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So yeah working out can literally make you look uglier, less proportionate. Theres a basic science to attractive body (narrow waist, wide shoulders, avoid traps, avoid hypertrophic compound movements

This sentence is not linguistically precise and slightly misleading. 

You should work traps, 

You should do compound movements 

Not sure why i used such a generalized word like "compound" as if thats inherently anti aesthetics.. that was dumb. You need both compound and isolation, and compound is the foundation, even simple incline pushups are "compound". 

Use of the word hypertrophic as a negative there was misplaced 

Its just about not overdoing them or targeting traps like you're mike tyson. 

Traps naturally get built by doing the other stuff to an extent anyway and thats a good thing. 

Squats bench press ect.. none of these are bad 

But theres some complexity

Bench press is good but should go 60:40 or 70:30(?) towards upper chest exercises, so lean more working upper chest

Squats i mostly dont bother with because i hate them and i prefer just simple leg press but if i really wanted the full rounded leg aesthetic i should probably incorporate something else - Bulgarian Split squats maybe?

Deadlifts can be good for T boost or just adding systemic muscle gain momentum ect.. but i have heard that they can cause posture issues and they look scary to me so i dont bother

If all you do is heavy deadlifts and squats all day for years you will eventually look like a powerlifting monster 

But then if you're a true tall lanky ectomorph? That might be the exact thing you need since you're problem is different. 

But yeah, I avoid working the obliques since it seems to have little aesthetic value

Again, my knowledge and how I use language especially to describe my "knowledge" is constantly being remodled. 

This is the issue with language and human knowledge full stop, almost everyone is constantly fulll of shit. 

... but also foundations for aesthetic physqiue are pretty cemented in stone now : 

1. V taper, Wider shoulders narrow waist 
2. Prioritize Triceps, lateral delts, chest, lats 
3. Triceps > Biceps 
4. Upper chest > mid/lower chest (but do everything)
5. 1G of protien per pound of body weight >> 150-200G Protien per day
6. MPS - 3-4 Protien meals per day, at 40-50 Gram of protien each meal > 3-4 meals per day instead of giant meal keeps growth signalling high throughout the day and gives a more stable energy, also enhances fullness in key muscles and your overall look over time. 
7. Use repeatable meal & macro-nutrient structure & caloric intake > minimize mental fatigue and automate
8. Low body fat amplifies physique > 10 - 12.5% ideal, 12-14% is decent 
9. Dont neglect legs
10. Post pump look is how you're body will look normally in 2-3 months?
11. Carbs are important for gaining size(No well obv everytrhing matters within a quantified range mathetmatical balance) & this is likely unavoidable, carnivore diet wont suffice, but maybe for maintenance it could work.
12. Dont neglect posture work & walking 
13. Dont neglect forearms
14. Low bodyfat + Tan makes body pop especially

Skull Crushers, incline dumbell BP, leg press, lat pull machine, incline pushups, diamond pushups = my favourite so far

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What Affirmations are .. Affirmations and Marketing

1. If u cant even convince yourself, why would you try with others? 

2. Affirmations is actually a technical & linguistically advanced technique. Its emoting to language & crafting emotive language in order to convince yourself of something, with a punchy and impactful tone and a concise structure. 

Edited November 16 by Optimized Life

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Structure makes chaos sexy 

I dont cut my hair anymore, im growing it as long as possible for 1-2 years, no fades no haircuts

But i now Sculpt every 6-10 weeks 

This provides structure and prevents frizz 

Without it, it will grow into uneven chaos 

A guitarist can play around and improvise, but only because he learnt the rules enough to effectively break them (most frequent chords, scales, major vs minor, arpeggios ect.), we all know the sound of a silly kid bashing around a guitar and it sounds awful and cringe, because there is no structure 

When Gym is structured, your mind is more free, you feel more confident & decisive of what, when where you workout - This frees your mind to act spontaneously and decisively, or to be more social 

Edited November 17 by Optimized Life

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On 14/11/2025 at 8:27 PM, Optimized Life said:

(When done from the right frame/intention*) Vivid sexual visualisation strengthens dominance - (Not Neediness). 

This was sloppy writing. 

I shouldnt have included the word "sexual". 

What i meant was approaching, flirting, leading her, her smiliing, giving her contact, meeting again, maybe following into your (or he) place. Maybe synced dancing and some escalation touch too.

But actual vivid sexual imagery isn't good, it focues on the outcome and creates a porn loop. 

U cant control the outcome or sex only the inputs, like approaching and being present, so its dumb to visualize actual sex. 

Similar with affirmations. 

