Men's 'after' pictures: why so serious?

Ponkeen
Ponkeen Posts: 147 Member
edited November 26 in Health and Weight Loss
Just a random observation, but I do wonder... in men's before and after pictures, they're usually smiling before, and almost never smiling after. Why is that? Where did the smile go? Bring it back!
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  • wilsoncl6
    wilsoncl6 Posts: 1,280 Member
    Maybe guys want to show how tough and macho they are now that they're in shape when before it was important to show how sensitive you are because you didn't have the body to pull off macho.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    Have to concentration on flexing (well, at least that's why I didn't smile in my after pictures).
  • siluridae
    siluridae Posts: 188 Member
    Maybe they like themselves better without a smile.
  • absoluttalent
    absoluttalent Posts: 40 Member
    Haha, mine will be the opposite. There are NO before pictures of me (I hate pictures in general, long standing hatred from years of family photos with a large numbered family)
    So all my after pictures will be all smiles :)
  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
    I tend to have the male equivalent of Resting *kitten* Face when I'm not paying attention to my facial expression.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Ponkeen wrote: »
    Just a random observation, but I do wonder... in men's before and after pictures, they're usually smiling before, and almost never smiling after. Why is that? Where did the smile go? Bring it back!

    I've never heard of this before. It is the no-smiling-after sydrome? :D
  • dhimaan
    dhimaan Posts: 774 Member
    Amount of work it takes to build muscle along with diet makes guys cranky. I know I am.
  • besee_2000
    besee_2000 Posts: 365 Member
    hAngry face!
  • Shereewhitney88
    Shereewhitney88 Posts: 87 Member
    stevencloser wrote: »
    I tend to have the male equivalent of Resting *kitten* Face when I'm not paying attention to my facial expression.

    Lmfao best response ever.
    I have a resting *kitten* face if I don't pay attention, so I feels ya there.
  • wrenak
    wrenak Posts: 144 Member
    Shereewhitney88 wrote: »
    stevencloser wrote: »
    I tend to have the male equivalent of Resting *kitten* Face when I'm not paying attention to my facial expression.

    Lmfao best response ever.
    I have a resting *kitten* face if I don't pay attention, so I feels ya there.

    Srsly. Even my husband of 15 years (minus 15 days) asks often, "What's wrong?" "Did I do something?" OMG, no, I'm just not making an effort to have a 'pleasant look' on my face! Good grief.
  • Josalinn
    Josalinn Posts: 1,066 Member
    I think it's the equivalent of girls who do the duck face thing.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    Josalinn wrote: »
    I think it's the equivalent of girls who do the duck face thing.

    Not really. Duck face in intentional, but not smiling in a picture isn't necessarily intentional. Don't you have at least one picture of yourself where you aren't smiling?
  • brownels
    brownels Posts: 29 Member
    What in the world is duck face?
  • Protranser
    Protranser Posts: 517 Member
    When people take pictures of themselves with their cheeks sucked in and their lips puckered
  • Cahgetsfit
    Cahgetsfit Posts: 1,912 Member
    usmcmp wrote: »
    Have to concentration on flexing (well, at least that's why I didn't smile in my after pictures).

    this!
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Yep, they're hangry.
  • Ponkeen
    Ponkeen Posts: 147 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Yep, they're hangry.

    Aha! That must be it!
  • VykkDraygoVPR
    VykkDraygoVPR Posts: 465 Member
    stevencloser wrote: »
    I tend to have the male equivalent of Resting *kitten* Face when I'm not paying attention to my facial expression.

    Me too. People tend to think I'm angry if I'm not smiling. I'm fine with that.


    As for smiling in pictures. It's just awkward. I either do silly smile, or none. I also just don't like photos! I'll do smiles for other people, but that's just so I don't have to take more pictures (and hear complaining).
  • feisty_bucket
    feisty_bucket Posts: 1,047 Member
    VykkDraygoVPR wrote: »
    As for smiling in pictures. It's just awkward. I either do silly smile, or none. I also just don't like photos! I'll do smiles for other people, but that's just so I don't have to take more pictures (and hear complaining).

