What is your reason for training?

[tomsammce]

Hmm, for me it was my cousin who inspired me and motivated me to want to begin training to look big and lean. He was diagnosed with Crohn's disease so he started eating clean food, not drinking and began weight training (living the arnold lifestyle lol) i followed his way of doing things such as not drinking alcohol, trying not to eat junk food and training everyday, i didnt know this was bodybuilding back then... his body soon became what i wanted to look like i was 14 back then and i thought he was huge and no one could f*ck with him! lol turns out a few year later i found out he only weighed about 75kg haha its funny how when your young things always appear better than what they are... now at 33 years old hes asking me for advice and thinks i look awesome, its a funny situation... never the less thats what got me into training and i began at 15 and loved it ever since... in 2 weeks time i turn 25 so thatll be 10 years since mum bought me my first gym membership for my birthday lol

10 years is a long time! and my reasons for training have changed more than i can remember during this time and im sure they will continue changing as i progress.

[Chemo]

Escapism

Recreation

Looking Good

Performing

[nemesis]

I just wanted to get into shape incase my lung tumours were gonna need big battles. Figured Id rather face chemo as a beast than a blob!

Now I just want to be the biggest and strongest me I can be.

so you beat it?

Yep! after more tests and passes through the giant spinning donut than I care to remember, they chopped em out about 7-8 weeks ago.

They still aint quite sure what they were, but they hadnt become cancerous, so I couldn't give a monkeys!

[Grover]

reason to lift weights and get big -two teenage daughters!

Tell any prospective suitor -she crys - you cry!

No tears so far!

[HarryB]

Got tired of being the only tiny samoan so I started training when I was very young. Funny how as a teenager and into my early 20s I used to think I was pretty built, hell you had to force me to wear a shirt that wasn't 2 sizes too small, compared to when I got bigger and even shredded for comps you couldn't get me to take my shirt off. Now I am actually bigger than I ever thought I could be but I look in the mirror and it's just the same puny 13 year old kid who started training all those years ago lol. Although I do love that fact that it's pretty much the only consistent thing I have done for the last 25 year.

These days its much much less about trying to achieve anything specific and much more about just enjoying the process.

[Specter]

I am still trying to find a reason.....

[M.T]

I like to challenge myself the bigger the better.

[rimma]

to not be 60kgs

lol this.

[greemah]

so I can f*ck cunts up

[groovy]

I just wanted to be healthy when i get older and not be one of the norms in my family. Also drinking lots when your young didn't help.

So i started lifting weights and eating clean and it just feels awesome whenever im in the gym and lifting weights. Now i want get stronger.

[nate225]

so I can f*ck cunts up

EPIC FAIL! :nod:

At 105kg and having won PLing & Strongman titles (just saying I was biggish & strongish), I got my ass handed to me by a bunch of sub 75kg MMA fighters! :pfft: :grin: I had a great time, so repeated the experienced at least 20 times a week! Gracie BJJ FTW :grin:

Just saying Big & Strong don't equal tough or technical fighter. Do a fight sport if thats what you want to achieve! :nod:

[nemesis]

Hey Nate, yeah loving that BJJ mate! And its one discepline where superiour strength does help. Anyway Ryron Gracie is coming out to Auckland next month if your interested? Think my mate still has a few Spots left for the seminar? Gonna be legend-ary haha

[Android]

Hanging out in Perth with 140kg and 180kg maoris 12 years ago, wanted to be big and slow just like them.

Took me under their wing and showed me how to grow for 6 months solid.

They even put up with my aggressive attitude mid-cycle without bashing me 8) Was given all the "wrong" advice according to what we do today but it worked a treat (pyramid up and down the dose, no PCT, low dosage like 50mg/ml stuff, keep doing bucket bombs)....ahh good times.

[Andre01]

The main reason that I started to train was that despite all the dieting and losing 40kgs. I then got married and put on weight, thankfully not all of it. I had a little secret I wanted that beach body and I never had the guts to say so to my trainer back then. Therefore, last year I went back to the gym and told my current trainer that I wanted to gain some muscle and lose the flab. I wanted abs for Christmas, as a soon to be a fully-fledged health professional I wanted to practice what I preach. I weighed myself this morning and I am back to my pre wedding weight of 90kgs, and now it’s time to really focus and get rid of the rest of the fat and reveal those long awaited abs.

