So, why are you working out exactly? What's the reason? Be honest, we're anonymous

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Honestly
Im too weak, sweat too much, body is so ugly.

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a lot of reasons but mainly because it improves you

You might enjoy it. Powerlifting is like video game. You grind your lifts and increase your stats pretty much every training. Proper form is important. Soon you will add 'diet' dlc which is fun and helps you save money. Sadly gym won't fill completely this void. At least gym haven't filled for me.

girls

self respect. lifestyle change. something to plan for and look forward to every week. to satisfy a need for progress and accomplishment that i'm severely lacking. i figure this will lead to other beneficial things too.

to be able to cycle long distances and also carry a lot of gear.
No reason behind this other then travel on bike really interested me from playing pokemon as a kid, there's a level of freedom there that cars can't give.

What about Fiona? Shrek, you're a fucking cheater. I'll never look at you the same.

Started for girls.
Girls are still a reason, but it has so many other benefits. Makes me happy, keeps me healthy, fixed my posture, improved my confidence, improved my discipline...

you’re being ogreaggressive

Thats why i do it, pr's are like a new high score

I hate my looks

I lift for a combination of these

1 girls obviously
2 everybody should be fit, there's literally no excuse not to be. especially when SHTF
3 health is a good reason
4 natural competition with other males

Aesthetics, health, girls. In ever changing order

For health, to not age into a frail, inmobile raising man
To be, feel, and look strong, sexy and manly
To look intimidating and not-worth-the-trouble to potential muggers/drunks looking for a fight/etc enough as to deter them

I'm hoping that I will stop loathing myself as much as I do if I can improve my body. It would also be nice to be able to out perform my Marine days, which helped me open up more as a person.

*snap*

I felt like I was getting fat when I was 14 so I started running and eating better
When Billy died I got motivated to start lifting

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the core reason is always "to better myself" yet the reason changes. Most of the times it has been to be able to prove everyone else I am stronger, just recently I started to care about myself thinking I am, hence why I am now doing strenght training. This does not mean I would not like to get a good looks and impress others by either my strenght or physique but now is not my focus at all

Lift for yourselves mainly, guys

Started for girls, now i just really want to prove myself I can lift heavier weights.

I don't know precisely. Overall I enjoy being strong and I'm afraid of being fat. But it might have something to do with low self-esteem and being bullied as a child/teen. And somedays I just go to the gym just to push away the anhedonia and the sucidal thoughts.

It's fun. I've also done it enough for my borderline autism to cement it as a routine that I need to follow. I also value physical strength as a core characteristic of a man.

Hitler

Lifting for Billy is the best reason.

Been skinny my whole life at one point the doctor wanted to report my mom that she is underdfeeding me so that has a lot of motivation also lifting feels amazing and i just couldnt stand look at myself in the mirror how i used to be

I wasn't born with thick enough skin to handle the world, so I have to lift instead

To look better, be more healthy and have better vitality whn older.
I'm married with children so IDGAF

Doesn't help with girls tho, so you'd better do anything else if that's the reason.
Face and height are all that matters

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>lifting for girls
You must be 18 to post here.

To bypass my testosterone deficiency.

Someday I plan to have kids. I don't want my kids to look at me and feel shame the same way i look at my father

I was always pretty small growing up, both height and frame. Towards the end of high school I started to work out a bit and got really into lifting the summer before college. At first it was just to get bigger and be stronger, but it kinda changed me. Then I got into self improvement my first summer in college (last year), so it was to make myself better. Now I do it for that reason and also because it's a sort of spiritual fulfillment and way to glorify God.

Sigh... to look like an anime character... that and because i'm into self improvement...sporadically...

I ran cross country and track from 8th grade until graduating college. I loved running simply cause I enjoyed it and I can always a bit faster. Always able to push myself.
But after college I got lonely on my longer distance runs; running with a team means you have guys to shit around with for 10+ miles. Makes it more enjoyable.
Decided to start lifting cause hell I've never really done it before. Turns out I am actually pretty good at it and am now doing powerlifting competitions.

