Instead of the usual friday feels thread what about a friday positivity and encouragement? Post your most recent lifting and general life achievements and encourage others, after all, were all gonna make it bro.
Lifting: >Just benched 2pl8 for 3 today >Squated 295 for 3 today too >Recomp is going well, actually leaning down an gaining strength (albeit slowly) Life: >Grades going up like a motherfucker, getting really good at stemfagging. >Girl mires everywhere >Very happy with girlfriend that lost virginity to me.
Make this thread wholesome lads.
Gabriel Peterson
Nice man, i remember when i first hit 225 and when i got 225 six sets of six. Keep it up.
John Edwards
Gratz, user, how old are you?
Andrew Butler
Learn the backflip last week and a 9/10 qt I’ve been eyeballing for a couple months has been starting simple conversation with me every so often
So I’d say things are starting to pick up for me
Jeremiah White
Ask her out next time she talks to you my dude. What can you loose?
Chase Stewart
19 why?
Camden Howard
handed in the very final report for my degree yesterday. shit time management has meant that I've skipped the gym for two weeks because of it . Going back for the first time today
Justin Sullivan
Bruh I had the PERFECT chance to just 3 days ago but pussied out and didn’t realize what a perfect moment it was until 2 minutes later. Next time I swear I have to do it before I start over thinking it
John Sanchez
Hahaha this happens more often that not. Just relax man, thats all there is to it
Luke Parker
Kill yourself faggot
Adrian Cruz
Been sober for 5 days now and got no urge to drink tonight
Carter Mitchell
Sad little man What have you improved to get better grades?
Eli Roberts
stay positive
Gabriel Richardson
I will..not sure if I'll do it before or after my parents die. But I partially blame them for my circumstances, so most likely before
Mason Gonzalez
Hey bro. I don't know if this is a troll but don' t do it. Not even think about it man. Look for help please. I love you. Nohomo tho.
Hudson Kelly
user no :( stay with us, even if its just a little while...a human lifetime isn't that long, a punctuation mark in the void. it will be okay.
Caleb Powell
>>Very happy with girlfriend that lost virginity to me. how old is she?
Eli Thomas
Fitness: >About to hit 18 pull ups >Run is getting better, my knees that I screwed up last semester are mostly normal again, hopefully back under 20 minute 3 mile
Life: >Ive been reading everything I need to and want to. Getting through a lot of slower philosophy material, as opposed to the history I normally read. >Also can wake up without being disappointed that I didnt die in my sleep
So yeah life is gold compared to last semester. Only negative is that Im about to hit 19 and I feel like I have wasted the better years of my life without realizing it.
Jaxon Thompson
Thanks brehs....but I'm too much of a weirdo and don't fit in anywhere. I've made an honest effort to turn my life around over the past 18 months, but all I'm headed for is that wage slave life with fuck all payoff
Aiden Price
>22 years old >Stereotypical fat neet >Start going to uni >Live in student accommodation with gym and pool >Eating chicken, beans and veggies everyday >Haven't been to gym yet, reading the sticky etc Very excited lads, but there is the sense of shame that I got so bad at my age. I'm 120kg at 175cm
Leo Hernandez
Lifting: >Finally hit 1pl8 for a rep on bench >Also did 1 rep of 225 on Squat
Life: >Grades went from Ds --> B/A >made out with qt 17 yo girl at party (im 18) >all family relatives saying i should model + few female friends (5'10 manlet tho)
Joseph Lewis
I am like you, didn't fit in anywhere..then I joined special operations in the Army. Very satisfying
Hudson Sanders
Take it from a 28 year old, you are just about to start. Keep up the good work pimp.
William Gomez
>Try to be more present to the moment >people are nicer to me felsgud
Ryder Turner
Mirin
Brody Anderson
fuck this reminded me of when i had a perfect chance to approach my uni crush but when i approached her i noticed her ear plugs and i just kept walking forward
Samuel Rivera
How to ask a girl out? I'm a KHV and never understood what that means exactly.
Aaron Martinez
I need to feel positive, I'm worrying to much.
