Everyone wants to call out "unrealistic body types" yet no one wants to put in the work to show us the peak "realistic body type".

As a boy in the 1960s, I didn't want to LOOK like Superman or Batman. I wanted to DO WHAT THEY DID. Which is a much different thing.

Sam sulek has been very open about his use of medications during his career. He also has stated that he doesn’t recommend it to anyone.

I played with power rangers, barbies, gi Joe, Legos, tnmt, and tons more toys. I don't recall ever associating how I'm supposed to look from any toy. I think maybe we should give kids more benefit than that. Just be a presence in their life and teach them the best you can

I based my life on LEGOS. God help me.

Sponsored by better help... ah yes, the most fitting partner

Im at a stage in my life where most of what I once held dear to me are and have always been an unnecessary purchase. Now I try to get rid of everything that adds no value to me and embrace a minimalistic lifestyle. I still have material possessions here and there to add character and personality to my life, but this, along with getting off social media, has helped me find what I truly value, also showing me that I can have a lot more with a lot less

Alright boys here are the best natural bodybuilding channels. Natural Hypertrophy. Bald Omni Man. Geoffrey Verity Schofield. Alex Leonidas. Basement Bodybuilding. Faz Lifts. Then there's the team 3DMJ crew, Omar Issaf and the iron culture crew, Steve hall and Pascal at revive stronger or the improvement season podcast, and the guys at the brains and gains podcast. Another Steve I think at FitnessFAQs. For the science of hypertrophy check out Jeff Nippard, Renessaince periodization, house of hypertrophy, and flow high performance. Stay natty boys.

Imagine speaking about the importance of mental health and then running an ad for Better Health...

Showing this video to this kids I teach as they asked me about the importance of the gym the other day and I wanted to give an answer but didn’t want them to get the wrong idea about physic and what it means to train our bodies. Wonderful thoughts!

It's really good !!!people need to hear this .❤

We're all gonna make it brahs

1:56 - My actual reaction when a youtuber goes into the sponsor segment

Some protein powders can have steroids...? Can you tell me which ones So i can avoid them...

Life is good when Aperture drops !!!

Well said. I hope that watching this video will help the younger ones in this community. And when working out, focus on that one moment, because that can make you feel good. It's a long-term endever anyway.

Thank you sir

I'm natural. I've been working out for about 2 years a little more(i stopped counting). I've gained 7-8kg but I'd say 10-20% of it is just fat and the rest is muscle. One thing I got wrong is that I thought lifting more heavy weight for less reps would make me gain muscle...(no). Actually... my strength and muscle increased when I started from 10 reps and pushed up to 15 reps. I did that x3 sets and when I feel i can do 18-20 I increase the weight. This way my strength would increase or I gain some muscle to compensate for it. I don't look huge. In fact.. I look 'smaller' because I also lost a lot of fat but I still have fat in areas where I don't like it but "IT IS WHAT IT IS". I'm lifting and improving myself. I'm in my third year in the gym. I increased my walking endurance a lot more and my strength over the years were 'good' but not like the one in social media telling you 'you should be able to lift 100kg in a bout a year or two'. Well... yes if I actually was too dedicated but I had other stuff doing also. I kept pushing and pushing and I can lift pretty much good amount. I'm not forcing myself too much to the point of getting exhausted and barely be able to do anything or have fatigue the next workout comes. I just do 1 more rep every day if I could and if I can't I take a step back. So far... it worked pretty well BUT ITS DAMN SLOW.

As along term follower ofthos channel i have to say thank you. This is just what I needed!

Never cared about muscles. I do stretching / mobility exercises and that’s it. Prolongs you feeling young when you can move around freely

My experience growing up whatching superman, goku ect was never for their body because i was told that it was an unrealistic body image that was only in the movies and shows. I watched them because they inspired me to be like them. To never give up, to protect those that were weaker than me. And to generaly be a good person. because that is their purpose. their ripped bodies where just a bonus, something cool to look at. and i mean if you just worked out a lot and eat healthy you could get bit like that. so i dont think they should change the characters. parents should educate their children to look at what they do instead of how they look. that what they do is whats important

But hey, that's just a theory. A film theory.

