#just picture me during the pandemic being absolutely bored in my room around 2020 and just playing ACNH and doing push ups on the carpet

[toshio]

I know you probably have answered this before but just mostly curious when you started working out, roughly how long did it take you with being consistent before you started seeing results with your chest? Mine always has been a struggle to get muscle and any definition 😭

LOL tbh i've answered a lot of the same questions over and over again but i don't mind at all giving you more of my fitness journey!

i started around the pandemic after a breakup, so like march-april 2020 i think. i looked up how to get pecs or something and we were in lockdown, i was just playing animal crossing new horizons and doing push ups on my bedroom carpet. and i tried to get protein in, i didn't know how much at the time was necessary, i just would order like 30g protein shakes (premade) from amazon, coffee flavor. i didn't know what the fuck i was doing back then, i have a better idea now, but i still am just a "casual". that's why my body isn't like, bodybuilder or IFBB pro level when you look at the photos i post of myself online.

so yeah i'm not an expert, i'm a very casual "fit" enthusiast. the main thing is just motivating yourself, i know working out is painful, it's not fun, but you can make it fun - and the results are VERY addicting in my experience, like obviously when you start lifting weights and doing push ups at home you think to yourself "oh this is stupid, i'll never make gains" but you just have to put in effort, be disciplined, and tell yourself something along the lines of "i was given this physical form by god or whatever super powerful being in the universe exists, and damn it i have one life to live and i'm gonna be SEXY" lmfao. idk, i'm very obsessed with youth and beauty and i'm a very shallow person admittedly so i started working out for aesthetic reasons if i'm being honest. everyone has their own motivation. obviously i like being able to lift heavy groceries from the supermarket to my car's trunk more efficiently. but my main motive was just to look sexy because i would look at muscular guys posing on like, instagram/twitter/tiktok and be like DAMN i wish i was that sexy. LOL. MOTIVATE YOURSELF.

i'd say you can get a somewhat noticeable looking chest in about 1 year if you're very consistent. again i'm not a fitness expert so my best advice i will give to you anons is to just eat a ton of protein and start doing push ups and probably like running/walking more often per day to lose fat. i know i give very vague feedback but i don't want people to think i'm claiming to be a personal trainer, you guys know what my body looks like, i'm not a bodybuilder. GOOD LUCK :)