r/antigym

I know someone who has been doing these exercises for atleast 10 years they swear they are strong,does it really make you strong,I always hear them making oathetic panting grunting and moaning noises are they slowly signing themselves up for a massive heart attack and organ failure? They go to the bathroom atleast 10x to urinate I'm thinking they have deficiencies and they stuff themselves 3x a day for nothing just for it to go mostly to the muscle and not their brains&organs I swear the guys temper emotional control is like a womens even tho he has muscle

Of course I know from my experience that it wears down your joints and ages your body due to uneeded stress but also I believe that going to the gym is unatural like there's nothing natural with lifting man-made metal. Men in nature never worked out or did any kind of work at most they runned a bit to hunt animals but the rest of the day they were just sitting around eating raw meat. Gym is for performative "sissy" boys who think that gaining muscle and looking like an unatural freak will turn them into "men". Also working in general is for SLAVES if you believe that you're manly by being a slave you're a brainwashed m*ron

i think that steroids for bodybuilding should be illegal for simple reasons

1. they are not safe and it causes a lot of long term health problems
2. when young kids see bodybuilders or people at the gym big and they realise that they got to this body by abusing/taking steroids they would want to take it at a young age or when they grow up
3. some people will say that that adult has autonomy then i would say that there is law over everyone and weed/meth are also illegal for good
4. going to the gym should be about staying healthy and grow a healthy body once u take steroids it just becomes about being big and u start becoming unhealthy

So me n my sister have been going to the gym for the past 1 year n we convinced our parents as well cuz my dad is 51 n my mom is 47 at this age ppl start losing muscle n strength

N then i convinced my parents to take supplements like vitamin d tablets, whey protein etc

My dad was type 2 diabetic now his sugar level is controlled n mom's strength is increasing significantly

I am so proud of myself n please make sure your parents do weight training

Walking Is not an exercise

I recently joined gym for the first time in my life and for the first month, I took a trainer since I did not know how to workout, but now due to some financial stress I cannot continue the trainer but I have paid for the gym for the whole year. When I go to gym, I get awkward looks… I don’t know how to deal with it or am I thinking too much??

I recently joined gym for the first time in my life and for the first month, I took a trainer since I did not know how to workout, but now due to some financial stress I cannot continue the trainer but I have paid for the gym for the whole year. When I go to gym, I get awkward looks… I don’t know how to deal with it or am I thinking too much??

I want to preface this by saying I am absolutely not talking about clinically unhealthy levels of fat accumulation. Physical activity is crucial, and building muscle is a great thing. But lately, I can’t help but feel like the fitness industry has declared an all-out war on the normal, healthy subcutaneous fat layer—which is literally a vital endocrine organ.

Why is the industry pushing women so hard to strive toward an ultra-lean, highly muscular, and sometimes rigid or bulky physique?

It seems like in this over-obsession to build muscle and achieve single-digit body fat, we are erasing natural feminine traits. Subcutaneous fat is what gives a woman hips, breasts, and that normal underbelly softness. Instead, I’m seeing women who are pushed into looking almost "square." They lose their natural curves in favor of huge, hyper-developed thighs and glutes that, while impressive in a vacuum, often make the whole figure look weirdly disproportionate and completely unsustainable in everyday life.

You can even look at naturally thin women (like many traditional Asian body types)—even without much weight on them, they don't lose that fundamental feminine shape. But this modern fitness aesthetic of building massive lower bodies while stripping away all upper body and core fat just looks unnatural.

Where do we draw the line? Yes, some muscle adds beautifully to a physique, but when does healthy fitness cross over into erasing the natural female form?

And honestly, this isn't just an issue for women. The industry does something similar to men. I consider the hyper-bulky bodybuilder look—huge backs, massive biceps, and tree-trunk legs—far less attractive than a natural physique. Even on a man, a little bit of cushion doesn't make him less attractive; in fact, I think the lean, functional "calisthenics" physique is the best look by far.

Are we losing our grip on what a healthy, natural human body is actually supposed to look like? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

why do people go to the gym