what got you motivated??

[thebrute]

mine was a "funny" story to say the least that taught me more about humility than it did powerlifting. i was about 15 and i was still lifting weights off and on doing mostly bodybuilding stuff. so, every day during lunch period me and some other guys would arm wrestle instead of going outside, so they would test my strength and vice versa. i was pretty good at it(strength wise and keep in mind i had NO knowledge of armwrestling)so it was easy to be more confident about it. one day, this kid decides he want to armwrestle me so i take him up on the challenge. when we locked hands and started i noticed something....i couldn't move his fuckin arm!! and to add insult to injury while i was straining to move his arm, he was sitting comfortably drinking and holding me at bay at the sametime, but i manage to move his arm eventually and almost brought it down before he overpowered me and took me the other direction. at this point..i had a piece of what you call.."humble pie". i did another match like that with another guy and that was it for the day. found out later that he was a powerlifter. i couldn't believe the strength he had when i was arm-wrestling him. he was about my height around 210 benchin about 275-300 and he was 16. i saw this display of strength in the gym a few days later. needless to say, i wanted to be a powerlifter because of the awesome strength & power that he had and that's how the seed began in me. to this day, if i hadn't of arm-wrestled that guy, i would of never known about powerlifting...funny but pretty fuckin ironic though and for that i'm grateful..but i always wonder now...could i beat him?? i guess its one of those questions i'll never the know the answer but just as well!!but it did teach me a lesson to never be over-confident..cause there is always someone out there stronger and/or better than you...and that i learned to be humble!

let me hear some of your stories...i know some has one better!! tb

 

[Destroyer03]

what got me motivated was a friend. what gets me motivated is this forum.

 

[ffknight84]

ever since i started i was a power lifter, but also had some BB in there. Now i can focus purely on power in the off season, and endurance in because size isnt the number 1 priority now. Its not even number 3.

1.Strength
2.Speed
3.Explosiveness
4.Protection
5.Size

1-4 are all functional examples...

 

[thebrute]

lets hear more!! tb

 

[Backlash]

Guess I was just tired of being skinny, tall but not big. I don't really have some crazy story... but maybe I'll make one up later.

 

[needsize]

For me it started when I was 5 years old and first saw Arnold and Lou, I've wanted it ever since

 

[MnFguy49]

At 16 years old I was tired of being the skinniest kid around...so started training. I was young, and had no guidance, other than what I read. I made alot of mistakes, took alot of time perfecting my form, and suffered my fair share of injuries. Things have gotten much better, gaining almost 50lbs since then, and a ton of strength.
Keeping motivated mostly now is still the desire to be bigger and stronger, and my training partner pushing me along (and I, him). As well as this board, thanks guys!

 

[Thaibox]

I can't handle knowing that there is someone faster, stronger, or more skilled than I am. That feeling actually sickens me.

 

[slobberknocker]

My friend took me into the highschool gym when I was 13, and I was hooked. It was something fun to do at the end of the crappy school day.

 

[superwife]

Actually..this board got me motivated. My husband was on here a lot and he kept sending me links to read. I finally looked around on the site and saw a lot of females on here and they were doing incredible things. I decided i wanted to be one of them...