What brought you into the Gym?

[iMan323]

I wanted to get in shape before joining the military.

 

[Robin Hood]

Originally it was just to keep in shape. Then I started seeing a lot of muscle development and got really interested in bodybuilding.

 

[Missfit4all]

Gym? Na......2 far 2 drive...and with these GAS Prices? Price just went up again today...$2.49 per gallon for Diesel -- $1.99 unleaded? Out of this World crazy!!! I'll workout in the privacy of my own home and save on the Gas!!

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That'll teach em'!!!

 

[sgtneo]

Gym? Na......2 far 2 drive...and with these GAS Prices? Price just went up again today...$2.49 per gallon for Diesel -- $1.99 unleaded? Out of this World crazy!!! I'll workout in the privacy of my own home and save on the Gas!!

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That'll teach em'!!!

well if you think thats bad over here ti fill up the average car it costs around £40 which is about 74 dollars

 

[crimsondestinyx]

I wanna get scrong!!! Size, strength, and skill is what's gonna get me into college football, nothting else!!!

 

[Missfit4all]

well if you think thats bad over here ti fill up the average car it costs around £40 which is about 74 dollars

Now that's bad !! Here in the U.S. it cost around $72 to fill up our diesel truck and $17 to fill up our small size unleaded Subaru. 3 Years ago it only cost $9 dollars to fill up our Subaru?

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i save on gas and work out at home!!!

 

[huesoloco]

football, now for rugby

 

[ph8bringer]

I train for a combination of reasons.

Because I wanted to gain mass
Health reasons
chicks
discipline

 

[vegman]

Gym? Na......2 far 2 drive...and with these GAS Prices? Price just went up again today...$2.49 per gallon for Diesel -- $1.99 unleaded? Out of this World crazy!!! I'll workout in the privacy of my own home and save on the Gas!!

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That'll teach em'!!!

How far is the gym?

 

[DamnHardGainer]

Physical appearance. When I was 19 years old a decade ago, a friend and I met a couple very hot chicks on beachside in Daytona Beach. They turned out to be strippers which at that age I thought was really sexy. After a great night out we hugged goodbye and the girl I liked was shocked at how thin I was since it was winter and I had a lot of clothes on. She wasn't trying to be mean the way she said it, but she said: "Wow your skinny!" I still remember it clearly to this day. In case you're wondering, I probably weighed 125 lbs at 68 inches soak and wet at that time.

After that humiliating experience I was determined to start lifting weights. I always wanted to but was ashamed to be seen so weak in the gym. So I finally found a small gym run by an ex-pro who's built like Frank Zane back in the 70s who gave me advice on how to lift, supplements, etc., and never once said anything about my skinny body. So I started taking Betagen when it first came out and lifted hard, using other people in the gym as motivation to push more reps and more weight since I was ashamed of my weakness. Three months later I got up to 135 which amazed me at the time. When I got to 140 the gym owner was walking by after I just did some benches and remarked that he could see my chest and shoulders grew a lot.

I tell you, those words by a bodybuilder who I looked up to for advice and inspiration was all I needed and I never looked back since. Now I'm 165 on the same skinny bones when I was 19 years old, which makes me look bigger than I am. And my legs haven't caught up with my upper body yet...I figure 175 is my perfect weight. No woman has ever had anything but positives to say about my physique since!

 

[Balic]

-Strength
-Physical appearance
-Health reasons
-and because i like it very much, i'm addicted

I'm lifting weights on and off from the age of 12 I think because my brother started bodybuilding, but than I wasn't interested anymore, so for about a year I didn't do anything, than on the age of 13 I wanted to lift weights again, it was getting on and off till about a year ago...
I really started lifting for atleast 3 times a week, now i'm looking to become bigger and bigger and bigger ... and bigger and bigger and maybe go for the pro bodybuilding, well, atleast I want to compete in some competitions.

 

[ihateschoolmt]

Being 5'11 and 127 pounds did it for me.

 

[DamnHardGainer]

Being 5'11 and 127 pounds did it for me.

Yeah I feel that. I was 125 @ 5'8 when I started...that's the only reason I'm grateful for not being any taller. What you sitting at now? I'm 165 now.

