What motivates you?

[nodiggitydave]

Probably the wrong thread, probably been asked before, but:

What actually motivates you to stick to a strict diet whilst you see others fasting on junk food. What motivates you to put all that hard work into the gym, and routinely work out?

I'm starting to feel de-motivated, what ever my drive was before I seem to have lost it, I can't actually put my finger on my reason for gym-ing it for the past 3 years. I'm only 19 and I certainly do want to be a healthy adult, but it's taking it's toll on me.

 

[Sub-Zero]

im 19 and working out is my life. i put it before everything. there are people that look way better than me that dont even carea bout lifting and it sucks.

especially at our age, mistakes are alot more forgiving. if your not motivated for a month, switch to a 3x per week routine, eat a little less, eat a little dirtier. depending on how strict you get with diet youl know how much your body can afford to fuck up or not.

iv been lifting for a while and hardly ever miss a work out, always eat clean, and plan my life around my meals. lately iv been trying to not eat as often and as much to try and cut a little bit and just have more time in general to enjoy life.

for me what motivates me is getting stronger in the gym, seeing how skinny or fat or weak most people are. even wrestling around with friends or running into them or having them run into you or fighting over a ball or something....the strength and size and how much i own pretty much everyone i come into contact with is motivation enough, even when my strength is stagnant or plateued


but basically the main blocks for me and times of no motivation is when i get so cought up in a routine or worrying about increasing or hitting my target weights that i lose the fun in lifting and become stressed over it like i would homework or a job. mixing up routines, doing different training styles, going for a different rep scheme, going high rep for a while, all help me to get out of that funk and turn the chore of lifting into something i love again

 

[Lee]

Quite a few things actually. I was fat growing up and hated my life, so I changed it and now am addicted to working out. But also, right after high school I was homeless for a year and a half and did a lot of drinking and quite a bit of drugs. Now that I have my life straight, instead of going out and partying, I concentrate on my job and my lifting.

 

[deathdroprob]

Me, wanting size and strength. I now eat ALOT healtheir than I used to- - with out trying. It comes naturally. Also being bigger and stronger than most I good too. Alot of respect. But then their is the people that put in ALOT less commitment than me and arestill bigger and stronger, that always sucks but, atleats Im stronger than the average joe

 

[Kabeetz]

Dave... I don't know what motivates me. It is so many factors. Mostly so many things I want to prove to myself. You only have one youth. I don't want to grow old having never achieved my dreams. I too was fat growing up... and I just decided I didn't want to die without having seen my abs. I didn't want to die without wearing the clothes I wanted to wear. I didn't want to die without banging the dime pieces I wanted to bang. I didn't want to die weak. I want to know the feeling of being the strongest person in the room.

Then there are other factors... external ones.. certain people I need to prove wrong. I don't like to dwell on those negatives any more though. It is about the pursuit of discipline, self improvement, focus, intensity, ability, the quest to be my personal best. It could've been lifting it could've been basketweaving. Dedicating yourself to something is one of the greatest things humans can do.

 

[Protobuilder]

probably been asked before

Actually no. This is an internet first.

 

[Kabeetz]

Actually no. This is an internet first.

U're the funniest e-person I know bro!

 

[Inhibitor13]

Quite a few things actually. I was fat growing up and hated my life, so I changed it and now am addicted to working out. But also, right after high school I was homeless for a year and a half and did a lot of drinking and quite a bit of drugs. Now that I have my life straight, instead of going out and partying, I concentrate on my job and my lifting.

Thats awesome bro, I can somewhat relate to that. I didnt have it not nearly as bad as you but I was a scrawny little fucktard who was into drugs/trouble. I was going downhill and didnt realize it at the time. I used to lift in the begining of jr high and highschool but fell into the "I wanna be in a band era" so I stopped about 10th grade. After highschool my friends and I pretty much seperated. It left me with all this free time in which I was so damn bored with. They built a new gym and I thought lifting can take a lot of that time up. So I got a membership picked up a weight once again and just cant stop ! I got on here and learned everything I could about the sport. Weightlifting is all I wanna do now.. I think about it at work, in the morning and at night. My goal is to get as big as I can get and hopefully achieving the dream of pro bodybuilding. I have a new outlook on life and it just gets better everyday. Weird how lifting weights can change a person like that.

 

[gettnlarge01]

Not being average. Who wants to be fat and weak? I don't want to look like 90% of the people I see walking around. Etc fat,weak,heavy breathing,puffing on a cigeratte,complaing about how bad they feel and wanting someone to feel sorry for them.Living my lifestlye keeps me motivated,full of energy,positive attitude and in general looking forward to the next day and making the most of the one now.

 

[nodiggitydave]

i can relate to so many things that have been posted.

There seems to be a lot of people who were fat as a child, including myself, who got into bodybuilding, now in my mind it's the mentality that being big isn't too bad, it's being unhealthy, so I guess the big guy factor gets carried over.

I also know what you mean by looking at others and see their physical weaknesses or lack of knowledge. I used to eat whatever I wanted and be the laziest person going, since I went to the gym and learnt a little bit my life is totally different, I eat protein every meal, always relatively clean, and I do excerise (seriously, not everyone realises how amazing exercise is!)

Lee, I love the fact you completely turned your life around and you could definitely teach some people a thing or two about life.

But I think Kabeetz said it best with "Dedicating yourself to something is one of the greatest things humans can do." I mean THIS IS THE MEANING OF LIFE, If you can dedicate yourself to something, have all the knowledge and be happy, then isn't being an expert at something actually one of the best things possible?

I would say my motivation was a mix of things:
For self defence (it's a rough world out there after all)

For my partner (Damn I've been single for longer than I can remember but if you can have a girl who likes you for you, and what you are, she loves, then so be it)

For Health (I might be being ignorant but I believe bodybuilding is one of the most complex sports out there, it keeps you healthy too and there's loads to know!)

For Life (Because I love the gym, the endorfine release, the look of new growth, strength gains)

Long post but I think I nailed it right there!

 

[solarclimax]

I just want to get on with life be happy and mind my own business, but it seems their are always assholes around who insist on wanting to show me how much bigger and tougher they are than me. So 1 day i just thought fuck this im not having this shit, im gunna turn myself into a unit and all these tough guys who wanna start some shit are gunna get ktfo.

 

[nodiggitydave]

too fuckin right