What made you serious about lifting

you're not just gonna become athletic bear mode without becoming hella fucking strong. look at the guy in that gif, he looks strong as fuck

>want to be a trooper
>depending on the area, backup requests can take up to 20 minutes depending on location
>I might get into those situations soon
>attitude of law enforcement in the area is you have to win the fight
>lifting, running and taking extra self defense classes on top of police training
>best shape of my life
I'm excited

based mom said i was getting too fat in college.

'having a gf' being a binary is a stupid way of thinking

low quality faggots see having a gf this way because they see it as a validation of "being cool" vs. "not being cool" since they aren't confident in themselves

If you are studied, ambitious, fit, wear nice clothes, and have patrician music and literature tastes, then you should be confident in yourself enough to know that you don't need to get this approval from the other sex in order to "feel cool". Wait for the girl you want, and let your friends stay with random roasties that actively make them unhappy because their self-esteem is inextricably tied up in this binary of whether or not they "made it" with girls

kill yourself tranny

wholesome af

Proud of you my man

Nah, I'd rather be killing it at the gym.

Boredom. There's fuckall to do as an adult with no money or social life.

>weeaboo friends
You should cut out those friends and participate in hobbies where you'll meet people with actual WILL and character strength. In the end weak people will always attempt to bring you down.

Minor things, but motivating nonetheless:
>obtain gf
>get to 160 pounds, kissing 150 now
and the most important
>reach Gladiator mode, going to have some armor commissioned for myself when I am worthy of it, and have about 2k to piss away

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Got sick of being picked last in PE class

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Sucks that you're always going to be a man, bro. Wasting those man gains for pleb soywoman shit because you never got therapy for your mental illness desu

>got high school gf pregnant, so I became stuck with her
>had three kids all together, who I love more than anything
>can’t really stand my wife
>become depressed and settle for minimum wage labor job and a small house
>just live life on autopilot
>looked in the mirror one day and realied I was overweight, and a sad shell of my former self
>lose 50 pounds of fat and start building muscle
>get a job as a wild land firefighter
>making just a little more money, but I’m way more happier than I was before
>haven’t made it yet, but I finally feel like I’m on the right track

idk, this female body fat distribution and secondary and tertiary sexual characteristics are doing amazing for my mental health. I can hold down a steady job and I can make friends. That sounds like an ok trade for man gains.

>this

>have beautiful, intelligent, driven gf
>be 6'3 skinnyfat vidya-addicted loser
>me and gf start having sex less
>get paranoid she's cheating
confront her
>she tells me shes not attracted to me but stays because she loves me

Only about 2 months ago so I still don't have any meaningful results. Theres no worse feeling than this

Did you kick out your wife and replace her with a better one yet? Gotta get those marital gains bro, you're dropping.

>no results
>2 months
EAT NIGGER, EAT
LEARN HOW TO FUCK YOUR GIRLFRIEND PROPERLY
GET ANOTHER FUCKING HOBBY

just end it man jesus christ.

the relationship not your life.

Second breakup, feel absolutely worthless. It happened Sunday, so we'll see if I stick to it this time.

I can't. I care about her way too much. I think if I just get my shit together she'll actually be interested in me again.

Breakups make bodybuilders

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>caring about women

Weight gain and a magical increase in my strength

A big giant crab man was terrorizing my city. He let me off cuz i was having a bad day, but the last straw came when he tried to kill some kid who drew nipples on his shell chest and he couldnt wipe it off cuz he had crab claws.

Funny you should post that pic OP, I've started getting serious about being lean so I can possibly cosplay Guts

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> relationship ends at the end up December
> absolutely devastated
> start lifting again to take my mind off of it
> entire year we were together I hadn’t lifted at all
> got a personal trainer and have been going harder than I ever had in the 5 years I’ve been lifting
> up 15 pounds for the year and don’t plan on stopping anytime soon
> been anti social focusing on grades and lifting
> go out last weekend and get comments from guys and grills on how big I’ve gotten
> feelsgood

Same here

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Looked in the mirror Freshman year of high school and saw that I had bigger tits than most of the girls in my grade.

Pics?

That was 6 or 7 years ago. The bags of sand are gone, man.

I thought you were a chick that thought her bags of sand were too big. Nevermind.

this is the attitude i'm trying to work towards
it never really clicked until I started Jow Forums though
>bought a lot of clothes like NMDs and Supreme just to "flex"
>constantly ask people what books they read just to parade my own list

looking back i realize how much of what i did was looking for external validation from others
once i started lifting i gained a hobby i could actually feel validated by myself
now that i actually look at the kind of people who wear NMDs, Thrasher, Supreme etc. they're always DYEL cringy faggots
decide that's not the kind of person i want to be anymore

these days i'm basically in cocoon mode
>almost no more /a/nime or /v/idya
>studying harder than ever before
>trying to wardrobe upgrade 2.0 to unbranded pieces, going for ivy style
>trying to read more philosophy and classics
>trying to get into jazz and classical
>sleeping and eating better than ever before

i'm not all the way there yet, but i finally feel like the pieces are fitting together

in the end, i guess i've never really gotten "serious" about lifting
if anything, lifting has made me get serious about everything else

they've sort of fallen out of my life organically since i've stopped watching /a/nime and playing /v/idya

it's oddly not that lonely though, kind of boring on rest days now though

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any advice on helping a friend do the opposite of what you do with the skellies? I caught a good friend saying exactly the same sentence i said when I waas at my most ballon level. "look you can see where the six pack is" he's super busy.

