2020, Sara Brzuszkiewicz, "Incel Radical Milieu and External Locus of Control", The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague (ICCT) Evolutions in Counter-Terrorism, Volume 2, page 6:
Most likely, they will end up being gymcels, i.e. incels who go to the gym trying to improve their bodies.
2020, Anne Hendershott, The Politics of Envy, unnumbered page:
Although there were a few positive users in the forum who addressed their situation, for example, by going to the gym (gymcel), this is often experienced as a strain because of the high number of "Chads" in the gym ("gym-celing is literally torture").
2020, Brian Whitney, The "Supreme Gentleman" Killer: The True Story of an Incel Mass Murderer, unnumbered page:
Just as it sounds, a Gymcel is an incel who goes to the gym a lot, which in their mind is a cope.
2020, Małgorzata Waśniewska, "The Red Pill, Unicorns and White Knights: Cultural Symbolism and Conceptual Metaphor in the Slang of Online Incel Communities", in Cultural Conceptualizations in Language and Communication (Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk), page 67:
For instance, a gymcel is a man who spends hours working out, hoping that a more muscular frame will make him more attractive to women; […]
2020, Maria Wiklund, "The Misogyny Within The Manosphere: A Discourse Analysis In A Swedish Context", thesis submitted Malmö University, page 27:
For example, a gymcel is a man who spends his free time exercising in the hopes that a more fit body will cause him to become more attractive to women.
2020, anonymous, quoted in Vanja Zdjelar, "Alone together: Exploring community on an incel forum", thesis submitted to Simon Fraser University, page 54:
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
2021, Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How it Affects Us All, unnumbered page:
One large subset of this community focuses on physical exercise as a way of boosting their looks (men who pursue this option are known as gymcels), […]
2021, anonymous, quoted in Hugo Engholm, "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", thesis submitted to the University of Uppsala, page 24:
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.
Verb: "to work out with the goal of becoming more physically fit and increasing one's sexual market value"
2020, Anne Hendershott, The Politics of Envy, unnumbered page:
Although there were a few positive users in the forum who addressed their situation, for example, by going to the gym (gymcel), this is often experienced as a strain because of the high number of "Chads" in the gym ("gym-celing is literally torture").
2020, "OrangeFez2311", quoted in Joshua A. Segalewitz, "'You Don't Understand... It's Not About Virginity': Sexual Markets, Identity Construction, and Violent Masculinity on an Incel Forum Board", thesis submitted to the University of Dayton, page 25:
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, anonymous, quoted in Vanja Zdjelar, "Alone together: Exploring community on an incel forum", thesis submitted to Simon Fraser University, page 54:
I gymcel at home with minimum equipment... my father did so with no equipment back in the day (rocky style). Your logic is stupid.
2021, anonymous, quoted in Hugo Engholm, "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", thesis submitted to the University of Uppsala, page 48:
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, […]
2021, anonymous, quoted in Irina Levit, "'Foids have no soul, they are not human': A sociological examination of the language used by an online male supremacy group", thesis submitted to the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, page 54:
[…] “dude who takes care of himself gymcels and has normie looks manages toget a fat gf who covers her face with layers of makeup”.
