NEWSLETTER
Here’s Why You’ll Never Achieve Your “Dream” Physique
12th Feb edition of Manximize’s Shredded Sunday
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When I was a fitness “mini-influencer,” I hated my physique.
Despite being way skinnier now, I love my body.
Quitting Instagram made all the difference.
Your “dream” physique is a blatant lie — perpetrated by fitness models.
The secret behind their chiseled muscles, roadmap veins, and paper-thin skin?
PEDs + lighting + Photoshop + pump + angles + diuretics
Look how shockingly normal the “God of Aesthetics” David Laid looks without a pump and lighting:
As a natural, have realistic standards — my 6+ year fitness journey should give you a good idea.
To overcome social media FOMO and body dysmorphia:
- Quit Instagram — or at least use it sparingly. Unfollow accounts that trigger bad body insecurity.
- Follow only actual natty fitness influencers like Alex Leonidas, Sean Nalewanyj, Geoffrey Verity, and Scott Hermann.
- Focus on your own progress — as long as your lifts are going up, muscle’s increasing, or fat’s decreasing, you’re good.
- Take regular progress pics — nothing’s more heartening than looking back to see how far you’ve come.
Godspeed, my friend!
P.S. I updated the Ultimate Fat-Loss Checklist with new tips and resource hyperlinks. Grab it before the price hikes.
