What's the worst part of lifting?
off days
>>35290911
Deadlifts and squats
>>35290943
>he takes rest days
>>35290911
doms
>>35290911
Lifting itself. Interferes with my shitposting.
>>35290911
The discomfort.
Unlike a lot of posters here I don't enjoy lifting at all.
I do it to look good and feel better afterwards.
Inserting and removing the squat plug
Bulking here
>all the smelly farts
>stank ass all day every day
>>35290973
>I don't enjoy lifting at all.
I feel bad for people who don't enjoy lifting, there is no way in hell you are going to be lifting into your 30s
may as well quit now
>>35290943
this.
Realizing how weak you are.
>>35291001
>there is no way in hell you are going to be lifting into your 30s
I'm 30 now mate. I don't enjoy brushing my teeth either. I do it because I have to.
>>35291010
All that matters is if you're making progress brah
>>35291001
It's work. Do you enjoy washing dishes or raking leaves? No, you just do them. I lift and do cardio to not die.
taking breaks
>>35290960
Kek
Finishing your session for the day.
And waiting for visible results.
>>35290911
waiting to for your workout and when your workout is over
>What's the worst part of lifting?
Life. Life getting in the way of it.
i fucking hate curls
fuck curls
and fuck lateral raises too
fuck arm day in general
The time in between sessions.
>>35291396
Have you tried doing preacher curls?
Those are a lot of fun.
>>35291406
i'm an atheist sorry
>>35290911
Getting home to no gf
hitting a plateau and planks
>>35290911
Seeing cute girls working out and knowing that I'll never have the balls to talk to them
Also, this raging and inconsistent abdominal pain
>>35291422
underrrated
>>35290911
starting from fatasfatass.
controlling my hunger
holding my rage when skellies bellyache and make a fucking thread about not eating enough you cocksucking motherfucking spineless pieces of shits.
cutting
going from 15% to 10%
>>35291040
I enjoy going to the gym and lifting weights, its a hobby
>>35291518
Gaining weight doesn't get hard until you've gained an initial 30-40lbs.
After that, it's legitimately tough.
>>35290911
>Rest days
>losing gains
>cardio
>casuals
>>35290911
The inevitable injuries.
going to the gym and interacting with people
If i had a home gym i would never stop lifting
Realizing it won't compensate for my lack of social skills
Reracking the plates
>>35290911
travel time to and from gym
inb4
>get a home gym
the diet and get enough sleep is worse than lifting
>>35291895
This.
Eating maintenance is easy, but bulking and cutting are hard.
>>35291396
Are you me?
>New Years
Leg extensions. For some reason, I enjoy every other lift, but the burn I feel on these is far more intense than any other lift, to the point of being uncomfortable, and after only one set. Even with lighter weight. I don't understand why.
I really hate dick lifts
Remembering the heartbreak that caused you to start lifting while you're struggling to finish your last rep
Remembering a happy time you had with her just when you thought you were over her
Looking in the mirror at yourself struggling to get a prerequisite for something you used to have before and took for granted in comfortable oblivious ignorance
Knowing that no matter how hard you push yourself that it's going to take time to get where you're trying to go and you're just gonna have to keep suffering inside your heart until you get there
Knowing that while you're sweating and sore and exhausted she doesn't have to work at all to move on from you, she's living a life of ease and comfort and hedonism, she's probably with someone else by now, and it doesn't even matter if this new guy is better or worse than you, all that matters is that it's not you anymore
That's what the worst part of lifting is.
Now for the sake of all of us here on /fit/, don't make another thread like this ever again.
>>35292116
The first few months suck, I agree.
You eventually stop caring though, I know I did.
>>35292130
>eventually
Of course, but anon, it hurts right now. :(
>>35292031
Say goodbye to your knees faggot.
Worst part is doing a exercise that is fucking beneficial and looking like an idiot. e.g. Hip Thrusts
>>35290973
>>35291015
>>35291040
>not liking picking up heavy things and putting them down
>dyel
>>35292169
You'll recover sooner than you think if you keep lifting. Just make sure you stay busy and focus on what's important.
