What's your Jow Forums origin story? Why did you start lifting?

What's your Jow Forums origin story? Why did you start lifting?

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aka motivation thread. we have those already

I was bored and wanted something to do besides playing video games. Now I lift for fat chicks

You're retarded.

talking about anime with retards online lost its charm when I realised that the majority of the people I was talking to most likely were over 30 with legitimate mental illness so I needed something productive to occupy my time so I don't fall into a rut again

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Got stuck on campus after class with no way home so I decided to go to the gym. 3.5 years later here I am, going 6 days a week and eating the same meal 2x a day. Pretty content with my progress but lots to be done.

i been called fat and a slow runner before, but idk why a stupid chick saying i had weak hands ticked me off so much i started the gym the next day.

And thus titty streamers were born

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I lift aimlessly because it's what I've done since high school and I have nothing better to do.

My best friend started going on Jow Forums and getting swole. I was mirin and that's basically all the motivation i needed.

>shit nigger i wish i looked that fuckin good

literally me except for asian waifu

I guess but drop the racism and Jow Forums phase

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>be me
>450lb hamplanet
>went to six flags
>too fat to go on any roller coast
>all the people waiting in line laughed and insulted me
>dropped 260lbs out of anger
>still angry all the time

p much just thought of wtf did i want to do in life,what i had achieved til then(high school and all i had achieved was sperging out,high ranks in games and being a kvirging.also had stopped martial arts training cause moneh),generally the situation was fked up and was constantly unhappy.the spring before going to uni i decided to get real w/ myself and start working out at home again.had my fathers pull up bar so it was all i needed for upper anyway since i was sort in cash.since then a lot has changed really,my father died some time later and ive still got his pullup bar where i live atm.kind of a sad and motivating piece ive got left from him with a lot of behind it from memories and related situations on health and fitness topics.

>Peter Parker was Spider-Man, went to college (where he was a TA), worked for the Bugle, wooed Mary-Jane, and helped Aunt May all at the same time
>Gwen doesn't want to work more than once a week (while sleeping?), doesn't pay rent, doesn't clean her room, and still complains to her mom

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F

>Be me
>18
>In a 2 year relationship, recently gf becomes distant
>ends up telling me that she doesn't love me anymore and that me talking about my hobbies (DnD, vidya, etc.) annoyed her
>Tells me that she disdains talking to me anymore
>Breaks up with me
>sadtimes.png
>sometimes browsed various Moroccan rug making forums but never Jow Forums
>stumbled upon you faggots a few weeks after breakup
>/sig/ told me to get my shit together
>letsdothis.gif
>joined gym, got fit by normie standards
>ended up loving the feeling of working out
>ended up liking eating better (less soda, processed foods)

ff 4 years later
>wonderful gf who loves me and takes care of herself
>now studying NASM course for personal trainer certification
>ex tried to say how sorry she was when she saw me recently
>SHOOGOBLIN.jpeg
>Now inspiring friends and family to workout and I do my best to help them maintain healthier lives
Thanks for helping me get my life on track Jow Forums I'm doing my best to pass on the help you all gave me

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Because she left me

Stumbled upon BroscienceLife one day and thought it was funny enough to hold my attention long enough to get me interested in lifting. Elgintensity, Rich Piana, The Golden One and Hafthor were the further stepping stones to being completely immersed in Jow Forums

Would have been scary but then it said asian waifu.

When I was young (12-13) I wanted to look like Goku. Then I started to lift for sports (American football) I quit, then I was trying to lift the autism away and now I lift since it makes me feel good, i plan to compete as a bodybuilder later on as well.

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Girls. Now because it's really fun

One day I looked in the mirror and decided I was really fucking ugly.
Then I did nothing about it for 10 years. Now I want to die.

>Everyone just talked shit behind my back, ignored me and said I'd never make it
>Get big
>I'm like intimidating or something despite no one ever talking to me

I mean...I guess it's an improvement

But boy, she sure is cute.

Was getting bitch tits, depressed, GF of 3 years had broken with me and Spanish chick I was banging left. Saw conversation she had in my computer with her sister, said I was handsome but a little bit too much on the fat side.

Never knew how to workout, felt ashamed of going to the gym.

Then I decided I was in the road to rock bottom. Decided to study how to workout, stumbled upon SS, devoured that shit like it was made of gains, studied some more, joined a forum a modified SS for my own goals.

Then I started going to gym religiously, lifted my out of depression, became a new man.

Stopped playing rugby, was shit posting anyway

fuark, thats very close except for the /pol and asian wife shit

Ideal for a stripper or a whore then

Same, but I somehow managed to get married.

litterally me

>Reading comic isekaishit

Shit tastes, never gonna make it

>be 18 about 8 years ago
>be really skinny, about 130 lbs
>hanging out and watching tv with huge tiddy one-itis
>MMA commercial comes on and she's literally drooling over this guy
>feelsbad.jpg
>she looks over and must have noticed that I was sad/annoyed and says "aww don't worry, you're cute though!"

