I'm a medgay and I believe I'm obliged to.
I also get to call out fatties/skellies for looking like shit and I have something to back it up (I don't though).
> I-i'm disgusted by you and i feel sorry for you!!!!!!111 >> Also... do you guys know why i have no gf? why the girl i like keeps fricking black men instead of me :(, also i just donated all my money to my fav egirl and found out she has a husband 🙁
> I-i'm disgusted by you and i feel sorry for you!!!!!!111 >> Also... do you guys know why i have no gf? why the girl i like keeps fricking black men instead of me :(, also i just donated all my money to my fav egirl and found out she has a husband 🙁
You straight men truly are a mess.
Does IST have the highest concentration of homosexuals on IST outside of the gay boards?
1 year ago
Anonymous
I'd say yes, but I don't know if it's an actually high multitude of them or just the same couple of guys (or "guys").
i keep telling myself that the issues I have socially are just because I look too skinny
and that if i just look good enough people will like me due to the halo effect
or my confidence will increase and then people will like me
i don't know, picrel is my current build
I'm 18, 6'1, and 155lbs
I know I need to bulk that's what I'm working on right now
Literally it's just violent self hatred and blaming all the problems I experience on myself
Because that way, if they're my fault, I can fix them.
At the end of it all I just want someone to WANT me for the way I look for once.
As someone who was extremely addicted to other people's validation, I'll tell you this. You will try to hit the wall, again and again. You will fail again and again. You will feel like shit because you will think to yourself that surely you deserve at least *something* at this point. That people "worse" than you have something you don't have.
What works is that in a way you have to give up and let go of expectations. You enter the room and you don't think to yourself "okay, it's time to be cool, time to make impressions", you just enter the room, that's it. There should be nothing beyond you just living and trying to be in harmony with yourself, having a good time. No expectations. Just live. Keep lifting, forget about proof and all that shit, it might never come in the way you want. You have to be okay with not having something you really want, no matter how much you think you deserve it. Take this advice to heart.
but other people seem to, i don't know, know what they're doing socially, and seem calm and collected
it's hard to think i'm great when others dont which feels stupid
Like, I don't know, I just feel that once I like my body I won't feel so... small around others? and that will let me feel like people won't try to make fun of me or put me down in front of others because they see me as weaker than them.
I don't want to start fights with people but I don't want to be seen as weak or small by others.
Your character defines you more than any other thing. You won't command respect while being fragile of course but it won't be also gained just by being bigger, there are absolutely big men out there that feel like they're really weak.
In other words, your body catches up to your strong personality, not the other way around. You're being really weak right now, with all the doubts and all that whataboutism, slap yourself in the face and snap out of it, don't even reply to me anymore. Don't be weak like this ever again.
1 year ago
Anonymous
then what the frick do i do
1 year ago
Anonymous
To change is a long journey my friend.
You've already started, as you wanted it to happen, but to what distance wil be you able to go ? What are you aiming really ?
The answer will come as you fall there :^)
>That people "worse" than you have something you don't have
Ahhhh ouch oof too close to home anon... This is really solid advice, thank you. I am increasingly bitter and socially anxious. I know the fault is mine. Maybe I need to just start focusing on focusing on nothing.
https://i.imgur.com/sH2UvMe.jpg
Why do you lift? For looks? For health? Etc.
I lift for myself, my dad, and Hatsune Miku - in that order. I lift for a better life and to become the man I know I am becoming and to kill the fat alcoholic I used to be.
Ah dude, that's not healthy thinking.
Your worth as a man isn't based on how you look, it's all based on how you carry yourself and how much you can affect the world around you.
You've got a good build but that doesn't matter if you reek of low self-esteem. Clean your room, let more light in.
Hold yourself accountable to your thoughts. Wherever that negativity is coming from you need to cull it while you're young.
Deprecation and blaming yourself for your own problems is easy. You're making yourself a martyr for your own self loathing. Stop being a b***h and just think positive. Find all that shit you're grateful for and be grateful for it.