Where do I find the audio tracks from the Stoicism: Become Undefeatable video?

can youtubers PLEASE stop taking BetterHelp as a sponsor? theyre really bad

this is part of the reason that led me to go on a complete social media cleanse

This video should be required viewing for teenagers. 10 minutes of perfectly concise reality.

Not even a second was wasted here

i mostly played with things like dominos when i was a kid, alongside video games like far cry 2, half-life 2 and civilization 5 and more dangerous stuff like knifes and fire

I only played with a really old toy caled: 🔥 FIRE 🔥

Character Development is realizing that being Lean, Healthy, Big Strong Bones, Great Frame >>>>Gym

Listening to this at the gym 😂😂 I've no muscles though ha

It isnt just cultural that causes a two income house. That clock started once the US got off gold and purchasing power dropped. Gold is the spending chaperone for politicians.

I was 16 years old, 6 foot in height and only weighed 48kg, which is over 20kg underweight on the lower weight for my height, I had been skinny since I was a kid, and I was a very active even won gold and silver medals in athletics in my school, but the notion of everyone around me always remained that I was a stick figure, I was always point out when I met someone new that don't I eat at all, even tho I ate as much as I wanted to, problem came when buying clothes as I looked even more skinny in some so my choices got very low, after being said many things by girls my age elders and even my father, i started gym, I have a long way to go, I just turned 18 and now weigh 60kg, and this alone took me a lot of pain and suffering, I am improving just gaining to reach my real goal of at least 80 as soon as I can in a healthy way and then reach 90 slowly over the years, I have always been insecure about my weight cause everyone would point it out. And me not have strength in the sense of power also made it worse when I did get into some fights. Well I hooe get to my goal, and I believe I will look better, and get confidence to talk to girls, as I already am looking better than before.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Now I wear a back pack like a shell and deliver pizzas!

Thank you, i needed this now :)

My frist toy was a stick with a large round plastic bucket cover We'd use the stick to guide to guide the plastic around It was way more than you'd think

I based my life on a wandering mindset. NEVER able to have a normal relationship, but I try. I'm okay walking wherever. Hikers hike, Walkers Walk.

I think this is a great and important topic people and yes especially women should really disect this notion of "ideal" or what is "normal". Trully a pandora's box of topics. I think a great topic I would love your take on is what your already touched on in several of your videos. The idea...the notion the very fiber of what a hero is...Every culture has one. Whether they are dieties or fables. Joseph Cambell touch on it alot. I studied it also in college. I would love your take on it one day. Heroes from Martin Luther King to Ghandi to George Washington to Gilgamesh to Hercules to Superman to Spiderman. I think they say alot about us as a species.

The idealized male form portrayed in media and toys as a kid was only a benefit to me; sure as I grew up I realized that it’s very rare (if not impossible) to fulfill that GI Joe physique, but nevertheless it inspired me to work harder and yields only positive results. I’m 26 years old, I have an engineering job and a consistent workout regimen that’s gotten me from a 130lb twig to a 175lb athletic physique over the course of 5 years of consistent, natural bodybuilding. The fake natties are a huge issue and I despise them, but overall the workout culture is more positive than negative. I’d say the biggest issue is that many parents don’t give their kids the love, attention and confidence they need to stay away from the PED’s and be confident with their natural results and learn that it takes time to build a good physique you’re proud of.

Gym doesn´t fix your life and newer look up to anyone! - got it :)

You should write a book

the problem with better help that no one is talking about

Most of the problems are related with food consumption. Bad food. Too much food or too little. With exercises and balance will will be your best version.

pro bodybuilding is an industry based on steroids.

I usually agree with your opinions, and I see your points on unrealistic goals, but I think having a goal and wanting to look like Chris Hemsworth etc. is no problem and only helps the society in keeping standards.

Great Video! You are a good man

the more disconnected we become, the more superficial we become. in desperation for connection, we become fake and lost. unaware the price we pay is our life.

