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• I don't enjoy working out at all. I don't look forward to it, and I dread every second. I don't even feel good when I complete a work out. In other words, laziness. I'll admit to that. And no, topic is not over.
• If you're working out to lose weight, diet matters way more. You don't need to workout to lose weight.
• If you're working out for the gains, it takes years to see noticeable gains. You might notice microscopic stuff like "I can do 3 pull ups instead of 2" but you won't look any different. If you're patient and/or love working out, then go ahead, but if you hate working out with a passion, you're not going to like this.
• 90% of people I know that work out don't look like they work out. They look extremely skinny or pretty fat.
• There is way too much misinformation about what you should eat and how you should work out. No one can agree on anything when it comes to nutrition or fitness. For example, many people say you should eat 100 grams of protein per day, but that's not true. You should be eating about 50 grams. And protein is not what matters for energy, it's carbs that matter.
• To add on to my last point, most people don't have an actual plan, they just "wing it", or use some workout plan instagram picture.
• 50% of working out is genetics. You can do the exact same work out as Brock Lesnar, but you most likely won't look like him.

Your first two points are true and then you spiraled into crazy talk

If you're working out for the gains, it takes years to see noticeable gains. You might notice microscopic stuff like "I can do 3 pull ups instead of 2" but you won't look any different. If you're patient and/or love working out, then go ahead, but if you hate working out with a passion, you're not going to like this.

dont be chunky my dude

You look noticeably different after just a few weeks of consistent effort.

Ye 1 and 2 are fine, the rest are ??? not really relevant for general working out, though when combined with point 1 I can see how they aggravate it.

It's how much you want to push yourself, as far as your 3rd point. I saw dudes go into Army basic training, lose 40 lbs and gain a lot of noticeable muscle in 9 weeks. I went from being able to do about 18 pushups to 92 in 2 minutes, working out daily for only about 70 days.

So in that regard, if you work out and lift until it's a tad uncomfortable and quit, yeah it will take years, if it does at all. If you push hard and use every ounce of strength you have in your workout, the results come much, much faster.

1. In those cases, they lost weight. For weight loss, working out is completely fine (although just dieting would have worked too). The muscle may have always been there, but was covered by fat.
2. Pushing yourself how? Hopefully you mean 90% because if you push yourself 100%, you would have torn muscles and would be dead.

If you don't think the aesthetic benefits to lifting weights is worth it, then that's fine.

If you don't think the aesthetic benefits to lifting weights is worth it, then that's fine.

If you're concerned about health benefits then I agree you should do whatever activity you enjoy the most. Because I agree, lifting weights is very very boring.

But I personally think the aesthetic benefits are worth it and don't think workout is overrated.

If you're not interested in gym stuff, join a recreational sports league or something or take up jogging or whatever

But I personally think the aesthetic benefits are worth it and don't think workout is overrated.

If you're not interested in gym stuff, join a recreational sports league or something or take up jogging or whatever

50% of working out is genetics. You can do the exact same work out as Brock Lesnar, but you most likely won't look like him.

* If you're working out to lose weight, diet matters way more. You don't need to workout to lose weight.

* If you're working out for the gains, it takes years to see noticeable gains. You might notice microscopic stuff like "I can do 3 pull ups instead of 2" but you won't look any different. If you're patient and/or love working out, then go ahead, but if you hate working out with a passion, you're not going to like this.

* 90% of people I know that work out don't look like they work out. They look extremely skinny or pretty fat.

* There is way too much misinformation about what you should eat and how you should work out. No one can agree on anything when it comes to nutrition or fitness. For example, many people say you should eat 100 grams of protein per day, but that's not true. You should be eating about 50 grams. And protein is not what matters for energy, it's carbs that matter.

* To add on to my last point, most people don't have an actual plan, they just "wing it", or use some workout plan instagram picture.

* 50% of working out is genetics. You can do the exact same work out as Brock Lesnar, but you most likely won't look like him.

Since when does it take years to get results from working out?

Since when does it take years to get results from working out?

Brock Lesnar, like almost all professional wrestlers, body-builders, strongmen of any kind, etc. take steroids or some form of HGH

What matters for weight loss is that your body is burning more calories than it takes in. You don't need to workout to lose weight, but you also don't need to diet to lose weight. In the same way that you can eat less calories to make up for not exercising, you can also exercise more, to make up for eating too many calories. The fastest way would be to combine both diet and exercise.

Sure, if you're not pushing yourself, or you're not consistent, then it will take years to see noticeable gains. But if you consistently lift multiple days per week, you will see a difference much sooner than you think. The important part is to stick with it and not give up just because you don't go from lanky to ripped overnight.

That's not always a bad thing. If you're just starting out, the important part is to just get out there and exercise. Hell, sticking to a stringent workout plan can actually make some people burn out faster. You said it yourself that you don't enjoy working out, so why not try different things and try to have some fun with it?

Since TC clearly doesnt know how to do it.

If youre out of shape and you dont see very noticeable improvements after 3-4 weeks going to the gym, youre doing it wrong.

Depends on your definition of results.

Any proof of this, or is this just speculation?

I agree with this, but if we're talking about losing weight, diet matters like 80%, while excercise matters 20%.

How much sooner would you say? 3-4 months didn't do it for me.

I think it's bad to not have a plan. Then you see people using the elliptical for 5 minutes, pacing around the gym for 10 minutes and leaving. With that said, you're right, going to the gym in general is a great start. Not taking anything away from that.

Any proof of this

Depends on your definition of results.

Any proof of this, or is this just speculation?

I agree with this, but if we're talking about losing weight, diet matters like 80%, while excercise matters 20%.

How much sooner would you say? 3-4 months didn't do it for me.

I think it's bad to not have a plan. Then you see people using the elliptical for 5 minutes, pacing around the gym for 10 minutes and leaving. With that said, you're right, going to the gym in general is a great start. Not taking anything away from that.

I feel like I worked my ass off the 3-4 months I was doing it. You're not gonna see noticeable results in 3-4 weeks. Don't know where you got that misinformation from.