Why do we lift?

[DuneChigga]

I am just curious to know why many of us willingly sacrifice so much to improve our body or strength. What do you get from it? (This is kinda like a poll, I know what drives me, but just wanted to hear from the board)

[AaronAston]

Self Satisfaction for me. Success is important to me. Being Fat and lazy is absolute failure......

[DuneChigga]

I like to think that it is a good addiction; a healthy addiction, as opposed to something like crack! I use to tell my mom this often. "Well mom, I could be addicted to crack!" Worked pretty good.

[rossalini]

for me there are a lot of reasons... I want to get stronger.. i wanna get big, take up some space.. i wanna look good.. i wanna have sex with hot women... i want to be able to protect those i love...i want to reach personal goals in bench, deadlift and squat... i wanna get my mind right and the gym helps me with that...just to name a few... but i think what keeps me going back.. is that i never feel better then when im walking out of the gym..endorphins pumping..ya know sometimes my mood and attitude is fucked up on the way into the gym, but when i walk out i always feel different, better, clear-minded...ready for whatever.

[ironfreak83]

for me there are a lot of reasons... I want to get stronger.. i wanna get big, take up some space.. i wanna look good.. i wanna have sex with hot women... i want to be able to protect those i love... i wanna fuck you up if you try to have fuck with mine...but i dont look for shit...i want to reach personal goals in bench, deadlift and squat... i wanna get my mind right and the gym helps me with that...just to name a few... but i think what keeps me going back.. is that i never feel better then when im walking out of the gym..endorphins pumping..ya know sometimes my mood and attitude is fucked up on the way into the gym, but when i walk out i always feel different, better, clear-minded...ready for whatever.

bump on the endorphins. sometimes the gym is the only thing that can keep my sanity. i've said this before, but it's like superman's fortress of solitude.

[drob29]

I do it because I am a self centered narcistic prick.:rolleyes: I enjoy the way I look, I like that I look better than 99.9% of males my age, I like it when women look at me.

For instance I was at the mall with my boys ages 8 and 12 this past weekend. we were in some store and this woman, about my age, nice looking, looked at me, then looked again for a few seconds and smiled. I smiled back. A few min later we were in the check out line, I saw that woman again with her daughter (I assume) , the daughter, 20ish, did the same thing:D . talk about an ego boost...

call me what you want, but I lift and add size because it gives me a sense of pride, confidence, and yes ego that I have not had before. I enjoy knowing women check me out. Bro's, when your 43 like me and women look, look again and smile "its ALL good"..:cool:

[swing lo]

I do it because I am a self centered narcistic prick.:rolleyes: I enjoy the way I look, I like that I look better than 99.9% of males my age, I like it when women look at me.

For instance I was at the mall with my boys ages 8 and 12 this past weekend. we were in some store and this woman, about my age, nice looking, looked at me, then looked again for a few seconds and smiled. I smiled back. A few min later we were in the check out line, I saw that woman again with her daughter (I assume) , the daughter, 20ish, did the same thing:D . talk about an ego boost...

call me what you want, but I lift and add size because it gives me a sense of pride, confidence, and yes ego that I have not had before. I enjoy knowing women check me out. Bro's, when your 43 like me and women look, look again and smile "its ALL good"..:cool:


You’re the fuckin man! I already have that attitude about myself but know when to be humble and I’m only 23. I used to hate it when the girls used to tell me I was a pretty boy all the freaking time to the point where it got on my nerves. I then started adding size and symmetry and the "Woman" not girls started paying a lot more attention. And for a 23 year old, there’s nothing like fucking hot older woman who know what they want, don't play games, and not afraid to fuck with the lights on because there comfortable with their body's! I love it!

But in all honesty after I got over the initial woo hoo of attracting girls cause of my shape, I started lifting just for a feeling that's indescribable to me. I also do it because lifting really instills discipline because if you really want to be HUGE & "CUT" at the same time, discipline is the only way.

[Machola]

I do it because I am a self centered narcistic prick.:rolleyes: I enjoy the way I look, I like that I look better than 99.9% of males my age, I like it when women look at me.

but i think what keeps me going back.. is that i never feel better then when im walking out of the gym..endorphins pumping..ya know sometimes my mood and attitude is fucked up on the way into the gym, but when i walk out i always feel different, better, clear-minded...ready for whatever.

Yup, Yup. the looks from the ladies are great but the endorphins are the cause of my addiction. I just don't feel right unless i've recently lifted. it gives me energy, clears my head, and it makes me feel like god when he's holding a machine gun.