Maybe you could just state a bit about your helping process

ONE PUUUUUUUUNCH

My friend actually expressed he'd like to try that routine.

Nah. That's what made it more disturbing.

Pretty much my story. Good luck user, I think we gonna make it!

>In the end, i guess i've never really gotten "serious" about lifting
if anything, lifting has made me get serious about everything else
This is honestly so enlightened. Good job user

Seeing my father coming home drunk and cursing me off like a sailor. Talking about how I'm not worth shit and stuff like that. I cried then looked at myself in the mirror. Realized I needed to get my shit together and put on some muscle

Moved out, started a grounds-keeping company with a friend of mine, and made it my goal to hit 1/2/3/4 and go beyond. We're all going to make it.

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>Pic
>my dad could've played soccer for Australia, settled down, got fat, got hypertension and then had a heart attack

We will carry the torches that our fathers failed to carry. You can do it user. I know you can.

I’m actually trying to fuck my boss’ daughter. Wish me luck

Please dont have jim do sit ups

My father is actually a goal of mine, I want to be stronger than him. Naturally strong guy, took him to my gym because "it would be fun"
>really wanted to see how far I had to go
Turns out my dad can casually bench 300 despite not being in a gym for years. I have a long way to go fellas.

N I C E

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Won't bullshit you user, pic related popped in my head.

I'm glad you have someone to look up to, and you have a goal that's constantly reminding you to pass. Good luck brodie!

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Nothing actually. I wanted to stop being a fat fuck so I started lifting and doing cardio. I reset my progress 5-6 times because I'm lazy. Then I graduated and got a job and for some reason that motivated me to finally lose all the weight. Now I'm thinking of losing an extra 5kg even though I'm already nearly underweight so I can start bulking in September as lean as possible.

Ditto. Should we exchange schedules, as to not show up at the same cons in the next three years?

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You west coast?

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>wanted to squat 405lbs
>bulked until I could squat 440lbs
>realized I fucked up not training bench and deadlift
>squat more than I deadlift
I guess now I'm motivated to benching and diddlying a lot.

Didnt like how i looked in wedding pics. Had accepted i was a thick guy aka fat, 6'1 240. That was 10 months ago. Im only down 10 pounds total but i look and feel like a conpletely different person, been at the gym no less than 4 days a week and eating right the while time. Shame is a big motivator.

promise to yourself to never take her back. she didnt want you then and she does not deserve you now

That's a real wake up call for sure, no longer being on top. Same thing made me start cutting.

>early bloomer, popular as a young kid
>lose virginity very young, ride the wave
>stop growing at 5'9", discover Jow Forums, become introvert shut in
>all the dudes around me keep getting taller, some start lifting in high school
>all the girls and attention I used to get from them fades
>get to college
>basically invisible
>start lifting, getting more confident
>go out more, gain more friends, more random female attention
>alumni weekend everyone in my town comes back to drink and hangout
>all those girls from high school drunkenly admiring me and freaking out

begone, thots. I've ascended.

godspeed user, we're all gonna make it

Proud of you. Don't ever take her back. When you get another girl she WILL be hotter than your ex. Make damn sure of it.

Sorry for the late reply, hope you're still here.

Be honest and encouraging. Don't tell them they need to go to the gym, tell them about what the gym had done for you/ the health benefits (mental and physical). It's a "you can lead a horse to water" deal. Make them want to go themselves. Talk about where you started and where you are now. Give them something to identify with. This will strengthen your friendship and make their goals seem more attainable.

When you're there, be honest with them. I always tell my ex-skelly-entering-ottermode skelly friends something along these lines on the way to the gym for the first time: "you can roid and take supplements all you want, do a few pushups and crunches, but if you don't eat right and don't put in the work, you will not make progress. It's as simple as this: diet management, effort in the gym, and frequency/sticking with it. People look up to bodybuilders/powerlifters because their body shows a long-term dedication."

When you're there, focus on positive encouragement. Tell less, suggest more. For instance, the other day I was teaching some bros how to do squats. They were both about what you would expect for guys who only used the leg press machines. Instead of pointing out the flaws, I pointed out what they were doing right; back straight, chest out, HEEP DRAHVE, stuff like that, followed up by giving kind pointers to them in regards to what they could improve on, like depth, knees out, stance, etc, while letting them know that these things will come with time.

When they're just starting out, don't push them too hard. Wait until they think/ say they're done/maxed out, tell them to go for one more and that you'll spot them. Let them earn that sense of achievement by pushing past their percieved limits themselves.

That's the basics. Be kind, be encouraging, be honest. Hold them accountable and lead by example.

