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pgsam

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what inspired you to start? personally, i got started because of arnold's fitness books for kids. i used to go the library and read his books for kids, and was mesmorized.
 
Originally started for sports in high school. At least that's when I got serious my dad lifted with me when I was younger.
 
always interested in it, wanting to be the strongest i could be, or strongest if my peers...

then i actually started from sports
 
I was looking for that Brad Pitt build.

In retrospect, it was all the squatting and pulling that ruined me. Should have gone for the Thigh Master/Tony Little Gazelle combo from day 1.


:)
 
lol.

Got bored one summer and my friends were able to convince me to go. I always thought working out was stupid.
 
Was 13 years old and getting the crap beaten out of me at judo.

All of the other guys lifted weights so I got my dads old concrete weight set out and fell in love instantly. Gave judo up at 17 but am still lifting weights 14 years later!
 
Looked in the mirror, and realized "I'm a fat pig".

Decided that if I didn't want to be one of those disgusting, sweaty, overweight 40 year olds I'd better start now.

Now I'm built except for that last little bit of fat at the waist that just won't go away no matter how I tweak my workout/diet/etc.

Either way, my shirt now hangs straight down from my chest and the sleeves are tight on my biceps. Before it hung straight down from my fat gut and my sleeves dangled around my soft arm. I notice women finding excuses to "turn around" when I pass them (lol), and they flirt with me more.

Best fucking decision I've made in 10 years. Some days I feel like you could hit me with a chair and it would just bust apart on me (NO. No one is allowed to hit me with a chair! LOL!). Wish I'd done this when I was younger and full of natural test and stuff, I would be larger and my gains would have come faster than they do now. I keep toying with the idea of using drugs to help with a bit more gains and that extra fat that's hanging on. But I don't want to go there cause I don't know shit about steroids and such).

I indeed am aquiring that "old man" strength. I certainly do NOT look like I could (I know cause everyone at the gym shits themselves when I bench), but I can bench 3 plates a side now while using a fit ball instead of a bench (ball rated to 2500 lbs, in a safety rack of course).

Now if I could only quit smoking.....
 
When I was a little kid I always watched wrestling, he-man, and the ninja turtles, so growing up anytime I would daydream in class or dream at night I always pictured myself looking buff like hulk hogan or the ultimate warrior not on purpose its just the image that would pop into my head. I always played around on my wal-mart wieght set growing up but never seriously until I decided to go the the local gym when I was a senior in highschool 5 years ago, and ever since then I HAVE BEEN CONSUMED with lifting because to me it is almost like reaching a childhood dream in some ways plus I like all the fringe benefits and the overall feeling of lifting and I will continue to lift until I die!!!!!!!!




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I started working out basically because I hoped on the bandwagon. all of my friends were doing it, so I did too. ironically I am the only one still doing it.
 
pgsam said:
what inspired you to start? personally, i got started because of arnold's fitness books for kids. i used to go the library and read his books for kids, and was mesmorized.
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Got charged with hacking. Good chance of going to jail (even got treason charges :worried: thrown at me...). I was a typical fat skinny myopic nerd which had never exercised in his life; couldn't bench and squatted with difficulty 44lbs . About 150lbs at 25-30%BF. 12' arms, mostly fat.

Jail in my country means crowded mediaeval dungeons, and the good chance of being somebody´s bitch... So I started lifting, at least to have a fighting chance, and not being the smallest guy around - bad spot to be. In retrospect, a desperate move, but the only available I had.

After 1 year, got the charges dismissed for lack of evidence. But I kept the lifting going. :)

Right now I'm still skinnier and fatter than I want, but much stronger. 190 lbs, 6'0, about 20-23%BF, 175 lbs x 5 ATF squats, 140 lbs x 5 bench, 180 x 5 deads; I'm still improving nicely.
 
I started working out 8 yrs ago cause I was chubby, unhappy, anxious (had anxiety) and felt unhealthy and I was only 32 at the time. So worked out 6-7 days a week and went from a chubby size 14-15 to a size 3 in 6 months and felt amazing.
 
to lose weight and look good for da hotties.....oh yeah need something to take up all the excess time i had on my hands....well worth it bros
 
lifting overall makes me feel good... it gets my day going and i feel better. im 17 and i started with gym membership around 2yrs ago... i hated the fact of going on and off... i was serious when i started... then i stopped a lil then again on and off... i been doing good now though, because i have gotten more interested and been constant for the past 6months or soo, i might post pictures so i can start new routines and see from starting point to end point and maybe take advice from everyone here.
 
Well i started lifting for football and didn't like it because i brought my ego in the gym and thought i was weak. I started going in college after a neighbor sold me some cheap whey protein. Read The ANimal pak journey and decided its time to stop being a skinny stick and get big.

I started working out with diet/supplements Dec 28th @ 6'1 155 and Currently @
6'1 195 with abs.

My body was just so shocked to swithc to 6 meals a day along with creatine and protein.

Its hard to make noticeable gains now but im keeping at it
 
I had always been tall and skinny with 'bird legs'. Wanted to just put on some size. That, and I wanted to quit smoking. I ended up quitting smoking about 6 months after I started working out. That was 14 years ago. I am 6' 5'', 300lbs at about 20%bf. No more bird legs.
 
I was diagnosed with Severe Depression, probably abusing ecstacy for too long. On top of that I had self esteem issues. I was prescribed Zoloft and was a walking zombie. I didn't want to take any more mind altering drugs. I felt I was masking one problem with another problem by taking Zoloft.

Shortly after I tapered the Zoloft use, I purchased a gym membership. I found that working out gave me an all around sense of self worth and actually made me feel better. It seemed as though the depression went away just from getting regular exercise every day. After a two months I was hooked on going to the gym, it was an absolute necessity. On top of that I started seeing results. I was getting more attention and positive reinforcement from people commenting how good I look. That really helped with my self esteeem issues I have. After 3 years of really intense training I feel like a new person. It really has changed my life for the better.
 
I was eating crap, having crap sleep, taking drugs, and basically doing anything that made me unhealthy and weak. I got bored of being unhealthy and weak, so i decided to start working out because i wanted to be fit healthy and strong. Wich i am, and also drug free :) all thanks to some family members and of course elite fitness ;)
 
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