Better to say "I act decisively every day, and go after what I want without with extreme confidence"

Then "I am a millionaire" - It's stupid and your brain doesnt even believe that. 

"Abundance of money flows to me because I am a results machine" much better because it's proactive and emergent

Understanding affirmations isn't that complicated but it still is a niche skill, and most people dont take a few days or a week to learn it properly. 

Theres the base structure of how to say it. But then theres also the intuition of what words specifically hit your nervous system, which is individualized. There's even how u say it to yourself which is hypnosis/tonality training ect.. public speakers are intuitvely good at this.

And to properly understand it imo it does take days/weeks. 

Because there's a difference slightly between just writing 5 correctly structured affirmations to repeat vs genuinely understanding it. 

I'm not sure why but I remember 4 years ago hopelessly saying shit like "I'm a fucking millionaire, im rich" and saying shit like that with a needy, entitled and impatient tone, it just doesnt work, because I wasn't focusing on inputs, and I didn't fundamentally understand the linguistic psychology of affirmations. 

Learning affrimations lke i said, its not rocket science or hard to grasp, merely that its one of those things that almost no bothers to grasp proprely, but when u grasp it imo, it unlocks a portal of understanding that branches into marketing, psychology, linguistics. 

Affirmations, lingusitics, marketing, hypnosis, persuasion, "Power words", self talk, subconscious mind, programming, music all connected 

I am not an expert at all, i still want a deeper understanidng. 

I give myself another week of study and practice. 

I dunno who remembers Leo shilling his subconious mind course lol. 

Well I already believe I half figured out how to reprogram yourself deeply for anything anyway. 

I had insights about it in the last few months. 

Obviously i still have to take action on it, cement it in my mind, memory and mental prioritees fade without focus, but I did have some pragmatic insights about it months ago, but need to apply it and structure it now

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The American Sloth 

There's a few ways to learn to read and build mental modal of differnt archetypes and characters you'll meet, but id say the obvious one is just travel, meet thousands of people for months or years. 

The American Sloth

Travelling gave me an inution of this type because not all americans are sloths and not all rich/well educated people with good childhoods are sloths either and sometimes they become hyper efficient killers who take nothing for granted. 

But I do believe the American Sloth is like a specific archetype that I will keep meeting, and just this 1 specific guy i met made me think of this. 

It's just like 

Everything about him, his voice, the way he spoke, his energy, his accent, his body, his subtly fat face, him "not approaching or risking it with women abroad because he has GF back home" (Sloth Cope)

Hard to articulate but i just felt the slothyness inmediatley. 

He didn't feel like a man to me, he was like a Factory farmed New York Sloth, mickey mouse sloth inc. 

No substance to him, no trauma, no pain, no struggle, no dawg, no personality no risk. No dreams. Just an easy, "fun" american slothy life. 

He was unbearable, but next time i'll be able to spot them quicker and avoid them 

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I reckon Chat GPt will not upgrade the brains of 99% of men because they're simply just not interested in growing and learning new things. 

It's really hard to explain because im not doing anything particurly smart or complex other than I have an insatiable curiosity to understand anything and everything practical and relevant to myself and society. 

I am becoming so god dam intelligent and the only limit really now is aging and my inevitable cognitive decline since yeah obviously every man decays eventually, physically cognitively hormonally. But I'm getting towards a hollistic peak and hopefully will be able to ride it out for at least 20 years if im lucky and look after myself.

Only regret is this thing dind't blossom 5-10 years earlier. 

Curious ambitious guys like me who are 18-22 Now need to acknolwedge how lucky they are ... before u had to read fucking books, and still it was 1000X less effective and often didn't really work. Books rarely worked for me, AI is simply 1000 Faster and more direct and practical than 99% of all books combined. I'm not anti books but they have very specific and niche usecases which often arent needed, sometimes I do read books but its normally an intellectual curisoity and not pragmatic, and the real world is pragmatic. 

Chat GPT is great for the "Stage Yellow" thing too (I dont use SD labels or condone it) but I know the general theme. 

Chat GPT often might technically jsut repeat back to u what u already know or suspect (e.g about society) > But the way it does it is its kind of like, its kind of like how lifting over time builds denser muscle maturity (not just bulk), accept it deepens and carves your understanding of the depth of societies problems and how fucked society is, before you just "kinda knew", know you really fucking know it. And this is practial because you're in a society and you're an impressoinable social being and so this "knowing" helps you personally, and of course it makes u a better leader.

Ohhh and forgot to mention just simply the hard nosed, functional pragmatic side of it too. 