You’re 18; things are going to be fine. I literally didn’t start working out until I was 19 and that’s because I got jumped by my ex’s new BF at the time. Initially, I worked out in pure anger. That works for awhile, but as anyone will tell you, you can’t carry that stuff around forever. The. I’ve had stages in my life I was so depressed that I would stumble into the gym at 6am high because working out was nearly the only thing I was doing right for myself. The, once my life settled down, I actually fell into a good, constant routine and actually made some decent gains. Then i had a kid and lost most of them. Now I’m back at it with renewed purpose.
The point I’m trying to make here is life is full of twists and turns. Me personally, I was accomplishing so much outside of just working out that I didn’t seriously start lifting until I was 30, though I had already been working out on and off for ten years at that point. In that same time I had girlfriends, went from incredibly anxious and awkward to more mellow and self aware, gained confidence in myself, gained and lost friend, went to school, etc. None of these things in my life had to do with lifting in and of itself, but it was just a on and off constant I had in my life if I needed to do something right for my body and mind. Lifting isn’t going to accomplish much on its own, but it does teach you how to stick with and work at something that can be incredibly difficult to do. Just keep building yourself up as a person and you’ll be fine - you have time and don’t get impatient and think this will all happen overnight.
Honestly, if I had your build at 18, I would have been fricking slaying left and right. I was 5’8” and 115 lbs when I was your age. There’s some perspective for you.
>It’s the cheapest form of health insurance
This. I'm 375lbs and if I don't start reeling in my health I'm going to get diabetes or become another subject on My500lbsLife.
And, since I've fricked over my life/health already I'm going to use PEDs and be a jacked athletic type till something gives and I die.
Not immediately, I'm just in a headspace to use them eventually. Not even anything serious or heavy just trt and maybe some sarms. Only after I've lose a considerable amount of weight; trying to get down to ~200lbs.
- for looks ofcourse because its easier to get pussy if you look good, and people will also automaticaly like you its human nature by instinct
- for health because its feel better to have a slim and functional body. I have been a fatass so i know both world. Fat is hell
- for confidence i like to mog normie and let them think im superior to them while in reality im autistic and like to frick teenage girl by paying them and cum inside
Geez dude that pic is cringe as frick, I'm on the same boat but I don't care, I'm not the first one and not gonna be the last one so what does overthinking about it in such a negative way does for me or you or anyone?
Two main reasons:
1. Exercising feels good. Simple as that. Any progress I make - be it heavier lifts or faster runs - is just extra fun.
2. As the quote goes, "a strong body obeys; a weak body commands". Wanting to do something but being unable to do so because you're not fit enough sucks ass.
Have been lifting non-stop since covid lockdowns stopped. My initial motivation was to lose the 30 pounds I gained
Now it's routine. I literally don't even have to think about it, gym is an everyday thing for me.
I feel like absolute garbage if I skip. I do a normie PPL routine but instead of rest I do light cardio and swim.
I want a cute bf. I refuse to touch any local dating app until I'm 100% satisfied with my looks. I'm too scrawny right now and have some belly fat, this is not acceptable to me and until It's gone I'll stay alone and miserable
It started to get women. But that burns out really fast. Finally it was for my health both physical and mental and longevity. As well as for a better quality of life as you age. I’ve seen older people who ate like shit and drank and smoked and it’s like their lives are hell now. I’ve also seen older people fricking climbing mountains and getting shit done.
I hate the idea of being weak. I train boxing & Muay Thai as well because there’s no point in being fit and not being able to fight/defend people.
Also because on day I’m going to have to smack the shit out of someone either harassing a girl or someone weaker than them (statistically speaking) and I need to be able to do it confidently.
Why do I lift? For looks, mostly. Also want to be a proper son for my dad; let him know he raised me right.
What actually motivates me to get to the gym every day? I tell myself it's because I'm bored and have nothing better to do, but the more I think about it, the more I feel lifting is some sort of spiritual ritual for me. Something I MUST do to stay in the good graces of God or the Universe or what have you.
Youth is probably the best thing you'll have in life. Like king piccolo, I'm sure most people would wish for their youth back if it were possible. Youth is peak agility, peak strength, peak ability. Once time steals it from you, you can never get it back. I'm 23, already wasted pretty much the best years of my youth. I'm determined to make the most of the rest of it. I need to become the best me possible. If I don't, I'll be miserable as an old, shriveled man.
You’ve got the right idea, but don’t feel like it’s a monkey in your back. Life is about the journey, not the destination. Your 30s and 40s can be very amazing - 20s are fun, but honestly it’s still a very angsty and unstable time for most people.
