Can you pinpoint the exact moment you decided to lift?
>>36466846
when my skinny friend started and was getting stronger than me. i got mad and got bigger
>be 12 years old
>school giving free swimming lessons
>everyones gonna be there
>curls and situps everyday
Lost all fat hate files and I'm looking for the broad with the super fat forearms who was on a show. Looks like she's wearing a garbage bag suit and someone is pumping air into the suit.
>>36466846
>be 22
>gf left me
>fall into depression for 6 months, put a lot of weight
>watch my fat 100kg self in the mirror
>been lifting for 6 months, lost 20 kg
I am still a shit, just want to get better
>gf left
>half a year of nothing but drug abuse and videogames
>promised to an internet bud I would start lifting in a weak moment
I was hooked from day 1 senpaitachi
I might be a worthless piece of shit but atleast I'll be swole
>>36466846
>f told me lifting would make me better runner
>lift for 3 mos
>PR in my next race
Now, I run less and lift moar
Was talking to a friend who talked about how much this dickhead I know can lift. I want to lift more than said dickhead.
>>36467173
The Julius video?
>>36466846
>be 19
>14 year old can throw ball harder than I can
>he laughs at my pathetic man titties
>>36466846
>be fat kid
>puberty hits and suddenly much bigger than classmates
>older kids want to armwrestle in the cafeteria during breaks
>this_is_fucking_fun.png
>start lifting to get stronger
>Meet grill when 16
>toothpick/skinnyfat.jpg
>decide to get bigger
>start freeletics
>develop oneitis
>she drops me
>I whine for one year
>doing solid bodyweight routines from now on
>sign up at gym in April
>almost flunk a few subjects at uni
>got fat cause all I do is browse shit in bed + eating shit tons of candy bars
>gf at that time almost dump me
>went back home after the semester and parents almost didn't recognised me
>realised I don't live up to my potential
>read everything, decide on a routine and start lifting
>be 140lb aushwitz shit
>meet this cute girl
>date her for a while but nothing happens
>she falls in love with my bigger friend
>tfw he doesnt even lift hes just fat.
>watch zyzz video on youtube
>lol i can do that too
>16
>meet grill who likes vidya
>try to flirt with her
>gain new best friend
>I'm a weak little boy and can't stop being her friend because I have a small hope they'll she'll eventually agree to date me
>after a year of being great friends, I decide to be a complete dick and stop talking to her so our retarded friendship is broken past the point of no return
>success, she hates me now
>meet new girl
>typical "im so nerdy" attention whore
>take her to prom, then a movie
>she stops talking to me, I don't want a repeat of first girl so I ask if she actually wanted to date
>"I thought that stuff we did was as friends"
>REEEEEE.jpg
Been lifting ever since. I wouldn't say I lift for girls, but the confidence has made me less of a pussy around them.
>be 14
>first year of rugby, break my collar bone at the end of the season
>go to a week-end of beach rugby anyway
>groups of 5 in Bungalows
>best friend there is short (5'6-7 I think) but has big round aesthetic chest
>ask him about that
>says he just does push-ups every day
>recover, decide to do the same
>technique, variety of lifts and equipment gets better and better with the years
>>36466846
when i misclicked on /fit/ and read the sticky.
Mainly because it was so fucking easy.
>be britbong
>meet cute American girl at uni, but im weedy as fuck
>start lifting
>3 year anniversary next week
>always knew I was skinny
>didn't think it was that bad
>go on holiday
>mate takes a photo of me
>literally look like a white morphsuit stretched over a skeleton
I'm now 4 months in, barely any progress yet but I don't want another summer of me going "ah I wish I lifted"
>>36469366
Dubs of sweetness anon.
Congrats faggot.
>be with gf
>she is head over heels in love with me
>still not attracted to me because skinny
>we break up
Fuck, it hurts like hell to be unattractive. Every day lifting was fucking worth it.
>be 19
> 174cm 55kg
> milf auntie says; i prefer skinny boys over gorilla arm lads
im 21 now; my weight is 67 kg; ill try to get to 69/70kg at the start of summer
>>36466846
no
I've been fairly active (swimming, running, occasional school gym) my whole life, so adding the gym to it came as a natural progression
>always been kind of skinnyfat
>figure its about time to get swole
that's pretty much it.
>>36466846
Once I lost enough weight.
>14 y/o
>routine doc appointment
>step on scale
>do not like the number I saw, nor did I like my image in a mirror
>told myself I'd start one day
>tired of saying it and actually start
>buy gym membership around November/early December, beating all the NYEfags
>lose a lot of weight and become more human
>kinda off and on for the next few years
>now I'm 20 on steroids and look and feel better than ever before, doing well career-wise and go to a prestigious university
I feel like I'm making it brahs
When my ex fiancé cheated on me
>got bored of /tv/
>stumbled upon /fit/
>read some funny posts
>started reading about lifting
>bought a gym membership and basketball shorts about a week later
>went to gym with friend of mine
>can't even do fucking situps
>decide that's bunk
>start lifting a week later
>got swole af, now said girl and others are trying to fuck
>tfw my girl knows this and has stepped up her game in bed
It's a good life anons, and I want to thank you all for helping me get here.
Got laid off from work when i was 20. I woke up the next day and had nothing to do so i decided to start working out. Been lifting since then. 24 now
>>36469673
>making it
>cycling before 20 without legit consistency
Choose one senpai
I lurked for years, doing half assed attempts, until I made a bet with a friend that would confront me with my greatest fear, if I failed to change. It's working pretty well.