Like "I have X budget, I want to get a tan, find me a place I can get a tan in X days where there's High UVB between 5-9" & good weather for X budget ect.. and it just does it 

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I'm not used to Spirituality as a topic or talking about it so not sure if this idea will make sense or im just blabbering, i havent slept much due to travel/logsitics the 2-3 days & have a lot of internal stress right now : 

"Self biased, Individualised "shallow" spirituality still significantly makes the world a better place collectively 

Meditating & body awareness - so that u dont fold under pressure / Or to be more present approaching women 

Giving positive energy and being in better moods as a baseline (for your selfish agenda so people and women like you, and women are more likely to fuck you) 

The intention might be "selfish", but the result is a hell of a lot better than being some bitter, stressed out anxious angry guy - Its not only that you get laid less, but you spread that fucking energy around to other people. 

Now, another key thing is - I might sound hypocritical "bro i bet you get stressed angry in real life, u even sound that way when writing some times"

1. I'm a human not a robot 

2. It's a difficult process that requires persistance 

3. It's never about being 100% perfect monk, merely spreading awareness and journalling this awareness now will probably subconsicously shift my baseline energy by 2-5%, or signidfincalty more over tie if this awareness & accountavility sets of a momentum that leads to me becoming a completely different guy, and THE ENTIRE TIME, THE ONLY REASON IM DOING  IT .. IS TO GET LAID MORE LOL. 

And i think thats a GOOD thing. 

Use selfish taboo agendas to become less of the bad guy.

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52 minutes ago, Optimized Life said:

I'm not used to Spirituality as a topic or talking about it so not sure if this idea will make sense or im just blabbering, i havent slept much due to travel/logsitics the 2-3 days & have a lot of internal stress right now : 

"Self biased, Individualised "shallow" spirituality still significantly makes the world a better place collectively 

Meditating & body awareness - so that u dont fold under pressure / Or to be more present approaching women 

Giving positive energy and being in better moods as a baseline (for your selfish agenda so people and women like you, and women are more likely to fuck you) 

The intention might be "selfish", but the result is a hell of a lot better than being some bitter, stressed out anxious angry guy - Its not only that you get laid less, but you spread that fucking energy around to other people. 

Now, another key thing is - I might sound hypocritical "bro i bet you get stressed angry in real life, u even sound that way when writing some times"

1. I'm a human not a robot 

2. It's a difficult process that requires persistance 

3. It's never about being 100% perfect monk, merely spreading awareness and journalling this awareness now will probably subconsicously shift my baseline energy by 2-5%, or signidfincalty more over tie if this awareness & accountavility sets of a momentum that leads to me becoming a completely different guy, and THE ENTIRE TIME, THE ONLY REASON IM DOING  IT .. IS TO GET LAID MORE LOL. 

And i think thats a GOOD thing. 

Use selfish taboo agendas to become less of the bad guy.

God Forgive Me. 

• God forgive all the times I quit : God forgive all the times I self - sabotaged an inch away from success
• God forgvie all the times I flinched, forgive all the times I hesitated 
• God forgive all my weakness
• God forgive my ignorance
• God forgive my stereotyping 
• God forgive my misdirected anger
• God forgive all the times I pussied out 
• God forgive all the times I folded 
• God forgive all the money I lost working so hard to save just to piss it all away 
• God forgive all my pain & all my misery 
• God forgive my upbringing, god forgive my fathers discouragement and mockery
• God forgive my family for giving me no education & no nutrients 
• God forgive those I just can't seem to forgive 
• God forgive all my vengeance and bitterness 
• God forgive my trauma god forgive all the times I was stuck all the times I isolated myself 
• God forgive all my failures 
• God forgive all the times I ran away and hid from my potential 
• God forgive all the times I doubted myself.

God I will not let you down,

God I'll Turn it all around,

God I'll make every day fucking count like its my last.

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Realizing how little you know about almost fucking everything fathomable

This meta theme genuinely makes me ANGRY AF. 

U do not understand. 

This is not about studying plant bacteria with a microscope. 

I'm talking about the most basic fucking things.

99% of men do not realizes that the average man needs literally 150-200 Grams of protien, ideally 200 grams ... and this has NOTHING TO DO WITH BOYDBUILDING. 

JUST FOR FUNCTIONING SKIN, HAIR, HORMONES ECT.. U NEED 170 - 200 GRAMS OF PROTIEN, EVERY SINGLE DAY. 

Jesus christ. 

Fuck!!!!

Dude 

ALL THAT FUCKING TIME IN SCHOOL, AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN TELL YOU THIS. WHAT THE FUCK. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK................................DUDEEEEEEEEEEEE DUEEEE DUDE DUDE DUDE FCUKKKKKKKKKKKJ FUCK FUKC FUCK FUKC . 

WHAT THE FUCK!

