Why do you do it?

[Gunrunner]

Why do you build your muscles, Competion,To be big,Women,confidence?

Yes

 

[Leancuisine]

I do it so everyone can see how jacked and tan I am. - The Broski

 

[koolio]

Why do you build your muscles, Competion,To be big,Women,confidence,
Why do you do it?

It is in the DNA...

 

[Art-YFL]

More strength, power, and women is never a bad thing IMO.

 

[MCFC]

Keeps my clean! Plain and simple. I'll have a year sobriety next month. The extra confidence, energy and physique are just a bonus!

 

[MoneyShot]

It's fun as fuck. Don't want to say it makes me feel "better" than other people but it does (not that I talk down to anyone or anything).

Also for self defense. Like someone is gonna fuck with a guy walking around with 20s

 

[NovaFlex]

confidence and challenge. I'm proving to myself that i can really stay committed to something worthwhile.

staying committed isn't an issue any longer, I've fallen in love with this shit.. i used to be the guy intimated at the gym, as hard as that is to admit...not by the guys, but by my lack of knowledge. i didn't want to look stupid. that lack of knowledge stemmed from not really caring about my workout on the first place, so i didn't research exercises, articles, etc.. now that's all i do. i love it, man. can't get enough.

 

[Andyboro]

Over the years my motivations have changed.. I'm Married now so its not (so much) women, I do want to compete, even if just once.. my target is for when im 40 - I have a do something that scares me once a year rule so that can be that year haha.

Right now, its the birth of our son that's the biggest driver to drag my ass out of bed at 5am and go and get it done.. I had no real role model as a kid and I think its important that he does both physically and mentally.

When the other half was pregnant I became acutely aware of the state of other fathers in general and how none of them appeared to give a damn about themselves and thought 'Hell no'! Haven't looked back since.

 

[DedLift]

I do it because it's about the only thing in life that gives me a sense of satisfaction. I care nothing for money and material possessions. Theyve never made me happy. Respect for my body and health improves my state of mind and makes me feel somewhat at peace. The void that drugs left in my life, Ive always filled with iron. I used to break myself down non-stop and now I try to build myself back up. I'd like to look the part if I ever get the chance to tell others who lost all hope as I once did that if I can, they can.

 

[jJjburton]

I did do it for basketball I was getting pushed around under the hoop. So now I can hold more ground. I am becoming a physical therapist because I had knee problems and I wanted to learn how to fix it myself. So I finally did. Hopefully I can now transfer my knowledge for other peoples injuries. I haven't Played Bball since the summer. But Now I just want to get big as fuck. I will play bball when I got back to school. And destroy everyone on the court. Being faster and stronger.

 

[ILUV2LIFT]

I work hard every time I lift and it makes me feel good about myself. Being a bodybuilder has helped me better tune into my body and I have learned so much about diet and nutrition. It has saved me from eating shitty food now that I am aware of the good and bad of it all, so the quality of my life is much better because of it. This lifestyle that we are all in is a fantastic process and I love learning new things to help me better myself.
I like having muscles and I like feeling and looking strong. I don't want to look back on my life and think that I just wasted it away by sitting on my fat ass at my shitty job day in day out, miserable because I'm fat, unhealthy and poisoned by chemical food. Lifting is my coping mechanism for life problems. I love the lifestyle and don't plan on giving it up.

 

[TheNurz]

I just love it. Back when i started it was mainly because i wanted to be strong as fuck for Rugby and Football but now i lift because i love every second of it. Just being able to look in the mirror every day and be like "damn you look good" but i could improve on my "whatever" is awesome. Just like arnold said, it's like i get to sculpt my own body.

 

[Pomacanthidae]

I do it for teh lulz.

 

[Genghis K.]

I train to be Alpha..... for the puss.

It's not science, it's Bro Science....

 

[bigpoppachump]

The reasons why have varied over the years. When I lifted in my early 20's it was for pussy.

Fast forward to the past 6 years it is for the confidence. It is for the respect that people pay you instead of the rude bullshit, ever notice how much more people say thank you or hold the door for you when you are stretching that shirt? I do it for the discipline and I seem to be able to transfer that into other avenues of my life when I am deeply entrenched in a routine. I do it for the physical freedom to be able to accomplish tasks without struggling due to lack of strength when it's needed. And I do it for the relaxing euphoria tht occompanies the hours after a great workout. Don't get me wrong I like pussy and being bigger helps get more of it easier but I don't live for it, a good porn movie takes me 5 minutes and I'm back to life and void of the bullshit and games of chasing ass

 

[Smokey McPot]

Because I live and breathe it. I've been working out since I was 12 and I still love it

 

[MoneyShot]

Sometimes I do it to look good and enjoy it

Sometimes I lift for the pain so I can actually feel something

 

[Skull]

Why do you build your muscles, Competion,To be big,Women,confidence,
Why do you do it?

