days and who just started lifting less than two years ago. Also, I pursued endurance events my entire life.

That said, I firmly believe that the author was mistaken that he could not have the best of both worlds. He stated: “Jogging up our block, however, for that first run, I discovered that heavy weightlifting makes endurance workouts deeply unpleasant. My legs felt like dead tree trunks. The next day, when I tried to do squats, I learned that running undermines strength gains”

Your legs always feel like bricks the first time running after a long break. And doing squats the day after running for the first time is not the optimal choice of timing. I have begun to bring some sprinting, running and cycling back into my routine recently. And while I have the normal start-up pains they are no different than what I experienced in the past before lifting.

I honestly believe that with 3 to 4 weeks of concentrated running I can be as fast if not faster than I ever was (when I had 10-20 lbs less lbm). I am already as fast as I was cycling and that was my primary endurance sport.

The author did not state how long he was lifting but for him to gain (and then lose) as much weight as he did I highly doubt it was all muscle. And if I am correct, that probably accounts more for his brick leg feelings than being jacked.

All that said - that wife sounds jealous. My wife likes the changes that my body has gone through. But maybe she is the odd one?[/quote]

Yeah, maybe his wife was unhappy, not because he put on muscle, but because he got fat. Looking more like his gay kick boxing tech lawyer friend she might have had a little different attitude.

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[quote]Captain Needa wrote:
I honestly believe that with 3 to 4 weeks of concentrated running I can be as fast if not faster than I ever was (when I had 10-20 lbs less lbm). I am already as fast as I was cycling and that was my primary endurance sport.[/quote]
I think it would take me more like 6-8 weeks to get back to where I was, but no longer, and I haven’t run competitively (or much at all) for a good 10 years.

Since I’ve been here (all of a week now), I’ve been asked twice if I also run since my girlfriend does. It’s surprised me that “running” is just the thing to do around here, and running (er, finishing) a marathon is hailed as a capstone achievement.

I was at a function the other night with a number of doctors, and less than half of them looked healthy (in my eyes). It’s almost as if “not being overweight” has become the standard for health in many places. And in that sense, nobody was overweight. But looking at posture and skin tone and movement, only a few actually seemed very healthy.

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[quote]LoRez wrote:
It’s almost as if “not being overweight” has become the standard for health in many places. [/quote]

I’d buy into that given the obesity rates.

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[quote]Aggv wrote:

[quote]LoRez wrote:
It’s almost as if “not being overweight” has become the standard for health in many places. [/quote]

I’d buy into that given the obesity rates. [/quote]

And a sadly large amount of people seem to consider ‘overweight’ to be quite fat, certainly bordering on clinical obesity, so falling beneath that keeps them well within actual ‘overweight’ status.

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bump

I was at some mandatory marketing training last month, and the facilitator (who was some high level marketing chickie) told me that I was being too aggressive, and that by my very presence i was too intimidating during one of our mock encounters.

I asked the best way to counter this issue.

She said… and i quote…

“try your best to look smaller”

she said this in front of the group, then later, after we were breaking up for the day, she came up to me, grabbed my arms, then asked me how big my arms were.

she looked like this chick~

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But, does her boyfriend look like a bitch?