<p>We are a generation of softies. Probably the weakest, both mentally and physically of all the generations that have ever existed. We take pride in sleeping late and partying for days on end. A pizza is life, according to the internet and it's cool to say ‘I am dead inside'. All life's battles are fought on the keyboard and somehow, pulling overtime at work is called ‘working hard'. Celebrating obesity is body love and you'll be crucified online if you simply advise someone to lose weight. Now, take off your shirt and stand in front of the mirror. If you don't like what you see, you are a part of ‘this generation'. While we were being cool, what was actually going on is that we were disrespecting our bodies. Overtime after overtime, party after party, we ruined the one thing that matters the most. We know it but we are too soft to come to terms with it. Dealing with reality is called being offended in 2017. </p> The Culture Of ‘Quick Fat Loss': We Love Getting Sweet Talked Into Getting Robbed <p>It's astounding to see how willing people are to get ripped off by buying bunk fitness products. Just promise them weight loss on the cover and they'll even buy packaged tap water. Corporations know the rising desperation to get fit and they are laughing their way to the bank by selling you garbage in the name of health. That skinny tea, a detox meal replacement, slim sauna belts and that ‘fat melting' herb discovered in the Himalayas, just for you. We are being fooled every day but we just love it, don't we? What we ignore is the fact that most of these things are a meticulously knitted setup to rob us blind.   </p> <p class="articleimg"><img id="ed-img" class="art-lazy imwidth-full" title="We Are A Weak, Coddled Generation That's Constantly Looking For Shortcuts To Getting Fit" src="http://media.new.mensxp.com/media/content/2017/Jul/we-are-a-weak-coddled-generation-that-rsquo-s-constantly-looking-for-shortcuts-to-getting-fit1-1500357425.jpg" alt="We Are A Weak, Coddled Generation That's Constantly Looking For Shortcuts To Getting Fit" data-original="http://media.new.mensxp.com/media/content/2017/Jul/we-are-a-weak-coddled-generation-that-rsquo-s-constantly-looking-for-shortcuts-to-getting-fit1-1500357425.jpg" />© Kirahoffman,pixabay</p> We Live In A Society Of Instant Gratification And Are Constantly Bombarded With Amazing Claims <p>We love the sweet talking brands shower us with. While we pleasure ourselves with fake claims, we close our eyes to the importance of exercise, nutrition and most importantly, patience. Why? Because stuffing our mouths with a supposed ‘fat loss' food is easier than picking up weights and counting calories. We want fitness trackers to help us move, apps to remind us to drink water and treadmills to make us walk. You see, all this is very easy, very gratifying. We believe things that simply sound easy.</p> <p class="articleimg"><img id="ed-img" class="art-lazy imwidth-full" title="We Are A Weak, Coddled Generation That's Constantly Looking For Shortcuts To Getting Fit" src="http://media.new.mensxp.com/media/content/2017/Jul/we-are-a-weak-coddled-generation-that-rsquo-s-constantly-looking-for-shortcuts-to-getting-fit2-1500357446.jpg" alt="We Are A Weak, Coddled Generation That's Constantly Looking For Shortcuts To Getting Fit" data-original="http://media.new.mensxp.com/media/content/2017/Jul/we-are-a-weak-coddled-generation-that-rsquo-s-constantly-looking-for-shortcuts-to-getting-fit2-1500357446.jpg" />© Pixabay</p> The Culture Of Body Love, That's Exactly What Body Love Isn't <p>It's the age of the internet, everybody is ill-informed. So is the body love brigade. How hard is it to understand that being comfortable in your skin and nearing bad health because of ugly eating habits and excess body fat are two very different things? Obese people gorging on tubs of ice cream are cool till the time they do it in the confines of their homes. But when you make a video of it, put it online; don't get mad when people call out for what they see. While the obese should be encouraged and told to get better, what they are told is that nearing diabetes is fine. It is body love.  Now you tell me where we went wrong.</p> <p class="articleimg"><img id="ed-img" class="art-lazy imwidth-full" title="We Are A Weak, Coddled Generation That's Constantly Looking For Shortcuts To Getting Fit" src="http://media.new.mensxp.com/media/content/2017/Jul/we-are-a-weak-coddled-generation-that-rsquo-s-constantly-looking-for-shortcuts-to-getting-fit3-1500357459.jpg" alt="We Are A Weak, Coddled Generation That's Constantly Looking For Shortcuts To Getting Fit" data-original="http://media.new.mensxp.com/media/content/2017/Jul/we-are-a-weak-coddled-generation-that-rsquo-s-constantly-looking-for-shortcuts-to-getting-fit3-1500357459.jpg" />© Pixabay</p> The Steroid Rush  <p>A magazine claims rock hard muscles in 20 days, an obviously ‘on the juice' athlete claims natural muscle gains and an idiotic YouTuber gets on a steroid cycle. The muscle gain market is on fire and steroids are the fuel. The race to looking ripped is fiercer than ever. Young men are pinning themselves, drawing inspiration from their Instagram fitness models. 2 months in a gym and talks about ‘gear' starts to get to the heads. Everybody wants quick results. Diet and training doesn't matter, who is running what, does. The high from steroids is truly addictive. There's no coming back, but the shortcut is alluring.</p> <p class="articleimg"><img id="ed-img" class="art-lazy imwidth-full" title="We Are A Weak, Coddled Generation That's Constantly Looking For Shortcuts To Getting Fit" src="http://media.new.mensxp.com/media/content/2017/Jul/we-are-a-weak-coddled-generation-that-rsquo-s-constantly-looking-for-shortcuts-to-getting-fit4-1500357476.jpg" alt="We Are A Weak, Coddled Generation That's Constantly Looking For Shortcuts To Getting Fit" data-original="http://media.new.mensxp.com/media/content/2017/Jul/we-are-a-weak-coddled-generation-that-rsquo-s-constantly-looking-for-shortcuts-to-getting-fit4-1500357476.jpg" />© Pixabay</p> Fitness Is Not What's Being Sold To You <p>Take a break from all this jazz and think about it. How much time did it take you to get fat? How long have you compromised your well being for? The answer is, a long, long time. Then, how can you expect to get better in a jiffy? How can you expect food to come through and ‘burn fat' while you park your ass on a couch? It doesn't make any sense. Corporations are manufacturing these products but they are not selling them to you at gunpoint, are they? You are buying them. You are responsible. It's about time realized that and got your shit together because no one else is going to do it for you.</p>