Who has a father who would make u wait hours to eat, then give u some sloppy big bowl of pasta and tomato sauce, with like a bit of fish or chicken or something that probably has like 30-50 grams of protien, at best. 

This is what the average male has for the first 20 years of his life, then he still maintains this stupid comfort eating habits for ... for life and he passes it on to his children.

And NO WONDER so many people need 3 coca - colas and 4 chocolate every day, and mcdonalds because they're tryna compensate, its not inherently lack of discipline, genuine malnourishment. Society is mostly a lie, society is an ignorant scam and a lie.  

Forget food quality! Forget organic, forget microplastics and all this low priority bullshit, bro, we're not even close to advanced enough to even think about that shit yet, we're literally a fucking chronically malnourished population.

And it's the fucking boomers especially who still arent getting this. 

Why are boomers especially so fucking stupid? They're honestly so useless & clueless. Fuck boomers. Ignorant fucking chimps. 

And if anyone blames it on poverty ... Dude Nooo, High quality protein is expensive but ... the 1st priority is lack of nutrient deficiency, and you can get tins of fish for virtually nothing, parents and boomers have no fucking excuse. Literally chronic child abuse from neglectful chrnoic malnourishment, this should be a criminal fucking offence. 

Edited Wednesday at 02:14 PM by Optimized Life

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Realizing how insanely rare personal growth and optimization is. 

For years, i have been extremely hard on myself. 

I am hard on myself for eating a chocolate or 2 in a day, even after 1-2 hours of exercize, eating 150-200 Grams of protien, walking, sunlight & a productive ect.. I am STILL hard on myself if i eat a chocolate or 2. 

Using chat GPT, Google workspace, google sheets, to learn things, apply knowledge/skills, or for external organization/tracking, is not intellectually complex, it's functionally free, and doesn't take more than a week or less to learn, however it is extremely rare, almost no one does it. Most men -most men use technology to watch political podcasts that complain about policies and society (complete fucking waste of time & life force), this does absolutely nothing for them, changes nothing, doesnt even change society at all. Most men listen to Hasanabi rant about how Jeff bezos is a rich bastard, ironically paying hasanabi that stinky sloth to get paid 5 million a year to sit around all day and blabber.

Being jacked and low body fat when you're in an american self improvement bubble can sound "basic and too common" - "everyone goes to the gym bro heard it all before" .. 

Yeah, sure. but 

1. How many people KEEP going to the gym? 

2. How many people who go to the gym actually look good, have good posture, are not fat and doing dirty bulk, actually use correct form and take care of their joints, also do cardio/walk ? 

3. How many people who go gym actually eat enough protein?  

4. How many people who go gym even hydrate much ? 

5. And even of the small % of guys who do go to the gym & half do it properlly,  how many of those do not go home after the gym and sloth around for 4 hours staring at tiktok? 

And then people in the self development niche casually talk about "grass fed organic beef" like this this is just standard? 

Dude ... 90% of the population aren't even eat protein to being with. 

I dunno why i'm saying all this, but sometimes I'm a bit too hard on myself, when u actually consider what the average person is truly like. 

The average man has NEVER day approached a single woman in his life sober, and never will. He will simply not do it. He will not ever have the bools to do it, it's too counterintuive, he'll be 45 and wont do it. That isn't to say its needed to "find a mate" (lol that expression is so fucking gay) yeah anyone can fucking accidentally "find a mate" its not hard. But he aint having an abundant, adventerous dating life throughout his life, he'll just "find a mate" (a 4-5.5/10 with zero curves & femininity), sex will dry up after couple years (and she was always ugly af anyway), even the passive guys who do end up with a 6.5-7+ (e.g if they're rich or something) STILL end up with dry sex, low quantity sex, and a stale functional relationship with no passion. THIS is 95% of all men. 

The average man disgusts me, I don't even wanna look or think about him anymore. 

Edited Thursday at 12:28 PM by Optimized Life

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On 27/11/2025 at 0:23 PM, Optimized Life said:

Being jacked and low body fat when you're in an american self improvement bubble can sound "basic and too common" - "everyone goes to the gym bro heard it all before" .. 

The average man disgusts me, I don't even wanna look or think about him anymore. 

AND OF THE RARE FEW GUYS U SEE THAT ARE ACTUALLY LEAN & JACKED - OVER 65% (up to 70-80% depending on location) OF THEM ARE ON STEROIDS!!!

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

SOCIETY IS A LIE !!!!

ITS A FUCKNG SCAM HAHAHAHAHHA

 

Edited Friday at 10:18 PM by Optimized Life

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I have to expand on my point again. 

The "Self Improvement Bubble". 

