Did pain get you started?

Celorza

Celorza

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This might be some of the bread and butter conversations at my gym lol...I have heard it a lot, but I'm not really social past the 2 or 3 guys I sometimes workout with at the gym, and even then I dont talk much to them...But I know I STARTED BBing because life took a sucker punch at me, and lets just say twice I was held against my freedom...I moved away and actually found a girl from my past and finally started going out with her in a new city...well after messing up and losing her , and seeing her now close to her big day with her new bf, I took up the gym...the only minutes I am calm or my mind doesnt rage or gets filled with despair is those 2 to 3 secs trying to lock a bench...or those amazing whole body pumps when doing DL or Squats...the effect of "blanking" out after like 20 mins of cardio and then noticing you have been going at it for like 30 more minutes without noticing haha...Idk , it put my life back together, and it has given me the strength to move on and forget the past scars I got due to my run ins with delinquency and the guilt of ****ing up with the one girl who I actually cared for...

idk if this goes here, or not...But hey we are a community right? Thought maybe more people like me , started all this because the pain of something in their life, or like me , the need to get stronger to overcome some ****, got them started...and then it turned into a lifestyle that we just cant live without.
 
Yeah man I feel ya. Went through a 3 year relationship break up and it got me back into the gym tearing **** up. I run into my ex every now and then and now I have an amazing new body while she is looking much fatter ;P all in all i look back and respect the pain. It's brought me something new and better
 
Yeah , same here...She grew a bit plumpier and I am now more defined and lean...Yet something you said has really rung something in my mind, it is true, this pain, more than respect...I kinda cherish this pain, it has made me stronger, and has acted as a protection from falling down again, kinda like a reminder of how much I should value the peace I now hold and the amount of strength I got thanks to it...
 
I don't have a story like that but it became sort of a habit I picked up as a side effect of playing high school football. I first got in the gym because my coach promised me a starting position if I lifted in the off season going into my sophomore year. I enjoyed being one of the big guys on campus and just stuck with it after that.
 
Iron Warrior said:
I don't have a story like that but it became sort of a habit I picked up as a side effect of playing high school football. I first got in the gym because my coach promised me a starting position if I lifted in the off season going into my sophomore year. I enjoyed being one of the big guys on campus and just stuck with it after that.
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Yeah thats one of the biggest reasons I have heard from people too! And a great one at that, some football coaches have great experience and knowledge for the gym!. I played Line Backer in high school (yeah I know I'm small and light now haha , but back in freshman/sophomore year I weighted around 155lbs) and used to pack a mean punch haha , but then again ;p every1 outgrew me and I kinda quit football for some other reasons, for some odd reason oO my best friends that were in the team , never got me to go to the gym with them haha I was always busy with school and other stuff and didnt know what I was missing out from!!
 
I think that's what make lifting and places like AM so great. Everyone has a story and people come from every different kind of lifestyle imaginable with the shared love of getting Swole ^_^
 
Pain, curiosity , ego, self preservation, challenge. Just to name a few of my reasons that come quickly to mind.
 
mikeg313 said:
Pain, curiosity , ego, self preservation, challenge. Just to name a few of my reasons that come quickly to mind.
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Yeah I can relate to that...specially to the self preservation and challenge now a days, pain was a catalyst but its more of a challenge and need to strive for more.
 
Pain didn't get me started, but the gym has always been the needed distraction when the times of heartache, stress, and disappointment arise.
 
Hah, I call it my "Sanity Maintenance". It is shear pleasure to be able to shut off the world and only have one focus in mind...moving that bar to get your reps! Endorphins work wonders too.
 
AZMIDLYF said:
Hah, I call it my "Sanity Maintenance". It is shear pleasure to be able to shut off the world and only have one focus in mind...moving that bar to get your reps! Endorphins work wonders too.
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Good call! That's funny I didnt think to mention sanity and that is one of my main motivators. Riding my bike is the only other thing that comes close to the same mental recharge.
 
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