Thread: Reasons why you started training

Weight loss and to feel better about myself.

Now it's to help others do the same thing.

getting a belly, starting to feel like jello

i saw rachael mclish on tv.

i was very young and it was several years before i could join a gym but that was the moment i knew i wanted to do this.

I wanted to get huge so that I could rip my shirt off, flex my muscles and give unsuspecting people wreslting moves

I'll cut this short.

When I was younger, I was VERY athletic and a gym aholic.

After having two children I devoted myself to them. I didn't do anything for me.

3 years ago I started having chest & shoulder pain. Ran series of tests. Nothing wrong with the heart or lungs. Went to Chronic Pain Sports Specialist and was diagnosed with having a Muscular Skeletal System problem. My muscles were knotting up because I wasn't doing anything with them anymore. Went through 3 month of physical Therapy using Electro Stimulants. After that, hooked up with a trainer at my local gym.

Started going twice a week. Then 3 times.....Then 4 times till I gained every ounce of strength back. During this period my trainer and his wife were training for a competition. I went to watch them compete......right then....after watching the competition....I knew it was for me. It would help ME stay fit and keep ME motivated.....plus I knew I had great genetics to work with.

I was skinny and wanted to look muscular (basically to feel better about myself). I had also just finished college and found myself bored with all this free time on my hands. I needed something to do. 7 years later I am still working out.