Why did you start training?

mant001 · 10-12-2009, 06:55 PM

Just wondered what peoples reasons were to start training. Like with me I was around 20st and got out of breath simply by getting dressed in the morning. I also suffer from some mental health problems and have always been happiest whilst training. So whats your reason?

Dennis71 · 10-12-2009, 07:33 PM

to be honest..i originally started b/c i wanted a Date to senior prom...i was 270lbs

when prom came around, i was 200lbs, and i could care less about having a date to prom, i just wanted to have a great time

zooyork69 · 10-12-2009, 08:31 PM

being constantly bullied, wanting to see the people who used to pay me out be in awe of how big i am, show them i am better than them, prove myself i am better than them.

females is a small part of it, but does not bother me anymore.
bill pearl motivated and still motivates me with his amazing physique

Apothecurious · 10-12-2009, 09:55 PM

There are a few reasons i started training really. First I was just plain out of shape and wanted to be able to keep up with my more athletic siblings. Second I wanted to look good. Third, my family had a huge family history of heart disease and type 2 diabetes and I wanted to prevent that as best as possible.

AlphaBrass01 · 10-13-2009, 05:23 AM

I started because I had finally reached the point of being fed up with how overweight and out of shape I had become. Then I started to see results, and liked it. Then I just started liking to work out. Now, it's just part of what I do.

FSUFAN11 · 10-13-2009, 06:49 AM

i finally realized i dont need to be 5'8 225 for wrestling anymore seeing as how i graduated HS and dont wrestle in college. down to 186 this morning and still going, havent had abs since i was a competitive swimmer @ 8 y/o... cant wait... plus i have numerous people that said i couldnt do it.. so F*ck em

wn1998 · 10-13-2009, 08:33 AM

I was very active and fit in college and when I graduated in 2005 and got a job, got married, and bought a house working out went on the back burner. I gained 45lbs and was really fat until I started weight watchers in Aug 2007. I wanted my life back! I was sick and tired of being fat and tired all the time.

I am currently 210lbs back in sports and lifting 3x a week. I have set a goal of 190 lbs by Feb.

S0VERE1GN · 10-13-2009, 08:46 AM

got fat working in a high stress job, not making much money, and i hated how my clothes fit.

decided instead of just "getting back in shape" I'd get totally cut.

justinnnnn · 10-13-2009, 09:09 AM

I started for the ladies like most. The opposite sex can only motivate you for so long. I do it strictly for myself now. i could care is girls dont like big muscles because i like them and thats all that matters.

TNetz · 10-13-2009, 09:48 AM

I started lifting as a kid because it was just the thing to do. I evetually started taking it more seriously becasue I didn't want to slack off in Basic. Then I started again when I took a weight training class at a community college. I liked that because I couldn't miss a session if I wanted to keep up my GPA.

I finally started TRAINING in June of this year because I wanted a change in my life. Like you OP, I find that I'm happiest when I'm in the gym.

l3ig · 10-13-2009, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mant001

I also suffer from some mental health problems and have always been happiest whilst training. So whats your reason?

This and Wanted to get big

Metalbender00 · 10-13-2009, 02:10 PM

two torn ligaments in my back.. doctors told me only way to avoid pain would be to build up my muscle.. simple exercise led to weights, then i found this damn place!

cnada · 10-13-2009, 03:27 PM

2 reasons:
-to get healthier
-to get better at TKD

JOLLYL · 10-13-2009, 05:10 PM

i just wanted to look good when i looked myself in the mirrior

Mcfaol · 10-13-2009, 07:57 PM

I mostly wanted to get stronger, cuz my step father bullied me around. and he was pretty big, more fat than muscle, but for a kid the guy looked huge. and there was an incident with my mother, from then on, I decided I was going to become bigger and stronger so that I could take care of my family if needed.