I lost motivation to even go to the gym anymore. In the past I made good progress and was squatting 225 at my strongest. Hell I don't even have motivation for my hobbies anymore and I can't tell if it's depression or laziness anymore.
Initially because I am a fatass and lifting was the only exercise I didn't actively despise, I still do some cardio after lifting but ultimately I took the 'best exercise is one that you do consistently'pill and now, less fat, it's become genuinely fun and I look forward to lifting every other day, I'm still progressing linearly and raising my lifts is exhilarating, I was never good at literally any sport and making progress is cool. I hope to one day see a little bit of abs and go for a run that doesn't leave me spitting blood onto the sidewalk.
Tip for my fellow whalebros: Just go to the gym consistently, even if you really feel shit, even if you just sit in your car in the parking lot for five minutes and go home, go, frick routine shopping or being 'optimal' just do something, habit building is king.
Played Kenshi and made a guy who looks like me. Watched him get stronger and tougher from winning and losing fights. He went from being skinny fat to a brick shit house and motivated me.
For health and increased athleticism. My swimming has gotten much faster since adding strength training, I hope to add some calisthenics to my routine when I lose more weight.
My kids. An 11 month old son and another son due in May.
Stress? Lack of sleep? Physically taxing days running around for work and helping raise them?
Being physically fit prepares me for all of it. In addition to improving my general longevity, ensuring I can play hard with them and in the worst case, protect them.
Get it all out of the way. Closer in age has benefits for them. Quick turnaround instead of storing a bunch of crap. We aren't getting any younger so saves us time for the potential of #3.
Not sure when the "break" comes? When the first kid is 10+?
>Why do you lift?
I want to look better.
The more ripped I get the better I feel about myself. The better I look and feel about myself the more girls I can get.
At least that's the theory. Results are to be determined.
- for looks ofcourse because its easier to get pussy if you look good, and people will also automaticaly like you its human nature by instinct
- for health because its feel better to have a slim and functional body. I have been a fatass so i know both world. Fat is hell
- for confidence i like to mog normie and let them think im superior to them while in reality im autistic and like to frick teenage girl by paying them and cum inside
So I look good, mainly for women but also myself because I'm a narcissist.
Also to set an example for others. I have inspired 2 younger men to lift and it's one of the few things I'm proud of in life.
>be me, in my late 20's >Lived in isolation for years >Job requires close to no social contact, spend freetime on gym, cooking, reading and playing instruments & vidya >Am decent looking, but have the social skills of a monkey >Very stale life, eventually get enough out of it >Quit my job and start studying economics at a uni >ff a few weeks >A femboy approaches me, we make some small talk. >He led the convo during which I felt really uncomfortable, barely contributed at all >Not sure what he saw in me, but the same thing repeated a few times, eventually I started to really enjoy spending time with him >Turns out he's gay, confessed to me after a month or so >Didn't want to lose my only friend so I said yes >ff half a year, we've lived together for a while now >Sex isn't that great, but damn it feels good to be loved >Haven't been as happy ever
Guess going to the gym for a decade paid off after all
i dont know if its "motivation" but i just enjoy mogging others. im 30 yo and i have the face and body of a 20yo d1 athlete. it's crazy how especially women my age, i dont resonate with them at all. they genuinely look like they could be my mother. and 16-18 year olds girls think im in "their range".
it has definitely made for some awkward encounters but overall i enjoy it.
I had a very late puberty so up until 19 I was always the shortest person (shorter than the girls even) and also a skelly. Pretty much invisible. After highschool I grew 25cm in 8 months but I still had that small mentality. I'm over that now and now want to be an actual presence in the room.
Working so far at 104kg @ 185cm, just working towards a better fat/muscle balance now. Aiming to stay around a 100kg. I'm never going back to lean mode.
My dad got me into it and stressed how important it was to be strong, health especially as I age, looks but less focused on being cut now, and to pass on to my kids.
Believe it or not..I'm just used to it. I don't find pleasure on it anymore but if I don't lift. I actually start to feel unwell. It's a addiction and I just lift to keep my current form.
I'm just gathering courage to kill myself and doing the motions.
