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title: "getting in shape · GenZ Decoded"
description: "getting in shape: Actively improving one’s body or looks. Example: \"He’s been getting in shape all summer.\" Meaning, Gen X usage, and related slang."
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# getting in shape

Gen X[#appearance](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/appearance/)

**Meaning.** Actively improving one’s body or looks.

See it in a sentence

He’s been getting in shape all summer.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [looksmaxxing](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/looksmaxxing/),[maxxing](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/maxxing/)

- Gen Alpha

    [we go gym](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/we-go-gym/)

- Millennial

    [get ripped](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/get-ripped/)

- Gen X · this one

    getting in shape,[get swole](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/get-swole/)

- Boomer

    [spruce up](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/spruce-up/)

- Plain English

    actively improving one’s body or looks

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## Related slang

- [get ripped](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/get-ripped/): To work out and diet until your muscles look sharply defined, an approving way to describe a body goal.
- [get swole](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/get-swole/): To lift and train until you are very muscular, usually said as a gym goal, half serious and half joking.
- [gigachad](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/gigachad/): An idealized, impressively capable or admirable person.
- [glow-up](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/glow-up/): A dramatic positive transformation in appearance or confidence.

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