[jstizzle]

I lift to get SWOLL:D and it does beat being a fat sloppy peice of shit!!:D

[kaelalden]

I lift for the same reason as everyone posted before me..... And I look at my body as a sculpture and if I don't carve it, nobody else will.

[Theatrix]

I do it because I am a self centered narcistic prick.:rolleyes: I enjoy the way I look, I like that I look better than 99.9% of males my age, I like it when women look at me.

For instance I was at the mall with my boys ages 8 and 12 this past weekend. we were in some store and this woman, about my age, nice looking, looked at me, then looked again for a few seconds and smiled. I smiled back. A few min later we were in the check out line, I saw that woman again with her daughter (I assume) , the daughter, 20ish, did the same thing:D . talk about an ego boost...

call me what you want, but I lift and add size because it gives me a sense of pride, confidence, and yes ego that I have not had before. I enjoy knowing women check me out. Bro's, when your 43 like me and women look, look again and smile "its ALL good"..:cool:

Everyword, Truth, brutha!

I'll add to this that I enjoy being able to do the things today that I did 20-30 years ago. I lift more weight than my two athlete sons (we work out together) and I don't let them forget it.

[Leeboy]

for me there are a lot of reasons... I want to get stronger.. i wanna get big, take up some space.. i wanna look good.. i wanna have sex with hot women... i want to be able to protect those i love...i want to reach personal goals in bench, deadlift and squat... i wanna get my mind right and the gym helps me with that...just to name a few... but i think what keeps me going back.. is that i never feel better then when im walking out of the gym..endorphins pumping..ya know sometimes my mood and attitude is fucked up on the way into the gym, but when i walk out i always feel different, better, clear-minded...ready for whatever.


Nice post and totally agree.:D

[da-sol]

I lift because I love the feeling I get when I am at the gym. Plus I like the way I look after I lift. otherwise I would feel like a fat shit. And I dont want to look like most people I see walking around with their fat asses.

[bod1ggity]

I'm vain.. how can I feel like I'm better than anyone else if I'm weaker, worse looking or less intelligent than them?

[dmoune1]

"Vanity is definitely my favorite sin!" (Al Pacino in Devil's Advocate)

[thym43]

Wow Great Question. I'm 43 so looking better than most guys my age and still being attractive to the ladies means alot to me. Being able to compete with all you young studs out there gives me a great deal of satisfaction. Accomplishing a dream, competing for the first time @ 43 feels great. And Always the pump, the controlled rage in the gym, psyching up, pushing beyond limits is just the fucking best, I gotta woody just talkin' about it. It's funny cause at different ages I would have said different things. After my divorce Ithere was a great deal of anger and "I'll show you" after Rehab it was alot of peace of mind and a way of changing what I was at that time. I like what I've seen here, The iron never lies. It remains true and constant.

[DuneChigga]

Great responses! We generally all have the same goals and motivations. You know, 500 years ago, I guarantee we would all be fighting side by side in the same army.

I have seen many people come and go from the gym, and it takes a lot to be consistent with everything else we have going on. Darwin was right, only the strong will survive!

[bod1ggity]

Great responses! We generally all have the same goals and motivations. You know, 500 years ago, I guarantee we would all be fighting side by side in the same army.

I have seen many people come and go from the gym, and it takes a lot to be consistent with everything else we have going on. Darwin was right, only the strong will survive!
My ancestors raped and pillaged most of the known world... A large part of me is very proud to be from that gene pool :D

[DuneChigga]

My ancestors raped and pillaged most of the known world... A large part of me is very proud to be from that gene pool :D

Ha! You must be from the line of Spanish Conquistidors, very funny! I was reading this on the throne and pinched too soon b/c of laughter.

[bod1ggity]

Ha! You must be from the line of Spanish Conquistidors, very funny! I was reading this on the throne and pinched too soon b/c of laughter.
Ive got viking (rape and pillage) and some spanish (conquer and claim) heritage... a bit of irish (drunks) and some american indian (drunk gamblers)

[mlogikal]

I totally agree with all your posts. For me also it's the feeling of accomplishment and remembering all those people when i was younger who would laugh at me when i said i wanted to be a bodybuilder, all 135 lbs of me lol. Now at 205 i feel great, i love the attention and looks i get, not to mention the compliments. My confidence has gone way up. Eventually when i have a son, i want my son to introduce me to all his friends and say this is my dad and i stand there bulked and ripped. I want him to be proud to call me dad. The rush i get in the gym i just can't get enough of. Hands start shaking and people staring at you b/c you look like a freak. Yep that's me, a freak in progress.

