I'm about eight months in and loving the iron. I envy the guys at my gym who already look huge. It keeps me fighting.
If you've got a moment, tell me how weightlifting's made your life better.
What gains have you made outside the gym - do people treat you differently? got any good stories?
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07-31-2019, 05:36 PM #1Registered User
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- Age: 30
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Tell me how weightlifting improved your life
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07-31-2019, 06:30 PM #2Registered User
- Join Date: Jan 2018
- Age: 65
- Posts: 932
- Rep Power: 10011
The important stuff: Stronger. Much better shape than the average 60-year-old guy. Improved mood and emotions.
The fun stuff: In the last few years, I’ve gotten physical flirting from two women in person, exchanged pics and messages with three women who pursued me online.Last edited by HomeGymChains; 07-31-2019 at 06:54 PM.
At age 64, I've exceeded all my prior PRs. Not “over the hill” yet. :)
My workout journal is here:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=176385621
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08-01-2019, 07:36 PM #3Registered User
- Join Date: Jun 2019
- Age: 54
- Posts: 95
- Rep Power: 1170
It is not the weightlifting itself that changed or improve my life. It's the discipline, focus, flow, and psychological well-being.
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08-01-2019, 10:56 PM #4Registered User
- Join Date: Aug 2019
- Age: 54
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it is helped me to hang up with more girls than before
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08-02-2019, 08:47 PM #5Humble Megalomaniac
- Join Date: Mar 2015
- Location: Nevada, United States
- Posts: 10,022
- Rep Power: 100543
Saved my life. A couple of years back I was diagnosed with cancer, after starting chemo and radiation I lost the ability to swallow for about 8 months. Couldn't even drink water. Had lots of complications, multiple hospitalizations. Of course I lost all my gains and then some, had to start back again from less than scratch.
BUT, if I hadn't been in shape to begin with, if I hadn't had a strong constitution and good foundation from lifting, I doubt that I would have survived those complications. Had there been no gains to lose, I would have lost even more, and I doubt that I would have made it through the worst of it.
So yeah, I'm a big fan of lifting.“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”
-Voltaire
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08-08-2019, 07:10 PM #6Registered User
- Join Date: Aug 2019
- Age: 54
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Well first of all it helped me with my spine. I was slouching, I think for 5 or 6 years, but after a half year in gym my spine got better, after another half a year it got even more better. Nowadays I'm still training, but now I'm just keeping the result that I've achived.
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12-06-2019, 11:36 PM #7Registered User
- Join Date: Dec 2019
- Age: 54
- Posts: 48
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It’s going to be hard, but hard does not mean impossible.
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