Your body is the most important possession you have, and yet it is something that far too many men take for granted and simply cant be bothered to take care of. Your body is both your vessel and your weapon. Its one of your biggest tools of seduction and it’s the only one you’re going to get, so don’t get lazy and waste it. It may not be perfect, you may not like many parts of it, but there are no exchanges and no returns on these things, so you better learn to work with what you have. The way a man takes care of himself can indicative of how he takes care of a woman. If you’re a complete slob who cant even find the time to wash your hair, what is your target going to think about how much time you will be able to find for her? A fit, well-groomed, and well-dressed man also attracts the stereotype of being successful, since successful people typically understand the importance of taking care of their appearance.
It may not make or break your game, but a man who obviously takes care of himself has a significant advantage over another who does not. Would you not find a woman with styled hair, a fit body, and a classy dress more attractive than a woman with messy hair, loose jeans, and a hoody? Of course you would! As men, we generally do not appreciate the amount of effort that women put into looking good. Why cant we do the same? Even if you don’t care so much about making women more attracted to you in this sense, why not take care of yourself and your body as a means of improving your health, energy, and self-confidence? When you take care of yourself you will start to respect yourself more, and when you respect yourself your self confidence will increase tremendously. When that happens (and it will) people will respect you more.
When you want to take care of yourself (and you should) there are a number of different elements you should be looking at, each one as important as the next:
Good physical fitness is key: get your self a nice tone body. Unless you are drastically overweight, there’s no need to be popping pills or hitting the gym every day. If you want to get buff and muscular (and that is a DHV) you may have to, but it doesn’t take too much of a drastic change to lose a little excess fat and tone up a bit. I’m no fitness expert (that would be Steve Jacks), but there’s a tremendous amount of information on fitness out there on the internet. Basically though, just make sure you eat right and make yourself a quick nightly and morning workout routine for when you wake up and go to bed, perhaps a few sit ups, push ups, and a couple of simple weight lifting exercises. A gym membership can still a good idea, but you don’t NEED to maintain a religious work-out schedule if your focus is just to stay healthy and look good. If you want more tips on getting a tone body I would highly recommend looking at matador‘s article on body building he has recently posted.
Your choice of food is important as well. Everyone eats. It’s what our body runs off of; it’s where it gets its fuel from. You are what you eat and that’s a fact. Greasy foods may taste good, but they make you feel gross afterward because of all the unhealthy crap you are stuffing down your throat. Even if you’re eating out a lot, pretty much every place has a healthy menu that you can get something from. Although it is a little more pricey to eat healthier you can take pride in knowing that you’re doing your body some good. Just because you can’t win friends with salad does not mean that it doesn’t taste good, is good for you and will make you a healthier person all around. Your body will thank you for it too, as healthy eating habits typically result in more energy and a better feeling throughout the day. .
Then there’s grooming. Just because you’re healthy doesn’t mean you look good. Grooming should be next on your list. Your hair is most likely the most distinguishable feature that you have on your body so you’re grooming skills should be up to par; head and face. Do some research, ask a hair stylist. Find out what’s going to look best on you, play around a little bit with a few different styles if you want to and see what kinds of different reactions you can get. Find something that suites you nicely. You can go something very extreme with shapes such as an Astro boy look, a crazy anime character or even devil horns to use as something to peacock with. Or you can go to something nice, short and spiked up a little bit with some styling gel. Just keep your hair looking nice, don’t let it get messy, don’t let it get long with split ends and for the love of god don’t let it get thick and greasy. Same goes for your facial hair. If you have facial hair, keep it trimmed and neat, otherwise keep that face shaved and smooth. If you’re going for the stubbly look, that’s cool, but make sure you keep it under control.
This brings us to our next point: showering. Showering makes us clean, makes us smell nice and it makes us feel good about ourselves and can actually help relieve stress. Shower in the morning, shower after a work out, shower after work, and shower before going out to sarge. If you can, a nice bath before you go to bed can make you feel more relaxed and help you get a much better night of sleep.
When it comes to proper hygiene and grooming take some common sense into consideration. Brush your teeth regularly, clean and trim your fingernails, trim any unnecessary body hair that’s not too needed. Wash your face. Avoid looking greasy, dirty, or pimply at all costs. Use skin-care products if you want smooth, touchable skin (women notice these things on guys!). Make sure everything is clean and in tip top shape, this means everything from head to toe. Do your feet stink? Get insoles, foot scrubs, or powders. Do you have acne? Get treatment. Do you look sickly and pale? Get a tan. Whatever may be wrong with your body these days, there is almost always a solution. Get that shit handled ASAP!
A well maintained and well taken care of body can take you very far. It can make you feel good about yourself and only further improve your game (both inner and outer). Most changes involve very little effort to improve yourself very dramatically. Small-chunk these things if you have to: get one thing handled and then work on the next. Make little changes and stick to taking care of yourself and in time you’re guaranteed to notice some major differences.
Remember to always keep that smile well equipped,
P.S. I found a cute little video on washing yourself, and figured that since it was strangely relevant to this article, I’d post it here.
