Why did you start lifting? I started after seeing this Magic's

Because I didn't want to be fat anymore

Now I'm not fat, but I'm small, because I never lifted seriously (doing SL for a couple months, taking a break for a couple, starting SL again. Wasted like 2 years doing this shit)

I feel like I'm too old now to get a physique like a lifter in their late teens/early twenties can, but at the very least, I figure I should stave off getting fat again and hopefully lifting will give me stronger joints and shit for middle age

I saw a picture of my face after getting off a roller coaster ride and being like "holy shit, do I actually look like that?" That's when I was in Auschwitz mode. Still a lanky guy, but I've put on about 12 pounds since then (of mostly muscle) and that was about 4 months ago. Still enjoying it and going strong

>>39393932
I'm 5'2", and pretty slim, and I wanted to be impressively strong, and not necessarily gain muscle mass.

>>39393932
looks like a fag

>>39394032
>5'2"
And here I thought I was the manlet.

>>39394128
I'm not a man, lel

>>39394221
I refuse to be believe there are females who browse this shithole of male self-pessimism.

>saw a picture of my self LITERALLY soaking wet and you could see how frail I looked
>weighed myself and I weighed 132 lb
>I'm 6'3 m8
>worst nightmare come true
>stressful nights and 14 hour truck shifts, and no eating did this too me

>>39394240
I just Hit 170lb yesterday.
long ways from 200 but I'm on the path.

>>39394233
I haven't in months. Came on when i first started lifting, but left because it is a shithole. Came back because exam procrastination

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>>39394221
>btw I'm a gril ;)

>>39394247
We can do it. I'm at 185 after a painful journey from 6'3 and 140. So close to 200, but depression kicks in and I lose 10 lbs so fast.

>>39393932
gf of 8 years broke up over facebook, knowing that my previous gf had broken up through text

I must be seriously hard to talk to, but at least I am /fit/ now, heh.....jokes on them...heh...

>>39394264
>say I'm a gril in first post
>responses are >btw I'm a gril
>don't say I'm a gril in my first post, and only reveal when relevant
>responses are still >btw I'm a gril
Can't win

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i started lifting around high school age. one day after school freshman year, i was walking behind the school with some looser friends when we walked past the field house. the varsity football team was in there lifting with the double doors open. those guys were all jacked and really strong, like texas football, 80's steroids strong.

i moved to a new town shortly after that, and i was alone a lot at first. i bought a weight bench and put it on the back porch. been lifting ever since.

When I got on a dating site and couldn't even get a response from girls I didn't want to fuck. Decided that I didn't want to feel "lucky" for managing to get a girlfriend. I had dated a few girls previously, but always felt inadequate because I was weaker than them. You can't have a stable relationship with someone like that.

And just as I'm writing this I had a girl send me her number without me even messaging her so i guess it worked desu

>>39393932
cuz i wanted a hot gf.

too bad i started when i was 25 and had 0 social circle.

you can be the hottest guy around, doesnt do you shit for good if youre never around any girls worth getting with

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I started lifting for her

>>39394221
LONDON

Started lifting in high school for wrestling and havent stopped.

When my friends started to say my face looked like my fatter friend.

Was a little pudgy as a teenager. Becoming a cardiobunny didn't make me happy, and I realised I really wanted a more masculine physique. Turned out lifting was fun and fulfilling as shit. Mite have some gender issues tbqh, but just gonna lift and pray.

>>39394264
>>39394128
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uOngXn0CGI

>>39393983
>hopefully lifting will give me stronger joints and shit for middle age
And that bone density
> "I've fallen but I can get up"

>>39393932
So I can beat up my step dad one day.

>>39394221
Yes you are I don't care what you identify as you fag.

I was depressed, so i started to make changes.
first running, then this, then that, aaand you know

>>39394264
why is gootecks in a /fit/ thread. This a weird worlds colliding moment for me.

>>39394261
L O N D O N
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>>39393932
The art's okay but that's not how you hold a sword

>>39394519
>lifting for cartoons
never gonna make it

>>39394280
how does that even happen

8 years

christ

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this is better magic card

>>39395928
>that mirin orc in the corner

There were a weight room in my Highschool and one PE lession we got to chose what we wanted to do.
I had some friends that were elite swimmers that benched 220lbs when we were 14-15yo.
But I couldn't bench the bar.