I have no motivation. I can barely manage to get out of the bed and shower in the mornings. But this board has helped me lose 20lbs just by eating right so maybe I can get a good gym routine going too.
Health. I used to be pre-diabetic and on high blood pressure medication. Every few months I'd be hospitalized, I always felt like shit. I haven't changed my ID photo since I lost weight so it will always remind me of the time I was 270.
Also because it's fun. I always loathed gym rats because it looked like a boring sport for brainlets, but now I cannot stop it's so good. A day without the gym feels awful.
I used to lift for women, then I got one and she constantly reminds me that she doesn't care if I lift. Took 2 years off and felt horrible.
Now I lift for confidence, strength, and it unironically makes me feel more energetic and like myself. When I didn't lift I felt like I was living in a fog
Ir's the only thing that makes me feel good about myself and makes me feel like I have direct control over it.
In a world filled with uncertainty, where your career is in the hands of greedy bureaucrats, your reputation can be destroyed with a single word by a woman and where total annihilation is a press of a button away, knowing that you have enough discipline to master yourself is (not) surprisingly encouraging
I wish I wasn't so beaten down by life. Anything and everything I've ever held dear as motivation is now ashes fallen through my fingers. If somehow I'm hit with a spark of inspiration and I feel the inner flame rising again, it's immediately doused the moment the step into my workplace and I'm reminded that I'm nothing more than a slave.
As a child I loved the idea of a knight/paladin and other heroic figures (but specially knights). Because of that I wanted to be like them in mind and body. So I lift for my child-self.
Also, I lift for my future wife.
I want to be the best version of myself. I want to live longer and fuller than others. I want to feel superior to others and I want them to acknowledge it. I want the women that I frick to go crazy over my body and my stamina.
Besides meme/standard answers (health, memes, big) I wanna go fast
This image right here perfectly explain the joy of riding your bike, running fast, or even lifting a lot of weight. You feel weightless, like you're floating. It's a magical image I think about a lot.
And of course, the chorus to Motorbreath >Motorbreath, it's how I live my life >I can't take it any other way >Motorbreath, the sign of living fast >It is going to take your breath away
I just want to frick slim young hot chicks look better and be stronger than other men my age and look imposing enough that no one bothers fricking with me
For goku, for my family, for health, for looks, for strength.
Also, it's fricking fun and feels amazing.
The same motivation I have to do most things in life. To put my penis in attractive females 3 holes.
But also for Vegeta.
You mean four holes?
Working on grip strength so I can strangle guys I pick up at the gay bar.
ill be your test subject
50% looks, only way women will frick me
50% Trunks because I too want to be so jacked that it stops being an advantage
To look good in the mirror, to mog other men, to make women horny and spill spaghetti talking to me. Also for that manlet Krillin.
Mobility when I'm old.
I'm a medgay and I believe I'm obliged to.
I also get to call out fatties/skellies for looking like shit and I have something to back it up (I don't though).
I want to be hot so i get myself a super rich gay husband that makes me his house husband.
homosexual
Seethe.
We aren't seething, but we are disgusted by your pitiful creatures.
> I-i'm disgusted by you and i feel sorry for you!!!!!!111
>> Also... do you guys know why i have no gf? why the girl i like keeps fricking black men instead of me :(, also i just donated all my money to my fav egirl and found out she has a husband 🙁
You straight men truly are a mess.
tl;dr gay men are basically women.
Does IST have the highest concentration of homosexuals on IST outside of the gay boards?
I'd say yes, but I don't know if it's an actually high multitude of them or just the same couple of guys (or "guys").
Ngl, honestly seems less gay that trying to impress women.
>You straight men truly are a mess.
>laughs in monkeypox
Some weird insertions on the guy on the left
honestly it's just fun at this point, it's a hobby.
For health and curiosity of how far my body can go natty
I was lifting for health and aesthetics, but it's become habit by now.
Also if I don't lift for some time I get antsy and my mood deteriorates
i keep telling myself that the issues I have socially are just because I look too skinny
and that if i just look good enough people will like me due to the halo effect
or my confidence will increase and then people will like me
i don't know, picrel is my current build
I'm 18, 6'1, and 155lbs
I know I need to bulk that's what I'm working on right now
Literally it's just violent self hatred and blaming all the problems I experience on myself
Because that way, if they're my fault, I can fix them.