Today I went with my gf to end some college procedures. First she came late to where we were meeting. In the mean time i tried to find any flower for her, but i only found an abandoned almost withered rose resting hidden from the sun, not because she wanted, but because some not in love individual just didn't like it. I thought that i could give it to her so she can craft something with its withered petals like she did when i gave her my first bought rose to someone (also she said she liked to do those things). When she came, I gave it to her, and told her the reason for its appearence, though recieved no answer and looked at her phone. Indiference, i felt a bit down. I don't want to explain all my day so ill say the most important now. She seemed a bit cold lately. When we were at her house she looked at my phone, but didn't want me to see at what she was watching, nonetheless when i do, she doesn't want me to look at her phone, like she was hiding something. Today, she looked at mine with me, but i wanted to see her too. There she told me to give her phone back and told me that we should never show our phones to each other again, and told me that it was a jealously move. I got worried, and just told her everything that molested me. She seemed like she didn't love me anymore, but, still says that she loves me like no one and we we'll be together, but she can't force herself to be more loving. I'm thinking that she will leave me in a month or a bit more, I feel bad and felt bad all day. There are more things that maybe relevant, but, with all this, How fucked am I? Am I thinking too much? I suppose, but Is it my mind or this marks the end?
Dominic Price
Hit 150lbs yesterday Started at 137lbs like a year ago and have been doing a shitshow of a job at putting on weight but I started doing it right and put on 6 lbs in the last couple of weeks. Still a big time skelly, but at least the number is starting to increase consistently Overall goal is 175lbs
Camden Wright
Jeez bro. I say if you feel the same way after like 2-3 days just break it off and save yourself the heartbreak of her dumping you or you finding out shes been unfaithful(if all that phone stuff actually ment something). Try not to have further conversation with her if it does end up ending. It just gives you more time to regret it and make dumb decisions or hear somethin you wont wanna hear
Carter Price
I want to fucking kill myself half he time
Xavier Gutierrez
I have nothing to contribute. I apologize, everyone.
Connor Lee
Basically methodology. I used to study in a very disorganized fashion. Now I make a list of what I need to do every day and I get to it and it I havent completed it I cant go to sleep. Really works (for me)
Evan Rogers
Bro were 19, our best years are ahead of us. Not behind. She was 17 when we first met. Why?
Jordan Hughes
Literally go to her and ask her. Make sure you have talked to her before and have some semblance of chemistry.
Aaron Johnson
Thanks
William Lopez
Not him, but same boat. What's the best way to react when she says no?
Tyler Morgan
Lifting: >Finished my cut last week >Started slow bulk >Finally have the energy to start breaking PRs again soon
Life: >I, too, and getting good at STEM-fagging. I have straight As right now as a CS senior >Spent a lot of time learning to be happy with who I am, and I feel like I'm finally making gains here >Just made some new friends while trying out disc golf, might make it a hobby soon
Michael Roberts
2pl8 squat for the first time deadlift pr too Got dream job for the summer fuck yeah, parents, uncle who has helped me a lot in life said they are proud of me qt blonde was mirin super hard at school event in bar, I chatted her up all night got them digitz, she be textin back n shit getting back into daily prayers, weekly Mass attendance for spiritual gainz
last few weeks were pretty bad, I had lingering illness, lifted like shit, got too drunk by myself a couple nights a week, tormented by visions of my own failures and of life with my ex woman, did not do anything for school, fell behind.
But things are turning around.
Dylan Reyes
guard your time preciously
t. 26 year old feeling mortality and time
Cameron Rivera
Serious question bros I don’t know where else to ask this
How do you deal with seeing a woman a lot after you ask her out and fail or have sex and the relationship doesn’t really go anywhere?
I am too mortified by seeing these women who fall into these categories around every day enduring the awkwardness of this happens
Connor Moore
>I've made an honest effort >over the past 18 months hahaha. You can't undo years of neglect and bad habits in a year and a half. Try harder you faggot.
Joseph King
Not that user. I played sports most of my life, started minor weightlifting when I was 15 for high school football. Quit when I was 16/17. Still went to the gym occasionally but was fucked up on xanax or even drunk sometimes. Then I stopped all together. Started again about 10 months ago and have been going hard as fuck. Absolute focus, all day almost every day. I'm now 20 as of last month, I'm 5'7 and weigh 175 lbs. I'm at my strongest/biggest I've ever been. Bench is 275x3, Squat 455x5, DL 455x3
Lucas Fisher
That's why I never ask out anyone I am likely to encounter in my day-to-day.
Daniel Gutierrez
Don't listen to these faggots. Either rob a bank and die in a dope ass fuckin firefight, or join special ops and try to take down some terrorists with you before you eat it.