    Me too. All my pictures are some kind of ridiculous goofball face, because I don't really get what you're supposed to do. It's such a contrived situation, posing for typical pictures. Better to take tons of candids, now that they're basically free, and sort 'em out later.


  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    Ponkeen wrote: »
    Just a random observation, but I do wonder... in men's before and after pictures, they're usually smiling before, and almost never smiling after. Why is that? Where did the smile go? Bring it back!

    Why are the womerns always making puckered faces?
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    edited November 2015
    ncboiler89 wrote: »
    Ponkeen wrote: »
    Just a random observation, but I do wonder... in men's before and after pictures, they're usually smiling before, and almost never smiling after. Why is that? Where did the smile go? Bring it back!

    Why are the womerns always making puckered faces?

    Because Duck face. It's supposed to be sexy and stuff.
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    ncboiler89 wrote: »
    Ponkeen wrote: »
    Just a random observation, but I do wonder... in men's before and after pictures, they're usually smiling before, and almost never smiling after. Why is that? Where did the smile go? Bring it back!

    Why are the womerns always making puckered faces?

    Because Duck-face. It's supposed to be sexy and stuff.

    Dude...when I see a puckered face selfie like that I need to back my chair away from the desk asap for obvious reasons. It is just that sexy.
  • robertw486
    robertw486 Posts: 2,401 Member
    Ponkeen wrote: »
    Just a random observation, but I do wonder... in men's before and after pictures, they're usually smiling before, and almost never smiling after. Why is that? Where did the smile go? Bring it back!

    If I get all buffed up my after picture will be smiling, with food and beer in hand. Seriously.
  • Ponkeen
    Ponkeen Posts: 147 Member
    robertw486 wrote: »
    Ponkeen wrote: »
    Just a random observation, but I do wonder... in men's before and after pictures, they're usually smiling before, and almost never smiling after. Why is that? Where did the smile go? Bring it back!

    If I get all buffed up my after picture will be smiling, with food and beer in hand. Seriously.

    Which is exactly right.
  • Karen_can_do_this
    Karen_can_do_this Posts: 1,150 Member
    stevencloser wrote: »
    I tend to have the male equivalent of Resting *kitten* Face when I'm not paying attention to my facial expression.

    Had to quote that to see what you were saying. And yep I'm exactly the same
  • AskTracyAnnK28
    AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,817 Member
    dhimaan wrote: »
    Amount of work it takes to build muscle along with diet makes guys cranky. I know I am.

    This explains why all the guys on Tinder and PlentyofFish look so pi$$ed off
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    I'm not a man but I think it's hard to feel normal while smiling and taking a picture of myself. It seems very vain. So then the next option is to attempt to smile but also make it look like a candid shot where I just happen to be smiling and situated *just so* with no crazy eyes or double chin or strange expression. Then those look weird to me. And then I get frustrated and end up having a non-smiling "get this over with" expression on my face.

    I can't figure out how people get good focused flexing pictures of themselves without their cameras covering their bodies or their fingers showing up in a corner of the shot. Especially pictures of their backs.
  • mattyc772014
    mattyc772014 Posts: 3,543 Member
    From a marketing standpoint it is usually the other way around. Lots of before and after pics on Instagram. Personally I am smiling in both. But I get the flex point of view. I recently was at the gym and a guy next to me asked me to take his picture while working out. I was like yeah aaaahh no. lol I see him holding up the dumbbells in one position for like 2 mins and someone was taking his picture. lol
  • FabianRodriguez94
    FabianRodriguez94 Posts: 221 Member
    Personally, I am not smiling in either pics. But in the after it is probably because I am trying harder to flex lol.
  • elisa123gal
    elisa123gal Posts: 4,333 Member
    Well..they usually lose more weight and faster…and to top it off..they bulk up with muscles and look super fit.

    so… .They have a serious look cause they've done some serious work.
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