Since then I grew several inches and put on about 50 pounds, meanwhile she got fat.

was at a low point in my life and i needed something were i had control to get my shit together slowly. Discipline through lifting carried me to a good mental state again
still no gf tho

How do you get that fat?

Amazing. Mad respect dude. Who the fuck said fatshaming doesn't work?

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>Still racist though
hearty chuckle.

Nice.

best on here

I got on NEET bucks and felt if I don't do anything to improve then I have truly given up. Been lifting ever since and will likely return to the work force soon.

2 years ago a friend of mine got kidney stones. I quit soda for lent and kept going. Started eating better and eventually decided to go to the gym.

STOP THIS

we're always here for you user. glad you got a happy ending. godspeed.

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>somehow made it through college
haha... no

I started lifting to make my gf at the time jealous and therefor more willing to do freaky shit, and maybe get a bit of side action as well. I continued lifting because I needed to get laid when she left me for cheating on her multiple times lmao.

I now lift to get freebies from escorts lol

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good on you brah, keep up the good work! with suffering comes growth, I'm proud that you've managed to overcome yours without being overwhelmed by it like so many others.

fight on man

tired of being fat and weak, want to be a better man than my father, maybe be able to get my oneitis

>17 5'11 90kg
>went to bed with fat chick
>realised im fat too
>donotwant.jpg
>2 months of school break
>3-5 hours of basketball/day
>-23kg
>fked up patella tendons
>can't even walk
>started lifting for rehab
>feelsgoodman

I started because i was tired of being skinny and weak.Also i ended high school on a bad note(problem with girls). Started lifting right after i ended. So far i gained 20 pounds still bulking to get arround 160-170 lbs.

Turned my depression to motivation and now i'm too angry to die

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>Ignored politics
>Still racist

This is pretty fucking close, like a Venn diagram where most of us are gonna have like 80% lap over.

>be me, 35
>never had any interest in sports
>dismissed gymgoers as vain idiots (yes, cope)
>bad back
>beer belly
>no energy
>wife's libido diminishing
>can't keep up with 10yo son

At first I just wanted to strengthen my back and lose a little belly, but it turns out exercise makes you feel (and look) awesome and now I'm hooked. Wish I'd started years ago.

My father is a degenerate drug addict who used to hit my mother and other women and went to jail while I was a child.
I want to be able to protect my friends and family from people like him.

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>be me
>6'2'' with Chad build, never paid too much attention to fitness because I never had to.
>Get older, get married.
>Get fatter and balder, wife becomes more cunty.
>Join the gym to try to get some of my glory back.
>Realize the more I'm at the gym, the less I have to be home with the wife.

Now I go 6 days a week. I don't enjoy it, but I don't actively hate it like I do spending time with that shrill cunt

That's a completely different Gwen, retard.

same except im not racist and im a semester away.
why the fuck is shit like this so accurate for us?
are we just molded by the website's culture?
i thought we were all different.

>still racist though
fuck too real, normie world would think I am the biggest racist they have ever heard if I revealed power level. honestly don't hate or even dislike anybody for their race though, feels like I genuinely transcended the idea by coming to grips with reality

Spooky close...

Because I didn't want to give up on the dream that every boy has had once in their life. Being the most powerful person in the world.

I wanted to prove everyone wrong. That im not a bitch. Or a pushover. So i started to lift,cut back heavily on marijuana. And started eating healthy

Learn to greentext nigger

well fucking done, dude. stay angry, it looks good on you.

Plethora or events.

Initial
>Be fat dyel
>Family constantly harasses me and makes fun of me
>calls me pig everyday as my nickname
>"hey pig come here and do this for us."
>etc.
>After suicide attempts of being an angsty teen I get over myself and decide to lose weight
>Start lifting and get fitter
>Weak and DYEL but lost weight so i'm happier

This is where it got serious
>See the women in my family get beaten by their boyfriends
>Single moms with shitty ideas about relationships
>I lift to avoid this fucking shit for my future kids

Other;
>One night with my dad and stepmother, my dad has a coughing fit and goes unconscious
>None of us can budge him and he's in so much pain when he wakes up he can't get up
>I stare and just stand there as he lays on the dirty floor, as a lanklet not being able to help him even get to a bed
>Next couple days none of us can help him to and from the doctor's office without getting him a cane or anything.

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I train just for the joy of training, and to carry the crushing weight of reality.

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Fuck that's me at 29

Is Gwen Poole's name not Gwen?

>Since then I grew several inches and put on about 50 pounds, meanwhile she got fat.
IITS THE CIIRCLE OF LIIFE...

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It's okay, Quentyn's giving her the Phoenix D now, she's her own woman now.