And I'm going to be honest with you here, you are going to be alone for the rest of your life. Love is never going to happen for you again. This is not a bad thing, though you don't realize it yet. Just don't give in.
>>35292130
>Nearly 3 months later
>still get choked up listening to our song or watching our favorite movie
>still feel empty
>still feel completely lonely and invisible
To he fair, I almost do it to myself because I haven't put myself out there yet. But I can't find the energy. I have to take tons of preworkout just to get through lifting alone.
>>35291015
>doesn't enjoy brushing teeth
>>35292226
>To be fair, I almost do it to myself because I haven't put myself out there yet.
>yet
Anon, I'm sorry but you never will.
Once you accept this and deal with it like a man you'll be happier, I promise.
>I have to take tons of preworkout just to get through lifting alone.
I really hope you're not going above the recommended doses, and you should go for a week without it. The days where you just don't feel like lifting but you do it anyway are pivotal.
>>35292249
I had to put myself out there the first time, why wouldn't I be able to do it again?
Injuries
>>35290911
Doing a CNS-heavy workout when you have responsibilities later in the day and feeling like shit through it all.
>>35292290
CNS fatigue is not real, plz stop spreading that nonsense
>>35292277
Because at this point you know that even if you succeed (which protip, you probably won't) you'll just be restarting the cycle.
If you don't learn to break it and be content with loneliness you're going to live a miserable life.
Seeing people stronger than me.
Seeing newbie roiders think they have more knowledge than me with their broscience.
Having to take newbies under my wing and shake off all of their shitty broscience.
Leg day - ass to grass squats with 365+ kills my legs and knees
The feeling of realizing how far to go you have left. Realizing that there are still years ahead of you before hitting your goal body. Happened to me today when I tried to do a one-arm pull up and failed miserably.
Thankfully it's usually followed by an endorphin rush after lifting and I just feel incredible.
>>35292331
How is that a bad part of lifting? I use it as motivation to get even stronger, and whenever I meet someone stronger than me in a gym I always make friends with them, cause that shit is respectable, since it rarely ever happens.
When you start losing motivation, and get depressed when you take time off from lifting.
>>35292362
I see it as motivation of the negative kind... fuels me through anger and self loathing.. and yes I always respect a heavy lifter no doubt but I hate feeling outdone
normies asking questions
people saying you should stop so you dont get too big
cutting
specifically cutting the last 1-2 percent from 12 -> 10
people trying to force you to eat their shitty poison food
people trying to force you to eat their shitty poison food when you are cutting
taking creatine daily
having to track macros
cutting at a low bf%
shit sucks, but it has to be done
>>35292382
I take it you don't compete at a high level in any strength sport, because when you lift with other amazing lifters you will be outclassed, and there would be no point in getting mad about it.
There is always someone stronger than you.
Also I personally like finding people not too far ahead of me, and working towards beating them, then move onto the next aftet I get stronger than them.
Imo it's a pretty good way of getting motivated without hating yourself lol
>>35292116
took me two years..
It still hits me on bad days
>>35292211
>Love is never going to happen for you again
then why live? ;_;
>>35292497
That guy was just being a faggot when he said that. There's ALWAYS another girl. Always. Just takes time to find one. My point was that it is that space of time that hurts so unbearably much.
>>35291571
You sound boring as fuck.
Not being able to go balls out without a proper spot.
>>35290981
So much this
>>35290911
getting sick and afterwards having to deal with being weak as shit and horrendous DOMS
(De)Loading the bar for deadlifts
Have you guys noticed from going fat >/fit/ that people:
Open doors for you
saying "sorry" a lot to you
Old men nodding at you when you walk by them (A chick did this to me the other day, wtf)
>>35290911
Realizing that your genetics will never allow you to look like your goal body, even if you are bigger, stronger and leaner than them.
Watching guys shaped like pears deadlifting 400+ and benching 300+ while seeing the guy doing his 1000th rep on of cable triceps looking more aesthetic... and then being told over and over and over on 4chan and youtube everyday that powerlifting training is the Word of God.
Knowing your totals are way more than Zyzz but you'll never ever look like Zyzz.