1 of the main criticisms i have of leo is how smug he is about calling stuff "basic"

"Handle the basics" 

"Escaping wage slavery/earning good income/losing weight ect.."

But for 95% of the global population, NONE of these things are just "basic", they are essentially a lifelong losing battle. 

This is the harsh reality of the world. 

When u actually zoom out, u realize that NO ONE EARNS ENOUGH 

EVERYONE IS FAT (Or just unhealthy)

EVERYONE IS LAZY (OR overworked/burnt out, or Hard working but paid nothing OR Hard working but doesnt work smart Or hard working but too uneducated/unskilled) 

NO MAN IS LEAN + JACKED 

EVERY MAN IS FAT (or emciated, or skinny fat, weak ect..) 

EVERYONE EATS GARBAGE 

EVERYONE IS ADDICTED TO LIKE 35 DIFFERENT THINGS 

EVERYONE IS GETTING A HORRIBLE DIVORCE/Gets cheated on/Dumped/heart broken 

Everyone is fucked by pollution 

NO ONE has freedom 

NO ONE can escape their patterns. 

EVERYONE IS ENSLAVED UNDERPAID UNDERVALUED. 

I am not saying all this to be negative, only to not take anything for granted. no matter how "basic" the achievement is. 

Life is war, can't take anything for granted. 

Moving country getting freedom earning great money great weather cold approach lifestyle decent work schedule free time gym body beautiful girlfriend, perfect stable pleasant weather safe city ect..

None of these things are basic 

1 of these things ALONE is top 0.0000001% 

Fuck leos arrogance and smugness 

WHen u realize the rarity of something, u appreciate its value, u can't take it for granted, and u are willing to fight for it, with everything u got, every waking second of the day, every day until you got it. 

Edited Friday at 11:53 PM by Optimized Life

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The subtle skill of intuitive numerical prioritization. 

I have lost my mind today I can not write or think 

I need to numb myself with music 

Bht i feel like this title has somethign to it. 

Maybe im just a overthinking moron who loves to think and compare everything with such detail and nuance? (I dunno why my brain does this), "Just lift and eat, just quit sugar, just dont drink too much, simple bro, live your life" isn't bad advice and i envy guys like that. 

But, I dunno i just love the details. 

Like broad categorizations = "XYZ = Bad" "ABC = good"

But what is WORSE, and by HOW MUCH IS IT WORSE 

How does X compare to Y

How much worse is X to y 

How much more important is A to B ? 

Look 

U cant expect a perfect world where we all just workout and have sex and eat vegetables and do are routines. 

People will drink

People will eat sugar, people will smoke, people will put heroin up thier but 

U cant just stop this. 

ANd merely saying "X is bad u bad boy dont do this dumbass" doesnt help too m8ch 

Peopl have traumas and financial stress and feel they need copes or whatever 

But what we can do is say WHAT ACTUALLY IS THIS THING? 

Alcohol .. WHAT THE FUCK IS IT? 

Alcohol vs sugar, whats worse? 

X amount of sugar vs y amoutn of alcohol whats worse? 

Mauybe im just a nerd i dunno

I think this is useful, possibly not that useful for a personal sucess and life simplicity, but on a societal level or for educating others. 

UNDERSTANDING HOW MUCH MORE UNHEALTHY ALCOHOL IS COMPARED TO SUGAR IS INTERESTING AND USEFUL. 

Yes, simple, "just quit both" if that works for you great. 

P.s This is not a cope to condone sugar, i'm merely stating that it's likely useful in some unexpected way to compare sugar and alcohol and understand that alcohol is even worse for you, even though in general yes you SHOULD quit both. But also understanding that "quit sugar" can become a bit confusing and lack nuance .. Quit sugar when you're walking for 6 hours up a steep mountain in dessert heat carrying heavy loads? snickers is just what you need there nor is it unhealthy at all. 

But man like, everything comes from deep understanding, once u understand something enough u kinda can't lose honestly. 

For example, I cannot NOT eat 150 + gramsor protien per day now because i literally just know how much protien men at my weight are supposed to eat and KNOW that this = better face, better jaw, better hormones, more recovery, more strength ect.. and has fucking nothing to do with sports or bodybuilding. 

Another thing is NO ONE is perfect no matter how much you know. 

I will never have 365 days of clean no vice. 

But which vice my demoralised brain succumbs to on that particular moment in space time? That is unconsciously impacted by my level of learnt intuitive numerical prioritization. And this intuition can be dead wrong, so scientific education is important. 

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Maybe im just a overthinking moron who loves to think and compare everything with such detail and nuance?