Does anyone know the song played at 8:30 to the end?

Fitness of the mind is far more important than any physical fitness of the body. Then again, you have to keep your mind and body both healthy to survive in this world, and there's nothing more healthy than simply being up to dare on important issues in this world coming from Apertures videos of course.

Dude..3 times a day in the gym.. I asked guys whom were actually working out for tips and help..just don't interrupt them..most people are happy to give you pointers.. just ask politely and accept he might want to finish his workout first not just that set..or ask to work in with someone using a machine that's super easy to switch weight

5:01 Wish I knew what part of my growing up let me avoid this 'copy what we see' thing. I liked what I saw, often. but never felt any need to BE them, or be like them. I was me. that was enough. Not enough to do well in school, apparently, but enough. :) and much of my entertainment on tv back then came from america. subtitled. letting me hear what they actually said and read what some doofus in the company thought it meant. (on the whole, I have figured the only way to properly subtitle shows is to hire people who LOVE THE SHOW, and know both lanugages involved. 'fandubs' have far and away been the most accurate I've experienced.

Isn’t this similar to anthropomorphizing a child based on faulty/ biased memories?

8:10 so what I get from this is that all of this is basically based in women taking the provider role. Can it be the fact that mother was at home most of the time that let me ignore the 'be like me' nonsense in media at the time? curious.

All I want is to play football and basketball for fun and to keep my weight below 85kgs. That's all.

You are right about the image of men being 6 pack and big all the time, but my problem lies in first not go the female route, which is body positivity to fat acceptance and just new a recent report came that even more of the population is getting overweight and obese, not just that but the younger population under 18 as the parents not looking out and giving their kids junk food so our life expectancy is now lowered, this is to say gym culture for guys if you know not to go non natty look is so good, this new trend to me at least is very good for all the guys and our thinking of I was to look like characters I look upto and train for it have a motivation even if impossible to reach doesn't stop us from the goal of a healthy lifestyle is great and women on the other hand pointing out things like women looking too sexy in games and media will not stop and there should be more fat girls does not make sense, nobody wants to see, and if you can change something about it and not do it, then it is your fault and on the same page as a short guy, he can't change his height and looked down as human by women cause he is not 6 foot even tho he is taller than her

Imagination. We had minimal toys. We made things out of things around us. I admit I was jealous of kids with Transformer toys! I still am.

Genetics also play a huge factor in having a good looking physique. But the thing is, not everyone will have good genetics, hence why some people resort in using drugs.

Sticks. Played w really cool sticks

This is so true. All the toys I had growing up had big muscles. All the action men in movies had big muscles. So I thought once I became a man I'd naturally have big muscles. But in reality, I'm scrawny 😅

I played with bionicles, hot wheels, and remote controlled cars; what does that mean for me.

We should just do what we enjoy. Mankind can't handle this whole image thing for much longer. We're ripping apart at the seams.

This rant has no bases in reality the reason heros are strong is because they worked hard for a goal barbie is beautiful through her hard work to be whoever she wants to be I see better help is a sponsor here's a thought toughen up butter cup you can be a hero through hard work too

Legos and my Nintendo ds was my childhood

i workout to become yujiro hanma , i'll become the strongest

I olayed legos and a toy called action man, a batman toy as well in childhood. The good ol'days for me when life was less complex for me (even though i was and still am a complex individual mentally and biologically)

3:30 I think we say ACROSS america, and those who brainlessly try to copy them.

My Respect for this Channel grew immensely. ❤

You did really say protein powder can have stereoids. This invalidates everything you've said before that. Look up what whey is

Why would anyone want to bring kids into such superficial world?

One thing I feel sad I lost from my childhood is my imagination 😢

They need to put an age limit on apps and social network. We weren’t allowed to go see an R rated movie until 18. I don’t understand how this was not put in to place from the beginning.

Moms didnt buy me much. But i would make stuff and try and fix things we found in the trash. My swiss army knife was my life

I played with muscle-bound toys and grew up with DBZ, it got me to work out a bit to where i have a bit of muscle and that's about it. It wasn't harmfull in any way shape or form. But if we're talking about influencers, that's a different can of worms, because they lie to you about everything.

