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The Rich Roll Podcast

Decoding Looksmaxxing: The Crisis Consuming Young Men & The Real Path To Self-Worth

The Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.713.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Bone smashing. Steroids. Crystal meth. 13-year-olds letting AI judge their faces. It's called looksmaxxing – and it presents as self-improvement. Underneath, it's a deftly weaponized pipeline to nihilism, misogyny, and self-destruction, consuming millions of young men right now. Adam Skolnick and I sit with all of it this week – what it is, why it's spreading, and what the real antidote looks like. If you have a young man in your life – or you are one – sit with this. Show notes + MORE Watch on YouTube Newsletter Sign-Up Today's Sponsors: Rivian: Electric vehicles that keep the world adventurous forever👉🏼https://www.rivian.com  Shokz: Visit SHOKZ.com and use code RICHROLL to receive an exclusive offer on your purchase👉🏼https://beopen.shokz.com/RichRoll-OpenFitPro  AG1: Get a FREE bottle of D3K2, Welcome Kit, and 5 travel packs with your first order👉🏼https://www.drinkAG1.com/richroll  Prolon: Get 15% OFF plus a FREE bonus gift👉🏼https://www.prolonlife.com/richroll  OneSkin: Get started today with 15% off using code RICHROLL👉🏼https://www.oneskin.co  WHOOP: The all-new WHOOP 5.0 is here! Get your first month FREE👉🏼https://www.join.whoop.com/Roll  Check out all of the amazing discounts from our Sponsors👉🏼https://www.richroll.com/sponsors  Find out more about Voicing Change Media at https://www.voicingchange.media and follow us @voicingchange

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0:00.0

This episode is sponsored by Rivian. For me, historically, a car has always just been a way to get around, but I have to say, I am just in love with the R1S Rivian loan me.

0:13.3

Because it's this incredible all-electric vehicle with insane tech that can take you just about anywhere, but mostly because it's so much more than a vehicle.

0:23.1

It's like this passport for adventure, which got me thinking about my favorite road trips.

0:30.2

I've done many over the years, and the best ones are never about the destination.

0:34.7

They're about adventure, they're about possibility, which is basically

0:39.1

the Rivian mission. There's storage everywhere, front trunk, gear tunnels for wet or sandy stuff,

0:45.6

room for boards, bikes, packs, whatever your version of adventure looks like. You can literally

0:51.1

plug things in and power your world, coffee, camp gear, even a full travel kitchen.

0:56.8

You can even get a rooftop tent for your R1S, and yet on the road, it's refined and quiet.

1:04.4

But when the pavement ends, you switch into off-road and just keep going.

1:09.9

The R1S SUV has three rows, seat seven, folds down into a perfect sleep setup.

1:17.7

The R1T is a truck that can tow, it can haul, and still feel beautifully designed.

1:22.3

Most vehicles make you choose between rugged and refined.

1:26.3

Rivian gives you both so you can adventure without compromise.

1:33.2

Clavicular was mid-gester-gooning when a group of foids came and spiked his cortisol levels.

1:39.3

Is ignoring the foids while munting and mogging moids more useful than SMV chat fishing in the club? I've never felt so old in my entire life. Clavicular. How's it going? If you haven't heard of clavicular yet, it's only a matter of time before you do. The 20-year-old looks-maxing livestreamer has become inescapable online. Looksmaxing is the furthest extent that you could take self-improvement.

2:03.6

Do whatever it takes to ascend through any and every mechanism out there.

2:06.6

Here's how you ascend.

2:08.6

You do crystal meth steroids and you like bang a hammer on your like cheekbones for something called bone smashing.

2:15.6

What is even happening?

2:16.6

Anybody who has fallen into this trap,

2:19.2

put the fucking phone down.

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