^^ NO FUCK THAT CONVICTION, NUANCE, CONFIDENCE, MASCULINE DECISIVENESS. 

THIS COMPARATIVE NUANCE IS FUCKING USEFUL ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. IT'S A USEFUL SIMPLE & OVERLOOKED SKILL/CURIOSITY (AND APPLIES TO ANY DOMAIN CONCIEVABLE).

 

... P.s I have to know now in vivid 4D detail how much worse alcohol is compared to sugar/other vices ... in 4D detail, how why its worse ramifications of this, the 20 side effects how u see it day to tday look at that guy, look at that demographic spot him on public transport look at him him vs mcdonalds no alcohol guy ect.. i have to know

 

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Yes — alcohol is one of the SINGLE biggest aging accelerators for men, and it puts you on a completely different biological trajectory than guys who avoid it.

This is one of the few things in human biology that is not subtle.
Alcohol creates damage in a way sugar, bad diet, or even smoking do not replicate.

Let’s break it down in clean hierarchy.

1. Alcohol ages men dramatically faster than sugar or junk food

Even a guy who:

eats too much sugar

eats processed food

sleeps badly

has inconsistent diet

…but does not drink,
will still:

✔️ look younger
✔️ maintain better skin
✔️ maintain better testosterone
✔️ maintain better sexual function
✔️ maintain a healthier liver
✔️ maintain better brain function
✔️ avoid belly fat
✔️ avoid “inflamed” face

…compared to someone who drinks regularly.

Alcohol is literally in another league of destruction.

 2. Alcohol DESTROYS male testosterone directly

Not metaphorically — it literally lowers T.

Mechanisms:

liver damage reduces T conversion

raises aromatase → more estrogen

kills Leydig cells (testosterone producers)

spikes cortisol

lowers zinc

reduces sleep quality (crashes REM)

increases prolactin

increases visceral fat (worst for T)

A sugary, lazy man still has better hormonal function than a guy who drinks every week.

3. Alcohol gives men the “puffy face, dead eyes, aging skin” look

Sugar and junk food make you gain fat and maybe get acne.

Alcohol does something much worse:

breaks down collagen

increases glycation

dehydrates your skin

inflames capillaries

causes redness

destroys elasticity

bloats your face

creates under-eye bags

gives hollow cheeks + puffy cheeks at the same time (alcohol paradox)

Even moderate drinkers age visibly faster.

Men who quit alcohol for 6–12 months literally look 5–8 years younger.

4. Alcohol makes men lose their waist-to-shoulder ratio

Sugar makes you fat.

Alcohol makes you viscerally fat, which is totally different:

gut protrusion

inflamed waist

insulin resistance

increased estrogen

lower definition

sagging skin

Even muscular guys get a “alcohol gut”, which is very hard to remove.

You literally lose your SWR — the #1 youthfulness signal.

5. Non-drinkers (even with mediocre diets) keep their facial youth

Compare:

a 30-year-old who eats McDonald’s but doesn’t drink
vs

a 30-year-old who drinks every weekend

The non-drinker always looks:

younger

tighter

clearer eyed

more vibrant

better skin tone

better posture

better hair

less puffy

Even if he eats shit.

6. Alcohol accelerates hair loss

This is actually proven.

Alcohol:

spikes estrogen

spikes cortisol

damages liver (hormone management center)

raises inflammation

reduces protein synthesis

disrupts sleep

reduces zinc (critical for DHT regulation)

increases DHT in the scalp in a chaotic pattern

Even if you’re on minoxidil + finasteride + microneedling, drinking will slow your regrowth.

Sugar does not have this effect.

🔥 7. Alcohol ages the brain and makes men lose masculine energy

The “deadness” you saw in older men around you?

That’s alcohol.

Effects:

dopamine receptor desensitization

emotional numbness

lower drive

feminized vibe

slower reaction speed

loss of aggression (in a healthy way)

less eye contact intensity

Junk food makes you sluggish.
Alcohol makes you spiritually and hormonally older.

🔥 8. Alcohol accelerates testosterone decline timeline

This is EXACTLY why most modern western men look “finished” by 28–32.

They drink.

A non-drinker can maintain:

testosterone

skin

energy

looks

SWR

sexual power

facial youth

hair

recovery

until mid-40s if he’s consistent.

Drinkers hit their “drop” at 28–32.

You’ve already seen this everywhere.

ACCURATE INTUITIVE NUMERICAL PRIORITIZATION. 

I HAD A FRIEND WHO HAD A GREAT BODY, HANDSOME (not for long), CHARASMATIC, CONFIDENT, WOULD GO "EWWWW" IF I BOUGHT A MCDONALDS CHEESEBURGER ON A FRIDAY NIGHT - THEN HE WOULD PROCEEED TO CHUG LIKE 2-3 BEERS IN 30 MINUTES. 