We're all aspiring to become the hulk, let's be honest, when we're inspired by fitness influencers we attempt to become evenly as fit as the hulk from this video's thumbnail.

Thankfully when you’re actually busy doing things you have less time to dwell on the influx of social media influences.

Arnold wouldn’t look small today tbh but he would definitely look fat

Unfortunately, that is true. Today, a guy with well-defined arm and chest muscles will be much better treated from the start than a skinny or even worse, a fat guy. It is kinda good cuz it encourages you to be good-looking and healthy; it also sucks cuz it can get you to pursue an unachievable career.

That darn society again making us do bad things against our will like not being a total pansey. If only it didn't teach us these things then we could all be winners

literally everyone is talking about this 😅

People who care about their health aren't body image police

thumbnail looks like Baki vs Yujiro

Light weight baby! LIGHT WEIGHT!

Hell nah, I need to be batman and look like baki thats why I hit the gym.

I loved playing cards.I always thought I was an 8 or a 9 but turns out I'm a queen.

There is 'Unrealistic' and there is 'achievable if you got the mind and the genes'. not the same. FYI, society.

-looks at Guts from Berserk- Ill never look like him...but im going to try. I deserve to look like a greek god. And feel like one too. And that means i gotta work for it.

The problem isn't what teenagers need to do in order to satisfy themselves in relation to looking muscular and attractive. The prospect of Civil war in the United States exists in conjunction with the coming presidential election, and the horrors being inflicted upon Palestinians in Gaza deserve our attention. Why? The same heavy handed military response will be used to put down an uprising here in North America, and those same soldiers dropping bombs upon Gaza will commit war crimes closer to home. We could worry about how we look, and what it takes to have the body of Captain America, or we could ask ourselves if we care enough to prevent another population from suffering the impact of genocidal warfare occurring with the blessing of our tax dollars. War is coming, and our gym memberships will mean less than our basic survival skills. Prepare yourselves for what is coming, and seek out sources of information that will ultimately provide you with that capacity. None of you will have the luxury of living in a stable society, because the middle class of North America no longer exists. The very same corporations polluting our natural environment consider all of us to be their property. We are nothing but slaves who are led to believe otherwise. Get prepared. I wish all of you the very best.

The words in the intro are much deeper than the surface...

It's ironic how our media promotes body positivity for women who are not geneticly curvy, busty, hour glass body shape but when it comes to men, if a men don't have big muscles, six abs etc. he is considerd as unattractive male.... Forgetting the same factor that affects womens body shape, which are genetics.

Just remember, big muscles aren't always an indicator of strength. When you have true strength, you dont need big muscles.

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On a primal level muscles do impress women.

But isn’t being masculine/physically healthy good?

Is it just me or this video runs in background too

If young people are being over exposed to fitness and it's influencers they're doing a very good job pretending they aren't. Obesity is a gd epidemic.

Isn't this just my problem if I comare myself with the guys on social media?

Hello

Rather be a steroid addict than be fat

As a preteen when I really started to look at my body in compared to others I did not look like the girls in the magazines or the girls in my class or the girls in shows,, and then one day we were watching The Animated gargoyles and I realize I look like the characters in that my legs were ridiculously huge bodybuilder huge because I was always on my bike and swimming with fins and hiking it was weird and gross and scary until I seen that gargoyle chick looking that way she had a little tiny chiseled waist like me and huge legs,, do you know what it's like being a preteen girl and not being able to find pants that fit you anywhere..... So yeah how about you shut up and realize that muscular people actually benefit people who look that way and there are plenty of other people for you to look at and identify with

But here's the thing, heroes are supposed to be larger-than-life, models who are supposed to be more attractive than the average person. All this "it's an unrealistic body standard" shit is pathetic. Like who tf wants to have an obese Captain America toy? Hey look kids here is average Captain Slob he is just as pathetic as your uncle who has given up on himself and life. Good vid regardless tho.