What made you start lifting /fit/?

the thought of my future wife and children growing up in a world slowly being overrun by muslims and leftists with no one to protect them

I hated feeling and looking weak. I haven't made it but feeling stronger makes me feel more proud of how I look and how I feel. Plus the attention id get was a nice boost

Being a wristlet. I know I'll always be a wristlet, but I didn't want the rest of my body to be scrawny too

"The banter"

thought my dick was gonna shrivel up and fall off because i went 19 years without putting it in a girl

Low self esteem and self hatred

[spoiler] they're still there [spoiler/]

>>42330983
Add in kikes and this is me

Hate being fat, usted to weight around 90 kilos last year, however I lost 15 kilos and still going.

>>42330963
Got so frustrated with being turned down that I decided I should make an actual change, lost 20 lbs, started calisthenics, and then started lifting a month ago since I had reached my goal weight. I love it, I'm terrible at it because I just started but I broke 100 lbs for squatting the other day and I was really proud.

Shame. For years I convinced myself that I wasn't out of shape. I played sports competitively and did martial arts for several years in my youth, so there was just no way I'd gotten lazy and overweight, so I thought. I remember realising I was fat and just going for a run, and then once I got into the habit of running every day, I introduced 10 press ups and 20 situps to each day. I did this for a couple of weeks before I bought myself a gym membership and started lifting.

>>42330963
Had an autoimmune disorder as a child that damaged my neuromuscular system and atrophied my muscles. Was incredibly weak and frail all through grade school and was afraid I would have a relapse if I didn't get it together. Started lifting so I wasn't a frail skeleton and have been way healthier as a result, but it probably won't affect whether or not I have another episode

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>>42330963
I never lifted once in my 29 years of living.

I noticed a drop in happiness after quitting wrestling, and began lifting to regain the natural endorphins physical activity provides.

>>42330963
I want to see my phisycal potential and want to be a little more confident.

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>being 6'ft and 123.4lbs
>getting annoyed about people's remarks about my weight
>I'm 22 and thus at the prime of my being,better take advantage of it
>feeling like I can actually throw up some sort of fight
>>42330983 this
>nationalism
>The Lastbrah might have had little to do with it.

lifting because of women never crossed my mind,and still doesn't motivate me.

looked in the mirro, was disgusted so I decided to change it. looked on steam and saw "70+ hours in the last 2 weeks" and I thought to myself if I just invest half of that time into lifting I could look way better.

I cant tell if it changed much, the better I look the more self concious I get so although I definitely look way better my self esteem has only slightly risen. But I feel like I come off as way more confident just by the fact that when I searched for an internship when I was fat it seemed way harder to actually get the job than when I was fit a few years later and my resume hasnt drastically improved.

I think if people see a decent looking guy who has an athletic physique and dresses pretty well they just assume he is confident and knows his shit so they have a way better view of you.

I don't want to be a ghost anymore

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>>42330963
crippling self-inadequacy
little did I know it only gets worse...

My sister signed for a 2 years membership and got tired after 6 months, so she gifted the card to me. It included boxing classes, but I wanted to get heavier first. I liked it and I kept lifting. Now I don't lift that much since I started climbing one and a half year ago.

turns out you cant get the body you want sat at home on twitch

Was doing lightweight, calisthenics stuff (trx) for a year and a half with no gains. But told myself I didn't want to get big. Started browsing fit, found papa rip and thought I would give it a try. Final eat enough to not feel tired all the time, gained 10kg in good weight and have a motivation.

>>42330963
Working conditions changed such that I no longer had time to go rock climbing.

>>42330963
After my long time girlfriend left me, I realised that I didn't like myself very much; I'm not too handsome, not too smart, kind of a dick to most people. Honestly my only solace was playing dungeons and dragons with my friends, and then I realised why roleplay a badass when I can become one. So I started lifting, still gotta long way ahead but I'm happy to be doing it.

>>42330963
Mantits

Don't want mantits

>>42330963
My sister told me I need to get off my computer at age 18 after my first year in uni. I refused and succumbed in the trash I was in, terabytes of porn and unnecessary shit. I searched youtube videos on the gym etc, "don't wanna get too big", "i'll just do cardio, fitness" and all that shit. Didn't think much of it really, I just liked reading stuff on the internet. 2 days later my sister walks in and gives me a card, she bought me a gym membership and told me I should give it a shot at least once.