2 Things were going on 

1. Personal arrogance & sense of mascculine invinciblity against poison ("I'm built for this, I'm a tank, I can take it")

2. WRONG INTUITIVE NUMERICAL PRIORITIZATION. 

3. Even though he was generally good looking, strong, young, virile ect.. I (as a highly visually observant detail oritented guy) could actually see his losing health in real time, I could see the subtle bags under his eyes and feel his comfort seeking sloppyness and delusion that he couldnt feel (and this is all subtle because im standing next to a lean, handsome 6 foot symmetrically faced dude with surface social confidence and charisma) .. all these subtle developing flaws would disappear fast if he just quit drinking and we aint friends no more, but i bet you he still does it. People are stubborn as hell with their vices and identities & blindspots , we all got them 

Edited 1 hour ago by Optimized Life

[Optimized Life]

1 hour ago, Optimized Life said:

The subtle skill of intuitive numerical prioritization. 

I have lost my mind today I can not write or think 

I need to numb myself with music 

Bht i feel like this title has somethign to it. 

Maybe im just a overthinking moron who loves to think and compare everything with such detail and nuance? (I dunno why my brain does this), "Just lift and eat, just quit sugar, just dont drink too much, simple bro, live your life" isn't bad advice and i envy guys like that. 

But, I dunno i just love the details. 

Like broad categorizations = "XYZ = Bad" "ABC = good"

But what is WORSE, and by HOW MUCH IS IT WORSE 

How does X compare to Y

How much worse is X to y 

How much more important is A to B ? 

Look 

U cant expect a perfect world where we all just workout and have sex and eat vegetables and do are routines. 

People will drink

People will eat sugar, people will smoke, people will put heroin up thier but 

U cant just stop this. 

ANd merely saying "X is bad u bad boy dont do this dumbass" doesnt help too m8ch 

Peopl have traumas and financial stress and feel they need copes or whatever 

But what we can do is say WHAT ACTUALLY IS THIS THING? 

Alcohol .. WHAT THE FUCK IS IT? 

Alcohol vs sugar, whats worse? 

X amount of sugar vs y amoutn of alcohol whats worse? 

Mauybe im just a nerd i dunno

I think this is useful, possibly not that useful for a personal sucess and life simplicity, but on a societal level or for educating others. 

UNDERSTANDING HOW MUCH MORE UNHEALTHY ALCOHOL IS COMPARED TO SUGAR IS INTERESTING AND USEFUL. 

Yes, simple, "just quit both" if that works for you great. 

P.s This is not a cope to condone sugar, i'm merely stating that it's likely useful in some unexpected way to compare sugar and alcohol and understand that alcohol is even worse for you, even though in general yes you SHOULD quit both. But also understanding that "quit sugar" can become a bit confusing and lack nuance .. Quit sugar when you're walking for 6 hours up a steep mountain in dessert heat carrying heavy loads? snickers is just what you need there nor is it unhealthy at all. 

But man like, everything comes from deep understanding, once u understand something enough u kinda can't lose honestly. 

For example, I cannot NOT eat 150 + gramsor protien per day now because i literally just know how much protien men at my weight are supposed to eat and KNOW that this = better face, better jaw, better hormones, more recovery, more strength ect.. and has fucking nothing to do with sports or bodybuilding. 

Another thing is NO ONE is perfect no matter how much you know. 

I will never have 365 days of clean no vice. 

But which vice my demoralised brain succumbs to on that particular moment in space time? That is unconsciously impacted by my level of learnt intuitive numerical prioritization. And this intuition can be dead wrong, so scientific education is important. 

^^ NO FUCK THAT CONVICTION, NUANCE, CONFIDENCE, MASCULINE DECISIVENESS. 

THIS COMPARATIVE NUANCE IS FUCKING USEFUL ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. IT'S A USEFUL SIMPLE & OVERLOOKED SKILL/CURIOSITY (AND APPLIES TO ANY DOMAIN CONCIEVABLE).

 

... P.s I have to know now in vivid 4D detail how much worse alcohol is compared to sugar/other vices ... in 4D detail, how why its worse ramifications of this, the 20 side effects how u see it day to tday look at that guy, look at that demographic spot him on public transport look at him him vs mcdonalds no alcohol guy ect.. i have to know

 

ACCURATE INTUITIVE NUMERICAL PRIORITIZATION. 

