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Title: What got you into lifting?
Post by: Darren Avey on May 11, 2011, 10:18:53 AM
With me as a little kid i used to watch the He man cartoons and say "one day im gonna look like that"
Now 20 or so years later i do!!!  8)
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: Arthur Nus on May 11, 2011, 10:22:26 AM

life time naturals

i admire their honesty and integrity
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: #1 Klaus fan on May 11, 2011, 10:32:09 AM
life time naturals

i admire their honesty and integrity

x2.

Also my dad was an ex-athlete so it was easy to suggest if we could go to the gym together. Initial reason was that I wanted to be stronger on the push ups.  ;D
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Post by: mass243 on May 11, 2011, 10:35:29 AM
I wanted to be pro... FLEX magazines of my father inspired me  ;D

Years later I realized my genetics and gave up the dream. At good time as I didn't have caused too much damage to my body yet at that point.
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: Natural Man on May 11, 2011, 10:39:26 AM
my older brother didnt want to go to the gym alone, he was scared of other people in there, so he took me with him and when he quit i stuck with it. Allowed me to channel my anger and energy when i was a teen. Helped a lot to date /find /  seduce the good woman. Since then i lost interest in being the most muscular man who ever walked on earth and focus on more fulfiling things. Learned that 99% of what makes the bodybuilding/weightlifting/fitness "world" is about pure bullshits , narcistic immature uneducated assholes and fags with troubled relations with their parents.
Stopped taking supps after i understood the way steroids worked and how the people i stupidly wanted to look like managed to look that good pretending to do the stuff i was doing.
Basically i grew up.

 I still keep lifting 3 / 4 hours a week, doing the basics for arms, chest, abs, quads, only for my girl to enjoy my body when we have sex. I often showed off my muscles when i was younger, trying to impress, prove things to other men because i was insecure about my education and job position, nowadays i mostly hide them cause i dont want the attention. Surprisingly people are a lot more respectful toward me as a result and after some time always ask me how i got that "muscular" -when im absolutely not , i look like mark wahlberg when he s off steroids-. Training naturally for years is largely enough to be in better shape/healthier than most people and gives your body a tough, washed up yet impressive tone that most people wish they had. No need to be a steroided pile of water and fat that makes everyone figure in the second you re just a moron with a little dick/no education/got bullied when a kid with nothing else much.

Lots of shitty stuff related to lifting weights. So many suckers who think they re the new arnold because they got a pump in their biceps, and that they re better than everyone else just because dopamine and serotonine in their brain are at high level due to the physical effort they just produced. After some years -decades for others who are a bit slower in the head- you keep what's good and ignore all the other bullshits who make you more miserable than anything in the long run.
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: notsureifsrs on May 11, 2011, 10:49:21 AM
My father, i always remember him being so big ( he was about 270 pounds most of the time )
he brought BB to home with his heavy amounts of food, the old Ironman magazines, and always had looks and comments from people around, so since 8yo i knew that i gonna end up lifting and getting big.

Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: hrspwr on May 11, 2011, 10:53:59 AM
I was at the beach when this guy kicked sand in my face and stole my gal, I started lifting right after I hunted him down and shot him.
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Post by: Mr. Magoo on May 11, 2011, 10:55:14 AM
girls
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Post by: powerpack on May 11, 2011, 11:14:08 AM
girls
Agreed
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Post by: 2ND COMING on May 11, 2011, 11:14:53 AM
sports
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Post by: funk51 on May 11, 2011, 11:25:47 AM
played football destroyed my leg, started to lift to play again, realized i rather lift weights than destroy my leg again.
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Post by: _bruce_ on May 11, 2011, 11:47:33 AM
HeMan, Arnold, various sports on TV with built people, chicks, etc.
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: local hero on May 11, 2011, 11:51:29 AM
since i was a toddler i was always fascinated by it.... grew up watching worlds strongest man, arnie, mike tyson.... etc etc
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: Figo on May 11, 2011, 12:18:44 PM
this man's publications promoting the vitality and health of a bodybuilding lifestyle got me into training

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lots of positive role models have graced the weider mags over the decades

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Post by: bradistani on May 11, 2011, 12:24:27 PM
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Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: JasonH on May 11, 2011, 02:37:47 PM
Discovered when I was about 13 or 14 that I liked lifting weights better than running track and playing football (soccer). Stuck with it ever since.
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: Nirvana on May 11, 2011, 06:38:57 PM
Dave Palumbo
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Post by: roccoginge on May 11, 2011, 09:38:54 PM
Bruce Lee, football, and wrestling.  Track also.
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: BIG ACH on May 11, 2011, 09:41:51 PM

Watching Arnold and Van Damme movies, being picked on because I was a scrawny kid, bulking up for Football (Hand-Egg)!
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: Coach is Back! on May 11, 2011, 09:43:25 PM
Alex23's mom...when I realized I couldn't get her off me when she jumped on top :))
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: Voice of Doom on May 11, 2011, 09:49:07 PM
I got sick and fat.  Started doing cardio at the gym and after losing 50lbs decided I'd like to look like the picture of Larry Scott hanging on the wall.................sti ll would like to.

