they can't understand that wanting a Greek God body isn't toxic masculinity, it's wanting to be the best version of yourself, because sports aren't all about muscle, they're about discipline, they're about sacrifice. But I realized that this comment is useless for people who feel offended by a beautiful body
Achieving a great body doesn't come off easy. Having a great body is just a bonus to boost your confidence but what truly develops is your strong mindset!
They don't want to understand. They will vilify masculinity because they're too afraid to even try be the best version of themselves. Easier to call us all toxic whilst they get fat and their girlfriends rub their bellies, telling them to cry more.
“No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.” Socrates
"its ok to be weak." No its not, I'm speaking from personal experience. People will take advantage of ya. So Brothers, Stay Strong, Self-Respect My Fellow Kings.
I think it depends on what you mean by weak. Does opening up to friends about mental health problems for example classify as weak? Because i think it's always good to talk about your problems. That doesn't mean that you can just sit around and do nothing to fix your problems of course, but i think that it's good to be able to talk about it to people. I have talked to people about my problems in the past and sometimes they gave really good advice which led me to fix myself.
Saying "it's okay to be weak" is just a poor excuse to be unproductive. News flash, if everyone could just sit on their ass all day instead of put in effort, we would all do it. But that's not how things get done.
Hmm.. I dunno, I think you’d get tired of sitting on your ass all day, even if you was a millionaire and didn’t need to work another day in your life.. you will want goals and projects, things to do and be productive in some way
Nothing in this video is really 'productive' though is it? Juicing yourself to the gills and lifting mad weight isn't helping anyone- Surely embracing masculinity should be doing shit the world actually needs
There's a difference between being ''weak'' and being ''vulnerable''. It's ok to fail, lose a battle, get your ass kicked; that's part of the process of learning. However, it becomes a flaw of character if you decide that this is your new status quo and that you won't bother try to better yourself up and that you'll be happy that way. You are lying to yourself, you are chosing the path of the coward but don't want to people to call you out on it.
It’s ok to cry…when alone. But never be fucking vulnerable to any mf outside. This world won’t let the weak live. STAY STRONG BRAHS! Edit: even tho I have said what should’ve been said. It’s like my own words are being suppressed by outside, this hypocritical personality of motivating others while being worthless and laying at one place in life like a dead fish. Idk how long I can do this.
It's okay to cry whenever you need to. Talk it out when you need to. Seek help, whatever you need to do. Stress can genuinely send you to your death if it goes too far so I don't like the idea that you should keep it to yourself, I hope that makes sense. But if you need to hide it to protect yourself momentarily, do so.
That whining excuse for a human..saying "Ok to be weak"... automatically he/she/whatever will always depend on someone with strength to provide resources & defense. Weakness at that level is a useless laziness & self responsibility confusion THAT IS DISGUSTING.
