Author Topic: What got you into lifting? (Read 5382 times)

Firemuscle · « **Reply #25 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.

Bad News Brown · « **Reply #26 on:** May 12, 2011, 05:02:10 AM »

Pumping Iron!!!!

jaejonna · « **Reply #27 on:** May 12, 2011, 05:05:22 AM »

Quote from: BlackFlagRedStar 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.

As real as Santa Claus riding a Unicorn to meet Biggie and Tu Pac on that Secret Island.

Firemuscle · « **Reply #28 on:** May 12, 2011, 05:10:29 AM »

Quote from: jaejonna on May 12, 2011, 05:05:22 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.

funk51 · « **Reply #29 on:** May 12, 2011, 09:59:29 AM »

Ursus · « **Reply #30 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.

Dr.Ill · « **Reply #31 on:** May 12, 2011, 10:20:56 AM »

Quote from: jaejonna on May 12, 2011, 05:05:22 AM

As real as Santa Claus riding a Unicorn to meet Biggie and Tu Pac on that Secret Island.

LMAO

Chicks!

GroinkTropin · « **Reply #32 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.

Earl1972 · « **Reply #33 on:** May 12, 2011, 11:57:17 AM »

Quote from: Methyl Mike on May 12, 2011, 11:21:54 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

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local hero · « **Reply #34 on:** May 12, 2011, 12:01:11 PM »

Quote from: Earl1972 on May 12, 2011, 11:57:17 AM

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

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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

FREAKgeek · « **Reply #35 on:** May 12, 2011, 12:10:20 PM »

Quote from: 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.

Tito24 · « **Reply #36 on:** May 12, 2011, 12:12:56 PM »

GroinkTropin · « **Reply #37 on:** May 12, 2011, 12:37:03 PM »

Quote from: Earl1972 on May 12, 2011, 11:57:17 AM

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

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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

James28 · « **Reply #38 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.

Cliff Clavin · « **Reply #39 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...

chunkramwell · « **Reply #40 on:** May 12, 2011, 04:48:49 PM »

This book.

wes · « **Reply #41 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.

dogbowl · « **Reply #42 on:** May 12, 2011, 05:15:51 PM »

wes · « **Reply #43 on:** May 12, 2011, 05:27:10 PM »

Quote from: BlackFlagRedStar 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.

The_Iron_Disciple · « **Reply #44 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.

IrishMuscle84 · « **Reply #45 on:** May 12, 2011, 05:47:18 PM »

What got me into lifting? having body dysmorphia/muscle dysmorphia.

Earl1972 · « **Reply #46 on:** May 12, 2011, 09:43:23 PM »

Quote from: local hero on May 12, 2011, 12:01:11 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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