Knowing you'll never be Zyzz...
I just need to be held right now.
>>35291874
so much this
>>35293264
this
getting sick already sucks, but knowing that you are also losing your gains...
sweating like a fucking homo in a sauna and having to shower, knowing that you'll start sweating as soon as you're done using the towel
stalling on squat and realizing there is still 4-5 kg (2-3 months) to go before i'll hit 10-12% bf
I am hot like all the fucking time. Like wearing shorts in winter hot, sweating when going out for a meal. Shit fucking SUCKS DICK bruhs tbqh famalam
>>35291000
i know that feel . j p g
rest days and squatting for more than 3 reps, squatting makes me run out of breath so easy and you really don't get any 'rest' between reps much at all unlike when you deadlift or even with bench holding the tightness and form isn't that taxing
but i still look forward to squatting in a weird masochistic way
>>35291422
Ebin get my fellow tipper!
>>35293689
so maybe you should try 1000 reps on the cable triceps machine?
I dont really understand. Input - output. If you do a bodybuilding routine, you will look aesthetic. You do powerlifting or SS GOMAD permabulk you will look like a pear, but might be stronger.
For me, a body building routine, with SOME functional exercises mixed in works, because I get stronger, feel stronger, and look buff.
not hating on either of them btw, each to their own.
>>35292382
Yeah i find it hard to do anything competetively cause i take losses horribly.. fault of mine
>>35290911
the mental tiredness after heavyish days. i can't focus properly on studying or reading seriously. I feel lethargic and brain fog of some kind.
>>35292130
>You eventually stop caring though, I know I did.
But how do you start caring again when you find someone else. It's been 6 years, 4 with my new girl and I don't feel a thing
>>35294148
Eat properly and get enough sleep
>>35294148
Eating at a deficit / low carb will do that.
It takes up a lot of time and you have to shower after. Only downsides
>>35294177
>>35294184
i do get enough sleep, so the solution is to eat more?
ffs i've been lifting for two years and it's been a full time commitment. during the first year i used to live like a fucking monk to maximize recovery, and ignored social occasions to not miss sleep. i got excellent recovery and good gains on SS but also became somewhat isolated. i was happy tho. now it's been two years already and the trade off is getting thinner. how do you guys balance it?
>>35294221
I don't know about your life, you gotta examine these things on your own tbqh. I know food was a big issue for me mainly: I ate very little and I ate pretty much the same things. The result was that I was lethargic all the time, could not focus on studying for more than 30min-1 hour and ended up flunking out of university. To be fair I was very autistic with what I ate and obsessed with losing weight (former fatassfaggot also got insanely depressed). Many things contribute to being lethargic. Make sure you're eating balanced meals and your routine isn't complete shit. Don't obsess with food too much during school, leave dieting down for time that it doesn't matter how sharp you are.
>>35292116
Boo hoo, muh girl left meh. Suck it up and be a man, bitch.
>>35294221
Plenty of champion Olympic lifters, bodybuilders and powerlifters have rich lives outside of lifting.
If you want to isolate yourself, go for it, but don't trick yourself into thinking it'll make you a better lifter.
You can be swole as FUCK and also lick dusky exotic women on yachts in the Mediterranean sun, friend.
Working chest is the worst part of lifting. Not sure why I hate it so much but damn I hate it.
I've always had a little bitch chest compared to the rest of my body no matter how hard I work it
>>35291497
Urrrr....you should see a doctor bro
>>35294389
Yea, I concur. Being that big of a pussy is a sure sign of low test. better get that shit checked out before you lose your gains.
>>35294373
Dumbbell chest flies bruh.
feels
I hate how fitness memes are used by non /fit/ people.
LEL NO LEGGS DAY HUH BRUH?!
fuck you faggot.
>>35290911
Injuries
>>35290949
>pussy
>>35290953
you shouldn't be getting serious doms if you train consistently. Let me guess, you're one of those retards that has ''leg days''. Yes,
>>35290973
Oh, it's sooo discomforting! Fcking hell mate, grow a pair of fucking balls.