At the end of it all I just want someone to WANT me for the way I look for once.
lighting's shit here's a better one
You reek of desperation, instead of wanting to be wanted by others, admire yourself through your own lens.
Wake up and think
>goddamn I love being myself
instead of
>I hope they will love me
Do you understand?
see that's the thing, I think of anything I think as inherently biased, but other's opinions are evidence that's not coming from myself
It's hard to just state "yup this is good" without like... proof I guess
As someone who was extremely addicted to other people's validation, I'll tell you this. You will try to hit the wall, again and again. You will fail again and again. You will feel like shit because you will think to yourself that surely you deserve at least *something* at this point. That people "worse" than you have something you don't have.
What works is that in a way you have to give up and let go of expectations. You enter the room and you don't think to yourself "okay, it's time to be cool, time to make impressions", you just enter the room, that's it. There should be nothing beyond you just living and trying to be in harmony with yourself, having a good time. No expectations. Just live. Keep lifting, forget about proof and all that shit, it might never come in the way you want. You have to be okay with not having something you really want, no matter how much you think you deserve it. Take this advice to heart.
but other people seem to, i don't know, know what they're doing socially, and seem calm and collected
it's hard to think i'm great when others dont which feels stupid
Like, I don't know, I just feel that once I like my body I won't feel so... small around others? and that will let me feel like people won't try to make fun of me or put me down in front of others because they see me as weaker than them.
I don't want to start fights with people but I don't want to be seen as weak or small by others.
Your character defines you more than any other thing. You won't command respect while being fragile of course but it won't be also gained just by being bigger, there are absolutely big men out there that feel like they're really weak.
In other words, your body catches up to your strong personality, not the other way around. You're being really weak right now, with all the doubts and all that whataboutism, slap yourself in the face and snap out of it, don't even reply to me anymore. Don't be weak like this ever again.
then what the frick do i do
To change is a long journey my friend.
You've already started, as you wanted it to happen, but to what distance wil be you able to go ? What are you aiming really ?
The answer will come as you fall there :^)
Dont really post often but the last few lines really stuck with me. Thanks for this anon, hope you have a nice day.
>That people "worse" than you have something you don't have
Ahhhh ouch oof too close to home anon... This is really solid advice, thank you. I am increasingly bitter and socially anxious. I know the fault is mine. Maybe I need to just start focusing on focusing on nothing.
I lift for myself, my dad, and Hatsune Miku - in that order. I lift for a better life and to become the man I know I am becoming and to kill the fat alcoholic I used to be.
Are you left handed?
nope, mirrored
They probably also treat you like that because you JUST became an adult
Ah dude, that's not healthy thinking.
Your worth as a man isn't based on how you look, it's all based on how you carry yourself and how much you can affect the world around you.
You've got a good build but that doesn't matter if you reek of low self-esteem. Clean your room, let more light in.
Hold yourself accountable to your thoughts. Wherever that negativity is coming from you need to cull it while you're young.
Deprecation and blaming yourself for your own problems is easy. You're making yourself a martyr for your own self loathing. Stop being a b***h and just think positive. Find all that shit you're grateful for and be grateful for it.
You’re 18; things are going to be fine. I literally didn’t start working out until I was 19 and that’s because I got jumped by my ex’s new BF at the time. Initially, I worked out in pure anger. That works for awhile, but as anyone will tell you, you can’t carry that stuff around forever. The. I’ve had stages in my life I was so depressed that I would stumble into the gym at 6am high because working out was nearly the only thing I was doing right for myself. The, once my life settled down, I actually fell into a good, constant routine and actually made some decent gains. Then i had a kid and lost most of them. Now I’m back at it with renewed purpose.
The point I’m trying to make here is life is full of twists and turns. Me personally, I was accomplishing so much outside of just working out that I didn’t seriously start lifting until I was 30, though I had already been working out on and off for ten years at that point. In that same time I had girlfriends, went from incredibly anxious and awkward to more mellow and self aware, gained confidence in myself, gained and lost friend, went to school, etc. None of these things in my life had to do with lifting in and of itself, but it was just a on and off constant I had in my life if I needed to do something right for my body and mind. Lifting isn’t going to accomplish much on its own, but it does teach you how to stick with and work at something that can be incredibly difficult to do. Just keep building yourself up as a person and you’ll be fine - you have time and don’t get impatient and think this will all happen overnight.