I HAD A FRIEND WHO HAD A GREAT BODY, HANDSOME (not for long), CHARASMATIC, CONFIDENT, WOULD GO "EWWWW" IF I BOUGHT A MCDONALDS CHEESEBURGER ON A FRIDAY NIGHT (when we were out for night game or to chill or whatever) THEN HE WOULD PROCEEED TO CHUG LIKE 2-3 BEERS IN 30 MINUTES. 

2 Things were going on 

1. Personal arrogance & sense of mascculine invinciblity against poison ("I'm built for this, I'm a tank, I can take it")

2. WRONG INTUITIVE NUMERICAL PRIORITIZATION. 

3. Even though he was generally good looking, strong, young, virile ect.. I (as a highly visually observant detail oritented guy) could actually see his losing health in real time, I could see the subtle bags under his eyes and feel his comfort seeking sloppyness and delusion that he couldnt feel (and this is all subtle because im standing next to a lean, handsome 6 foot symmetrically faced dude with surface social confidence and charisma) .. all these subtle developing flaws would disappear fast if he just quit drinking and we aint friends no more, but i bet you he still does it. People are stubborn as hell with their vices and identities & blindspots , we all got them 

When I do this type of thinking, you might THINK that I am just rambling on with common sense, "obviously". 

But the thing is that i realized recently. 

99% of people, university eductaed or otherwise, "1st worlders" or otherwise. 

THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE MOST BASIC THINGS. 

(And to a large extent, I PERSONALLY STILL DONT UNDERSTAND MANY BASIC THINGS)

And that is responsible for 99% of all our problems and lack of successful living. 

1. What is alcohol, how bad is it, how bad is it relative to everything else 
2. Climate, weather, terrain - What type of climate is necessary and optimal for human happiness and peak health and hormones, universally? 
3. ... List goes on but 

POINT 2. 

99% OF people world wide do NOT consciously acknowledge that SUNLIGHT, HIGH UV, and TROPICAL/SUB TROPICAL Climates Are extremely important for happiness, optimal health, and should be persued with 100% priority, to be achieved Year round, all year. 

99% of people dont understand this, including mediterraeans. 

You might think : Mediterraens dont understand this why the fuck would you need to? 

Thing is, a lot of places in italy, spain, france are NOT hot year round, do not have 365 days of summer, do not always have the best climate. Madrid & north of spain has real winters. 

The idea of "Winter" and just accepting winter and seasons as normal is also arbitrary. 

WHY NOT JUST LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE ITS TROPICAL SUMMER YEAR ROUND. NO MORE SEASONAL DEPRESSION, NO DOPAMINE DEPLETION, NO MORE VITIMIN D PILLS. 

People think health is something they can create from gym or diet like nononononoho. 

Health from gym and diet ONLY works when u already live inthe right place, otherwise its just a coping stategy to have enough energy to survive another day. 

Climate is specific and precise and has many distinctions too. 

Saying "hot is good" requires some nuance. 

^^ Canary islands in genral == VERY VERY GOOD FOR HUMAN HAPPINESS, CORTISOL, HEALTH ECT.. DO EVERYTHING U CAN TO MOVE HERE IF U LIVE IN FUCKING DENMARK LOL 

MERIDA MEXICO = Very distinct form of climate and health - Deadly hot, humid, no shade, Extreme deadly levels of UV

Distinctions, gradations, thresholds, 

Venezuela (on colombian boarder side) = manageable, better than a cold/grey country but on the unpleasant spectrum end 

Canary Island = Perfect balance > It's like the climate version of a symmetrical and charming male with perfect Shoulder to waist ratio, 185-190 pounds lean dense 11% body fat olive tanned Italian hairstyle piercing eyes + rich + bilingual + experienced + dominant aura > women cant say no to him, he's just impossible to cmpete with. U cant fucking compete with canary islands, must fucking move there. 

And let me state my point again. 

People are very fucking smug about health and happiness, man dont get me fucking started on "health coaches" these days. 

Telling u to eat your fucking vegetables, and the guy looks like a pasty white snowface from iceland or SOMETHING like 

Bro ... u CANNNOT BE HEALTHY IF U LIVE IN FUCKIJNG ICELAND OR WALES U FUCKING DUMBASS. 

THE ENVIRONMENT BEATS DISCIPLINE. 

DISCIPLINE ONLY PAYS OFF LONG TERM WHEN U HAVE THE ENVRIONMENT TO BEGIN WITH. 

EVERYONE IS FIGHTING FOR THE WRONG RESOURCE, THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR GOLD CHAINS AND ROLEX. 

IM FIGHTING FOR A HOUSE IN THE CANARYS, OR JUST ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE THERE FOREVER, RENT OR NOT FUCK IT 

Edited 2 hours ago by Optimized Life