Confidence doesn't come in 2 years time when your pecs split in two and your abdominals represent a dodgy cheese grater, it can come whenever you want it too
At age 15, I experienced what many other boys experience which is a dissatisfaction with their body image. A consequence of the sexualisation of boys in the media is that there exists an expectation in society that boys have a high body mass. From the bachelor to every Marvel movie ever, according to the media, boys must be muscle clad.
Feeling the pressure of society, I eventually chose to join a gym. At age 17, I joined a gym and would go around 2-3 times a week.
I have noticed many gains in the my strength and muscle composition but above all I have noticed emotional gains. From when I first started going to the gym I began to develop emotionally and develop more and more confident. I began to feel as though I was the host of a socially desirable and acceptable body. These changes predominately occurred right at the start of the my gym attendance, however. At this stage I had not developed much muscle and people were often unsure if I was gyming or not.
The change in my psychology indicates that change was not induced by the change in my muscle size but rather my subjective feelings of acceptance. Before I even had any muscle mass, just by going to the gym I felt more accepting of my body.
Confidence doesn't come in 2 years time when your pecs split in two and your abdominals represent a dodgy cheese grater, it can come whenever you want it too. Confidence comes from within. It comes from accepting your self and working out in some sense who you are. You do not need to be muscly, a model, the funniest person in the room or 6 foot 4 to be confident. You just need to wear your personality with pride and know that you are beautiful and special. So if you ever catch yourself saying "all I need to do to be confident is to ________," stop yourself right there. Confidence doesn't come as part of a loyalty card of life after 10 months of gym or 10 doses of botox or 10 years of football training. There's only one hole you need to punch and it's the acceptance that lies within you
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Feeling the pressure of society, I eventually chose to join a gym. At age 17, I joined a gym and would go around 2-3 times a week.
I have noticed many gains in the my strength and muscle composition but above all I have noticed emotional gains. From when I first started going to the gym I began to develop emotionally and develop more and more confident. I began to feel as though I was the host of a socially desirable and acceptable body. These changes predominately occurred right at the start of the my gym attendance, however. At this stage I had not developed much muscle and people were often unsure if I was gyming or not.
The change in my psychology indicates that change was not induced by the change in my muscle size but rather my subjective feelings of acceptance. Before I even had any muscle mass, just by going to the gym I felt more accepting of my body.
Confidence doesn't come in 2 years time when your pecs split in two and your abdominals represent a dodgy cheese grater, it can come whenever you want it too. Confidence comes from within. It comes from accepting your self and working out in some sense who you are. You do not need to be muscly, a model, the funniest person in the room or 6 foot 4 to be confident. You just need to wear your personality with pride and know that you are beautiful and special. So if you ever catch yourself saying "all I need to do to be confident is to ________," stop yourself right there. Confidence doesn't come as part of a loyalty card of life after 10 months of gym or 10 doses of botox or 10 years of football training. There's only one hole you need to punch and it's the acceptance that lies within you
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