Happy for you

More or less

Don't really have one. Started consciously trying to get fit at university when I was 18, started doing martial arts, cardio, calisthenics and resistance machines with no real end goal or method. Did the above shit on and off for years before switching to a mostly powerlifting routine about eight years ago. Have had a home gym for the last 4 years so I don't need to pay money to work out or ask people how many sets they have left.

Love of your people is nothing to be ashamed of, hatred of others just for being other, that's kike shit right there.

Anybody who feels this is "spookily accurate" Google "Barnham statement"

>fat through childhood and teenage years, wasting years with sipping iced tea and playing world of warcraft
>all of my friends are huge nerds too but at least honest ones
>fat and baby face, girls ignore me for so long that i also dont give a fuck anymore
>one day, bored as fuck taking a selfie
>all i see is this huge round babyface with greasy skind and a triple chin
>so deeply disgusted with my self that i started to hate myself and immediately went to gym for a sign up
>kept going until i shredded all of it

my girlfriend broke up with me and I wanted to spite her. I started on stronglifts and my mantra, one word per rep, was "make her regret leaving you". (I know....)

years later at a house party, one of her friends told me my ex said I look much more attractive now. I also overheard my ex gossiping about how much money I earn (in a good way)

I don't know whether I achieved my pathetic goal. eventually that stopped mattering. i came to value and admire physical strength, which i suppose is why i keep lifting

I know the feeling, guy, it hurts like a bitch but it's necessary

it was really necessary, because it kept me going and it was the fuel for so many cardio and lifting hours

You probably started for the wrong reasons and your empty feelings after you "reached' your goal is proof. You recognized that though. Keep at it if it makes you happy!

-> Jow Forums

hey man fuck you too

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May I ask why you haven't split up?

Not him, but there I believe there no “wrong” reasons for lifting and getting Jow Forums, as long as you’re producing results. Wether you’re trying to impress some random thot or lifting for your Lord and Savior, as long as you keep at it. Shit, I lift for the sole reasons that I have nothing better to do and it keeps me occupied.

3 years ago
>young and hopeful
>friends that cared about me
>not that fit, but was working hard
>never brought any work home
>drew everyday, and was getting progressively better

Now
>Completely burned out on all my classes
>In a degree I have no passion for with no job prospects
>body atrophied from barely eating, feels numb most of the time
>Working out doesn't feel good anymore, but rather exasperates my lethargy
>No desire to do anything besides lay down all day

Gwen doesn't exist, but she somehow feels very real

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Good for you user taking that negativity and turning it into something positive. Don't be overprotective though- keep that in mind. You're gonna make it

>Jow Forums
What do you mean by this?

First semester of uni I was bored, lonely, and depressed, and the gym was right next to my dorm. Already pretty fit from martial arts before that though, just wanted to get BIG

got jumped by some wigger when i was 16 because i made fun of his underage gf for looking like she had down syndrome. started boxing and lifting so i could get my autistic revenge but then started enjoying both so much i forgot about it lol

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-> /lgbt/

Not that user, but it's not that easy, especially if you have kids, share a house, have shared finances etc. "I'm bored, let's break up" " Ok lol" just isn't feasible. You stick around out of obligation and the hope things will get better. Sucks, but that's (adult) life.

My boss always worked out for like 2 hrs at lunch. He said we could either work out with him or have a 1 hr lunch and then get back to work. Eventually we all gave in. Five years later I’m still lifting. Thanks Anthony.

>Have to choose between off season lifting for football or showcase hockey the summer going into freshman year of high school
>give up the stick and skates
>only about 5'10, 180, which is very small for a defensive lineman at a school that size and competition level
>told I'm to small to ever start varsity
>continuously looked over because of my size
>whatever, I'll just keep getting stronger.
>get super in to lifting
>bloatmaxxx my way to setting the school bench press record
>start varsity as a junior because you can't push around a guy that squats 500+, no matter their body weight
>Looked at by a bunch of colleges
I always found solace in lifting. It got me through all the bullshit of high school sports and taught me to only focus on myself. Its crazy to think back at how determined I was now that I'm in college

Broke up with my girlfriend.

The gym is my new girlfriend.

/the end

Dude. Quit your course and go back to doing what makes you happy. I say this as an oldfag who barely scraped through two degrees and in hindsight should have noped the fuck out of at least one of them. If as you say the qualification probably won't even improve employment prospects then I have no idea why you wouldn't gtfo. Life is too short to do things you hate for little or no reward.

>tfw no azn gf who greets me like that every day when I get home

Was a skeleton my whole life. "oh you're so skinny" "do you even eat?" "how are you alive?" from friends, family members, distant relatives, etc.

Then when I hit my late teens I started getting insecure about my body when it came to women. I was scared of sex and intimacy because I thought i'd scare every woman away looking like a fkin cartoon skeleton. And that was what pushed me over the edge.

So far i've gone from like 120 lbs to around 190 lbs (at 6'1). That's 55kg->87kg at 185cm for my EU homies

85-90kg at 185cm is exactly me. I can't imagine being 55kg. Damn. Also good job.