re: Is being ‘swole’ unprofessional?

The amount of time, energy, and effort to become noticably swole is large. Men who have lots of other important things going on in their lives probably don't have the time necessary to hit the gym seriously at least 4-5 days a week as well as maintaining the diet necessary.

Young single dudes with free time and plenty of testosterone are the prime candidates for this activity so that's what you see.

There are plenty of successful people who work out and are in great shape, but there comes a point when the working out isn't just for health anymore and you are doing a lot of work for fewer gains purely for vanity's sake

You sound swole

There are a couple guys at the gym who work out at the same time as me for the most part. These dudes are jacked in their late 40's. The trainer I know there told me that they work out here all day every day. They will come for several hours at a time, sometimes twice a day.

I don't know how a man can have balance if he is doing that all the time. Doesn't he have a family to go home to? Isn't that interfering with his career? Doesn't he have laundry/housekeeping to do? Does he have any hobbies besides a gym?

I know of an in-law who divorced and took her new buff Fabio to a gulf coast casino/hotel. They went with a few couples. The dude worked out all day and half the time she was alone at the pool/restaurant/casino with the other couples. The relationship did not last that much longer.

When I see a guy who is swole, my perception is he is all about himself. Everything revolves around him in his mind. That can't be good for relationships or children. Which is why women are attracted to dad bods. Sure they would love to ride in the Ferrari and be thrilled, but they also know the Ferrari is not a practical everyday driver. Dad bods give off the perception that he is content, is caring for others, has humility while being confident. Things like that matter more to them than looks. Once a man hits a certain physically attractive threshold, that's good enough for many women assuming he has the intangibles.

yall are so ignorant. 1-130 3-4 times a week is all you need.

many of yall have no concept of dedication and its why most of you are poor and fat.

but its that time of year again where yall make threads talking about how you have no desire to to be swole or ripped to make yourself feel better about being a fricking bowling ball

really how much time does it take to meal prep on a sunday for the whole family? 3-4 hours max? instead you would rather send your kid to school eating processed shite.

how hard is it to go at lunch or put a power cage, a bench, barbell& weights, adjustable dumbbells and a set of gymnastic rings in the garage? that is all you need to get "swole" and you can do that after everyone goes to bed, before they get up or at any time that is convenient for the family.

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When I see a guy who is swole, my perception is he is all about himself.

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There is a huge crossover between the gay community and dudes who are obsessed with their own bodies.

Nothing wrong with working out, but narcissism can become an issue.

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If I see someone "swole" it lets me know they aren't lazy and work harder than 90% of the population.

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The key here is defining terms. How do we define “swole”?

I think the guys in Top Gun Maverick for example look what I would call “fit.”

Once you start gaining absurd mass that almost looks like you’ve taken parts of entirely different human beings and attached them on one body that couldn’t logically or naturally carry that weight, I wouldn’t necessarily pick unprofessional as the word but I do think that looks dumb.

Our society has somewhat changed.

Lead actors in the 90s were lean very fit dudes (a reasonable example).

Lead actors today are so muscular I watch the films wondering how much steroids they take.

I read an article about how they have to dehydrate themselves (like body builder do for a show) just to film the shirtless scenes in these movies.


I think it’s absurd.

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Food -$800

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More than half of your equation is something that everyone spends money on

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At least it displays a level of discipline and a goal oriented mentality.

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I think it makes a great impression when a person has a high level of physical fitness. If you’re so enormous, however, that it’s clear you aren’t natural at all, I don’t feel the same way.


Met a guy at our gym one time that was a bodybuilder and he would just straight tell you he was on the juice. Said he knows it’ll kill him sooner and it’s a bummer that his young son won’t have him as long as other kids have their dads but this was his passion, bodybuilding and getting as massive as possible. To me, that was an incredibly sad and somewhat narcissistic thing to say.