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Appearances aren’t everything, despite popular belief. However, appearances do carry some weight, even if it’s often more than it should. Maintaining your appearance can be difficult at times, sometimes requiring a noxious brew of hygiene products or a laborious workout. These are the tips you need to know about keeping up appearances.
Staying In Shape
The most important, most effective way to maintain your appearance is staying active. Physical fitness is generally attractive to others, but it can also improve your own opinion of yourself and your mood, to beat all. Doing so will require careful consideration and a comprehensive workout. One great example of a workout that works the whole body, more or less, is swimming. You can finance swimming pools to make them more affordable to make swimming part of your regular workout regimen, and then you get the added benefit of improving your home’s appearance simultaneously. Another solid full body workout is the 7 minute workout, and the name says it all; it can fit neatly into any schedule. However, it’s not for beginners, so start slow if you’re new to rigorous exercises.
Bodybuilding is a whole other can of worms. It’s not for everybody, but if that fits into your idea of the ideal look, here’s what you need to know. A bodybuilding routine is structurally different from a normal workout. For starters, bodybuilders will focus on one body part and one group of muscles on a given day. Then, they will work another part on another day, giving the previous muscle groups time to recover. The reason for this is that gaining muscle mass depends on the damaging of muscles, meaning that workouts need to be intensive, requiring a longer recovery period.
Staying Clean
Grooming and hygiene are a secondary to fitness, but not by much. While you’ll simply look and feel better when you’re fit and healthy, grooming and hygiene have a more direct impact on your face and hair, common focal points where appearance is concerned. Keeping clean is step one, a step so obvious that it scarcely needs mentioned. On the other hand, grooming is more subjective and open ended. Generally speaking, you need to trim your hair, regardless of your intended style. Trimming your hair removes split ends that can give your hair a more frazzled look that never suits anybody. In terms of your hairstyle, there are a wide variety of hairstyles that can suit any personality, and those styles tend to change year after year. For those who don’t want to worry about their hairstyle can opt out by doing a shaved head or a buzzcut, two timeless styles that aren’t the cream of the crop but are low maintenance. Undercuts and fades are currently trending for masculine dos, but the man bun is no slouch, either. Another timeless option is the simple “regular taper cut” that works for both professional and casual looks alike.
Dressing Your Best
Fashion is another subjective area, but men’s fashion is often much more straightforward to begin with. If all else fails, business formal and business casual are great places to start. The most important aspect of simple styles like these is the fit. Fitted clothing is preferred, but that can be quite costly. On the other hand, experimenting with store bought fits will typically get you pretty close to where you need to be. Assuming you’re not at the office, you can also experiment with breaking out of the business attire. A popular style these days is a full suit with basketball sneakers, for example. This can ground the otherwise imposing suit with someone that breaks silhouette and is generally more down to earth.
Looking your best isn’t all that matters, but it’s an important way for you to endear yourself to others and simply feel better about yourself. These tips are a great place to start, but keep in mind that you need to experiment in order to find what works best for you.