Aesthetics, so ultimately to look good for women. Women being my wife [emoji3]

i love the challenge and hard work needed for it. im always up for challenges and believe that if it was easy everyone would be doing it. it also puts my mind at ease and is a second home for me

To get stronger. Aesthetics are a distant concern while strength and power are primary.

To keep becoming a better athlete. When I first started exercising and lifting I just did it to be healthy, but after I found I found rugby, it's just been an obsession to be the best player possible.

Good thread PI

It is a passion I have had since I was 12 years old. I had posters of the first year Ronnie Coleman won Olympia on my wall. I was a wrestler but always wanted to be a body builder. I was always stronger than my opponent throughout my wrestling career from highschool through college. I have reverse anorexia and am scared to be deemed skinny. I am finally old enough I think I will never be that but yet I will never be big enough no matter what I do or how much I weigh. I am obsessed and this year I am trying to start competing but my personal life is fucking me up. I am a struggling alcoholic and do very well as of the last few years. But every now and then, my wife has to pick me up off the floor after laying in puke and punching holes in our walls. It's a struggle but the lifestyle has literally saved my life. I love it. I move heavy shit for a hobby, and it is what keeps me focused on being a husband, father, son, and brother.

I do it so one day I earn my way into Valhalla where I can forever indulge in orgies, hand to hand warfare, and feast on Turkey legs while getting my knob sucked!!!

Ever since I watched Predator I wanted to like those guys. Comicbook characters became real to me. As a teen I didn't understand shit and made no results and mostly wanted pussy.

Flash forward to a guy in his mid twenties starting this weight lifting again and it took me out of my darkest time in my life. I'm addicted to it to say it is my life is an understatement it is the only thing I enjoy. It was the first time I felt working my ass off returned somthing. In my mind no mother fucker on the planet will out work me has always been my mentality. I guess it is a pride thing with weightlifting that has proven true. Genetics aside you want it bad enough you will constantly progress. The hard work the struggle mean everything to me I love this shit.

Hell yes I want to compete! As well not, to win Mr.O or think I'll get paided bodybuilding but because nobody I know really is as driven as me. I want to be around more serious folks I want to push a new level in my personal evolution.

I do this all for me attention and pussy I could careless about. In fact I hate attention do love some pussy however.

I've been an athlete my entire life but didnt start spending a bunch of time in the gym until I met my girl. She's hardcore gym addict 6 days per week, sometimes 7. She's motivation for me. I gotta look good to keep her around. Lol.

I like the feeling of hard work with measurable results...

I do it cuz im no longer an athlete. No longer in the USMC. I hate mundane life.I hate getting fat. I still feel like I need to exercise my warrior ethos. Helps me feel complete. Without it I sink into depression. Keeps me focused on my well being instead of harboring my past vices. Smoking and drinking. Fun but the end game is no bueno.

I used to do this to compete many years ago... There is something about waking up every day striving to be better than the day before. The thirst for knowledge never ends....

Now that I'm older, I continue to strive for perfection so I can score much younger women usually early 30s . I just don't think they would look at me the same way if I had a gut and no 6 pack... Who knows, maybe they would, I still have all of my hair
I doubt it though

I build my body to build my soul, my mind, and become the alpha that I've always strove to be. Lifting takes away my stress, sets my mind at ease, and lets me into a meditation that I can't get anywhere else. Making my body into the shape that I want it has granted me confidence and independence, and allowed my leadership skills to shine through. Now when I look in the mirror I see strong, healthy, confident man where there once stood a sad, depressed, fat, sick, cowering beta.

i do not even think of why i do it anymore , its became a lifestyle , it is who i am
and the best thing is i now like who i am ...

If you can carry through and succeed despite the pain. You feel unbreakable.

Arnold said it best
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Did because of girls at first.
Then for myself.
Now for my girlfriend.

Plus, side is that when dating a Japanese girl who you out weigh by 100 lbs + and are taller by more than a foot. They begin to call you godzilla during sex.

Well... I suggested it to her and it caught on. I even make her say it in a Strong Japanese accent...

I was addicted to heroin, meth, alcohol, and benzos from 15 to 24. I got clean and the gym just became my outlet, my passion, and just a huge part of my life. That was a little over 3 years ago, and I'm still clean and still lifting. I fucking love this shit, and it helped save my life. AA, and bodybuilding are the 2 things that I see myself doing till the day I die.

I did it in rehab first . It was somerhing to do. Went from 145 to 185 in 1 year. i have loved it ever since then . I keep on it and eating and meals the most. I was in a per housing project. I lived with 21 fucking guys. Went to work and AA. Came home and lift tell i went to sleep. Its my time its my thinking time. Its my fuck off time. I do it all for me . Its all becuase i love it . I like the pain thr ssoreness. Love seeing what ive done in a mirror

@FuriousWO thanks brotha. That means a lot.