>>35294357
lol dat pic made me fucking motivated even tho i'm a manlet lmao
>>35294457
"Leg days" are a normie non lifters vocabulary.
Every /fit/izen knows that you work your legs every time you're in gym.
>Legs like sphagetty after le legs day XD XD lmao XD
You're either really new or doing something wrong if you keep feeling muscle pain after workouts
>>35290943
Agree
Having to look around for 5 minutes to find dumbbells you need, cos' cunts don't rerack their fucking shit.
>>35290952
better do intense days than shitty days all the week
>>35294153
>But how do you start caring again when you find someone else.
You don't.
>It's been 6 years, 4 with my new girl and I don't feel a thing
I'm gonna go ahead and tell you to get out while you still can.
That part of you is clearly broken beyond repair, you gotta focus on other things. Like gains.
>>35290911
Body dysmorphia and bigorexia.
when you come home and you feel like you think you didn't take your exercises to the max
"your muscles don't hurt, you could have added another 2.5 kg easily!" "why did you give up?!" "weak piece of shit, that's another exercise in vain!"
not seeing any drastic results
bulking without gaining fat
>>35294883
Are you afraid to ask for a spotter?
>>35294426
>he only squats 1pl8
Topmost of lels
>>35294931
It has become a leddit meme. What do you expect?
Injuries and lack of progress
>>35292211
>again
;_;
>>35290911
Resting between sets.
Like fug man I just wanna do like 8 straight dumbells exercises without my forearms melting.
>>35294485
>>35294457
>he doesn't even do an upper lower split
I also get DOMS when I do more volume and shit than I'm acclimated to or do a new excercise or if I just train hard lots
DOMS happens man
>>35290911
working towards bodyweight exercises that you cant do yet
>>35295735
man I started doing upper/lower and it's so good
never going back
>>35290911
Front squats
>>35290911
trying to make it up for your average-looking face and shit social skills
>>35290911
the fitness 'culture' ie all the bros talking about catching a pump and doing hours of bicep isolations, supplement and protein shills, people exercising in front of mirrors, people taking shirtless selfies at gyms after getting pumped, instagram 'celebrities' claiming natty and trying to sell their exercise routines
Squats
>>35294916
>spotter
>implying I do free weights
>>35296065
This so fucking much.
All this shit surrounding weight lifting is so toxic to the mind.
finding motivation to keep going
the constant battle against chronic depression
>>35292331
Being a newbie :(
>>35290911
>What's the worst part of lifting?
Knowing that you never trained from child and will never be as big, strong or aesthetic as you could be if you had.
>>35292116
Goddamn anon. That hit like a ton of bricks.
>>35291396
Ur probly DYEL looking
Straight bar curls are fuckin goat
Being sore every single day
>>35293768
>not knowing about insertions, bone structure and height
lurk more
>>35291010
Never goes away
The bigger my legs get, the smaller my dick looks in comparison
How slow the gains take to appear, even if your progression is fast.
But at the same time it's part of the experience, and what separate the impatient quitters from the ones who remain with consistency.
The crippling guilt when you miss a session.
>>35290911
The crippling inadequacy issues. But maybe they were there from the beginning, can't remember.
calf raises
>>35290911
Multiple nagging injuries that never go away.
>shoulder pain for 4 years
>right knee pain for 2.5 years
>left knee pain for 6 months
>now left elbow pain since yesterday.
Hoping that last one doesn't turn into something chronic like the others.
>>35290943
came here to say this
When you're on a cut and every time you head to the gym you're thinking "This is the day I will lose all my gains".
Then that relief when you do fine and know you don't have to squat for another week.
>>35291010
This
it never goes away
You just get dysmorphia over and over
Never satisfied, always hating yourself for not being better
>>35296084
I hate and dread squats so much that it actually makes me put every ounce of strength into them. which ironically makes them one of my strongest lifts even though I hate the thought of doing them.
>>35296084
I enjoy squats, hate deadlifts though
>>35298041
Are you me?
Transitioning into body weight and realizing your push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups and run time are complete fucking garbage and you need to start from scratch.