[greemah]

so I can f*ck cunts up

EPIC FAIL! :nod:

At 105kg and having won PLing & Strongman titles (just saying I was biggish & strongish), I got my ass handed to me by a bunch of sub 75kg MMA fighters! :pfft: :grin: I had a great time, so repeated the experienced at least 20 times a week! Gracie BJJ FTW :grin:

Just saying Big & Strong don't equal tough or technical fighter. Do a fight sport if thats what you want to achieve! :nod:

Haha yeah I am aware of this, my post was mainly joking. I am looking at taking up boxing though (and probably eventually some style ground fighting), just waiting till I start my cut so that the conditioning works for my goals rather than against

[nate225]

so I can f*ck cunts up

EPIC FAIL! :nod:

At 105kg and having won PLing & Strongman titles (just saying I was biggish & strongish), I got my ass handed to me by a bunch of sub 75kg MMA fighters! :pfft: :grin: I had a great time, so repeated the experienced at least 20 times a week! Gracie BJJ FTW :grin:

Just saying Big & Strong don't equal tough or technical fighter. Do a fight sport if thats what you want to achieve! :nod:

Haha yeah I am aware of this, my post was mainly joking. I am looking at taking up boxing though (and probably eventually some style ground fighting), just waiting till I start my cut so that the conditioning works for my goals rather than against

It was probably the tense you wrote in, "so I can", that got me to respond. If you'd have written "so I could", I would've assumed it was your historical reason for starting weights. And lets face it theres a lot of 13-16 year olds who start weights to get big cos theny believe it'll make them tougher. In a sense it probably makes you mentally tougher and helps teach you discipline.

[HarryB]

EPIC FAIL! :nod:

At 105kg and having won PLing & Strongman titles (just saying I was biggish & strongish), I got my ass handed to me by a bunch of sub 75kg MMA fighters! :pfft: :grin: I had a great time, so repeated the experienced at least 20 times a week! Gracie BJJ FTW :grin:

Just saying Big & Strong don't equal tough or technical fighter. Do a fight sport if thats what you want to achieve! :nod:

Haha yeah I am aware of this, my post was mainly joking. I am looking at taking up boxing though (and probably eventually some style ground fighting), just waiting till I start my cut so that the conditioning works for my goals rather than against

It was probably the tense you wrote in, "so I can", that got me to respond. If you'd have written "so I could", I would've assumed it was your historical reason for starting weights. And lets face it theres a lot of 13-16 year olds who start weights to get big cos theny believe it'll make them tougher. In a sense it probably makes you mentally tougher and helps teach you discipline.

So what you're saying is that I am not going to be able to bash everyone now I am bigger and stronger... that's kind of disappointing news. I best rethink my strategy!

[nate225]

Haha yeah I am aware of this, my post was mainly joking. I am looking at taking up boxing though (and probably eventually some style ground fighting), just waiting till I start my cut so that the conditioning works for my goals rather than against

It was probably the tense you wrote in, "so I can", that got me to respond. If you'd have written "so I could", I would've assumed it was your historical reason for starting weights. And lets face it theres a lot of 13-16 year olds who start weights to get big cos theny believe it'll make them tougher. In a sense it probably makes you mentally tougher and helps teach you discipline.

So what you're saying is that I am not going to be able to bash everyone now I am bigger and stronger... that's kind of disappointing news. I best rethink my strategy!

You always could bash everyone anyway Harry! :grin: Must have sucked for those kids in your class getting their lunches stolen by the worlds skinniest Samoan though? :pfft:

[Cameron_R]

I just wanted to get into shape incase my lung tumours were gonna need big battles. Figured Id rather face chemo as a beast than a blob!

Now I just want to be the biggest and strongest me I can be.

so you beat it?

Yep! after more tests and passes through the giant spinning donut than I care to remember, they chopped em out about 7-8 weeks ago.

They still aint quite sure what they were, but they hadnt become cancerous, so I couldn't give a monkeys!

Holy crap mate :shock:

Congrats. That's fucken awesome news!

For me, it started because I discovered that despite having an sedentary office job, I was getting skinnier and skinnier - I wanted to stop loosing weight and wasting away.

Now I think the competitive bastard in me has come out and I am enjoying the challenge of it all.

[HumanPerformance]

I initially started (at 13) as I was allways the skinniest kid I knew and was sick of everyone telling me how skinny I was. Then in my later teenage years I continued training as was doing alot of martial arts and wanted to able to fight as a heavyweight (muay thai) as heavyweights seemed to get all the glory and recognition. In my 20s I more motivated by the fact that I didnt want to normal or average as I thought being normal or average was the worst thing in the world. Also by this stage having a good physique had become incredibly addictive due to the attention I got, particularly female attention. These days as I near 40 its about maintaining a youthfull looking body and being in shape for my job.

[Silent One]

The only form of fitness training I enjoy.

Looking good with clothes on as well as off, is a bonus!

[nzmusclemonster]

[oldfella]

Because it's good honest hard physical work.

It's also personal and no-one can f*ck with it, just you.

[Grover]

Because it's good honest hard physical work.

It's also personal and no-one can f*ck with it, just you.

Sounds like you need to ghet a new job Old fella

[oldfella]

Because it's good honest hard physical work.

It's also personal and no-one can f*ck with it, just you.

Sounds like you need to get a new job Old fella

Yeh, I want Spectors job. :nod: