>>77281855
>learned about $VKTX from this board taking SARMs back when Zyzz was alive
>made over half a million on that investment position alone
Qualifies I guess? Most of the best supps these days I've found in some Chinese pharmacology journal tho.

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>>77281855
You guys did actually save me.
I'm not just saying this to make OP feel better. It's the truth. You guys were the ones who encouraged me to lift in my 20s, who gave me diet advice and supplement help when I got sick. You guys got me off SSRIs, too, and I always come back.
I'm writing this now, almost 40, married and I'm happy. It's not perfect. I've made a lot of mistakes in my life, but hanging out with a bunch of retards on a Mongolian basket weaving forum hasn't been one of them.

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>>77281862
She's fucking another guy, she can still see the bitch in you who worships anonymous internet users

>>77281862

that's nice anon, i'm still trying to make it at 24, i feel like i have potential but it's hard, i've pushed myself in the gym but i'm still not where I want to be, it's been a winding path full of ups and downs

>>77281855
Spent my adolescence as a dirt poor nerdlinger, zero attention from ladies. Got fit-ish in my 20s. Maybe down to about 18% bf, stronger than average but nothing special. Suddenly I was getting looked at, chatted up. Didn't know how to handle it, could have racked up a body count, but did ok anyway. Started hooking up with a slightly older, very successful, beautiful woman. That's a whole story too, but we ended up married. In my 40s now, still married to her, 2 great kids, big house, lots of cars, pretty fucking rich honestly, and I owe it all to getting in kind of decent shape.

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>>77281875
Gym is for yourself. Not for other people or finding a gf. The gym isn't going to leave. There will be ups and downs, even if you stop for a while, it'll be there when you're ready again.

>>77281888
Happy for you, anon. How are the knees?

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>>77281889
thanks anon, i just see so many people that are where i want to be and i'm not there, i think of all the pain i endured and i'm still not there, i can never quit but it does get hard, god it does get hard, i don't have the fire like i used to

>>77281891
Haha. Knees are good. Fighting a tendon thing in one shoulder that keeps me from pressing, but I'm also on a cut right now so I'm just kind of waiting it out.

There's always something. Planar fasciaitis or whatever it's called, separated my ac a while back, snapped some shit in my ankle that hurt if I twisted but not if I just walked normal, can't do pull-ups without getting tennis elbow, had a goddam plantar wart that hobbled me for months...you get the idea. There's always something.

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>>77281893
Funny how these are the only two of these have saved and they both apply to you, OP.
(If anyone has more, post them please)

>>77281894
>There's always something.
Ain't that the truth

>>77281855
Second time at the skatepark yesterday, back from a 23 year absence. Absolutely wrecked my shit trying to work on my turns in the bowl, my first real hard fall since I've been back at it. Sore as fuck today.

Spent the last three months walking every day and doing burpees. Got to the point I felt like I could take the beating.

Sorry about the gf, fuck those dumb bitches. The unfortunate truth of the matter is they're not yours, it's just your turn. And that especially applies when married. After my first marriage, I decided I would buy 100% into being fine with things falling apart. Good luck out there, I had fun, too bad it didn't work out. Yes, I will always have preferred for things to have gone another direction, and I really enjoyed our time together, but go get 'em.

And then when bitches come and go it really doesn't matter, you just do your shit like how you do it, never buying into any of their worldview. Not saying don't listen or have input, just don't buy into it. And for whatever reason, you doing this will eventually grab one of them indefinitely.

Anyways, adopting this mindset and deciding to try new shit for no reason helped me to rack up small victories. I took a canning and preserving class, some cooking classes, bought a goalkeeper's jersey at TJ Maxx with some gloves and played pickup goalie at the park, I built a desk, just dumb shit. At work I stopped trying to save the world and concentrated on incremental improvements. At this point I'm glad my first marriage failed, fuck that needy, uneven, drama filled life, now things are way better and while I enjoy my wife, I don't get tangled in her bullshit. Anyways good luck out there. Jesus fuck I'm sore.

>>77281855
I started doing fitness related stuff ten years ago. I'm still a severe DYEL because I fell for SS and PPL as a natty. I loved swimming but thought that I had to prioritize heavy barbell lifts at the cost of everything. I went to the gym, kept it up for a few months at most, then quit and lost all my gains. I browsed /fit/ and they talked about consistency - I thought something was wrong with me for not being able to do my programs consistently. I just wanted to finally get big. The only thing I got was fat, though some normies thought I was looking juicier
>until I shaved kek
I tried doing SS and swimming three times a week, and loved it until I fried my nervous system. I didn't understand why I couldn't do everything at once, /fit/ told me I could. I didn't want to
>leave gains on the table
so I had anxiety over creating a PPLXULX program that hit everything twice per week, the stress was actually palpable and I just wanted to give up. Which I of course did.
I made a new year's resolution before 2025 to be consistent. I finally let go of all other goals and just told myself that if I did a fitness thing, whatever it was, I got to put a red X on that day on a wall calendar that I bought. I wouldn't follow any program, just jog and lift, and get back to swimming, which I really liked. I had dumbbells at home and eventually bought a barbell and a bench too. If it worked, I told myself, the next step would be to start programming in 2026. I was already in my fucking 30's and being a ripped young stud on the beach was already out of my hands. I'd just take it from the baby level and learn some consistency. Some months were worse, but I had a way better year than ever before, and this year I started programming. I did the only program I knew of that told me it wanted to make both cardio and strength a priority (Tactical Barbell) and I'm having way better of a time, my posture has improved more than ever in my life, and I like the way I look more every month.

