Has your physique become your identity yet?

[Davin Black]

Not my identity - which makes it so whenever a random occasion calls for my shirt to come off (the beach/pool, pickup soccer, etc). I'm not at my peak but still way more fit than people realize, they catch a glimpse of the abs and be like

The best is when people ask what I eat after a long run or workout. I'm always like "McDonald's Dollar Menu"...

Spoiler

...and I'm not lying, either. Need them calories brehs

 

[ThugLife]

who the fukk tracks curl PRs?

 

[patscorpio]

for me..yes..and randomly (depending on the time of the year) I get the "are you on roids?" question

 

[RTF]

At work it's up there. But in general no. That would be a little pathetic imo.

 

[awkwardblackgirl]

People think i'm lighter

Me too. People tend to guess 15-20 lbs less than I am

 

[definition]

strange question.

If you are asking if that's how other people view you, that's one thing (it's a no for me ... I can go heavy in the gym and run ok for distance, but i drink too much beer to truly be in shape).

If you are asking if that's how people view themselves, I truly hope not. Fitness is a great thing -- but it ain't life.

 

[unit321]

"That big guy"

"That swole dude"



The answer for me has been yes

Well, I worked hard to get wide lats, bigger deltoids, chest, arms and legs. I would say I was proud of my physique to some extent, and it kind of defined who I was.
Now, I can't lift heavy with any exercises involving shoulder movement, like bench press, military press, dips, dead lift, t-bar row, pull-ups. So, my physique is slowly shrinking. I can tell my chest and deltoids have slimmed down. My lats are still a bit wide. And I'm trying to keep my biceps and triceps big. I can do squats for legs but no front squats or deadlifts. I have no idea what I'm going to look like in a year. I'm working on cutting my belly flab as my chest is flattening out.

 

[semtex]

Try zercher style good mornings off pins @unit321

 

[Hacksaw Jim Thuggin]

Ill have to say yes, i like how at 30 years old i can still fukk 18 -20 year olds, my appearance gets me in and my experience makes it easy for me to say what i want and get what i need. I tell anybody the gym should be a way of life, just like u make time to have sex, u can make time to hit the gym even for an hour a day 3days a week, as u get older u gun appreciate the sacrifice because u will be in the game longer than the people that didn't invest in their self.

This for sure

I see some dudes in their 60s that are at the gym, but they're putting in the effort

Meanwhile, I got several friends younger than me who are

I guess their priorities are different, but man ... doesn't literally being shaped like a bell disturb you?

im 40 brehs...so imagine what the majority of the people around me look like....

ive been off and on with the gym for years...but finally decided to get serious this year...and im loving it

 

[TheArchitect]

I suppose...I mean, the homies/family know what my hobbies are; but I'm not quite at the physique I'm shooting for though....

 

[Exiled Martian]

I'd say Yes..I get called Buff/Henny/Hench/strong by the hoezzzzz & Gayy/Obsessed/Gymrat/ by the skinny jeans wearing frail clavicle having fakkots around my way

Guess I'm doing something right with the barbell