That humiliation got me into the mindset that I needed to become stronger.
>that's soon 15 years ago

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I don't lift but if anyone thing I saw that would give me inspiration it would be the Manowarrior, mascot for Manowar.

>>39396592
>that fucking album

Me and my best friend used to listen to that while reading DBZ when we were 15yo.

>>39395674
Gooey does actually go to the gym

>>39396430
ITS A FUCKING GOBLIN YOU NORMIE FUCK REEEEE

>>39396744
Fuck off /tg/.

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>>39393932
Out of everything in the world, your body is the only thing that's trully yours.
It needs to last for the entire life, and massively impacts the quality of your life.

Money, power, women, cars ... even if everything is taken from you, even if you lose all, your body last thing left to you.

Take care of it.

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>>39393932
I wanted to be strong and feel good about myself
Didn't have a goal originally, but now my goal body is Guts

>>39393932
I got bored with playing videogames and watching anime. Not even kidding, it all just seemed so... dull. Needed another hobby to pass the time and ended up thinking: “why not make yourself a little better?“ Now I have learned to speak and write russian and been lifting for about 4 years, currently trying to read up on history and trying to get into learning japanese. Life is good.

>>39394519
You started lifting for a fujo lesbian?

>>39393932
I started because my boyfriend wanted me to have a huge ass

>>39396813
get chopping

>>39396855
go to bed sarah

>>39396797
This is the only truth.

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>>39396797
muh nigga

>>39393932
after watching this advert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwYCvTpYMCA

>>39393932
>he hammer grips his rapier
>not putting your finger over the ricasso
Flunking disgusting.

>>39394128
>And here I thought I was the manlet.
Kek. Underrated post.

>>39393932
Went from somking weed and playing vidya all day to not smoking at all.
When the feels came back I tried to smoke away, coupled with regret over the time wasted made me go up the walls. Thought I'd go crazy with pain. So I took up lifting and a number of other things to keep the insanity at bay and have something else to do than sit around and stare down the abyss at my feet all day.
Now I get tired, hungry and horny again like a proper human being - my Body's back after I was nothing more than a brain in a jar for so long.
Feels good Brehs.

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>go to doc about acid reflux
>he points out im obese
>mom loses her shit
>I ask her to leave
>talk to him for 30 minutes
>he basically explains to me that im killing myself slowly
>the reason im tired all the time at 13 even with 12 hours sleep is because of how fat i am
>the reason my dick is so small is because of how much fat is covering it
>find out that weightloss without surgery is actually possible
>realize that its possible for me to get a gf, have male friends, and get a job that isn't at the gas station
>Mom begins losing her mind about me losing weight and threatens to disown me and a bunch of other shit
>"what would that even matter? You're slowly killing me anyway, I probably have a better chance surviving on the streets than with someone who has sabotaged me"
>she is now an empty husk
>im getting my life together
>going to abandon her pretty soon

>>39399337
come on anon, don't be a bitch to one person that has always loved you. (even tho she fucked ur shit up)

I was a truck driver for a year and gained a ton of weight. Browsed fit one day just to take a look and got pumped to start lifting. Quit that job as a truck driver. Came back home. Cut down to 180 from 220 and now I'm gaining more weight in muscle than fat. Feels good.

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>>39399337

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Sad!

>>39399527
lol

>>39394221
LONDON
O
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O
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>>39399337
Good luck

>>39399527
kek

>>39393932
>Lifted casually when I was 17 for about a year (can't remember any particular reason; probably compensating for being a manlet)
>Stopped when I went to uni
>Become seriously ill in 2nd year, drop out, diagnosed with pan-colitis and depression
>By the time I started colitis medication I weighed 109lb due to malnutrition
>Started SL 5x5 once i was in remission

Now I'm back up to 130lbs and feel better than ever. It's also done wonders for my depression.

>>39393932
To not hate myself anymore

>>39396744
Isn't Victor from Shandalar? Couldn't there be orcs there as well?

>>39399404
>>39399337
Listen to this anon.
Also, don't listen to your mom.

Jacket I ordered didn't fit and I got a job in construction so keeping my back healthy takes priority.

My best bud got /fit/ as shit and looked amazing. I was so inspired. He ended up going too ham on rock climbing and fucked up his arm (tendonitis maybe, he's not sure) and now he can't lift at all. I still do though. Whenever I think about skipping a day I remember that he can't even go and I tell myself to sack up.

