Having a girlfriend is detrimental to training?

[Dallen]

When you're 26, single, and horny and hadn't had any in a while, you become an ass.

Hey I happen to be 26, and single.

But yeah I'm pretty bummed out to be exercising lately lol.

I mean here's the thing. Would you rather dump your girlfriend just to go to the gym to lift for maybe an hour and risk losing a girl who would be with you hopefully your whole life? I mean if you dump a girl, it's entirely possible with current society, unless the world ends in 2012 and only a select few will remain to continue the human race, then finding a new girlfriend/wife is going to be delayed for months, years, or even decades.

 

[Dallen]

I would say based on my gym, I would say that a vast majority of men are single. Those with wives and girlfriends, usually don't go to the gym. They go home, after work, to their family. Not lift a few extra pounds.

Here's a better question: Would you rather be in your 90s, single, alone, living at an old folks home with jello and have to listen to some other guy who was at the gym too talk about the "good old days" and a doctor saying, "Hey, you get to live another 10 years! Congratulations!" Then you'll be like "Oh god, why did I spent all that time at the gym instead of with my girlfriend who long since died"? Or would you rather be on your deathbed at 72, fat, full of food from your wife, and you had three wonderful kids and a wife and you decided to shave off a few days from the gym?

Your choice.

 

[AutumnPolitics]

Here's a better question: Would you rather be in your 90s, single, alone, living at an old folks home with jello and have to listen to some other guy who was at the gym too talk about the "good old days" and a doctor saying, "Hey, you get to live another 10 years! Congratulations!" Then you'll be like "Oh god, why did I spent all that time at the gym instead of with my girlfriend who long since died"? Or would you rather be on your deathbed at 72, fat, full of food from your wife, and you had three wonderful kids and a wife and you decided to shave off a few days from the gym?

Your choice.

Haha. I will take an extra 18 years of life expectancy thank you

But you raise a good point - it seems, from reading the posts here, that having a girlfriend is solely for short term benefit, with little long term benefit. On the other hand, staying fit as a bull has enormous long term benefit.

 

[Hoss]

You're an Ass!! :yelrotflmao:

I voted yes but I think my comments explained my view more clearly. Having commitments to people will always have some level of detrimental effect on training but then what's the use in living without those relationships?

Everytime I go out for a meal with my wife I end up breaking from my usual nutrition. I then break from training properly when I go stay with her family or go on holiday. I would probably go to the gym in the evening instead of my lunch break if she weren't there.

Then if you get to the deeper stuff, relationships lower a man's testosterone production and having kids lowers it a whole lot more. And low T levels are not a good thing for muscle building; it's great for keeping us faithful but not for getting our asses out of bed at 5am to get to the weight room.

So yeah, I'd say a girlfriend/wife is detrimental to training but is it worth staying single just to lift a few extra lbs?

Exactly why I put yes, priorities change with a serious gf.

 

[Typhon]

I would say based on my gym, I would say that a vast majority of men are single. Those with wives and girlfriends, usually don't go to the gym. They go home, after work, to their family. Not lift a few extra pounds.

Here's a better question: Would you rather be in your 90s, single, alone, living at an old folks home with jello and have to listen to some other guy who was at the gym too talk about the "good old days" and a doctor saying, "Hey, you get to live another 10 years! Congratulations!" Then you'll be like "Oh god, why did I spent all that time at the gym instead of with my girlfriend who long since died"? Or would you rather be on your deathbed at 72, fat, full of food from your wife, and you had three wonderful kids and a wife and you decided to shave off a few days from the gym?

Your choice.

Wierd, my grandad died at 72, my nan died last month aged 90. She had to live 18 years without him just because he was happy to enjoy big meals and a happy family life without going to the gym.

Women naturally seem to live longer than men anyway so shouldn't your priority be to live as long as possible to care for those you love and then be there for your kids and grandkids?

 

[blindside]

yeah but your life expectnacy increases if you exercise regularly.

 

[Typhon]

yeah but your life expectnacy increases if you exercise regularly.

That was my point, if my grandad (like many happy 'settled' men) had given up 30-60 minutes of family time everyday while he was younger and used that to train then my nan probably wouldn't have had to spend so long without him at the end.

 

[Dallen]

Statistically speaking, after a significant other dies, your remaining life is approximately 8 years. It entirely depends on how well you handle with the departed, how your departed died, and how healthy you are. Perhaps your grandma found happiness with her children and grandchildren and was at peace. Otherwise, most people die about eight years after their significant other passed. Can loneliness kill? Or is it just because everyone is older and anyone time for passing? That is an even better question for ya.