Gay men in the gym

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Many of these guys go to the extreme and have trouble accepting their bodies even after all of their effort and muscle building. We need to stop promoting this. Do you really want to talk about CrossFit or Equinox? There are a few gay CrossFit organizations, which might help ease your mind.

If it makes you feel better, racking up a fabulous six pack of abs and a pair of cum gutters will not improve a three inch penis one iota. I don't know about that. I remember a time when gay men had "normal" bodies, not the overworked muscular body builder look that is so ubiquitous nowadays.

The era of social media makes people way more obsessed about how they look. You look on instagram and Twitter and see so many popular people with perfect bodies and people feel they need to catch up if they are going to be posting pictures of themselves. What never fails to make me laugh if how a man with the ugliest face I've gay men in the gym seen can suddenly work out for a few months, get a great body, and people will suddenly start going on and on about how hot they are.

Sure, the body does look great, but that awful face is still there. Why does the face suddenly become a non-issue? In order to be in good shape, you kind of need to get obsessed and stay obsessed, with working out, especially as you age. Only the people with the ridiculously 'fit' bodies take it a step further, and do nothing but work out and many take steroids.

Eh, I don't really care to be honest. Would I like a gym perfect body? Am I willing to put in the hours it takes to get one?

Navigating Gay Gym Culture: Body Image, Societal Masculinity, and Mental Health

If others are, that's fine and I'm not going to criticise them. But I prefer to just eat healthily and get regular exercise. I may never have perfect pecs and ripped abs, but I'm healthy and happy. And that's all that matters in my opinion.