fing at 14. IWhy Do You Like To Lift
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bgates1654
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F'ing at 14? Isnt that a little young?
I do it becuase I enjoy feeling of pushing around heavy weight and the subsequent results.
I do it becuase I enjoy feeling of pushing around heavy weight and the subsequent results.
scientific muscle
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I always wanted to be big and strong, my dad lifted weights.
I grew up on Schwarzenegger movies, and I always wanted to grow up to be a huge, muscular super-hero like he always plays in the movies.
Now I mainly just want to be physically fit and sexually attractive, although there is still that little boy in me who wants to be like Conan the Barbarian!
I grew up on Schwarzenegger movies, and I always wanted to grow up to be a huge, muscular super-hero like he always plays in the movies.
Now I mainly just want to be physically fit and sexually attractive, although there is still that little boy in me who wants to be like Conan the Barbarian!
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imported_etothepii
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I started at 34 years old. I'm still 34 (for a month or so).
I first started lifting when I was about 12 years old. My dad used to train with weights once a week at the local youth club and I would go with him if I could. I remember seeing a poster of Arnie on the wall there. Wow! He was huge! I wanted to be like that.
Then my dad got some weights for home use along with a Weider course and some wall charts. I started doing that but I never gained any size cos I ate like a sparrow and was active all the time!
Didn't touch weights again much until I was at college. I trained pretty hard for a year when I was 19 but still didn't eat enough to gain much. Just got really lean.
Another 20 years (and a whole other life) later I was at a friend's. He had just seen Batman Begins and decided he wanted to muscle up a bit. He asked me if I fancied doing it too? I figured that I should have a go and so we joined a gym and I went right back into my old HIT routine with him!
After a few months of good gains in strength, progress started to grind to a halt. By chance my father-in-law mentioned that he thought training to failure was out of favour now. I was rather sceptical so started web searching and came across HST.
Finally, I am enjoying regular lifting along with regular progress. Even though I now know why I will never look like Arnie did, at 41 years young, I like the fact that I still have the chance to get in the best shape of my life.
Then my dad got some weights for home use along with a Weider course and some wall charts. I started doing that but I never gained any size cos I ate like a sparrow and was active all the time!
Didn't touch weights again much until I was at college. I trained pretty hard for a year when I was 19 but still didn't eat enough to gain much. Just got really lean.
Another 20 years (and a whole other life) later I was at a friend's. He had just seen Batman Begins and decided he wanted to muscle up a bit. He asked me if I fancied doing it too? I figured that I should have a go and so we joined a gym and I went right back into my old HIT routine with him!
After a few months of good gains in strength, progress started to grind to a halt. By chance my father-in-law mentioned that he thought training to failure was out of favour now. I was rather sceptical so started web searching and came across HST.
Finally, I am enjoying regular lifting along with regular progress. Even though I now know why I will never look like Arnie did, at 41 years young, I like the fact that I still have the chance to get in the best shape of my life.
first sorry about the typo in the title line. You can not edite that.
My story is the same my dad lifted and I just felt that is the way to be. guys should look like that. I know some guys were skinny or fat and over came that by getting into lifting--- but that was not my deal. I just though "that was the kind of guy I want to be" And though I started at 14 I have had many many years of not lifting (i regreat that) And I agree it is better for my head than my body. Sure I like having a nice chest or arms.....but man I can really blow out stress.
bob
My story is the same my dad lifted and I just felt that is the way to be. guys should look like that. I know some guys were skinny or fat and over came that by getting into lifting--- but that was not my deal. I just though "that was the kind of guy I want to be" And though I started at 14 I have had many many years of not lifting (i regreat that) And I agree it is better for my head than my body. Sure I like having a nice chest or arms.....but man I can really blow out stress.
bob
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<div></div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">I find it offers decent stress relief and (don’t laugh) ‘me time’.</div>
Nobody will laugh at that, I think many lifters feel the same way. After a tiring and stressful day at job, working out really helps me relax and clear my head.
Nobody will laugh at that, I think many lifters feel the same way. After a tiring and stressful day at job, working out really helps me relax and clear my head.
I'm quite short, and when I was young, this was a real hindrance. I was shy, weak, but I was smart, almost intellectual, most of my friends were geeks, heck, I was something of a geek.
I looked into working out, did some research, and "got into" it. By the time I was 17 and 18, everyone knew I worked out, I had that look.
So you could say it was to cure insecurities. On the other hand, I remained shy, smart, still intellectual, only thing that really changed was that I was no longer weak
I looked into working out, did some research, and "got into" it. By the time I was 17 and 18, everyone knew I worked out, I had that look.
So you could say it was to cure insecurities. On the other hand, I remained shy, smart, still intellectual, only thing that really changed was that I was no longer weak
When I was a child I liked the cartoons of muscle men, like he-man and others.
When I was a teenager I wanted to start weightlifting to get stronger. Problem was that gymnastic teachers said it was dangerous to do before 18 (bs).
So I didnt start until I was 17. I got stronger and after some years I also started liking the way I started looking and nowadays I train for several reasons:
Strength
Health (feeling good, but also to acquire and maintain a strong skeleton and joints)
Appearance
When I was a teenager I wanted to start weightlifting to get stronger. Problem was that gymnastic teachers said it was dangerous to do before 18 (bs).
So I didnt start until I was 17. I got stronger and after some years I also started liking the way I started looking and nowadays I train for several reasons:
Strength
Health (feeling good, but also to acquire and maintain a strong skeleton and joints)
Appearance