lifting improving my looks?!

[Jay-X]

hi everybody, i've been liftin' weights for a month and a half now (even though i missed 2 weeks and a half, because i was injured and then ill) and i've noticed some improvements in my body. well, i guess that's pretty obvious. though, i even think that my face looks a bit different, more beautiful, is that possible?! i don't think since i've done like a dozen of workouts, maybe less... you could think that it's a little of fat who has gone out, but my bodyfat was already at 8,5% when i started and it has just raised at 9,5%, since i've been bulking.

i also noticed girls checkin' me out and some of them askin' my friends for my number and it can't be just because of the body... i mean, a month of workin out doesn't improve you that much, plus it's winter and i'm always wearin' a golf...

back to the face, maybe it's not lifting that has improved my looks, but the weight i gain, but i've always heard that it's losing fat that makes your face more handsome, not gaining it....


any thoughts on this?

 

[Lifeforce]

Lifting really improves the look on most people. If you have <10% BF then adding a little fat won't make you look chubby. It's probably the mass, women dig that. Probably your confidence show through. Lifting really improves the mental aspect on how you see yourself.

 

[Jay-X]

Originally posted by Lifeforce
Lifting really improves the look on most people. If you have <10% BF then adding a little fat won't make you look chubby. It's probably the mass, women dig that. Probably your confidence show through. Lifting really improves the mental aspect on how you see yourself.

i noticed, u r really right, man... it's incredible how much proudness i exude now... though, i don't know if it's just that... as i said, i also see myself more handsome... i don't know, my face looks more symmetric and actor-like... i don't think it's the mass, since i've only gained like 3 KGs so far and that isn't enough to show

 

[il_duce]

If you have a thinner (angular), more boyish-looking face, then adding mass is actually a good thing. It fills out your face and makes it more manly in appearance, especially at the jaw line. The same thing happened to me when I started bulking, and I am convinced that simply from lifting weights, the testosterone released by your body will add muscle to places you don't even train at all (i.e., your face).

Unfortunately, I've gained a lot of weight since I started (well, that's good for my body at least) so my face is a little chubbier and I'm afraid it is working against me now. But I could care less cause I gotta get to 190 before summer so I can start cutting this *****.

 

[2xp]

Originally posted by il_duce
If you have a thinner (angular), more boyish-looking face, then adding mass is actually a good thing. It fills out your face and makes it more manly in appearance, especially at the jaw line.

I am not sure that lifting wieghts fills your face. I had the baby face look . lifting weights changed my face, it looks more angular, more manly...

I am beginning to think that our lifestyle (exercice, eating habits) is like 50% of our looks. the other half is genetics. this is a bit exagerrated but i like to think we can change a lot...

a dynamic and healthy gives you a manly face : less fat, more muscle, hair, healthy-looking skin, less acne, more focused eyes (well that comes from the confidence you get from the extra-testosterone).

 

[Jay-X]

Originally posted by 2xp
I am not sure that lifting wieghts fills your face. I had the baby face look . lifting weights changed my face, it looks more angular, more manly...

I am beginning to think that our lifestyle (exercice, eating habits) is like 50% of our looks. the other half is genetics. this is a bit exagerrated but i like to think we can change a lot...

a dynamic and healthy gives you a manly face : less fat, more muscle, hair, healthy-looking skin, less acne, more focused eyes (well that comes from the confidence you get from the extra-testosterone).

that's exactly what i believe too, besides acne: even though i haven't been suffering from acne since i was 16, when i lift some occasional spots appear. besides that it's all true... expecially confidence