I started working out because I couldn't continue my other hobbies. I used to do martial arts (Taekwondo, Kickboxing and boxing) but I suffered two ACL injuries in three years time due to competing and training my ass of. The love began after my first injury to take my mind of things and because I couldn't do other activities(I didn't do any legs back in the day ). It just gave me pleasure and it is a craft you can take as far as you want. You are responsible for your results. After my second injury I got hooked and decided to focus on working out only.

@dajr225 similar story as mine. everything from alcohol to heroin/crack/pcp from 16-23..squandered a D1 football scholarship, overdosed multiple times and lived the dirtiest of lives for so long. wherever i lived became the traphouse and ppl in rehab would tell me im not an addict cuz i was 6-2 220lbs sub 10%, needless to say addiction doesnt discriminate. bodybuilding really just gives me something to look forward to every day. something i can center my life around in terms of eating and training and an identity i was vigorously searching for after hanging up the cleats. i now have been sober+clean for 2.5 years and work in a treatment center w/ young adults. it feels good to give back and chase an image that will require me to bust my ass and stay discipline for forever, but thats what us addicts are good at, being hard-headed w/ a strong willpower.

i kind of started cause I was tired of people talking shit to me. I've been in martial arts all my life but didn't touch a weight until my senior year of college and was a whopping 125 lbs. I figured if I put on a bit of muscle people wouldn't be so apt to talk shit to me. Didn't really work tho lol Now i just train because it's who I am. I wake up, I train, I work, I sleep. By my very definition, I am a lifter. Wouldn't have it any other way.

A little bit of wee came out. Srs

Mostly to become stronger, and to keep me happy destress, but I guess to some degree I want to look better as well.

To get more pussy
I'm shit with words

I started working out in prison(calisthenics only) because I weighed 140lbs at 5'11... I had a 4 year prison sentence and I knew gaining some weight and muscle would be beneficial in the long run.

Now I lift for Aesthetics... currently could care less for strength but its of course a bonus reward as you will get naturally stronger as your progress.

Being the skinny kid in school, getting picked on..... Enough was enough. I first started for strength to have a decent bitch slap on me.... Then the gains started to come.... Turned me vein. But I now want to compete at some point. Have been more serious about the overall look the last 3-4 years

I am addicted to it

I do it to battle my body dysmorphia plan and simple.

Primary: To get stronger in the event that my family and I are in a natural disaster, I will be strong enough to lift them to safety while hanging off a cliff. And to defend against anything that may harm my family.

And to look and feel good.

At this point not sure..maybe addicted.Been going at it since 18 yr old...I'm 38 now and getting more and more jacked..I don't know...addiction maybe?

Idk why I'm addicted to it. my dad was always at the gym so I just sort of followed in his foot steps. my goal of where I want to be is what really keeps me going. The strength for work is a huge plus. And the chicks dig it.

If u look good you feel good

Yes

I do it so everyone can see how jacked and tan I am. - The Broski

It is in the DNA...

More strength, power, and women is never a bad thing IMO.

Keeps my clean! Plain and simple. I'll have a year sobriety next month. The extra confidence, energy and physique are just a bonus!

It's fun as fuck. Don't want to say it makes me feel "better" than other people but it does (not that I talk down to anyone or anything).

Also for self defense. Like someone is gonna fuck with a guy walking around with 20s

confidence and challenge. I'm proving to myself that i can really stay committed to something worthwhile.

staying committed isn't an issue any longer, I've fallen in love with this shit.. i used to be the guy intimated at the gym, as hard as that is to admit...not by the guys, but by my lack of knowledge. i didn't want to look stupid. that lack of knowledge stemmed from not really caring about my workout on the first place, so i didn't research exercises, articles, etc.. now that's all i do. i love it, man. can't get enough.

Over the years my motivations have changed.. I'm Married now so its not (so much) women, I do want to compete, even if just once.. my target is for when im 40 - I have a do something that scares me once a year rule so that can be that year haha.

Right now, its the birth of our son that's the biggest driver to drag my ass out of bed at 5am and go and get it done.. I had no real role model as a kid and I think its important that he does both physically and mentally.

When the other half was pregnant I became acutely aware of the state of other fathers in general and how none of them appeared to give a damn about themselves and thought 'Hell no'! Haven't looked back since.

I do it because it's about the only thing in life that gives me a sense of satisfaction. I care nothing for money and material possessions. Theyve never made me happy. Respect for my body and health improves my state of mind and makes me feel somewhat at peace. The void that drugs left in my life, Ive always filled with iron. I used to break myself down non-stop and now I try to build myself back up. I'd like to look the part if I ever get the chance to tell others who lost all hope as I once did that if I can, they can.