CoolioDude · 10-13-2009, 08:08 PM

I started to get in shape for hockey. I was pretty much the only person on my team not to work out, and I was getting winded extremely quick compared to other people on my team, and I decided to try and change that.

stronguy91 · 10-13-2009, 08:14 PM

since like 14, i wanted to be the strong badass whose big as well.....plus its 1 of the few things to look forward to for the day and love it too much to give it up

rossfenwick · 10-13-2009, 09:01 PM

I saw a picture of myself at the beach without my shirt, and my thought was somewhere along the lines of "Hell no!" So I went to the bookstore, bought a fitness book, changed my diet, started hitting the gym and running my ass around, and lost the fat. Now that I've realized I can look however I want if I put in the effort, I've started lifting to gain muscle.

Suckmykiss · 10-13-2009, 09:04 PM

Through highschool I always wanted to be bigger. It didn't really affect my confidence much being 140-145 at 6"0 but I always felt on the inside that I should be bigger, so in may 08 I finally started working out and researching nutrition/fitness a ton. I'm now 176 and planning to keep going untill atleast 190 with low maintainable bf %

maikuljay · 10-13-2009, 10:23 PM

Started (seriously training) 1.25 months ago to impress the new girlfriend..

Was told by one of my friends i'll never get a 6 pack.. i wanna prove them wrong.

MickM · 10-14-2009, 05:56 PM

Bodybuilding and lifting weights has always been something I've been interested in. My older brother had a bench with weights so I used to curl the dumbells, I was only around the age of 10-11 but I just did it. I liked doing it, stopped for a few years til I was 16 and started going to the gym. It was when I was around 18-19 when I picked up on things like nutrition and supplements. Im 23 now and I'm doing well.

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Originally Posted by maikuljay

Started (seriously training) 1.25 months ago to impress the new girlfriend..

Was told by one of my friends i'll never get a 6 pack.. i wanna prove them wrong.

I know what you mean with the last bit. There was a big guy in a movie me and my girlfriend were watching and she said I'd never be as big as that...EVER. I told her I will. I intend to be bigger than him.

johnderriLLL · 10-14-2009, 07:37 PM

i wanted to silence every one who ever made fun of me for being fat.

my friends, people from high school, family, no one calls me fat any more after i lost 102 pounds.

Hamza-bahrain · 10-16-2009, 10:15 PM

I started training cus I was a very skinny boy, working out helped me to build good body and also cus I was not good in team sports.

Krossceeper · 10-16-2009, 10:38 PM

I wanted to go from the fat kid to the kid that ****ed your mother.

....what?

Not really but after I lost my job I was becoming more and more stationary and consequenty put on some weight from getting no exercise. I just got home from the gym, and i can safely say this is one of the happiest moments ive had in months... I just feel effin good..

ambiguity00100 · 10-17-2009, 03:58 AM

Honestly, I was at dinner with my family one night over a year ago imitating someone shaking something. I felt the chin fat flap back and forth and said that night I am gonna change that. Never looked back and got my ass on track.

metski · 10-17-2009, 04:41 AM

went holidays to hong kong and couldnt enjoy myself at the venetians swimming pool felt to self concious fat/hairy

since then i lost 70lbs get waxed on the reg and take better care of myself in general

p1llar · 10-17-2009, 02:52 PM

I was always in shape and healthly growing up, played competitive hockey from about 5-15, playing year round, next to no body fat.

Fastforward to 15+ I stopped playing hockey and went snowboarding etc. My fitness level pretty well near dropped, I started to workout when I was 22 because I was sick of being chubby I guess, I had been wanting to get my body fat down to 10-15%.

I've been discouraged a lot lately though, i've been working out since April religously, atleast 5 days a week and my bf% definately has not dropped. My muscles have grown but at this point i'd rather see a drop in bf%.

I guess i've got to force myself to really step up the cardio, i've biked over 1500kms on the stationary bike since april + whatever i've run on the treadmill.

SmallAznGuy · 10-18-2009, 06:16 PM

When I was really young, I would eat loads of food and as a result I ballooned to 228lbs of fat! During freshman year in high school I asked this girl out and I was flat out rejected and she called me a fatty. From that point on I decided that I would never let my physique be a hindrance to me in any aspect of life. I picked up some magazines and started hitting the gym. I've been in love with bodybuilding ever since.

cBurN · 10-18-2009, 06:28 PM

was tired of getting rejected by girls and tired of being the nice guy and tired of being very self concsious and lacking confidence. felt bad brah