Honestly, if I had your build at 18, I would have been fricking slaying left and right. I was 5’8” and 115 lbs when I was your age. There’s some perspective for you.
>18
Please be in london
I am autistic and want to ascend to olympus
its fun
Im obessed with the idea of a perfect death. But to really die you NEED to be in perfect shape. Besides looking good furthers my goals
Based and Mishimapilled
holy frick this is cringe
>t. uggo coward
That's beautiful Anon. Don't listen to that other seething homosexual
I exercise simply to be as healthy as possible. Everything else is a vanity project and simping for women/men
because i want to have the strength to crush a skull
It’s the cheapest form of health insurance
>It’s the cheapest form of health insurance
This. I'm 375lbs and if I don't start reeling in my health I'm going to get diabetes or become another subject on My500lbsLife.
And, since I've fricked over my life/health already I'm going to use PEDs and be a jacked athletic type till something gives and I die.
>I'm 375lbs
>I'm going to use PEDs
>till something gives and I die
That will be about 6 months tops
Not immediately, I'm just in a headspace to use them eventually. Not even anything serious or heavy just trt and maybe some sarms. Only after I've lose a considerable amount of weight; trying to get down to ~200lbs.
Geez dude that pic is cringe as frick, I'm on the same boat but I don't care, I'm not the first one and not gonna be the last one so what does overthinking about it in such a negative way does for me or you or anyone?
Two main reasons:
1. Exercising feels good. Simple as that. Any progress I make - be it heavier lifts or faster runs - is just extra fun.
2. As the quote goes, "a strong body obeys; a weak body commands". Wanting to do something but being unable to do so because you're not fit enough sucks ass.
To prove everyone wrong.
I want to stay young for as long as i can
T. 33 y/o boomer
I lift to find a husband into femdom
>tfw too strong and good at martial arts to be dominated by a woman
If I found that Amazonian who could do over 5pl8 diddly, was >6', and was interested in me I'd be in heaven
FOR MY RAGE
Just one more thing I do to try to lift my mood
Because I feel better while being in better shape.
That's it really
I'm gonna be the next hokage
I lift to increase my chances of getting laid.
Idc what you think about it but that's my reason
In the hope I step outside and make other men feel bad about being weak and women bad about being fat and ugly.
>Why do you lift?
to impress girls and get some confidence
Have been lifting non-stop since covid lockdowns stopped. My initial motivation was to lose the 30 pounds I gained
Now it's routine. I literally don't even have to think about it, gym is an everyday thing for me.
I feel like absolute garbage if I skip. I do a normie PPL routine but instead of rest I do light cardio and swim.
i want to lose my manboobs
I want to feel a sense of accomplishment looking at myself and it really helped when i struggled with anxiety
Fitness is Hygiene
I want a cute bf. I refuse to touch any local dating app until I'm 100% satisfied with my looks. I'm too scrawny right now and have some belly fat, this is not acceptable to me and until It's gone I'll stay alone and miserable
It started to get women. But that burns out really fast. Finally it was for my health both physical and mental and longevity. As well as for a better quality of life as you age. I’ve seen older people who ate like shit and drank and smoked and it’s like their lives are hell now. I’ve also seen older people fricking climbing mountains and getting shit done.
I hate the idea of being weak. I train boxing & Muay Thai as well because there’s no point in being fit and not being able to fight/defend people.
Also because on day I’m going to have to smack the shit out of someone either harassing a girl or someone weaker than them (statistically speaking) and I need to be able to do it confidently.
Why do I lift? For looks, mostly. Also want to be a proper son for my dad; let him know he raised me right.
What actually motivates me to get to the gym every day? I tell myself it's because I'm bored and have nothing better to do, but the more I think about it, the more I feel lifting is some sort of spiritual ritual for me. Something I MUST do to stay in the good graces of God or the Universe or what have you.
Youth is probably the best thing you'll have in life. Like king piccolo, I'm sure most people would wish for their youth back if it were possible. Youth is peak agility, peak strength, peak ability. Once time steals it from you, you can never get it back. I'm 23, already wasted pretty much the best years of my youth. I'm determined to make the most of the rest of it. I need to become the best me possible. If I don't, I'll be miserable as an old, shriveled man.