Tl:Dr; I used to run, but now I lift. I like being competitive with people.

I work out for health so that when I'm old I can hopefully enjoy life to its full extent and not be bed-bound

Well, it's ok if you want to look like anime character, just don't be like those guys with transgressions who look like yokels. Don't look like this guy.

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Because its the only thing ive got going for me desu. Lifting makes me feel good inside. It helps me forget that im lonely and depressed.

started because i wasnt getting laid and wanted to look better. now its all about becoming a fucking monster

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It used to be cause I wanted to attract more babes, but now it's mostly cause I like to be fit enough to do more intense rock climbing and be able to do more outdoor stuff.

And looking good always is a confidence booster. I'm still kind of skinny fat, but now I have some muscle now.

I lift because it's a way to procrastinate on the real work I need to do but still feel like I'm doing something. I lift because I'm spinning my wheels.

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>Face and height are all that matters
If any of you faggots actually believe this shit it simply proves that you don't know any people and you are going to die alone. But most importantly it means that when this happens it's going to be your fault

It's something I can do alone and I don't have to change who I am emotionally for it to work.

Who's Billy?

why not i guess

to get back with my ex

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to crush my enemies

I found a new mindset for working out

I have too

It's what my anime girlfriend would want

Leave this place

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bugman analogy

Mostly heatlh reasons. I was always overweight my whole life. At my worse I was 245 alcoholic. So far I manage to just have 4 tall cans once a week. As if right now I'm currently at 190. Still have a gut, but working on it.

I used to lift for girls.
Since I got myself a gf I'm a powerlifter who lifts to increase his 1rm.
I'm probably autistic because I live to maximize metrics. Its also why I have a perfect gpa (I had to retake a course which I had an A instead of an A+ to do that). Some people would say I've got a problem but its the one thing that makes me happy.

Be strong,look good,feel good,and because I owe it to myself

Its the only thing that keeps my mind away from depression/suicide. If i stop lifting everything falls down, so i lift to feel better, sometimes to be happy, this keeps me alive.

sunk cost fallacy

i've been lifting for years and even though i'm not making gains anymore i don't want to lose the gains i already have

To continue to progress in my sport and prevent injury.

I want my cock to work again

>Kind of a weird feeling that this right now is my life forever. There is no woman that will swoop down to save me out of this because that doesn't happen for men
Wtf do you need a woman for? So she can take your parents home and kick you out? From one side you're glad you're healthy but on the other side you're sad because you have no poison. Do you really think you will reach eternal calm and bliss by having a woman? It is normal to feel this.
Recognise and notice how this is your body talking. Your body wants a woman, a nut recipient, someone to cuddle with. But not your mind. Your mind doesn't give two fucks about females. Search your mind for this feeling and you will see it is not there.

I want to achieve anorexic aesthetic faster.

I have an addictive personality and I've been addicted to something since 15. Weightlifting is my current drug and unlike all the others before, it is actually making me healthier. If I stop, I will just get addicted to something else (most likely worse), so I hope to keep lifting until I die

Entertainment

I started to lose weight to be more attractive.
Then I wanted to be as fit as humanly possible for the sport I started practicing in the process.
Now it's just second nature, I never wanna go back to living like I used to.

Yeah I see what you mean. That is another worry for me, if I did actually get a GF in this situation which is unlikely, that in the end if we were together for a long time and broke up that she'd be taking away half my possessions.

Where I live you don't even need to be married for you to owe a woman stuff, you just have to live together for a few years, then she is entitled to half your assets automatically, even if you never get married/official. All she has to prove is she was contributing to bills and stuff at your address for years and thats it all takes for the judge to sign away 50% of whatever you own to her in the case of a break up even if its 100% not official, just proof of defacto relationship is enough.

Then again I probably dont have to worry about this because no woman will ever want a guy like me even if I have inheritance money and a paid off large home that i'll get from parents.