It was absolutely shit, so I decided I would never go there again... I woke up the next morning, I tried to hold the water bottle next to my bed and for the first time I realized I'm 6ft2 yet I'm so weak I couldn't lift a water bottle in the morning. So I went there again and voila, life became better and I got obsessed with the gym since then, been going for 4 years, can't say how much I love my sister for what she did.

If you're reading this and you live in AL/JW apartment#46 4th floor, I love you.

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I figured that if I was going to be an autistic schizoid manlet I might as well be a ripped schizoid manlet like my childhood idol Vegeta.

>>42330963
girlfriend left me

>>42330963
I guess I just wanted to do something else than lay in bed all day.

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was always fastest runner as a kid.
as i got older being lanky doesn't show you're fit.
started lifting.
also jackie chan

I always liked my body, although it was skinny. I was the kind of skinny guy that flashed by six pack to girls and felt great about my body. Girls would ask me to show them my six pack etc.

After 6 years, in grade 10 I finally quite football (the european kind), because I never liked it but I joined because it was the normal thing to do. I spent 6 months not working out at all, I hated it. Eventually I started jogging on my way home from school, which was about 3 km and I carried a heavy backpack. I also started touching my dads weights in my basement. Eventually I started reading up on how to lift, and got involved in bodybuilding.com and the misc section, during the time zyzz was active there. I also wanted to buff out a little bit when I started high school.

I really loved the community there and eventually I started lifting more and more weights until it became routine. Then I copied some random weightlifting plan, basically a bro split and followed that for a while and have lifted ever since.

I am not particularly big, but I have been told here and there that I look fit or that I look athletic. One comedian was roasting the crowd and asked me if I had done any sports and said I looked athletic once. He probably just said it because he could see the fear and anxiety in my face from having to speak publicly though.

Tired of feeling like shit is the main reason. Second is appearance, just want to look good and make myself feel better.

>>42331158
nigga take your fat ass to the gym

>>42330963
Zyzz, unironically.

fatass as a kid
met some internet friends who were just starting to do stronglifts
started doing stronglifts
haven't looked back

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During my first year of college, a girl I had interest in was telling her friend how much she loves good abs on a guy. Like she got pretty just talking about abs. Realized I was 230lbs with a double chin coming in. Adopted aesthetics as this moment. Didnt end up getting past a few dates with that girl but that was definitely my redpill moment.

want to be healthy and aesthetic for as long as possible
want girls to mire me
want to be stronk enough to protect future qt azn wife
want to be an ideal role model of a man for my future children.

>>42330963
I'm short and I have a shit personality.

to be completley honest nothing

my dad bought a weight bench one day
during a mid life crisis and never even used it

you know how they say the goal in life is to not repeat the same mistakes as your parents

both of them drank and smoked daily and were struggiling to keep happy so i figured fuck it ill make a show of his body with mine

i started only beeing able to bench a 5kg barbell at 12 and did 4kg chest flies

i figured since my dad didnt use the bench then it should be in my room

>dad says no cause he payed for it

> i was also too weak to drag it to my room

i then figured i would go back to basic shit and started doing push ups and the pumps i experienced from the intestity of high reps and sets gave me a huge rush and made me fall in love with bodyweight exercises . bought a pull up bar and then discovered different hand positioning to target differnt parts of muscles

i wont lie progress was very slow due to shit diet but i worked out daily for weeks on end till id platue a take a week or 2 to rest

repeat :D

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>>42330963
a broken heart

>>42330963
>went to a kickboxing club for almost a year from 13 to 14
>kickboxing club was complete shit, trainer never even let us spar or anything
>finally decide to fuck off outta there
>still want to do some kind of training
>gym is right next to the kickboxing club
>tell my best friend I've been going kickboxing with that we should sign up
>parents agree
>we sign up
>lifting ever since

I'm 18 now, started at 14 and a half
Also remained the only one who is consistent and growing. Rest gave up or does complete bro stuff while eating like shit
Feels pretty good tho, best choice I've ever made

>>42330963
Want to get better muscles for Muay Thai

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>>42330963
Originally I lifted back in high school for football practice. Then I quit my senior year and did nothing for years. It was only recently did I get back because I realized that I enjoyed the lifting aspect and I just wanted a better body. Was tired as hell seeing myself in the mirror every day get fatter and fatter.