Nicholas Rivera
god i wish i were you
Benjamin Hill
I generally have this policy
but wat if there is qt who seems to like you
i dont encounter good women often, and I am tired of sitting around doing nothing I wish to engage in the chase
Nicholas Richardson
Here's my experience going to a 2k small lib arts college >make out/fug >inevitably disappoint them or embarrass myself in some way >give them the little nod/"hi" in the halls if I don't have the opportunity to act like I didn't see them >this continues for maybe 5 weeks >begins to taper off until you can just treat them like a stranger The trick is not to think about the sexy stuff you've done together. just give them the "hi" as if you two did a couple of mandatory group projects together. That level of attachment.
Eli Adams
I think I suffered and ulnar wrist sprain last night. I have nothing to be positive about.
Julian Bailey
Don't fucking listen to that user. There is a point where you can be That Guy who asks out all the girls, but that takes years of practice. If you feel it with a girl, just tell her you'd love to buy her coffee/dinner. If you're in uni, tell her you'd love to watch a movie with her some time. In this life, you absolutely must shoot your shot. At the very least, a memory of awkwardly asking a qt out is better than a memory of regret and wonder at what could've been.
Ryan Cruz
Just break up with her honestly. You need to be upfront with her and it sounds like she is not someone you can trust if she is going to hide her phone from you. Just tell her you don't think you two are right for each other and move on to a better girl.
Nathan Fisher
Say something like "No worries, thanks for hearing me out. Have a nice day." Smile, walk away and move on.
Ryder Sanders
Im doing excellently in my RPN program, 90s and shieet for exams. I tweeked my neck last week on the 15th rep of 315 squats feels bad, starting to feel normal a535 and ibuprofen is helping and Im getting back to two workouts a day again. my truck is all good to go after it was stuck in 4wd high, no cost since warranty, next week I go for 3m tape and going to get a 2-3" level/lift and a 3" exhaust soon. no new girls I am too autistic
Josiah Howard
>muh feels
Go back to rebbit faggot
Nicholas Jones
what specifically is it that you want friendo
Xavier Edwards
>run a small business and had my best week of the year. >hit a bunch of PRs at the gym >I saw my gym crush on the way out one day and we made eye contact. I looked away after a couple seconds, and then looked back and she was still holding eye contact. Pretty sure she likes me >Patched things up a bit with my ex, so we are on friendlier terms finally - don't want to get back together, but I'm glad we can talk once in a while now
Great week. Hope everyone else has a great week as well
Landon Jenkins
Just goofin around. Gratz, user. Sounds like this is one of the generally high times of life. A local maximum.
Asher Russell
Had a friend who was a girl who repeatedly would say to just introduce yourself and ask her to dinner, or a drink/coffee. Has worked well for me. If she says no, then no big deal
Jordan Jones
Well don't ask with the expectation of denial, first of all. Have some fucking confidence in yourself, damn.
Allow the conversation to flow as organically as it can. Don't turn into a jerk, don't just turn and run, and for the love of Christ don't be ashamed. Maintain your dignity. If she explains why she rejected you (boyfriend, not looking for a relationship, not into you, etc) say you appreciate her time and excuse yourself.
You asked *her* out, no matter what happens after that point she'll be flattered and she'll probaly talk about you to her friends. This is a good thing because it means she'll remember who you are.
Jonathan Gomez
>crohns in remission for one year this week >no symptoms, scope and MRI look clean >gained 55lbs since >went from the machinist/actual holocaust survivor mode to comfortably dyel >been hanging out lately with qt latina who mires my gains and makes good food we are all gonna make it brahs. i believe in you
Ian Nguyen
I've finally pulled my head out of my ass and am now paying more attention to my caloric and protein intake. I knew better than to just wing it but day in and day out I was letting stress and urgent bullshit get in the way of my goals but now after almost a month I am finally gaining weight and strength steadily again.
Feelsgoodman
Ethan Perez
it's important to remember, in good times, that bad times are coming (pic related), and in bad times, remember, good times are coming.
I do feel I am going to have a good week--no school, can go hard in the gym, will go on roadtrip to visit a good buddy I haven't seen in a long time. I love driving across a new part of the country, navigating, smokin' cigs by myself.
Logan Clark
nice bro. Good luck with your crush!
Wyatt King
Been on top of going to train often for months straight now, been focused on nutrition also. Lighter, leaner, and happier than ever. Finally I have some self-confidence and it's made every aspect of life better.
