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Effortmaxxing is like weightlifting.
When you work out, you actually push your muscles to the breaking point where they get damaged, and then you let them heal and you do it again and again. The tissue that develops is stronger, bigger, and more toned. Eventually you become a muscular badass who can lift heavy stuff and beat up soyboys.
But there's some logic everyone knows you need to use when you're working out or you won't get any benefits. Let's see if those lessons can be applied to effortmaxxing.
When you work out you need to start by doing stuff you're capable of. Imagine if you go up to a barbell, put way too much weight on it, try to lift it and then just drop it because it's too heavy. Then you repeat that 100 times. You won't make any progress, you'll probably just hurt yourself. Instead you need to do something that works... if that means starting with just a few tiny weights and it's a little embarrassing that's ok because you're doing it with the knowledge that you can work your way up.
For a beginning effortmaxxer this could be something really simple, like going on a short walk outside every day, saying to themself I MUST go outside every day, I WILL NOT just stay in my room rotting 24/7.
You also need to keep challenging yourself. If you get good enough that you can do 50 pushups, then you just stick to doing 50 pushups you'll never improve again. Instead you need to say, okay, I've shown myself that I can do 50 now let's try 75 pushups. It's pretty obvious that working out is really just a series of incremental changes, daily choices, that when combined result in you becoming a badass. The rule here is that you need to push yourself right to the limit, the maximum of what you feel like you're capable of, and then when you achieve that you later move forward and set a new goal.
Let's say that our hypothetical effortmaxxer is now used to going outside, so he decides to try talking to a stranger about some kind of innocuous conversation (not even anything sexual yet) once a day. On the bus, in a shopping mall, whatever.
It really helps to have a plan. Hardcore gym guys keep a schedule, they commit to going to the gym at certain times and they work on different parts of their body with different machines on different days... I'm not saying any of us need to be that committed. But it really seems helpful to have some kind of idea where you're going and who you want to be.
Effortmaxx man wants to one day get a girlfriend and ascend, obviously. So he's paying attention to the people around him, what do women like, watching couples, what seems to working for the man that makes his girl interested. What can he do to work on himself (there's always something). There's countless ways to approach this and none of them are wrong- the ONLY WRONG THING TO DO IS GIVING UP.
Champions embrace, or at least accept the struggle. When you work out you come home sweaty and tired and burned out. It hurts like fuck. Effortmaxxing means feeling awkward, burned out, stretched to your limits. It's going to hurt a lot! One really interesting thing about people who work out is they grow to love the struggle- a lot of people who run marathons don't do it to be in shape, they do it because they like it. We have these little things in us, these animal brains, these were developed to hunt and fight in the wilderness and struggle and survive. You tap into that you gain its power. Strength in response to adversity is a purpose in of itself.
Effortmaxx man just got rejected by some bitch. He understands that this pain is part of the process. Rather than giving up he thinks, I did a really good job trying that time. What can I do to succeed in the future? Did I do anything wrong? Did I learn anything for the future? If nothing else, that exposure to rejection will at least make him stronger.
START SMALL
KEEP WORKING ON IT
COME UP WITH A PLAN
EMBRACE THE STRUGGLE
And whether you agree with effortmaxxing or not... I want to wish all my incel brothers a good weekend.
When you work out, you actually push your muscles to the breaking point where they get damaged, and then you let them heal and you do it again and again. The tissue that develops is stronger, bigger, and more toned. Eventually you become a muscular badass who can lift heavy stuff and beat up soyboys.
But there's some logic everyone knows you need to use when you're working out or you won't get any benefits. Let's see if those lessons can be applied to effortmaxxing.
When you work out you need to start by doing stuff you're capable of. Imagine if you go up to a barbell, put way too much weight on it, try to lift it and then just drop it because it's too heavy. Then you repeat that 100 times. You won't make any progress, you'll probably just hurt yourself. Instead you need to do something that works... if that means starting with just a few tiny weights and it's a little embarrassing that's ok because you're doing it with the knowledge that you can work your way up.
For a beginning effortmaxxer this could be something really simple, like going on a short walk outside every day, saying to themself I MUST go outside every day, I WILL NOT just stay in my room rotting 24/7.
You also need to keep challenging yourself. If you get good enough that you can do 50 pushups, then you just stick to doing 50 pushups you'll never improve again. Instead you need to say, okay, I've shown myself that I can do 50 now let's try 75 pushups. It's pretty obvious that working out is really just a series of incremental changes, daily choices, that when combined result in you becoming a badass. The rule here is that you need to push yourself right to the limit, the maximum of what you feel like you're capable of, and then when you achieve that you later move forward and set a new goal.
Let's say that our hypothetical effortmaxxer is now used to going outside, so he decides to try talking to a stranger about some kind of innocuous conversation (not even anything sexual yet) once a day. On the bus, in a shopping mall, whatever.
It really helps to have a plan. Hardcore gym guys keep a schedule, they commit to going to the gym at certain times and they work on different parts of their body with different machines on different days... I'm not saying any of us need to be that committed. But it really seems helpful to have some kind of idea where you're going and who you want to be.
Effortmaxx man wants to one day get a girlfriend and ascend, obviously. So he's paying attention to the people around him, what do women like, watching couples, what seems to working for the man that makes his girl interested. What can he do to work on himself (there's always something). There's countless ways to approach this and none of them are wrong- the ONLY WRONG THING TO DO IS GIVING UP.
Champions embrace, or at least accept the struggle. When you work out you come home sweaty and tired and burned out. It hurts like fuck. Effortmaxxing means feeling awkward, burned out, stretched to your limits. It's going to hurt a lot! One really interesting thing about people who work out is they grow to love the struggle- a lot of people who run marathons don't do it to be in shape, they do it because they like it. We have these little things in us, these animal brains, these were developed to hunt and fight in the wilderness and struggle and survive. You tap into that you gain its power. Strength in response to adversity is a purpose in of itself.
Effortmaxx man just got rejected by some bitch. He understands that this pain is part of the process. Rather than giving up he thinks, I did a really good job trying that time. What can I do to succeed in the future? Did I do anything wrong? Did I learn anything for the future? If nothing else, that exposure to rejection will at least make him stronger.
START SMALL
KEEP WORKING ON IT
COME UP WITH A PLAN
EMBRACE THE STRUGGLE
And whether you agree with effortmaxxing or not... I want to wish all my incel brothers a good weekend.
