(qualifier:incel slang) An incel who works out to become more physically fit and improve their sexual market value.
lmao at all of the gymcels telling me I'm wrong but not realising their gymcelling has failed to attract a single girl which actually proves my point 2020, anonymous, quoted in Vanja Zdjelar, "Alone together: Exploring community on an incel forum", thesis submitted to Simon Fraser University, page 54
It was chosen as it is one of the most viewed and commented threads on the forum. “[Tinder Experiment] Ugly gymcel gets hot Tinder matches! [Spicy thread] [GTFIH]” from the 14/1, 2018. This thread is also a “Tinder experiment” thread and was chosen because of the same criteria as the previous thread. Spring 2021, Hugo Engholm, anonymous quotee, “The lack of looks: A study on the Incel ideology of Incelism during the 2010s–2020s and its relation to historical and contemporary ideologies particularly within far right milieus”, in University of Uppsala, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2021, page 24:
Most likely, they will end up being gymcels, i.e. incels who go to the gym trying to improve their bodies. 2020, Sara Brzuszkiewicz, “Incel Radical Milieu and External Locus of Control”, in The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague (ICCT) Evolutions in Counter-Terrorism, volume 2, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2021, page 6:
(intransitive, qualifier:incel slang) To work out to become more physically fit and increase one's sexual market value.
I gymcel at home with minimum equipment... my father did so with no equipment back in the day (rocky style). Your logic is stupid. 2020, anonymous, quoted in Vanja Zdjelar, "Alone together: Exploring community on an incel forum", thesis submitted to Simon Fraser University, page 54
However, many insist that, for truecels, looksmaxing does not actually improve one’s status: “Gymcelling doesn't work. We all know that. You need good genes to succeed at gymcelling, and if you have such genes you'll never need to gymcel anyway because women will be naturally attracted you and you'd have been getting validation for as long as you were getting pubes,” says OrangeFez2311. 2020 April 26, Joshua A. Segalewitz, quoting OrangeFez2311, “"You Don't Understand... It's Not About Virginity": Sexual Markets, Identity Construction, and Violent Masculinity on an Incel Forum Board”, in University of Dayton, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2024, page 25:
The game is rigged. Average looking guys have to gymcel for years and get minor surgeries and have extremely low levels of body fat all year round, […] Spring 2021, Hugo Engholm, anonymous quotee, “The lack of looks: A study on the Incel ideology of Incelism during the 2010s–2020s and its relation to historical and contemporary ideologies particularly within far right milieus”, in University of Uppsala, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2021, page 48: