What is your motivation?

[toufeksian]

1)health
2)strenght for training fighting
3)looking goood

 

[pgsam]

i was always a dork in school. i was always intimidated by the big guys at my school, and was always too intimidated by weights to get near them. i thought they belonged to the guys that were already twice my size. by the end of senior year i was itching to conquer the weight. i guess i just wanted to be a man. now I'm still in it because i couldnt imagine life without it, i would feel crippled again. i love being bigger and stronger than most people i see, and making progress that is undeniable. looking and feeling better about myself is all i need

 

[redguru]

to look good naked.

.

 

[caseygabriel]

nothing wrong with looking good..
my motivation is to squat 850 then 900 and then onto 1,000

throw in a 700 bench and a 700 dead im as happy as a pig in shit

me too! oink, oink!

 

[Illuminati]

my new found motivation was a talk i had earlier in the week with my doc...

16may05

went to the doctors again today. here is my discussion:

Doc..."hows your back doing?"

Me..."it still hurts. mostly in my lower back. i get pains when i run that spread throughout my hips. then it turns into shooting pains that run all the way down my right leg, and into my heel."

Doc..."that's not good. lets take some more x-rays."

....we take x-rays...

Doc..."everything checks out, everything is evenly spaced. blah, blah, blah, medical terminology that i dont understand, blah, blah, blah..."

Me...looking dumbfounded...

Doc..."i would reccommend that after your back heals, that you give up power lifting. your body just isn't built for it. you're training partner is 6'2" and weights 280. he has the build for it. your body structure (im 5'10", 200lb) is just too small, and your joints and ligaments just can't handle the stress that power lifting places on them."


IS THIS GUY F@#KIN JOKING?!? GIVE UP POWER LIFTING? THAT'S LIKE ASKING SOMEONE TO QUIT BREATHING...

 

[theoak01]

I have alot of different reasons,some seem horrible,but Ill list them anyway

the number one being vanity
also for my future career in law enforcement
then for overall health,ie mental and physical health,I always feel better when I train
and Im currently cutting hardcore because a bunch of friends are going rafting in august and my ex is bringing her new guy who is a frumpy goof and I wanna be just shredded and go shirtless all weekend lol

 

[cwpick]

Except for the ones who said vanity or looking good , you are all full of shit. You may have started out for different reasons but the vanity keeps you going.

 

[Tweakle]

lol.. vanity? I stay away from mirrors for 11 months of the year becuase I hate what I see...

lifting for chicks... nope, most girls think usher is jacked. Cardio, coke and bowflex is all you need for that.

lifting because I want to be the biggest, badest, strongest motherfucker I can be, yup.

 

[seizer]

I dont want to be the norm. Like the rest of society. I wanna be within that 10 percent who makes all others envy us. I wanna make girls panic and confused as to what they should do, if they should approach me or not, as I walk by them....yeah...that helps a little bit.

 

[Madcow2]

I think vanity dries up pretty fast once you are out of your twenties and have family, career, and other stuff going on in your life. Everyone wants to be good looking to one degree or another but it isn't much of a motivator past the teens or mid-twenties. Although I've seen a number of exceptions I can't say any of them really came from admirable, successful, and balanced people. For me, I think I'm in the general health and fun category. I enjoy lifting, it keeps me healthy, and makes me feel good. Over the years it's run the gamut of athletics, lifting big, looking good in various blends and quantities but this is where it's been at for a while now.