>>77281866
You will never be a woman

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>>77281855
I get eye raped and smiles from fertile women everywhere I go

>fluctuate throughout my adult life from almost fit to fat
>March 2025 just about at my fattest ever
>hate looking at my body in the mirror, hate how my clothes fit, meeting attractive women is borderline despair because I know they have no interest in me
>haven't lifted in over 5 years due to bad shoulder injury, not even sure if I will be able to lift weights
>pray to God and sincerely ask for the strength to go to the gym and actually work hard and not fall out of that habit
>side note - when I used to go to the gym in the past, often I didn't work out as hard as I should because I was an angsty young man and I really just despised everyone else at my gym, who were mostly men
>ready to sign up at Planet Fitness
>staff encourages me to try a free workout before signing up
>even late at night, you can't get on any machine except cardio
>do a very short cardio workout and leave

1/2

>>77283332
>next night join a local "luxury" gym
>to my amazement there are a ton of cute girls in very revealing clothing (this was not the case at any gym I had ever attended before) and every day there were new ones
>this was the answer to my prayers because it provided me the motivation not only to show up every day, but also to work hard to try to impress them
>instead of despising the gym, I love it
>eased back into cardio and lifting, lifts were embarrassingly bad at first but I am an easy gainer and relatively quickly I became one of the stronger men at my gym
>now I'm more muscular than I've ever been, close to as lean as I've ever been, and improving
>collect mires regularly, love meeting women, and enjoy looking at myself in the mirror, and my dick works better
>continue to pray to thank God for my progress so far and to keep the inner strength to not give up on the gym - but I don't really see that ever happening since I enjoy it immensely now

and that's my little story
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>>77282337
You will never be a real man

>>be 27, fiancee cheats on me
>break up
>get drunk everyday
>end up finding /fit/
>FF 2 years
>otter mode
>always starving
>only worth is in my body
>fuck about a dozen woman, sometimes two in the same day
>realize I’m not happy and fucking a new girl means nothing
>settle down with girl that seems different
>marry her
>stop visiting this board
>gained 25 lbs, no longer have abs
>still work out and eat semi healthy, just not autistic
>trying for a kid

This was my journey from 28-35. I rarely visit this place. I still hate my body but I look back at when I was at my peak and think how the mighty have fallen. Fit didn’t lie about low body fat either, it is a game changer. Once you bang a few broads you realize how hallow it is

If it makes you feel any better, ghosting is the new norm nowadays.

>>77281855
>be me
>start lifting at 6'3" 155 pounds

>now 185 pounds

>win

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>>77283350
wow, anon, its OP here

i'm proud of you, you give me hope, i've been in the same shoes fluctuating from fit to fat and such, if you have any advice i appreciate it, god bless

>>77283556
thanks anon, it's weird bcuz she texted me first, idk

>>77284100
She likely was interested in you but something likely pushed her away. Maybe you texted too much? Woman don’t like desperation and are naturally good at sniffing it out. Dont beat yourself up tho, everything is a learning experience.

My advice is that you should also back off even when/if she contacts u again. I went through a similar thing when I was young (found out she liked a friend of mine LOL) so in my petulant, frankly childish frustration I completely stone-walled her the next time I saw her I even greeted her friend I didn’t know… happened to see her a few more times after that at parties and kept doing the same, and I could tell she was frustrated anyways she basically threw herself at me. This was all before I “ascended” and was fatter. Now my reason for doing it was out of frustration but what I didn’t realize is that I was practicing self respect and boundaries. Of course I’ve blown it with far more woman where it didn’t come back but the general point of the story is that beyond just looks self-love and self-respect are super attractive to woman. It’s very easy to get too excited/desperate when talking to a prospective woman.

>>77284098
That makes me happy thanks OP
Every workout for me always starts with 10 minutes on the stairmaster, no leaning on the rails. Do as high a level as you can and gradually increase as it becomes easier. This is the toughest part of my entire workout and I look at it as the "daily fee" for entry to my gym and for liking what I see in the mirror. Also it's great for your legs and glutes.
Do deadlifts if you don't already - your strength for that will increase quickly. Just be sure to use good form and don't do so much weight that you injure yourself. Do a weight you can do for at least 5 reps and don't add anything until you can do at least 8 reps. Injuries are devastating to progress. Btw all it takes to impress normie women is 3 pl8s for reps which shouldn't take too long to achieve
Also do the air hump machine if your gym has it (glute thrust) - another great workout for your ass and to impress the girls. When I do 5 pl8s (which is really not that much) as a warmup set and move the weight easily, the girls always seem to notice. Another good one is hyperextensions for lower back. Basically having a strong core, back, and "posterior chain" is very beneficial imo
Deadhangs for forearms, zercher squats, a shitload of eggs in your diet, regular visits to the beach and occasional "nightlife" to stay motivated and to track your progress of how much attention you get from women - this is what works for me

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I owe.
>be me /fit/ oldfag
>start lifting at 19
>fell for gomad and SS hipdrive.
>6,3" 165lb lankymode to builtfat 240
>worked in energy. Laid off. No jobs
>tried switching to tech. no jobs
>cant find work 9+ months
>apply to 1 job outside my intended field.
>municiple gov labourer position
>interview with late 30s milf
>open spot in forestry department
>Job requirement needs me to lift 50lb.

Got foot in door because a milf thought i could lift.
Not intellect.
Not work experience.
Not uni.
Not certs.
/fit/ got me a job which snowballed into a career, family, house etc.

Always stuggled with diet.
Everything clicked last year.
More mires. Random woman chat with me. Wife sweating.
On track to be juicy by summer.

Thanks brahs

>>77281855
I hate women so much its unreal