You’ve got the right idea, but don’t feel like it’s a monkey in your back. Life is about the journey, not the destination. Your 30s and 40s can be very amazing - 20s are fun, but honestly it’s still a very angsty and unstable time for most people.
I lost motivation to even go to the gym anymore. In the past I made good progress and was squatting 225 at my strongest. Hell I don't even have motivation for my hobbies anymore and I can't tell if it's depression or laziness anymore.
I enjoy doing so and I like looking good
Because it’s the way, i hate that moto motivation shit. but it’s a waste not to be improving yourself as much as you can, to let your body degrade.
Initially because I am a fatass and lifting was the only exercise I didn't actively despise, I still do some cardio after lifting but ultimately I took the 'best exercise is one that you do consistently'pill and now, less fat, it's become genuinely fun and I look forward to lifting every other day, I'm still progressing linearly and raising my lifts is exhilarating, I was never good at literally any sport and making progress is cool. I hope to one day see a little bit of abs and go for a run that doesn't leave me spitting blood onto the sidewalk.
Tip for my fellow whalebros: Just go to the gym consistently, even if you really feel shit, even if you just sit in your car in the parking lot for five minutes and go home, go, frick routine shopping or being 'optimal' just do something, habit building is king.
because I love muscle.
Played Kenshi and made a guy who looks like me. Watched him get stronger and tougher from winning and losing fights. He went from being skinny fat to a brick shit house and motivated me.
Asian pussy
I don't lift. I just come here to jack off over the /cbt/ threads.
Because I have the time to and no reason to say no.
And my friend wanted a gym partner
For health and increased athleticism. My swimming has gotten much faster since adding strength training, I hope to add some calisthenics to my routine when I lose more weight.
My kids. An 11 month old son and another son due in May.
Stress? Lack of sleep? Physically taxing days running around for work and helping raise them?
Being physically fit prepares me for all of it. In addition to improving my general longevity, ensuring I can play hard with them and in the worst case, protect them.
And dad has to be strong. Set a good example.
>having a kid back to back instead of taking a break
why?
Get it all out of the way. Closer in age has benefits for them. Quick turnaround instead of storing a bunch of crap. We aren't getting any younger so saves us time for the potential of #3.
Not sure when the "break" comes? When the first kid is 10+?
try 5 years I guess, but I can see your point.
>Why do you lift?
I want to look better.
The more ripped I get the better I feel about myself. The better I look and feel about myself the more girls I can get.
At least that's the theory. Results are to be determined.
- for looks ofcourse because its easier to get pussy if you look good, and people will also automaticaly like you its human nature by instinct
- for health because its feel better to have a slim and functional body. I have been a fatass so i know both world. Fat is hell
- for confidence i like to mog normie and let them think im superior to them while in reality im autistic and like to frick teenage girl by paying them and cum inside
For longevity. If I make it to 90 yo, I'm will take a shit and no fricking moron will ever help me clean the shit from my ass
So I look good, mainly for women but also myself because I'm a narcissist.
Also to set an example for others. I have inspired 2 younger men to lift and it's one of the few things I'm proud of in life.
>be me, in my late 20's
>Lived in isolation for years
>Job requires close to no social contact, spend freetime on gym, cooking, reading and playing instruments & vidya
>Am decent looking, but have the social skills of a monkey
>Very stale life, eventually get enough out of it
>Quit my job and start studying economics at a uni
>ff a few weeks
>A femboy approaches me, we make some small talk.
>He led the convo during which I felt really uncomfortable, barely contributed at all
>Not sure what he saw in me, but the same thing repeated a few times, eventually I started to really enjoy spending time with him
>Turns out he's gay, confessed to me after a month or so
>Didn't want to lose my only friend so I said yes
>ff half a year, we've lived together for a while now
>Sex isn't that great, but damn it feels good to be loved
>Haven't been as happy ever
Guess going to the gym for a decade paid off after all
You should rethink your life before you get GRIDS.