It helped my old roommate helped me a bunch with weight loss too. She showed me MFP and gave me some good tips on dieting, dropped a bunch of weight, and after a year I finally decided to start hitting the gym hard.

Honestly, that Socrates quote that goes “No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.”

I thought about getting to middle age without ever having taken advantage of my youth and ability to get a good body. I'm only going to be young and have this chance once so I decided I wasn't going to waste it.

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>>42334240
Shit thread, but this is a good one.

>>42330963

New year's promise

Still going strong after 5 years

>>42330963
My ex-gf said she likes more muscular men, when she broke up with me.

Hit me hard, nowadays I am pretty huge and she mired me.
I told her she is not my standard anymore.

Bullied in middle school and didn't want to be fat anymore

>>42334271
thanks bro I'll meet you back at /r/fitness

I came here from /b/ to shitpost ironically and not see any bananas
Now I'm almost otter mode lifting 4 days a week
H-heh heh I sure showed you!

>>42330963
I have alot of enemies and figure ill only look this good once in my life so might as well make the best of it.

>>42330983
i cringed. pls be ironic

>>42330983
Same

so i can lift up and carry my gf to bed

>>42332005
holy shit me too.

>>42330963
I browsed fit out of boredom for a few years

Smoked weed erry day from about age 15-25. Like ridiculous amounts of it, like I would smoke so much my throat would get inflamed, so I'd go get anti-inflammatories just to smoke more, my lungs were in constant pain. My job had no possible career, somehow I still got average girlfriends, really fell for one. She left me after realizing what a directionless fuckup I was, broke down and tried to kill myself. Got put on heavy anti-depressants, but never took them. Just started lifting instead, decided I'd try to become a cop, now I'm lifting with the goal of getting fit enough to pass the entrance exam in 8 months. Feeling pretty good, no visible changes but my lungs aren't in constant pain and I can run more then 100 metres without wanting to collapse.

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26 (twenty-fucking-six) years of no girlfriend

Was a nerd who did renfest and figured 'skinnyfat' wasnt the proper body form for a medieval soldier.

Little sisters.

Was tired of not being able to pick up simple shit without assistance and not being able to help others when they asked for it. I felt pathetic and then I realized that there was a magic solution to my problem called hitting the gym and haven't looked back since.
Having a nice body that I can show off is a plus too.

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I started lifting so girls would grab my ass.

My asian buddy I used to play soccer made me start weight lifting with the football kids, and made me from skele into slightly less skele, working to power lift.

For improved sport performance, lifting to get girls or because you're an incel is kek worthy

>>42330963
A broken heart and my right wing ideology

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>>42330963
it was a desperate attempt to add worth to my life by actually achieving something, and also to kill the insecurities I had of myself every time I looked in the mirror.

It helped a lot with confidence, I still have bouts of depression though (this week)

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for me, and for a family I 'll never have with a woman i'd never know

Hated how I looked. I was fat and felt my health deteriorating away by not being able to run after a few seconds, and having some difficulty breathing. I also wanted to look good when I get laid, and I also see muscles as looking pretty cool. I was also inspired by arnold and Nick Bare to start lifting. I love the burn lifting weights and cardio gives me.

>>42330963
I lost a bunch of weight traveling and got skinnyfat, then went back to working a sedentary job and gained it all back to just being fat. I decided to do it right this time with weight training so I don't gain it all back eventually and can actually have a nice body for once.

>>42330963
>Regret
>Regret
>Regret

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My lifelong commitment to being a contrarian douche. Due to my need to feel unique, I've always distanced myself from what I see as the sheep mentality. I have the desire to be better at existence than everyone around me. This is what slowly destroys every relationship I have, and although I hate myself as a person, it's the only reason I've been able to achieve anything noteworthy in my life. Once I got a good base academically and socially, I focused my attention to my physical appearance. That and I wanted my ex to feel like shit about herself (goal achieved, she's chubby now). Now I'm bigger and I can't stop lifting, I can't let go of the aesthetics.

