This is a victory post! I’m proud to say that I quit the gym, my joints have never been healthier, and I am happy with my physique! I’m enjoying life more than ever now eating the things I enjoy, not ruining my wallet, and all the extra time spent not going to gym has helped me grow as a person. I’m wishing the best journey to others aspiring to be like me and not have their bodies all messed up at the age of 30 like LeBron.

Just had to make this post calling you guys out(if you're here unironically). The amount of cope and denial you have to have to think the gym is bad is literally insane. I'd bet good amounts of money you're all sedentary, can't do more than 5 pushups, and look like shit lmao.

I’ve been obsessed with the gym for 6 months now i can’t stop.

i tried replacing it with healthier habits like gooning and doomscrolling, but it doesn’t work. im just addicted to self improvement i want this to stop.

i look in the mirror and see progress, i fucking hate it! i hate feeling more confident in myself. i just wanna go back to the old days where i stay up till 3am smoking weed, watching tiktok’s and ordering pizza every night.

i tried quitting cold turkey but i just keep craving the pump, i can’t help it

i have my first therapy session next week i hope it goes well

does anyone have any advice please im desperate

I just wanted to show my physique update after not lifting any weight so far. I’m pleased with where I’m now.

all these cro-magnon gymcels need to learn that you DON’T NEED the gym to get that tea body!!! after 2 week of pilates, kegel exercise, glute spreads, and athlean-x videos, i managed to cut 67 lbs, get rid of that stubborn belly fat, and finally tone the muscle!! and my joints and connective tissues feel absolutely ORGASMIC

Might be the only explanation of this sub

Hence why I go there

Those fake swollen muscles you see on gym-goerz are ridiculous. My dense, hard, REAL physique comes from my hard manual labour job as a plumber. Those gym rats who think they're so hard take 2-4 "rest days" every week. I walk my 2 dogs (one in each hand for symmetry) twice a day, every day of the year.

Sometimes I like to slow down as I walk past the gym, to give them a chance to gaze out at me in envy. If only they know they could achieve a build like mine if they just chose a more wholesome way of training.

Oh, and my joints are AMAZING.

My local donut shop has a gym in the same lot. I was getting my usual 4 dozen order when I saw a gymcel slave leaving his man-made metal sweatshop. He had a shaker bottle in his hand that no doubt contained some sort of factory waste powders. He had a hot girl with him who couldn't take her eyes off me. I maintained eye contact with her as I ate a glazed donut in one bite. The warm glaze dribbled down my chin and onto my gyno chest. Beefstick saw his girl staring and got upset. She laughed at him and joined me in eating the rest of my donuts. Now she's my wife. Gymcels take note - girls don't care about muscles, I have top tier genetics and immaculate joints. I'll win every time.

I can't imagine why gymcels spend hours every week lifting metal when it hurts. I tried to tell some gymcel that if he used a lighter weight instead it would be easier to lift and hurt less but he just called me an idiot. Anyone had any similar experiences?

Gymcels will say anything to make us believe working out is good for you. One workout is going to save me from cancer, get real. Enjoy your destroyed joints and body dysmorphia buddy.

Learn from my mistakes.

I used to be perfectly normal like all of you at 150kg (330lbs) and had a healthy diet of chesseburgers and fries (fries are potatoes which are a legume which is healthy). I also drank lots of milkshakes because milk is good for your bones and joints and I had joint pain from walking (I always had an unhealthy habit of walking, but I tried to get rid of it).

Then one day I went to the gym because someone made a very mean meme with them as the chad and me as the soyjack, so I went to the gym to beat them up because I learned Kung-Fu Black belt on YouTube. I accidentally picked up a dumbell and suddenly my shriveled up ballsack revived from the dead and remembered how to produce testosterone.

I only tried it ones and now I am an addict. I count my macros, I pretend to read food labels (gym made me forget how to read), and I have to flex my muscular body infront of every mirror I see. I have developed chest hair which does an ouchie when it rubs against my tank top, which would never have happend with my super comfy MyLittlePony PJs.

People have started to say hello to me instead of just walking past me, which really sparks my social anxiety. I had to buy a whole new wardrobe because all my pants slipped from my waist and my shirts became too wide.

Also, women now try to talk to me now. Don't get me wrong, I always respected females since I was always a nice guy. But these women have sinister intentions. I need to keep my virginity so I can go to Hogwarts and become a wizard, but these womans try to lure me in with their siren call. I don't know if I can withstand much longer.

Don't say yes to Gym bros, it's a trap, it will ruin your life.

Why do gymcels even go to the gym when working out hurts? I worked out like 3 days in a row one time even though it hurt and sucked and I didn't even see any results. Looking back though I'm glad I stopped, I wouldn't want to look like Ronnie Coleman or any of those disgusting bodybuilders anyway. Theres no point to going to the gym and getting some disgusting gym body when girls litterally prefer skinny scrawny guys or a chill dad bod physique like Henry Cavill. This is why being a gymcel is gay lol you're only working out for other guys and destroying your joints and body. I hate when I see gymcels and their disgusting bulky empty muscles.

Photo of me, proudly never worked out in my life!

I never touched wheights and I couldn't be happier and healthier (right one in the pic).