Jeremiah Sullivan
Thanks man!
Asher Perez
This made me feel better about being a near wizard. Ty user
Ian Diaz
Moving out of state for a wildland firefighting job after two years of doing absolutely nothing. I'm putting everything on the line to move away for this shit man. I'm scared as fuck, but for the first time feel like I'm gunna make it.
Parker Williams
Make your own moments. Make your life, as opposed to life making you. We live in the matrix, a system that wants us walking in a straight, uneventful line. Struggle and resist, be extraordinary
Cooper Cook
Godspeed man I'm totally in a similar fucking boat. Not doing shit at the moment, was hoping to join the military but it's looking rocky so hopefully I can land a firefighting job
Austin Roberts
Been under great peril for the past 3 weeks. Week 1: Have 3 midterms and a Quiz all in 1 week. Faint and smash my head into a chair from all the stress and bad diet of eating a lot after I took them all. Week 2: Got back the results and I got 32%,52%, and 95% and 60% on the quiz, fucking unacceptable. Week 3: Get sick as fuck and have no energy to study at all. Get 3 cold(I always got 1 every year but this time I got 3) sores in the middle of the week and now I look like a fucking monster. I want to end my life.
Gavin Martinez
>Well don't ask with the expectation of denial, first of all. Have some fucking confidence in yourself, damn. I do, it's just I'm pretty sure this girl has a boyfriend. I've known her for a while and I'm just gonna bite the bullet and do it. If I don't I think I'll probably regret it either way.
Anyway solid advice, thanks.
Parker Powell
>broke up with my gf of 3 years a month ago >already getting attention from some other women >walked through the mall and saw plenty of women glancing >not scared to make eye contact anymore >cashier at store was super into me but she was kinda goth (not really my thing) >felt confident the entire time, took control of the conversation >also quit watching porn Thats my blog post. Losing the girl i loved hurts but i learned a lot from that relationship and im ready to move forward with confidence.
Asher Gray
Nice bro. Keep at it.
Christian Garcia
Lift: >Starting to cut so goodbye gains >Starting Olympic Weightlifting to make it interesting, really fucking enjoy it but don't know how to improve efficiently Life >Talking to a qt Phys. Therapist, but she just moved away for 3 months and I have no I idea how to keep it going >Strengthing my bonds with other people and close friends and I'm genuinely happier then I've been in the past few years
Any advice with OLY lifting and/or vagina would be appreciated. Love you bros, stay tight, no homo.
Leo Jones
>benched 2 plate for 5 yesterday >OHPd 1 plate for the day before that >finally getting cardio fit >my ecommerce dropshipping store is finally starting to work >found a great new apartment >my fiancée is amazing and the wedding planning is coming along smoothly >I only drink once on weekends now which in general has improved my outlook on life
Aiden Cook
>2plate bench
inshallah soon I shall achieve it
Nathaniel Garcia
>Looking at exes twitter to rile myself up enough to go to the gym I WILL GET OVER HER THEN MAKE IT
Julian Russell
is your point that 18 months is enough time?
Henry Adams
bad move fami
Ayden Brooks
Holy fuck are you me? I tried joining the Marines after high school, but I had some serious complications. Long story short I couldn't join any branch. After that, I didn't do anything (including training). Then I bumped into a wildland firefighter at a party last new years. He told me about the job. I thought it was badass. Cue training my ass off and applying to a bunch of crews. I Interviewed a couple weeks ago and was given a job offer last week.
Go all in on fire man. Unless you're like 28 the military can always wait. You still have time to get hired by a private contracter like grayback and work this season.
I'm kinda relieved that I didn't end up enlisting in the corps. We (U.S) were still somewhat in Afghanistan when I was trying joining, but now infantrymen do fuck all since there is no real war going on atm. I'd be halfway through my enlistment rn with no combat deployments. Fuck that shit.
Now, if I do well in fire I can go back to college and work only summers. Then if another war kicks off I can go to OCS and be an officer.
feelsgoodman
Brayden Flores
My point is you can do whatever the fuck you dedicate yourself to
Nolan Lee
Bro, I used to weigh 300 lb. Gotta start somewhere.
You're gonna make it. One lift at a time.
