MEN ONLY THREAD part two

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

Sorry to bring up an older post. But I just bought some unscented deoderant from Toms. I freaking love this stuff. I smell soo much better now that I am not wearing the scented axe deoderant. Who knew the human body smelled good

I think anyone leaving Axe products behind automatically gets +2 manpoints. I myself am not a fan of that brand and their ads which insult my intelligence worse than Don Rickles on a good day.

[Guest Snake McClain]

i personally like the scented stuff. I have an old spice kind (not the standard old spice smell but one of their others titled "fiji") and I have their matching body wash. It is...pleasurable to the senses it seems. why unscented?

[guest439437484421]

I think anyone leaving Axe products behind automatically gets +2 manpoints. I myself am not a fan of that brand and their ads which insult my intelligence worse than Don Rickles on a good day.

i don't care for the ads, but i do like their deodorant.

[Gainsdalf the Whey]

i personally like the scented stuff. I have an old spice kind (not the standard old spice smell but one of their others titled "fiji") and I have their matching body wash. It is...pleasurable to the senses it seems. why unscented?

I'm usually very loyal to the classic scent but picked up Fiji and another one to mix it up last time. I'm liking it.

[KillerGriller]

Sorry to bring up an older post. But I just bought some unscented deoderant from Toms. I freaking love this stuff. I smell soo much better now that I am not wearing the scented axe deoderant. Who knew the human body smelled good

I use Toms as well, it works!

[Artinum]

I seldom use deodorant. Mostly because I forget, and I'm not naturally sweaty; if I start to smell, I'd rather get clean than just hide the odour.

As for brand/fragrance - I have no loyalty. I'll use whatever comes to hand. Fortunately the only female in the house has paws, so only masculine sprays ever appear in the bathroom!

[muffunz]

Dove Deep Clean body wash and Old Spice Fiji deodarant, but I'm going to have to change deodarants here soon; I'm becoming immune to it :c

[guest439437484421]

So i've got a question for the guys. Before i started lifting my facial hair grew at a glacial rate and it and my chest hair were fairly light. i just started weight lifting about 3 months ago, and i've noticed that my facial hair is growing a decent amount faster and is a bit darker. my chest hair has thickened a decent amount and has darkened quite a bit. this seems to have happened too fast to just be an age thing. has this happened to anyone else?

[CowboyMisterIndependent]

I'm going to go out on a completely unresearched limb and guess that it could be a result of the inevitable increase in testosterone pumping from lifting. Informed NFers: yea or nay?

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

I vote yes, more body hair is a result of more testosterone is a result of more lifting. Go thirster!

[Church]

Sounds plausible. I've actually noticed an increase in body hair as well.

And I though I had too much before.... Lol

[Gainsdalf the Whey]

Testosterone is directly linked to body hair like that. Both lifting weights and losing body fat have been shown to raise testosterone levels, so yeah, completely plausible.

I've had the increase as well, but always chalked it up to aging.

[BarefootDawsy]

Remind me to keep my lifting to a minimum...any more hair and someone will try to put a silver bullet in me!

[161803398874989]

We are a Rebellion. Why not rebel against scented products as well?

Because rebelling against a product implies we all are against the product. And I'm not.

[Guest Snake McClain]

i can personally attest to an increase in body hair since lifting. and libido. all linked to testosterone increase.

also muscles.

[Church]

i can personally attest to an increase in body hair since lifting. and libido. all linked to testosterone increase.

also muscles.

True story.

[Guest Snake McClain]

True story.

*flex*

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

So here's a question for everyone. Do you have a men's group in real life you get in contact with on a regular basis? I have a men's Bible study that meets every other two weeks, we also go camping (well, this year we went to a small ranch that had a house on it, most of us are in our thirties and have proved we can camp in tents and no longer have anything to prove) once a year and shoot guns etc. It has been very important in my life and has kept me sane on more than one occasion.

I contend that a group of like-minded men with whom you meet on a regular basis is an essential part of a man's life and encourage everyone who doesn't have one to get one.

[Gainsdalf the Whey]

I have 2 childhood friends that I still see pretty much every weekend/every other weekend. We have boys' nights and boys' weekends every few months where we hang out or go up the mountains without the girls. Definitely important for my sanity.

[guest439437484421]

No. I'm bad about seeing friends on a consistant basis. It's something i need to work on.

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

It can help to begin with some activity that provides the excuse to get together on a regular basis. "Let's just hang out" is not as effective as "Let's get together for activity X we all love and enjoy."

[Church]

I don't know if its a specific group, but my friends and I occasionally get together to bitch about work, women and the state of the union. Lol.

[Valiance]

i can personally attest to an increase in body hair since lifting.

I hope so. I keep some stubble because 90% of the people I talk to have told me I look "way better" with stubble, but I think it looks pretty wussy at the moment because it doesn't fill in. I'd love it if it would grow in just a LITTLE thicker. I don't even need full-on-beard, just a little thicker stubble would be just fine.

[Guest Snake McClain]

So here's a question for everyone. Do you have a men's group in real life you get in contact with on a regular basis? I have a men's Bible study that meets every other two weeks, we also go camping (well, this year we went to a small ranch that had a house on it, most of us are in our thirties and have proved we can camp in tents and no longer have anything to prove) once a year and shoot guns etc. It has been very important in my life and has kept me sane on more than one occasion.

I contend that a group of like-minded men with whom you meet on a regular basis is an essential part of a man's life and encourage everyone who doesn't have one to get one.

the problem with my group of man friends is that a) none of them aspire to manliness and they are not a single one of them like minded.

I really really wish that i could have a group of men like this.

well i do have one really good friend Ben. We are tight like this and getting closer. it's nice to have that. have someone to bounce ideas on.

[Valiance]

I'm in a similar situation, except that my best friend is a woman. She and I met because she was a returning student when I was a freshman, and we bonded almost immediately because she felt like an outside and I was not a fan of the other students my age and how they were living their lives.

Honestly I don't feel like I need any more than that. I have other friends who I'm close to, and of course plenty of acquaintances. I can be very social, and I enjoy socializing, but a far as having super close friends that I reveal all of my secrets to and whatnot, she's really the only one. We recently went to a Ren. Fest together and had the most amazing time.