Now I use it to manage stress and depression ;D ??? :-[ :'( ;D
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Post by: kh300 on May 11, 2011, 11:13:40 PM
So I could post on getbig
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: Spike on May 12, 2011, 01:09:19 AM
the movie predator


gddamn, arnold arms and carl weathers delts and I quit basketball and pounded the weights at 14
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: The.Giant on May 12, 2011, 02:03:14 AM
He-Man, Terminator 2, WWF Wrestling, Rocky V, and Dragon Ball Z.
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: Cliff Clavin on May 12, 2011, 04:41:43 AM
I was at the beach when this guy kicked sand in my face and stole my gal, I started lifting right after I hunted him down and shot him.

ah..the original classic photo...

I got into it when i was put on house arrest when i was 15...those three months i gained 20lbs and a lifelong habit...
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: Firemuscle on May 12, 2011, 04:46:17 AM
 I started lifting because Mexican gangsters were fucking with me. They jumped me because I was hanging out with their rival gang, and they saw me wearing a red flannel shirt one day so they thought I was claiming red. But I wasn't a gang member, I was just hanging out with them because they lived on my block and I would buy weed and drugs off them.

 They would try to catch me slipping alone, then they'd push me around and punk me. Pussies. It was always 6 on 1, or 8 on 1. Never 1 on 1 like a real man.

 So I lifted hard and learned some fighting. Full of anger and the urge to get revenge.

 Then I went back and beat the shit out of a couple of them. Also shot one of them with a pellet gun, sent him to the hospital. I also got some gangsters to back me up later and we jumped them, and it all came to an end quick.

 Karma got those guys. They're either dead, in prison, or junkies.
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: Bad News Brown on May 12, 2011, 05:02:10 AM
Pumping Iron!!!!
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: jaejonna on May 12, 2011, 05:05:22 AM
I started lifting because Mexican gangsters were fucking with me. They jumped me because I was hanging out with their rival gang, and they saw me wearing a red flannel shirt one day so they thought I was claiming red. But I wasn't a gang member, I was just hanging out with them because they lived on my block and I would buy weed and drugs off them.

 They would try to catch me slipping alone, then they'd push me around and punk me. Pussies. It was always 6 on 1, or 8 on 1. Never 1 on 1 like a real man.

 So I lifted hard and learned some fighting. Full of anger and the urge to get revenge.

 Then I went back and beat the shit out of a couple of them. Also shot one of them with a pellet gun, sent him to the hospital. I also got some gangsters to back me up later and we jumped them, and it all came to an end quick.

 Karma got those guys. They're either dead, in prison, or junkies.
As real as Santa Claus riding a Unicorn to meet Biggie and Tu Pac on that Secret Island.
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: Firemuscle on May 12, 2011, 05:10:29 AM
As real as Santa Claus riding a Unicorn to meet Biggie and Tu Pac on that Secret Island.

 I grew up near Oakland Cali in the 90's when gangs were out of control there. Half the people in my high school were gang members.

 I saw a lot of crazy shit. No bullshit there.

 I mostly hung out with the punk rockers and hippie and stayed away from the gang scene. But you can't totally stay away from it.
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: funk51 on May 12, 2011, 09:59:29 AM
 ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: Ursus on May 12, 2011, 10:12:20 AM
Was always big and strong. Wanted to be bigger and stronger. Tried it, got gains quickly and enjoyed it. Kept at it.
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: Dr.Ill on May 12, 2011, 10:20:56 AM
As real as Santa Claus riding a Unicorn to meet Biggie and Tu Pac on that Secret Island.

LMAO  


Chicks!
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: GroinkTropin on May 12, 2011, 11:21:54 AM
I used to get picked on, sometimes very badly.

At 14 I weighed 110lbs at 5ft7

On my 14th birthday my step dad bought me a cheap weider weight bench/set. I didn't do much with it at first, and could not bench the 30lb bar for more than a few reps.

Then, on a family trip to pismo beach, I bought a copy of Muscle and Fitness. It was the one with this dude on the cover holding some gold dumbells and inside was an article by Andres Munzer on triceps training and some other things.

I read the thing cover to cover 100 times and when I got home I began to attack the weights. I bought every magazine I could (flex and m&f, musclemag) and began to emulate (of course) Dorian Yates.