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>>42330963
>short
>computer science nerd who literally worked in a basement
>felt like shit every day
>ate like shit every day
>hated that society was praising fatfucks for destroying their health
>hated my skinnyfat body
>hated my face
>hated my attitude
>hated not being able to commit to anything
>regretted not lifting earlier, or committing to a sport as a kid
>decided to quit games cold-turkey
I still hate how I look, still work in a fucking basement, my depression is worse, and I still missed out on/rejected every social situation presented to me in life, but at least I don't physically feel terrible anymore.

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Hitting an all time low with my alcoholism (fender bender while drunk, felt like literal shit for weeks) and crippling procrastinating/underachievement, being stuck while everybody else moved on, and how that might end my relationship with the beautiful creature that is my gf. I want to be worthy of her and what she's done for me. I'd be dead or in jail, definitely would have dropped out of college.

Been lifting for 2 months and it was all good, but this friday I had a relapse, got wasted at home, made an ass out of myself while not remembering it at all, my parents are pretty dissapointed/angry, sister is mad at me, my fav cousin, the one that looked up to me now doesn't because I showed him part of my power lvl.

I think it's time I quit drinking, at least when I'm alone at home. That never ends up well.

Can't wait to lift it all away tomorrow morning.

>>42330983
I started lifting for gf, now I'm lifting for the race war

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>>42334240
Same here anon, it really struck me.

Declined opportunities from dad in early teens to lift because I thought that's only what jocks and assholes do. Mid teens tried one summer, had operation on back and couldn't lift or I'd really fuck up the scar on my back. Ff end of second year of uni with major depression, drug and alcohol abuse. Went to lifting as a way of combatting depression, give me a reason to get up.

>>42331131
grats anon. I just did 100 on friday. feels good

>>42336580
it's a start anon!
You're going to make it

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>>42330983
/pol/ posts like this are what has made this board decline in qualirt

>>42330983
This

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/pol/

>>42331339
>The Lastbrah might have had little to do with it.
Got me going to the gym, or at least kick started it.

i needed a reason to go outside, some in not a 100% shut in
also to help train discipline... although working out its the only thing im consistent at so that didnt quite work. at least im physically healthy

>>42334614
same. P R O W E S S

>>42332088
fun fact that was filmed in Toronto

Self-loathing, wanting not to be weak anymore. So far it's working bit by bit like baby steps

>>42330963
my PS4 broke

>>42330963
I live in Canada and in a rural area. One day in winter my truck got stuck and I had to get it out by myself. I had to get up the grill and push and pull it rock it back and forth to get momentum and then push it out of a snow drift. I had no way of getting help and if I didn't do it I would have died. It took about 45 minutes but I was completely out of it it was so straining on me. So I decided after that to get more fit because I don't want to die in a blizzard alone because I'm not fit enough to save myself.

>>42336118
not with that attitude anon

>>42330963
Rugby Then i just got into it

>>42332005
>tfw manlet with widow's peak
I guess I can relate to that

I'm just a major autismo and have this obsession with warriors. Growing up on shit like DBZ and Yu Yu Hakusho and playing shit tons of RPGs and fighting games made me take "the fighting spirit" way too seriously. I do it to be the best man I can be and stand proud. Dumb shit like that honestly. I don't really care how autistic it is, I keep it to myself and let it encourage me because fuck it, all that matters is I'm making it. Feels good to let it out on an anonymous board though.

Feeling tired of being weak.

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Being weak as fuark + wanted to look stronk like Chris Benoit and HHH

>>42330963
I need crutches to walk.

The less I weigh the longer I can do the things I love. The day I'm stuck in a wheelchair for good is the day I an hero.

>>42330963
The violence surrounding the election mainly. Also it feels good to be in shape so I figured why not?

>>42331099
Delet

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Was fat as a teen, kinda ruined my life, wanted to be an operator and liked strongman powerlifting stuff so i started working out.

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girl i thought i was madly in love with broke my heart 2 years ago and left me and there was many times she would tease me saying i looked really small and weak so been lifting for a year now and my confidence feels amazing since then and i enjoy it for myself, hope i run into her soon since she lives near by but haven't seen her since yet