>>35296065
I fucking hate the "le leg day lol so painful" meme
It's the most surefire sign that someone doesn't actually lift if they are rendered non-functional after a leg workout.
I know that makes me sound like a pretentious cunt but I'm sick of hearing about it. Nobody fucking cares that you trained legs for the first time.
>>35292116
What a fucking faggot holy shit grow a pair of balls you pussy kid it's just a woman probably a diamond dozen get over it jesus.
You never stop carrying that weight.
>>35300127
>diamond dozen
>Diamond
>dozen
Holy fuck you are stupid.
>>35300127
subtle
>>35300144
Holy fuck you are new.
>>35292031
Possibly form, I always press with my 2 toes and by ball, and that's at 200kg with a bmi of 19
>>35292116
3 years and all it takes is one "hey anon how are you doing?" text from her to feel that soul crushing heart ache
i think most guys have that one girl who really just wrecks them.
another anon said it best tho: this pain builds character
>>35300269
Fuck man, that post gave me some feels. I don't text her anymore for that very reason, but when she texts me that's the first thing I experience.
Fuck...
>>35300287
>>35300269
4chan is a 18+ site, get out.
>>35300144
lurk more newfriend.
>>35293768
>mfw I hardly do any exercises any more in the 3-5 rep range
2-3 times a week OHP, Squat (when I recover) and Bench. Maybe deadlifts once I fix my imbalance but that's a big maybe.
Everything else is 8-12.
>>35290911
Having to eat
>>35291817
This mostly
>go lifting even though tired
>get sloppy during squats and round back slightly during last set
>tfw when you sit down in the car after the gym and feel spikes of pain through your lower back
>>35298041
check your form you fucking nigger, Its probably horrible.
>>35290911
getting redpilled about woman when you make it
i just want a qt loyal religious gf
>>35290911
showering multiple times a day
nutrition
the mirrors in the gym
>>35290911
injuries that put you out from lifting for a few months
>>35290911
recovery being the most limiting factor, and it's out of your control after a certain point
For me, starting the workout.
I have to wake up at sunrise and force myself to do it because there's nothing else to do at that hour.
The fact that lifting without eating will get you literally nothing
>>35301199
Then get out of the fucking bar and go to church you dingus. Be kind and charming to all the old people and enjoy them all throwing their granddaughters at you.
>>35302218
kek, milfs wouldn't be bad anyway
Trying to appease The Great Hunger after deadlift day.
The Endless Need. The Bottomless Beast. The monster that is not satisfied until you've eaten yourself into a coma.
Fucking leaving my house to drive 30 minutes to pick up my bro, and drive him to the gym.
Hell, driving to the gym to begin with.
I love it to death when I'm there, but before I go it's such a hassle to get up and go.
>>35290911
foreigners in your gym
>>35293764
>*le fedora meme
having to eat so much to make any progress
>>35303952
This desu. Sleeping and eating actually. It sucks that you have to be so dependent of these things, just like some fucking baby. You can't drink alcohol and party with your friends the whole night becosue that fucks up everything for a few days. Or you can't leave your home and go for random a trip without preparing meals and stuff before that.
Fucking hell
>>35292116
You are a colossal pussy-whipped faggot. Telling other people not to post is brutally ironic coming from you.
Not OP you're just a pussy faggot lmao
>>35290911
>What's the worst part of lifting?
chicken
>>35290911
Tendonitis that forces you to take a week off.
>>35290943
Just do cardio and yoga on your off days.
>>35292298
jesus you sound fucking miserable
>>35304118
you gotta live man sometimes if you wanna party then party if you wanna take trips when do so
just dont overdo it
>>35291867
This
Also realizing smart chicks dgaf
Making it.
>>35291010
work at getting rid of that mentality man. it can be very damaging, especially in something to do with your own body.
>>35292295
The system responsible for controlling and communicating with every single part of your body can't get fatigued
Why would you insinuate something so colossally retarded?
>>35293070
I have more then 1 hobby
>>35291429
worst fell
for me it is muscle imbalance. I naturally have extremely strong lats and traps. traps especially I did a ton of cleans the last year and now my neck gets injured extremely easily because of it.