 

[clemson357]

when I started I was a freshman in highschool, and I weighed around 110. I just wanted to get big so I could kick some ass.

now I do it for strength and looks and health

 

[sweatshopchamp]

Its a challange. I remember when I was in grade school people made fun of how skinny I was so I took my dads old plastic weight set and went down into my basement and pumped plastic. I was always on and off with it untill middle school when I realized that chicks dig muscles. I got more consistant but not really untill my hoops coach said he was concerned about my weight going into soph. year (I weighed 135). Now I am in my junior year and I weigh 175 of mostly muscle. Now I have fallen in love with the challange and the results I see when I lift. The biggest thing is its all up to me, not a coach or any teamate or opponant. How bad do I want it.

 

[ihateschoolmt]

Yeah I feel that. I was 125 @ 5'8 when I started...that's the only reason I'm grateful for not being any taller. What you sitting at now? I'm 165 now.

Around 152. Still a pretty new though. Only Been eating right for 6-7 months.

 

[WilliamB]

What a very very very old thread. I lift because it makes my body feel awsome. I have been out since December 24 when I had shoulder surgery. I am aching to get back into the gym and start putting up some weight.

 

[Exordus]

It was a combination of several things. For the most part, I was embarrased to take my shirt off at the beach because I was so skinny. So I started working out in order to look and feel better. Now I can walk around shirtless and STRUT.

This is where I am. I wanna be Underdog dammit!!

 

[Greedy]

Oldest thread ever I swear Idunno how I came across it but it popped up, I know this is gravedigging but I'd like to tell my story as well I guess.
Long story, havn't really ever got to tell anyone but felt like it tonight.

I was very tiny in highschool 9th because I hit my growth spurt late, I was ALWAYS afraid to go to the weight room because everyone my age would brag and brag about being able to bench 135 or whatever because I knew I could only do the bar back then I was probably 100lbs or 110 at 5'5 13 y/o. small little kid, for being so small and little I got bullied quite abit because I couldn't fight back, I took muay thai classes for 2 years but that didn't help at all and I was always envious by my upperclassmen getting chicks after their football games or just in general and most of them were bullies tbh. So 10th grade I had it with the bullying I dropped out of school, I stayed home for 2 years I didn't talk to anyone but my family basically MIA from the world, I was caged up in my house playing computer games I built up anxiety/depression/ 40-50 lbs of weight(mainly fat) cause all I would do is just play games and eat and not move out of the seat. I met a girl online she is/was gorgeous as fuckkkkkk like model status we cammed quite abit and we dated online(sounds like a loser move but I did it) She told me she wanted to get into modeling and such, she got offered a job working at ambercrombie and fitch and then I felt like wow fuck I am not good enough, cause we dated for 2 years on and off and I was like fuck the guys shes hanging out in real life are probably all studs, ripped and handsome so I knew I needed to change into something better so she didn't leave my ass and she encouraged me, she was seriously the only one who took me serious and was pushing me ( her brother is shredded as hell and a tank) so he gave me alot of advice aswell since were friends then I guess we went out own ways after years of dating but I figured her not leaving wouldn't give me the dream to chase after what she wanted being able to do a photoshoot and such with me, don't get me wrong I'm not a bad looking guy but at the time I looked like shit. After she left, the thought of her leaving me behind always fueled my workouts with rage and emotions to the point I put in my 150% at the gym everytime I go in there hoping one day I'll be enough for her. But now I'm just like fuck, she lost what I became in the end lmfao she can suck a dick hate to say it but thanks to her I would have never attained this physique especially when she wanted me back I told her no way.The gym is basically my place of solace, a place where I can breathe and feel like I belong here, it helps me get rid of my worries, stress, anger, depression that has been built up and it keeps me sane. Breakups make bodybuilders.

 

[Cowboyup65]

It's simple. At my age, I finally devised a plan to rule the world, now I just have to look like a Greek god to gather my fellow Gladiators and proceed with my plan.
backup plan....just to be in great shape for longer life.

 

[solidassears]

I decided I could either spend more time in the gym or more time in a rocking chair, I don't like to sit around so I decided to go to the gym. I was 60 when I decided that, I'm now 62

 

[BigBobby]

Lifting keeps me outta trouble... Gotta get that aggression out!! That and if I dont, my titties will jiggle

 

[mrnogainz]

It just helps keep me happy in general. More self confidence in the mirror, attention from women, feeling accomplished when I break through a PR that I've been stuck at for a while