I kicked ass, by the time I turned 16 my weight matched my age every year. At 16 I was 160lbs 17 170 18 180 then at 19 I hit 200. At 22 I got over 240 and a brief stint at 250 (not more than a few weeks)

Bodybuilding was always good to me, my body was always very good to me. I do not regret anything.
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: Earl1972 on May 12, 2011, 11:57:17 AM
I used to get picked on, sometimes very badly.

At 14 I weighed 110lbs at 5ft7

 

5'7 is pretty tall for 14, you must have been a major geek ;)

i got into lifting for the same reason every person gets into it, BODY ISSUES :D

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Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: local hero on May 12, 2011, 12:01:11 PM
5'7 is pretty tall for 14, you must have been a major geek ;)

i got into lifting for the same reason every person gets into it, BODY ISSUES :D

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i dont beleive this,,, u dont get body issues until you start... thats when u go round the bend when your dieting and look skinny in your clothes

i wanted to lift weights and look like a bodybuilder since i was a toddler


Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: FREAKgeek on May 12, 2011, 12:10:20 PM
I was at the beach when this guy kicked sand in my face and stole my gal, I started lifting right after I hunted him down and shot him.

:D
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Post by: Tito24 on May 12, 2011, 12:12:56 PM
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Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: GroinkTropin on May 12, 2011, 12:37:03 PM
5'7 is pretty tall for 14, you must have been a major geek ;)

i got into lifting for the same reason every person gets into it, BODY ISSUES :D

E

Geek not really. I played baseball for years and years, about it.

When I was 13-14, I used to wear the baggiest baseball pants I could because my legs were so fucking thin. I am not lying here- I had the body of a girl most of my young life.

Shit changed as a teenager thankfully  ;D
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Post by: James28 on May 12, 2011, 12:43:01 PM
My mate used to go and I was never interested until he got me a month free guest pass thing. Went along for the hell of it and was hooked after a week. Been hooked for 15 years now. Used to train for a sculpted body, now I train for power.
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: Cliff Clavin on May 12, 2011, 04:32:53 PM
the plastic weights filled with sand & concrete baby...lifted with them for 2 years b 4 i ever hit the iron haha...
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Post by: chunkramwell on May 12, 2011, 04:48:49 PM
This book.

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Post by: wes on May 12, 2011, 05:10:15 PM
A guy who lived in my neighborhood when I was a kid.............Chris Gordon (he`s in Pumping Iron the movie),and IFBB pro Dave Mastorakis who trained at the local YMCA back in the day(no gyms around in those days)..........looked huge and stronger than hell.

Also saw the Mentzer brothers before they were well known in the mall with Mastorakis.............. .inspiring to me as a skinny ass kid and still inspirining now as a skinny ass old man.
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Post by: dogbowl on May 12, 2011, 05:15:51 PM


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Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: wes on May 12, 2011, 05:27:10 PM
I started lifting because Mexican gangsters were fucking with me. They jumped me because I was hanging out with their rival gang, and they saw me wearing a red flannel shirt one day so they thought I was claiming red. But I wasn't a gang member, I was just hanging out with them because they lived on my block and I would buy weed and drugs off them.

 They would try to catch me slipping alone, then they'd push me around and punk me. Pussies. It was always 6 on 1, or 8 on 1. Never 1 on 1 like a real man.

 So I lifted hard and learned some fighting. Full of anger and the urge to get revenge.

 Then I went back and beat the shit out of a couple of them. Also shot one of them with a pellet gun, sent him to the hospital. I also got some gangsters to back me up later and we jumped them, and it all came to an end quick.

 Karma got those guys. They're either dead, in prison, or junkies.
::)
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Post by: The_Iron_Disciple on May 12, 2011, 05:41:36 PM
2 things :

1) Seeing bb'ing on ESPN for the first when I was a kid. I remember asking my father, " What are they ?? " I remember him saying in a lisp ( he's not gay, btw ), " They're bodybuilders ". He was obviously hinting that any man that steps on stage, oiled up in a pair of posing trunks is a homo. Lol ! * sigh * Love ya, Dad. Lol.

2) Superhero comic books !!!! ALWAYS ( and still do ) wanted to look like a superhero !! Fyi, my fav. superhero is Black Adam. ;)

Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: IrishMuscle84 on May 12, 2011, 05:47:18 PM
What got me into lifting? having body dysmorphia/muscle dysmorphia.
Title: Re: What got you into lifting?
Post by: Earl1972 on May 12, 2011, 09:43:23 PM
i dont beleive this,,, u dont get body issues until you start... thats when u go round the bend when your dieting and look skinny in your clothes

i wanted to lift weights and look like a bodybuilder since i was a toddler

that means you had body issues since you were a toddler

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