Some dude pointed out earlier my proportions are off and im wondering if its really that bad because if they are i might just stop going to the gym since theres really no point
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I think quitting would be an excellent idea
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Luckily, the rest of us on this forum are absolutely perfect in every aspect of our portions and physiques. If that weren’t the case, we would all stop training immediately because, as you say, what’s the point? It certainly isn’t to improve ourselves, reach our personal potentials, and be better than yesterday. Because that would be dumb.
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Did this single “dude” mention where your proportions are off? Or did you just accept his assessment because you believe he knows about proportions?
More muscle everywhere improves all proportions that are “off”
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You quit now you’ll suck this bad for ever.
Choice is yours.
Also, Don’t ever take yourself hostage.
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Bro, there are people out there who have lost 3 of their 4 limbs working out. Literally anyone can improve their standing
You can develop yourself into the best version, be proud, or you can take the bare minimum to get by, and continue to live timidly.
If you put on some muscle, your proportions will change.
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I probably will just wanted to know
Good call. This hobby isn’t for everyone
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When you are young, a large part of your motivation to go to the gym is vanity.
As you age, the gym becomes much more than vanity. There is very little a Dr can prescribe you that has more benefit than exercise.
It would be silly to quit something that is so beneficial because of a something as trivial as proportions.
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So basically your saying
- your not going to the gym because you enjoy it.
- Nor are you going to improve yourself .
- Nor are you embracing setting up a goal and the challenge of achieving it. ( achieving it is immaterial its about the journey)
IF I had to guess your motivation is from external factors and not internal.
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Like many young dudes, you are slender.
Or, you’re tall and thin.
Proportionally, you’re too “long” and not “thick” enough.
Thankfully, building muscle and growing “out” will improve your proportions.
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There is always a point to going to the gym. Perfect proportions and perfect conditions don’t exist for the vast majority of the population. That doesn’t mean you can improve what you’ve got. Go for health, go to have a great body, go so you can pick up heavy things, go so you can be dominant. Whatever the reason is just go. Ask good questions and the grumpy old men here will help you find your way. If you are willing to put the work in, you will see plenty in the way of rewards.
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He accepted the assessment because the alternative is accepting the return on your own effort. It’s a tough pill for most of us when we’re young
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Being in the high school class of 1966, I have no idea the peer pressure around anything requiring lifting weights. We were all raised on “Lifting weights makes you muscle bound.” Even in college, at NC State University, only two players on the football team lifted weights. If anything, I was the odd one who didn’t fit in. Many, if not most, women did not like the look that I was slowly acquiring. I heard more than a few women say, “Yuck!”
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I’ve heard only a combination of awe, excitement and mild trepidation myself.
On a more serious note, I mean more in the grander scheme. We don’t always like to come to terms with accountability. “Maybe this is all on me” is scary before it’s liberating.
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Don’t talk to people in the gym and especially don’t listen to any of them
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Was this with or without the beard?
This can be a wonderful thing to realize. The only thing holding me back is me.
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Yes
Also yes! And the reverse is true: when you’re great, you get to take the credit
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I mean, that’s basically me all the time. 
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You’re skinny kid, those are your proportions. We were all skinny or not so skinny kids once. Put in the work. The results will come if you do it remotely correct. Just takes time.
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