I did do it for basketball I was getting pushed around under the hoop. So now I can hold more ground. I am becoming a physical therapist because I had knee problems and I wanted to learn how to fix it myself. So I finally did. Hopefully I can now transfer my knowledge for other peoples injuries. I haven't Played Bball since the summer. But Now I just want to get big as fuck. I will play bball when I got back to school. And destroy everyone on the court. Being faster and stronger.

I work hard every time I lift and it makes me feel good about myself. Being a bodybuilder has helped me better tune into my body and I have learned so much about diet and nutrition. It has saved me from eating shitty food now that I am aware of the good and bad of it all, so the quality of my life is much better because of it. This lifestyle that we are all in is a fantastic process and I love learning new things to help me better myself.
I like having muscles and I like feeling and looking strong. I don't want to look back on my life and think that I just wasted it away by sitting on my fat ass at my shitty job day in day out, miserable because I'm fat, unhealthy and poisoned by chemical food. Lifting is my coping mechanism for life problems. I love the lifestyle and don't plan on giving it up.

I just love it. Back when i started it was mainly because i wanted to be strong as fuck for Rugby and Football but now i lift because i love every second of it. Just being able to look in the mirror every day and be like "damn you look good" but i could improve on my "whatever" is awesome. Just like arnold said, it's like i get to sculpt my own body.

I do it for teh lulz.

I train to be Alpha..... for the puss.

It's not science, it's Bro Science....

The reasons why have varied over the years. When I lifted in my early 20's it was for pussy.

Fast forward to the past 6 years it is for the confidence. It is for the respect that people pay you instead of the rude bullshit, ever notice how much more people say thank you or hold the door for you when you are stretching that shirt? I do it for the discipline and I seem to be able to transfer that into other avenues of my life when I am deeply entrenched in a routine. I do it for the physical freedom to be able to accomplish tasks without struggling due to lack of strength when it's needed. And I do it for the relaxing euphoria tht occompanies the hours after a great workout. Don't get me wrong I like pussy and being bigger helps get more of it easier but I don't live for it, a good porn movie takes me 5 minutes and I'm back to life and void of the bullshit and games of chasing ass

Because I live and breathe it. I've been working out since I was 12 and I still love it

Sometimes I do it to look good and enjoy it

Sometimes I lift for the pain so I can actually feel something

For those who said their was no way possible for me to ever be big. I do it for everyone who has ridiculed me for the shitty small framed genes I was blessed with my whole entire young life through sports, school, ect. This is for those who have ever doubted, made fun of, picked on, an looked down on me for my lack of size. For those who said I couldn't an wouldn't never be nothin more than a skinny ass little runt that wluld never amount to shit. Now after all them years an tears, the rage an drive within is unstoppable an will not go unnoticed. I will continue to kill myself day in an day out jus to prove a point. Not to be fucked with!!!!

With that being said, let's fuck some shit up in the gym my brothas. It jus adds fuel to my fire when i see them heads turn an those jaws drop in total utter disbelief that after all these years, its actually me (that little runt) standing in front of them.....GET SOME!!!!!!

 

[insaiyan93]

For those who said their was no way possible for me to ever be big. I do it for everyone who has ridiculed me for the shitty small framed genes I was blessed with my whole entire young life through sports, school, ect. This is for those who have ever doubted, made fun of, picked on, an looked down on me for my lack of size. For those who said I couldn't an wouldn't never be nothin more than a skinny ass little runt that wluld never amount to shit. Now after all them years an tears, the rage an drive within is unstoppable an will not go unnoticed. I will continue to kill myself day in an day out jus to prove a point. Not to be fucked with!!!!

With that being said, let's fuck some shit up in the gym my brothas. It jus adds fuel to my fire when i see them heads turn an those jaws drop in total utter disbelief that after all these years, its actually me (that little runt) standing in front of them.....GET SOME!!!!!!

That was fuckin beautiful man, take a bow!

 

[Frandeman]

For those who said their was no way possible for me to ever be big. I do it for everyone who has ridiculed me for the shitty small framed genes I was blessed with my whole entire young life through sports, school, ect. This is for those who have ever doubted, made fun of, picked on, an looked down on me for my lack of size. For those who said I couldn't an wouldn't never be nothin more than a skinny ass little runt that wluld never amount to shit. Now after all them years an tears, the rage an drive within is unstoppable an will not go unnoticed. I will continue to kill myself day in an day out jus to prove a point. Not to be fucked with!!!!

With that being said, let's fuck some shit up in the gym my brothas. It jus adds fuel to my fire when i see them heads turn an those jaws drop in total utter disbelief that after all these years, its actually me (that little runt) standing in front of them.....GET SOME!!!!!!

Feels good isn't? [emoji2]