Lincoln Martin
You're pretty much me. Although my complications include legal troubles. I'm only 20 and have a decent rap sheet but all I have on official record is 3 misdameanors and a traffic ticket. I tried shooting for the Navy, went through MEPs and took the ASVAB. They called me back about my background check and told me I'm ineligible to join with all 3 misdameanors (2 of them weren't around at first, but they were from a year or two back and just got processed now, fml). Going before a judge next week to ask for dismissal, will see how everything goes. Worst case, I do firefighting and try my hand at various things in life until I find a happy niche.
Would have loved to go to war though. I want to do Spec War because yeah, boots and pogs do fuck all right now due to lack of activity.
Benjamin Ramirez
> hitting it off with QT 3.14 new coworker, things are going well > finally noticing social gains at work, really starting to fit in, get along, hit my stride > got a home workout routine planned out that I can commit to until I work out a gym membership
I got one of those hella sweet lives, Veeky Forums. We're all gonna make it.
Brandon Ortiz
>buy her coffee/dinner. So I should pay for her companionship? Sounds like a waste of money.
Brayden Gutierrez
It's a foot-in-the-door kind of deal towards getting free companionship. Not to mention you don't necessarily even have to pay for the coffee/dinner, it's just a nice gesture and an opportunity to be alpha by showing you can afford to.
Charles King
I got bored and built a dip station with scrap lumber, then I did a bunch of dips during my homegym master race work out.
Jordan Harris
Been getting compliments from guys more recently but noticed my first female mire just recently. Feels good, but still not with oneitis
Parker Ramirez
Im going to start an aquaponics commercial farm, and im scared as hell but also excited
Ethan Rodriguez
dw senpai, you'll make it too eventually. We're all gonna make it
Sebastian Allen
I decided I should start running while on my cut because my cardio is abysmal. Ran for 10 mins on treadmill after workout. Sounds pathetic but next workout I'm going to run for 15 and then keep increasing time.
Logan Edwards
>have a friend's bday coming up on friday >put on a nice black shirt >notice how my pecs look pretty nice >go to the muh vip club >meet a female friend >"wow user did you go to the gym your arms are so veiny" >didn't go to the gym that day >sometime later (and some whiskey later) >start talking to this russian girl >everyone starts telling me that she wants me >go to "dance" with her and get off
have I made it bros? I thought kissing a girl is difficult as fuck but it's so easy and nice. Also I had a panic fear of dancing since a girl talked shit about me in pre-school but when I drank it disappeared.
Adam Nguyen
>life so garbage reading this thread makes me jealous I know I should be happy for you guys but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't at least a little envious.
Juan Howard
NEVER EVER MISS OUT ON YOUR CHANCE BRO, EVEN IF YOU'RE A TREMENDOUS PUSSY AND/OR HAVEN'T HAD ANY PRIOR EXPERIENCE. TAKE A HIT OF BOOZE AND MAKE THAT BITCH MOAN ALL NIGHT.
Robert Garcia
I was diagnosed with severe depression which explains why the last 10 years have been so shitty. Now through therapy I'm finally getting a grip on things again.
I'm getting my teeth fixed as I let them rot pretty severely over-time and it's all starting to look and feel so much better after having 10 or so appointments. Together with all that I've started to go to the gym 5 days a week and my physique is slowly changing. My diet is healthier and people have been complimenting me on the changes I've made so far.
This is the best I've felt in a long time, I love taking care of myself. Maybe I'm finally on the path of making it.
Jose Anderson
Lifting >Started my cut and feeling good >Benching 225 more
Feels I'm doing okay. >Fucked a CoWorker >Fucked a tinder slut >Fucked an old ex gf >Fucked a qt goth girl (metalhead) i've known since jr high school
But, it still wont fix the hole she left....
Hudson Anderson
I'm glad for you brother, keep the struggle going and godspeed!
Xavier James
how do you approach metalhead chicks or alternative girls in general? are most of them even into it that much or do they only have surface level knowledge? are they in it just to get dick or?
Isaac Brooks
Don't try to please them with your taste. Listen to metal, pick something you like and stick with it, even if she dislikes it. Just don't give a shit and claim it's the best.
Never try to fully agree with girls on everything or appeal to them in any way.
Benjamin Jackson
Well first of all its women so, being in it for the dick isnt out of the question. Gotta find the real ones. But, it does seem to me most girls who listen to metal like it just as much as you do. Talk about the music or w/e alternative thing it is. You connect on that topic then branch the conversation from there. It seems to work for me.