If you love him that much then stop causing him use adult diapers because of anal incontinence
i dont know if its "motivation" but i just enjoy mogging others. im 30 yo and i have the face and body of a 20yo d1 athlete. it's crazy how especially women my age, i dont resonate with them at all. they genuinely look like they could be my mother. and 16-18 year olds girls think im in "their range".
it has definitely made for some awkward encounters but overall i enjoy it.
I want to help people if it comes to it and also to operate the jaws of life like a big boy.
I had a very late puberty so up until 19 I was always the shortest person (shorter than the girls even) and also a skelly. Pretty much invisible. After highschool I grew 25cm in 8 months but I still had that small mentality. I'm over that now and now want to be an actual presence in the room.
Working so far at 104kg @ 185cm, just working towards a better fat/muscle balance now. Aiming to stay around a 100kg. I'm never going back to lean mode.
My dad got me into it and stressed how important it was to be strong, health especially as I age, looks but less focused on being cut now, and to pass on to my kids.
Believe it or not..I'm just used to it. I don't find pleasure on it anymore but if I don't lift. I actually start to feel unwell. It's a addiction and I just lift to keep my current form.
I'm just gathering courage to kill myself and doing the motions.
I get restless if I don’t lift. Plus finishing God Hand re-sparked my flame for exercise and now I’m doing better than ever.
Her
I have no motivation. I can barely manage to get out of the bed and shower in the mornings. But this board has helped me lose 20lbs just by eating right so maybe I can get a good gym routine going too.
Health. I used to be pre-diabetic and on high blood pressure medication. Every few months I'd be hospitalized, I always felt like shit. I haven't changed my ID photo since I lost weight so it will always remind me of the time I was 270.
For this feel.
Also because it's fun. I always loathed gym rats because it looked like a boring sport for brainlets, but now I cannot stop it's so good. A day without the gym feels awful.
I used to lift for women, then I got one and she constantly reminds me that she doesn't care if I lift. Took 2 years off and felt horrible.
Now I lift for confidence, strength, and it unironically makes me feel more energetic and like myself. When I didn't lift I felt like I was living in a fog
I want to marry a fit, wholesome and pure man someday
Ir's the only thing that makes me feel good about myself and makes me feel like I have direct control over it.
In a world filled with uncertainty, where your career is in the hands of greedy bureaucrats, your reputation can be destroyed with a single word by a woman and where total annihilation is a press of a button away, knowing that you have enough discipline to master yourself is (not) surprisingly encouraging
I wish I wasn't so beaten down by life. Anything and everything I've ever held dear as motivation is now ashes fallen through my fingers. If somehow I'm hit with a spark of inspiration and I feel the inner flame rising again, it's immediately doused the moment the step into my workplace and I'm reminded that I'm nothing more than a slave.
You are not your job, anon
The problem is I'm forced to have one.
so i can wear certain shirts without looking like a gay redditor
I’m not gonna die a fat c**t.
Justice.
Fat women with huge asses
*high fives you*
As a child I loved the idea of a knight/paladin and other heroic figures (but specially knights). Because of that I wanted to be like them in mind and body. So I lift for my child-self.
Also, I lift for my future wife.
Because the strong must protect the weak
I want to be the best version of myself. I want to live longer and fuller than others. I want to feel superior to others and I want them to acknowledge it. I want the women that I frick to go crazy over my body and my stamina.
>I lift so that one day, I can have an anime daughter to eat cake with
I want to lift to get the DBZ base form physique, but fricking b***hes is a nice bonus.
>I want to lift to get the DBZ base form physique
I'm glad someone else relates to this autistic shit
Besides meme/standard answers (health, memes, big) I wanna go fast
This image right here perfectly explain the joy of riding your bike, running fast, or even lifting a lot of weight. You feel weightless, like you're floating. It's a magical image I think about a lot.
And of course, the chorus to Motorbreath
>Motorbreath, it's how I live my life
>I can't take it any other way
>Motorbreath, the sign of living fast
>It is going to take your breath away
I want sexual access to increasingly young women as I myself grow older and older.
For my waif
I just want to frick slim young hot chicks look better and be stronger than other men my age and look imposing enough that no one bothers fricking with me
I'm 23 and realised it's now or never, as an unfit body in my 20s will make life hell in my 30s.
At first it was to get me through my mother's death, but now it's because I enjoy it.
For health and looks is pretty solid.
Bitches dig health and looks.