Forum: Motivation

Hi guys ive finally cracked and am ready to lose 70lbs in the coming months. Iweigh about 273 lbs,and am only 5'9. after reading the faqs here, ive threw out anything with a high sugar content, white pasta, flour,etc.... and am ready to do this. Will post first weigh in 2mrw morning and every...

I wanted to share my story a bit in the hopes it may motivate others that are in need of a little inspiration. Age 30 for me was not my pinnacle and definitely not my re-emergence into something better. I felt like a 60 year old man trapped in a tired broken body, ready to rest. My knees were in...

ive been frustrated as of late and my body is starting to feel flabby all around due to the lack of excercise and constant junk food eating. every now and then I also smoke some pot which im sure makes things a lot worse. I think I have gained 4 pounds or so..but i am small in terms of muscle,...

On a Saturday morning in early July, the new Marine recruits ("poolees" in Corps jargon) stand on the Bronx sidewalk in two lines of six apiece. Wearing red Marines T-shirts, hands clasped behind their backs, they have uniformly blank, stoic looks on their faces. All but George Zacatelco, that is....

Why. :( My motivation level is sky high right now, And i'm trying to keep it this way. Hopefully once I see fast improvement in the next 30 days in my athleticism, Skill, And flexibility.. I'll be on the road to success. I want to dominate and be creative with my jiu jitsu skills when I...

Maybe its weird but there is a big dude in the gym am training at today he was wearing a shirt written on it "We NEVER Quit" "We Train Till We BLEED" when i read it i felt the motivation!

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Hey Everyone, I am quite new at expressing... well anything about myself. I don't wanna bring anyone down or make them feel like I have it easy but I'm reaching out to the strong people.. Cause this forum seems to be fulled. I have reached a breaking point in my life.. I wish I...

Just thought of this today while I was biking in the trails here in Toronto. I was on the verge of stopping and taking a break when I thought hey...if I give up on this, I might as well hang up on life itself. Put your life on the line..theoretically speaking of course (don't kill yourself :)) ...

For me a girl was a reason I started working out. once I got ditched by this girl at prom, my workout intensity increased just to do it, JUST for the girls. Then once I came to the realization that you like what you are doing just for yourself and not the girls, well then I realized I reached that...

Hatebreed- 1) Destroy Everything Throwdown- 2) Declare Your War 3) Burn I know there is a music section but I want to challenge anyone out there to listen to these three songs before you lift and see if you don't kill the weights or anyone around you. Even if you aren't into metal,...

hi How listening to songs during exercise helps? What kind of songs we have to listen during exercise?

Here's some motivational wallpapers I made related to bodybuilding/weightlifting I made in Photoshop. Many of these are high resolution/very large images. Feel free use any you want. Many more to come in the future..

Havent seen a thread here about the rewards you give yourself when you achieve certain goals. So what reward do you give yourself when you achieve the goal? Does the level of the goal affect the size of the reward?

Its not uncommon every now and again that i get asked how i do it. How everyday no matter what my schedule is like, day in day out.. i'm here... to be honest i dont know why i do it.. i started this whole quest to become everything i wasn't years ago.. ninth grade to be exact.. was it because of a...

Okay, to be straight up honest, I saw the thread title of a thread here, something along the lines of 'Write Yourself a Letter', and the OP's thought was initially write yourself a letter in which you can refer to when in low motivation levels. Now to twist that idea slightly, what if, you write...

How can I get myself on a clean diet? I dont have trouble with working out, tons of motivation there but at the end of the day I always see things I shouldn't have eaten... Mostly bacon or pizza,, or watever else it is... I know I just need to get my priority;s straight, just looking for tips or...

I was starting to get in really good shape back in 2007. Then I got injured. After about 6 months I started getting in really good shape, and then my back got hurt. I learned to deal with the pain and now, just as I was starting to see my abs again, I find out I have 2 herniated discs in my neck...

Whenever I miss or can't finish a workout I feel like absolute sh*t. Same thing applies if I miss one of my meals or if I'm stuck eaating something unhealthy because there's nothing else around. For example, today was chest day I was really amped up because I added 10 lbs. to my bench. I always...

Would like to meet somepeople on here. Doing this by myself for a while No gym in my small town here in alaska so its all at home workouts for me. I got a bowflex I just can't get motivated with it I would rather use dumbells and do some uphill sprinting. Anyone cutting right now, Just need someone...

I have the encyclopedia of bodybuilding from Arnold and I find so many of the pictures to be motivating. The only problem is, for the life of me, I cannot find posters of some of these pictures anywhere. I'm mostly talking about the pics of Arnold or Franco. Anyone have an idea where I...

Looking for good books on motivating clients in personal training, and motivating athletes when training them. Any good suggestions?

So I write in a journal everytime I can, just to clear my head because I think too much. (First problem cant control my thinking) But I just wrote down the biggest problem I ever had in my life... and that is im addicted to Daydreaming. Im addicted to fantasies... I am happy right now just doing...