Why?

[Intensity]

Just by curiosity... why did you begin to workout?

Today, i train for health and to compete in natural bodybuilding contests again (it will be my third years) but when i started... i just wanted to look like the guys on the box of Calvin Klein underwear ;D (This is a macho motivation i know, haha)

What was your motivation? Get big? Strong? your wife forced you ? etc...

Mo

[xenabeachgirl]

I started going to the gym originally to control my weight, and b/c our employer gave us a free gym membership, but I switched over to more hardcore training when I saw my biceps starting to grow, and decided I wanted to achieve a muscular physique. I'll always have big legs anyway, they might as well be big and muscular instead of big and fat! And I think curving arms and delts on women look awesome.

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xenabeachgirl said:

And I think curving arms and delts on women look awesome.

You are absolutely right!

And like you... my objectives changed by seeing my muscles grow (and received good comments about it). So now... my opinion is that the "Calvin Klein boys" are not big enough!

Mo

[youngblood]

Because all my friends that I hung out with joined a gym, and I was now spending nights alone by myself.
I asked if they had a guest pass, and well, almost eight years later, I'm still working out. The friends? Ummm, not working out, except the occasional 12oz hammer curl- their biceps are so overtrained!!!!

[xenabeachgirl]

YoungBlood said:

except the occasional 12oz hammer curl- their biceps are so overtrained!!!!

LOL....sounds like all the guys in my gym that do nothing but bench press 4 nights a week.....we had a pair that we called the Backstreet Boys ;D

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YoungBlood said:

Because all my friends that I hung out with joined a gym, and I was now spending nights alone by myself.
I asked if they had a guest pass, and well, almost eight years later, I'm still working out. The friends? Ummm, not working out, except the occasional 12oz hammer curl- their biceps are so overtrained!!!!

Haha! It remind me a loooot of training partners that i had since my 8 years of training ;D

[Maximum6]

for some reason...i always see people train their biceps, abs, and chest every day...but neglect training their quads, back, calves, hams, etc.. ;D

[xenabeachgirl]

Maximum6 said:

for some reason...i always see people train their biceps, abs, and chest every day...but neglect training their quads, back, calves, hams, etc.. ;D

It's classic "mirror syndrome" they only train the parts they can see in the mirror!! ;D

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xenabeachgirl said:

It's classic "mirror syndrome" they only train the parts they can see in the mirror!! ;D

There is another syndrome: "The show me your biceps"

You must admit that you never heard "show me your triceps or your quads"!

[Maximum6]

i like my quads better than my biceps. ;D

When people tell me to flex..i flex my quads...or calves. ;D

[sockrocker]

well...hmm...i've had too many forays into training to be able to answer this...i used to go mountain biking with my dad, then when we got home, he would do situps, so i started doing them too...that was when i was like7-12

real weights though? an older friend of mine that i used to ball with was always really lean and muscular, and i thought he was awesome...he kept his bench in our backyard, so i started using it...

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Maximum6 said:

i like my quads better than my biceps. ;D

When people tell me to flex..i flex my quads...or calves. ;D

If my genetic allows me to do the same... i would! But unfortunatly i'm more at my advantage if i show my biceps (even if work my quad at 100% and my bi's at 20%)

Mo

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sockrocker said:

well...hmm...i've had too many forays into training to be able to answer this...i used to go mountain biking with my dad, then when we got home, he would do situps, so i started doing them too...that was when i was like7-12

real weights though? an older friend of mine that i used to ball with was always really lean and muscular, and i thought he was awesome...he kept his bench in our backyard, so i started using it...

Interesting! I dont hear often that a 7-12 years old guy start getting interested by bodybuilding! I dont know how old you are now, but keep going!

Mo

[Tim Wescott]

When I was a young kid ,there were two pretty well known bodybuilders who lived in my town...when I saw them,I knew I had to try it.

Been a long hard road but I wouldn`t trade it for anything!!

[OptimumJoe]

Arnold/football, and the fact I was small and got picked on a lot. Life's all good in the gym!!!

[Maximum6]

I feel its like paradise in the gym. Well..the dicipline kind of paradise...

[Fenris]

I was a fat 17 year old with a crush on a cute blonde I worked with.
Lost the weight but dropped the ball with the girl (she turned out to be a bit*h).
Got into powerlifting so I'd be too big to beat up, after a childhood full of ass whuppin's!

[youngblood]

Tim said:

When I was a young kid ,there were two pretty well known bodybuilders who lived in my town...when I saw them,I knew I had to try it.

These two fellers got a name?

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Maximum6 said:

I feel its like paradise in the gym. Well..the dicipline kind of paradise...

I understand you... it's a cliché, but the gym is really my second home! This place represent a big part of what i am...

Mo

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Fenris said:

I was a fat 17 year old with a crush on a cute blonde I worked with.
Lost the weight but dropped the ball with the girl (she turned out to be a bi**h).
Got into powerlifting so I'd be too big to beat up, after a childhood full of ass whuppin's!

You know, when i asked the question about that first reason why we start to workout, i touth that many of us would have say: ass whuppin's (And maybe there is a bit of that in my minf when i first trained)