I finished getting my life on track in every other way, so I figured I might as well get fit.

>>39393932
>my brother and I took the same weightlifting class back when we were still in high school

>>39393932
because I can't be chad or at least daniel at 6'0 130lb

>>39396592
>I don't lift
Why do I still browse this board

>>39399404
No, fuck that fat cunt. Do what she can't, anon. Have the willpower to change yourself for the better

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>>39399527
Sheeeid

>>39393932
>first internship
>first day with clients
>they ask quite genuinely what year of school I was in
Considering im in my fourth year of University and 22 years old I took it as a wake up call I looked like a faggot twink school kid and needed to get fit.

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>Watch One Punch Man
>Think to self "I can do that"
>Except for running, I can do that but its unbearable
>Keep going for 15 days before injuries prevent me
>After that introduce rest days, eventually work up to more bodyweight exercises before switching to dumbbells then bigger dumbbells then a barbell set
>Been just over one year, went from deadlifting 115 to deadlifting 265

Thank you master Saitama.

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>>39393932

I was sick of being powerless and I had a lot of obstacles that needed to be defeated.
I've nearly conquered them all now.
Im very close.
I'll win.

I watched my dad deadlift a minivan full of kids and I wanted to be able to do that. Like a fucking superhero.

>>39395928
>If you stare at the sun for too long, you'll lose your ability to see clearly.
This was my motivation too. Are you me?

>>39397558
I love sun-ken rock so much

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>>39399527

bretty good

Anyway, one day I looked at myself in the mirror, and for the first time realized I didn't like how I looked any more, I had gone from skinny to skinnyfat and only saw myself going downhill from there.

We will all die or make it one day.

>>39403328
Keep going anon. I want you to win.

>>39393932
I felt weak. I hated myself just cause I looked like a dyel faggot.
It also makes me feel better and I get complimented more so it paid off.

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>>39396813
my ideal body is femto

>>39403787
Thank you.
You too

>>39399527
fuck

I'm still DYEL

But I saw a picture of myself, and my face looked fat. I was 6'3 185 at the time, which isn't fat in any way, but I was kinda skinny fat and just unfortunately have bad fat placement (is that a thing) in my face

started running and lifting, four months now. My face has slimmed a little bit but my legs and lower body have definitely slimmed down a noticeable amount.

Figure I just keep this up and I'll look alright in about a year

>>39403864
C-Casca!?!?

Because I was a pussy who came home and started crying after the first girl I had the courage to ask out, in 11th grade, rejected me brutally.

My dad told me to stop acting like a little bitch and forced me to start going to the gym. Four years later, and 65 pounds heavier (120 pound skelly when I started), I'm addicted to it, and can't ever stop.

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For confidence and self-esteem

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>>39399527

>>39393932
> blame genes
> "looks don't matter"
> Got pretty sick in 08
> Lost like 20lbs in a few weeks due to malnourishment
> look at 220 me after beign 240 me for ~20 years
> "...oh shit..."
I've been off gym for better part of a year now and have gone back up to 200(6'2"); I think I was 217 the last time I was weighed, but I've lost a smidge since then.
Srsly, not drinking soda in and of it's self is probably half of the reason my new causal weight is 30lbs lower than where it used to be, but I used to be convinced I was just a big guy and there was nothing I could do about it. There are so many foods I used to eat all the time that make me ill from the amount of grease or sugar in them. I've gone for years without them and it's like I've lost some built-up immunity to junk food I used to have.

>>39405246
-also fit girls are the hottest.
Always had a thing for tall/fit girls, realized after I worked out they were all at the gym dating fit guys. Ergo, gotta' get fit to get fit.

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>>39399527

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Can anyone tell me what the first two trap cards are, and what the 6th and 10th monster in the Extra Deck are? Only snapshot I have of this deck but I've never seen those few cards before

>>39393932
I just started lifting because this girls I dated and really liked just wanted to stay friends. I was feeling pretty insecure because I'm overweight and I figured she thought I was unattractive. I'm doing pretty well now. I've lost 20 pounds so far and plan to lose more. After which, I plan to focus on muscle building. I've gotten to the point where I'm mostly doing it for myself.

>>39399527
Ok

>>39399404
"i know ive ruined the rest of your entire life but i still love you"
Bullshit. If she actually did love him, she wouldnt have fucked his shit up.