"Weakness is a great thing, and strength is nothing. When a man is just born, he is weak and flexible. When he dies, he is hard and insensitive. When a tree is growing, it's tender and pliant. But when it's dry and hard, it dies. Hardness and strength are death's companions. Pliancy and weakness are expressions of the freshness of being. Because what has hardened will never win." Andrei Tarkovsky
@@uknownothing5128 Except those examples of trees in that quote are nothing comparable to humanity and the spirit of man, weakness gives incentive to grow, weakness is not synonymous with greatness in relation to man, and humanity without strength would mean the end of our kind, simple fact... the reason weakness and flexibility is important is because it drives us to mould ourselves into something more, so that we can thrive as a species. You can’t take quotes for gospel in all situations, as in hard and dry wood can be turned into a bridge to a greater land, a foundation to something amazing. “what has hardened will never win” implies that any inexperienced or unweathered individual can defeat the hardened due to being more mentally pliable? or that the veterans can not learn anything new, only the inexperienced, you can’t just apply a contradictory Tarkovsky quote in the hope that it will cancel out OPS’s comment, but then again I suppose your comment did get me talking so it did it’s job
@@DoktrDub Thanks for the thoughtful response! You're right, I put the quote there just to oppose OP's and I also agree we shouldn't use them as gospel and without further context. That being said, what all these sorts of videos portray as "strong" and "masculine" tend to be purely physical acts, often violent in nature, whereas emotional attributes like being affectionate towards others or showing vulnerability are completly disregarded or often even deemed weak. What does make a man strong? The ability to deadlift and knock someone out? To be stern and try to block any emotional reaction that isn't considered masculine? It purporsefully seperates peoples from each other by labeling them as "strong" or "weak", putting the "strong" on a pedestal, petting each others backs while laughing at those they consider weak like this video does. Is this the amazing portrayal of a strong minded person? Someone who alienates rather unifies? And why is someone feminine considered weak in the first place? Haven't we moved on from this by now? These videos always tend to attract the same sort of people. People that have been hurt or feel alienated and victimized by society but instead of using this feeling for the greater good, they keep the wheel spinning and do the same to someone else. They simply mask their fragility with these made up connotations of what they should be and pretend everything is fine. They figured out the right problem but drew an unhealthy conclusion. Those memes only present a type of masculinity whose attributes are common in the modern west and do not represent the history of men in other cultures.
You know...I've watched lots of good exercise videos...and then I'd drag my butt to the gym and lift weights, treadmill, ABs, etc etc etc... and it was boring as hell...every time. I hated it. It was some drudgery crap that I had to do. But this! What the hell is it about ZYZZ that makes me hurry and can't wait to get to the gym and start Cranking! It feels like something entirely different...a new focus..a NEED. Now it is fun to pack a bag and go workout.
a part of beeing the best version of urself is to get over judeging others, and beeing strong, showing inspiration to who needs it witout bringing others down
It is ok to be weak. It’s ok to have feelings. It’s ok to be vulnerable. It’s ok to love yourself. Masculinity doesn’t have to be based upon how much you lift. The greatest masculinity is commitment to being who you really are.
It’s okay to love yourself.. but if you love yourself for negative traits that you know that you could improve upon.. then you are doing yourself and maybe even those around you a disservice, it’s okay to be weak.. its not okay to accept weakness as a trait and not try to better yourself, to become stronger, I’m not talking about getting ripped and lifting, I’m talking about life in general.
Its okey to cry,to feel down,feel weak because it only means the hards times are upon u and at the end of the journey u will come out as a Diamond because hards times make Real Man
@@kurt63189 and what is power? A privilege, a luxury, a force gained from the unlimited and endless pain, sweet tears and blood that was spilt from an individual.
Anybody that thinks it’s okay to be weak, has probably never had to be strong, otherwise they’d know that’s it’s beneficial to improve, grow, and strengthen oneself.
remember the age old saying: "Hard times create strong men, Strong men create easier times, easier times creates weak men, weak men create hard times."
Not every body can be considered beautiful, however having the ability and choosing to be your best possible self is what truly makes you beautiful -me (I guess)
This video reminds me of how great it is to be a man, to be a conqueror of your body, your mind, and your pursuits. To face challenges with aggression and discipline. There’s a lot of beauty in that noble journey we men take to better ourselves and our community. There’s beauty in the journey women take as well but their strengths are different. Not lesser.
Lol imagine being there in person, bro. That shit is loud. I always got goosebumps when I was skiing on the mountain and they’d be shooting nearby ridges and stuff with artillery to prevent avalanches
Gotta show men enduring shix like losing loved ones and enduring that with steel hearts and metallic tears. Getting home from a 12-15 hour shift and being able to have the strength to hug their children, having to overcome women trynna shix talk them and ignoring that shix. Being a man isn't just a physical prowess, its a spiritually mental construct that truly separates us from the rest of the world. We are not vulnerable like women and children, we aren't naive like the rest. We can see through bull-shix from a mile off
