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Man shares before and after photos after training just one trap for over 200 days
A man has revealed before-and-after photos after training just one trap for over 200 days.
While most gymgoers aim for balance and symmetry, one 19-year-old content creator has purposely pushed his physique in the opposite direction.
A content creator who goes by the handle @TheCrookedMan10 spent more than 200 days training only his left trapezius muscle.
The bizarre experiment has left him with a large and extremely noticeable imbalance between the two sides of his body, and his before-and-after images show just how much his left trapezius has developed.
He's deliberately trying to become more asymmetrical
While bigger traps can change a person's physique, the teen isn't interested in developing both sides equally.
Instead, he describes what he's doing as "looksminimizing," an intentional effort to make his appearance more asymmetrical.
The idea is framed as the opposite of "looksmaxxing," a trend that encourages young men to change their appearance through potentially dangerous methods.
One well-known person taking part in that trend is Clavicular, a controversial streamer who has been open about using steroids and other extreme practices in pursuit of his appearance.
Man explains why he only trains one trap
In a video shared on his platform, the 19-year-old explained to his 152K followers why he tried this unusual training experiment.
"Why does the one trap guy work out one trap? It's pretty simple. I was scrolling TikToks in my Ferrari, and I kept getting these looksmaxxing TikToks," the Crooked Man said. "They were like, 'Do this, do that. You'll look more attractive. You'll get more women.' And it's like, people have that problem? I have the opposite problem. I get so many DMs, I don't even have time to get through them all."
"'So I thought, 'If I have the opposite problem, then I need the opposite solution.' What's the opposite of looksmaxxing? Looksminimizing. What was the best way to looksminimize? Become more asymmetrical."
"Work out one trap, it solved my problem. And man, it has worked like a charm,'" he added.
Safe to say that a lot of people were still confused by his explanation and warned that he could face long-term damage if he continues.
"The problems you will face later in life will not be worth it," one person said. "Even your jaw and face are uneven. You're causing problems for the rest of your life," another pointed out.
A third advised: "Your literaly taking a breath every sentence I don't think you should keep going."
"Anything for views," a fourth slammed.
"I really hope that he knows the risk of what he's doing... I suspect at that age they may not appreciate the long term health risk. It's a bit sad really," one user on Reddit added.
More than 200 days spent developing one trap apparently weren’t enough for the Crooked Man, as he has extended his experiment to another part of his body: one of his glutes, and is now training one of his legs.
Earlier this week, he shared a video captioned: "Day 4 training one leg," showing himself working out his right leg while holding two weights.