Unironically, the challenge and the pain.

To be fit enough to end him.

I want a genuine no-homo-bromance that isn't sexual.

Severe feelings of inadequacy

Is anyone else HORRIFIED at the miami mutilator? Truly the most charming and intriguing serial killer of our time.

Thats nice, wish you luck

I Just want to look like a god

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Multiple reasons
Physical health
Mental health
And also aesthetics

Well I used to be fat so reason 1 was to look attractive with a shirt off... a-and maybe my underwear off too.
other than that
>want to be healthy in my older years so I can be active around my children and grandchildren
>want to feel superior to the lardasses I see every day
>want to jack off to sweaty anime girls in fitness gear
>want to live to be at least 107 so I can gloat about how I lived in 3 different centuries, was around for the entirety of the 21st century, etc

Well then, problem solved. Don't get a woman, and if you have strong sexual desire, you can always meditate or go out and have sex with a stranger, which is always a hard and frustrating effort, even for normies
But you see, your easiest bet is to not have the desire at all, because he who needs less is wealthier than he who has more!

I'm really depressed and have pretty bad anxiety. It doesn't help any but at this point I've been doing it for so long that I might as well keep at it because it can't hurt.

Also, what country do you live in if you don't mind me asking

perhaps shell love me.i dont know if this is the exact reason tho to be honest. i want some poon in general and strength, of course to not be ashamed of my body as well.

Because a lot of people online said it helps with depression. Hasn't helped with mental aspect at all but at least don't feel embarassed when have to carry stuff in front of people.

Thanks user. I just want to cradle a gymbro and cuddle him, no homo of course.

For guys and myself. I don’t like what I see in the mirror so I want to change it.

I actually enjoy lifting and the accomplishment of progression. The size is just a bonus. Also, lifting at 6'2 allows you to eat so much without really gaining much fat. My maintenance if I exercise like 5-6 times a week is estimated around 3800 calories.

I think it's fun

Gf of nearly 2 years (anniversary was going to be end of August) just dumped me outta no where. Said she needed to get in a better mindset & always put me before her so she needs time for herself.

Always worked out, not the best looking body cause I haven’t followed a real program (bro splits) im pretty damn slim 150lbs

so now I’m making an Instagram to track my progress & give/get support from strangers.

I was incredibly scrawny and weak growing up. im hoping to fix that and make a man of myself, phsycially at least if nothing else

To be my own visual model in life , and because my family has to much heart and liver problem in history

Because if I didn't lift I'd have an entirely sedentary lifestyle and I've got to the point where I feel bad about never getting any exercise. And I know getting some kind of exercise is important for mental health.

The reason why I lift specifically is because all of my socialisation comes from Jow Forums, and therefore steers towards Jow Forums. If I had a better-adjusted social life I'd probably be training for a marathon or some shit like that, since I'm from the kind of middle-class office worker caste that considers that to be 'respectable' exercise and is inherently suspicious of any kind of weight training (which is seen as too working class I guess).

I used to be a skinny faggot and everyone would push me around because i looked weak. Also I had low self esteem and wanted to look beautiful so I maxxed everything I could aesthetically. Now im going to manipulate everyone for social gains. Being nice got me nowhere.

I don't want to get fat.
I would like to be fit, attractive and healthy

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Good luck, user.

When I was 5'8 250lbs all of my clothes which I already considered my "big clothes" were getting tight on me. I was extremely depressed and anxious to leave the house because I didn't want anyone to see how much I had let myself go. I didn't want to go out with friends because I felt ashamed for eating out when I was already severely overweight.

now im 5'8 180lbs and I'm still fat but I've put on some decent muscle and I've gone down from size 38pants to 34 and an xl shirt to a large and I feel a lot better about myself. I still want to get down to 150 or so and get pretty lean with abs before I bulk back up to put on more muscle.

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Originally girls and just generally looking good. Now I lift to leave humanity behind.