>always get in fights
>always with people bigger or taller than me because i like a challenge
>always fuck shit up but lose because they have a weight/height advantage
>say no more to myself
>i will become strong enough to be able to rip their fat hearts out and break their tall arms and legs
>haven't fought anyone yet

>>39405426
the plight of the manlet

Because I got a job and could afford to do it leisurely and still get results

>>39393932
I started going to raves and music festivals. I don't like being the only one with a shirt on

>>39399527
kek

>>39399527
always gold

>>39393932
I wanted to go fast and getting stronger made me go faster.

>>39393932
>"Hey Anon, that gym across the road from school has a 90 days for $90 deal on at the moment. Jordon doesn't wanna join with me, but I thought you'd be interested. You in?"

That guy showed up a grand total of three times, but he got me my first membership. I guess I owe him for that. Lifting was a spur of the moment decision for me.

>>39406648
Also for
>rugby
>ballet
>vanity
But mostly just to move faster

>>39394264
>Doesn't say she's a girl until it's explicitly relevant
>You respond with that
Wanna know how I know you're a nonlifting newfag?

>>39394032
And how'd it go, anon(nette)? Also, did you ever end up taking the plunge and just stacking on mass?

>>39399527
(you)

>>39399527
mom I hope ur ok.

>>39393932
whyd I start? shit i dont know. one day it just hit me and i became addicted. why'd i stop? motivation is fleeting, i abused drugs and alcohol in my mid teens (which is when I started) and had absolutely horrible ways of dealing with depression, namely self sabotage. i made alot of progress before i hit road bumps, lemme tell ya. but i did and i hit them hard and they lasted for a long time and put me all the way back to my starting weight. whyd i start again? i have big goals and aspirations, a good physique has to be the easiest of them to achieve so i cant afford to make excuses now.

>>39403952
Based dad

>be fat
>start going to the gym to lose weight (mostly cardio)
>really end up liking lifting
I think 1980's action flicks also helped.

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I want a body like this. How do I achieve this ?

>>39406783

Also, started lifting when I was 19, 6'0, and around 140 lbs. Got to 198 in the first 8 months, then quit. Started again, and been lifting for the last 6 months now. This is my body goal.

>>39406783
Join weapon-X
They'll set you up

>>39406797

Jokes aside, I wanna be beast mode, but not a huge piece of meat.

>>39406783
>How do I achieve this
You do know he is 40+ and on roids with access to top tier nutrition and rest because of his wealth right?

>>39406801

It has to be achievable for salary fags like me, I'm not gonna give up yet.

>>39403864
Griffith/Femto is too much of a twink for me tbqhwy

>>39406800

Just general str training, with focus on chest, arms and core. And then grind to sub 10% bf

achievable natty but going to be hard as fuck

>>39406806
>I'm not gonna give up yet.
Im not telling you to give up, im telling you that this is what youre up against if you want to achieve this
I have unrealistic expectations aswell and id love to have a body like Jackedman so i can relate

Fix your routine, fix your diet, alleviate all types of stress out of your life, make sure you get enough sleep, avoid test lowering things

Im actually 100% serious about the test lowering things, i used to love mint and liqorice but these both lower test levels
Since quitting them ive made more gains so good luck anon

>>39406819
>>39406816

Thanks guys!

As soon as I make it, will post pics and program. I know it's gonna be hard, but after all, who said lifting weights is an easy thing?

>>39399527

sheeit

>>39406819
How to know when a thing lower your test? I'm dead serious, i have no idea what you are talking about mint and stuff

>>39407339
I read a study about things that lower your test levels and cut all of em out of my diet
If you want measurements go to a doctor but these things were (mostly) easy for me to cut out since its not things i should eat anyway

>>39407356
Thanks! Any more info about that study?

I wanted to be a spess muhreehn

>>39403328
this kills the wrists

Got super depressed, decided to change things around. Been going to the gym for 8 months now. Done wonders for my mood.

Because I wanted to be a spess muhreen

>>39407402
Not really, i just googled test lowering foods and found a list with foods to avoid and links to scientific studies
I figure that since most of the stuff on the list is stuff i dont enjoy and a few items i can live without its better to skip em all if there is any truth to it
Good luck anon

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>>39399527
ABOO :-DDDDDDD

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>>39399527
Kek

Because i now have something to balance out the fact i'm a huge fan of Warhammer TT and Tabletop RPGs/Games