Hes right

>Be me
>Just hit good ole 1/2/3/4 with my OHP fucking my wiener hole for the last couple months
>Wear hype shit just to show I was born with a golden catheter in my veins
>People mire hard, but I do it for me and just chill and gym hard all the time
Life's good

Good effort. Surpass that degeneracy

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>actually thinks grades equals intelligence

>making fun of someone who legitimately had a mental disorder and had it treated like it should be
Neck yourself

>Treated like it should be
By making him pay out the ass to be irreversably mutilated for years, sterilizing him and causing him to suffer immeasurably in the vain hope this won't end in his inevitable suicide?
Some definition of "treatment" you have there, schlomo.

He didn't do any of that, though? He took drugs for depression and now he's fit and happy.

She took my daughter.

So I guess having a judge decide I was a pos was the motivation I need to not just get fit, but turn my life around.

As God as my witness I WILL be with her for her hs graduation.

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> losing 1 pound a month
> been at the gym no less than 4 days a week and eating right the whole time
pick one

lift harder - hate yourself so much you break pr's

Do you know what HRT is?

Today, actually. I have no idea what I'm doing, but
I've done some reading. I plan to start small with the standard 45 lbs bar and add 5 lbs every workout until I can't do it anymore.

>based mom
Kek

Technically user was right. I did take drugs to help with my depression.

Please bitch, I live in Canada. Universal healthcare means fuck you.

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What makes you think this is inherent to any interest? I know both complete losers and proud winners interested in anime and manga.

Modz?

>she took my daughter
A four word story sadder than anything Hemingway could have written.

>that 5'6" manlet is now hooked on heroin too

>life is good

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Son, I am proud.

Yep, pretty much what I'm trying to achiever right now.
Started reading a lot more like I did when I was a teen, and soon I'll start learning German and probably will get some Calculus and Discrete Math classes as well since my dream is getting a degree in cognitive sciences and I suck at math.
To be honest I'm just letting go the ideal of having a gf, I'm 26, divorced and probably too scarred for another relationship, now I'm just focusing on myself.

God speed user.

>be 5'11" ~170lb Chinese guy, 22 yr old, never worked out or played sports seriously in my life
>on 13 hour flight from Beijing to Detroit, flying economy
>while checking my bags, the attendant asks me if I can speak English
>reply that I can
>he asks if he can change my seat to the emergency exit row so I can assist passengers in case of emergency
>reply sure
>get on plane
>realize that the emergency exit row seat has extra legroom
>feelsgood.jpg
>sit next to Chinese qt, chat her up, find out that she's a teacher and 28
>halfway through the flight she falls asleep and her head rests on my shoulder
>must not move for fear of disturbing her rest or having her slam her head on something if she falls
>she wakes up after a while and we make out
>still can't fathom how that happened
>she falls asleep after, this time with my right arm around her shoulder
>almost cry because of the human contact and affection
>after a while she wakes up again, pokes my arm, and says
>"wow, you have like no muscles"
>die inside
>"uh... yeah"
>rest of flight is spent in awkward silence
>hug her awkwardly before parting ways forever

I was supposed to spend the night in Detroit and catch my flight the next day, but I thought I could go and crash at her place with the way things were going until she dropped that line on me. It's been a bit over half a year and I've been going to the gym regularly ever since and am in the best shape of my life so far. Despite all the shit that hits you in life, you can always make something out of it. We're all gonna make it, lads.

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>What made you serious about lifting
Not even 2/10 fat chicks respond to my superlikes on tinder

What the fuck I'm a chinese too but im from london and I have NEVER sat next to qties let alone girls on the plane to beijing

is $2,000 a lot of money to people?

idk i just willed that
>hey i want to look like this

>be me 17 years old
>ex gf wants closure or some stupid bullshit
>okay whatever meet up with her at our mutual’s friend party.
>we talk about parting ways and all that good stuff and i try to let her down softly.
>she asks if she can rest her head on my shoulder one last time (we’re sitting next to each other on a storm drain behind the house
>”geez user you’re so bony it just doesn’t even work”
>”heh yeah..”

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you’ll always be a man, sucks the jews got to you

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>May 2017, 19 years old, just finished semester a community college
>didn't really take any important classes just took classes to make it seem like I was still trying at school
>get a summer job at a call center, this turns out to be an awful decision
>depression gets so much worse working this job, realize if I don't get my shit together I'm gonna be like all these middle age people working a dead end job
>quit job at start of July, a few days after quitting I'm sitting at home eating Taco Bell for the 3rd day in a row
>say to myself "I can't live like this anymore"
>cut out all soda and junk, start dieting
>proceed to start lifting in August, also regained focus on my education and figured out what I wanted to do
Fast forward to now I've lost 100lbs, lift almost everyday, and I'm about to get an associates degree and I'm transferring to uni to study finance in August. Also got a gf but I want to break up with her because she's a gains goblin.
Basically I hit rock bottom and realized I needed to make changes in my life.

How can I tell you don’t actually go to the gym?

>I never got serious about lifting, but lifting got me serious about everything else
Basically fucking this and I’ve never known how to word it until now thank you user

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