[Sbend140]

To crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentation of the women.

or

To become the King Shit of Fuck Mountain..

[SwoleTexasKid]

The gym is my release. My passion. I lift to look good feel better and make myself feel dominant.

[pigrond]

i like to feel and look good i dont want to be a crippled old man at 60 i want to be healthy and fucking like rabbit at 60 .my wife loves my body and it encourages her to keep loosing weight and try to get back to her youth or at least 110 lbs so i guess i do it for me and my wife.im 37 most people think im 25 so workingout helps me look younger and feel better

[hulk smash]

why settle for being weak?:D

[thevanillagorrilla]

i dont like the thought of being weak im a warrior at heart and also need this in mah life to keep me level and away from bullshit i love the confidence that builds in me when i feel my pumps im very much a too my self person and this thing of ours keeps me company shit i can go on forever with a topic like this pussy and weights is all i think about :cool:

[kaces]

1) im an obsessive person- not ocd or anything, but obsessive about hobbies and such. Its either this, or i become a couch potatoe playing video games all day.

2) No matter how stressful the day is, i always feel better after the gym.

3) Im a short guy, i hate being counted out based on height, stupid yes, but it still affects me abit today. The world is not made for the short man... the gym seems to be.

[NASTIE1]

IM DO IT MOSTLY TO GET STRONGER FOR FOOTBALL AND MAYBE ONE DAY GO PRO SO I DONT HAVE TO WORK A DEAD END JOB MY WHOLE LIFE AND 2 THE LADIES HAVE BEEN ALL OVER ME FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND HEY AT THE MOMENT IM TALKING TO A STRIPPER THAT IS 2 YEARS OLDER THAN ME. YOU CANT BEAT THAT MAN. PLUS YOU GET ALOT OF ATTENTION BEING BIG.

[rossalini]

IM DO IT MOSTLY TO GET STRONGER FOR FOOTBALL AND MAYBE ONE DAY GO PRO SO I DONT HAVE TO WORK A DEAD END JOB MY WHOLE LIFE AND 2 THE LADIES HAVE BEEN ALL OVER ME FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND HEY AT THE MOMENT IM TALKING TO A STRIPPER THAT IS 2 YEARS OLDER THAN ME. YOU CANT BEAT THAT MAN. PLUS YOU GET ALOT OF ATTENTION BEING BIG.

DO YOU THINK YOU GET MORE ATTENTION WITH THE CAPS LOCK TOO? HOWS THAT WORKIN FOR YA?

[NASTIE1]

No I just usually leave them on thanks for pointing it out LOLOLOLOL

[DuneChigga]

IM DO IT MOSTLY TO GET STRONGER FOR FOOTBALL AND MAYBE ONE DAY GO PRO SO I DONT HAVE TO WORK A DEAD END JOB MY WHOLE LIFE AND 2 THE LADIES HAVE BEEN ALL OVER ME FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND HEY AT THE MOMENT IM TALKING TO A STRIPPER THAT IS 2 YEARS OLDER THAN ME. YOU CANT BEAT THAT MAN. PLUS YOU GET ALOT OF ATTENTION BEING BIG.

strippers 2 years older than you is all good till you turn 40! When I read your post, I feel like you are yelling at me! If you press your "caps lock" button again it will go back to normal.

[NASTIE1]

No bro just a habbit. Im only 18 so a 20 year old stripper is cool for me and hopefully I wont be looking for a woman at 40 anyways lol. I better be settle down by then cuz if Im not Id be fucking up lol.

[Leeboy]

DO YOU THINK YOU GET MORE ATTENTION WITH THE CAPS LOCK TOO? HOWS THAT WORKIN FOR YA?


ROFL :)

[DuneChigga]

No bro just a habbit. Im only 18 so a 20 year old stripper is cool for me and hopefully I wont be looking for a woman at 40 anyways lol. I better be settle down by then cuz if Im not Id be fucking up lol.

I was there once. Just turned 30 and damn, the older I get, the younger I want!

[NASTIE1]

Hey I was trying to bang all the 14 and 15 year olds I could while I was legal but I didnt really accomplished that. I actually got with this 1 19 year old and had fun with her if you know what Im saying. Now this stripper is a str8 freak so I just need to keep her on the side. Plus she has a boyfriend in his 30s that isnt sexually satisfying her. She is about ready to leave himif you know what I mean.