>browse trance on youtube
>suggested video: zyzz the legacy
>>36470573
What was the bet?
>>36470611
I'm pretty afraid of heights. I try to confront myself about it, so even if I shit my pants, I go up on towers and ferris wheels and such, but as soon as serious speed is involved, basically something in my brain shuts into complete fear mode, since I got a ton of recurring nightmares as a kid. If I fail, I have to get on one of these towers that drop you down at the top in real falling speed and my friend has to do something similar.
>around 19 or 20 years old, was always a hermit and weeb who enjoyed pretty much nothing but video games and anime
>my dad was getting back into the gym since he was getting pretty heavy
>ask to go along with him, so he puts me on the family plan
I still don't know why I decided I wanted to work out that day, it just sounded fun at the time.
zyzz
I can't remember my moment, but I remember my younger brother's
>haven't seen eachother in almost a year
>I began lifting weights months ago
>ran SS and moved to TM
>family party comes up
>sees me and goes "whoa have you been lifting weights"
>seems very interested in what I did
>wants to know about routine/programming
>fast forward 6 months
>see eachother again
>skinny brother suddenly looks like he put on 15lbs of solid muscle
He does some goofy meme shit in the gym but he's no longer skelly mode so I'm happy for him. Was cool to inspire my little bro to lift.
>senior year of hs
>fat friend wants to start going to the gym after school as a new years resolution
>go with him
>he stops going
>fuck him anyways lol he was a shitbag
>I realize I like going
>find another friend and start going on a regular basis
>we were just messing around on machines but I enjoyed the exercise
>start doing SS sophomore year of college
>now in junior year
>gonna join the 1000 lb club soon
Feels fucking good
>>36467278
soon you'll be a bigger piece of shit
fampailatachi-kun
>>36466846
>been contemplating lifting for awhile for all the obvious reasons
>last year go to visit my nephew
>hes awesome, loves teen titans, plays goldenaxe like a champ
>loves it when i grab him by the arms and swing him around.
>each year he gets a little heavier
>last year was REALLY hard to lift him
>Was afraid it'd be the last
>start lifting to prolong the inevitable
>>36471661
top kek
don't let him get too fat and you'll be able to pushpress him even while withstanding the flow of time
>>36471763
i hope he doesnt. kids skinny as fuck, really sporty and adventurous. who knows what the future holds though.
maybe one day ill teach him to lift.
>>36471661
thats cute af senpai
>>36471863
hes adorable. if this wasn't 4chan id post a picture. i cant wait to see him but i likely wont be able to til july.
> 2 weeks ago
> need to do some bullshit paper for my study
> start browsing /fit/, reading sticky, counting calories.
> "might as well just start lifting if i'm already improving my diet"
> go to a small gym, nice people, free day with a PT
> PT backs me up on Starting Strength and we spend the day practicing form and getting acquinted with all the equipment
> actually really enjoy it, a nice quiet oasis 3 times a week
>>36471882
hes lucky to have an uncle like you in his life. teach him the ways of iron l8r
>start dating qt3.14
>have lots of great sex
>year and a half later our sex has grown stale
>only get to wet my paneer once every ~2 weeks
>start lifting
>frequent/good sex again
>>36466846
>skinny skelly all my life, 6'3 and 160 lbs from age 18-24
>in ergonomics class one day, prof says dentists will all be hunchbacks by 50 if you dont exercise and consciously use correct posture
>dad calls same day, little bro took him lifting, says he is looking "huge"
>fuck fuck fuck
>go on that 4chan fitness board I kept seeing referenced on r/4chan (i know...)
>get to 200 lbs within 3 months
One day everything just sort of came together and I started my journey.
>>36472092
healthy relationship brah
>>36471952
how tf did you find a pt that actually endorses starting strength
>gf tells me she cheated on me
>1 hour later already signing up to my local gym
>been lifting for 3.5 months now, lost 5% bf, eating way better
>>36466846
>be me
>be in unhappy relationship with porky
>am also porky
>mad hot chicks don't want to fuck me
>mad my gf hardly wants to fuck me
>get in car crash
>not injured, but it affects me mentally because I'm a pussy or something.
>realize mortality
>realize I'm on track to marry a 5/10
>realize I'm a 5/10
>realize my job is a 5/10
>realize literally everything in my life is 5/10, not because of luck, or people holding me down, not because life is cruel, but because I put 5/10 effort into everything.
>vow to change
>stay with gf until 6s and 7s hit on me
>work on getting a 6/10 job, etc.....
One day at a time, brehs. And when this cycle finishes, I can try and work up to 8/10.
>be 20 and fairly rich
>see dad bod meme and actually think i could grow out leo's beard and manbun and fuck it eat everyhing and get fat, (i was relativly skinny 185cm, 87kg)
>randomly see ''why is dadbod worse than ebola'' video by broscience
>become instantly hooked on dom, he becomes my hero
>start going to fit (still not going to gym)
>decide to start gym so i could understand memes and shit
>6 months in i look better than ever, even better than in my days of playing handball and rowing
>feel good af
>77kg now looking bigger than at 87kg and abs are visible for the first time since i was like 16
>feels good
>girls start noticing me even more (not that i really ever had a problem with that)
>thanks /fit/ for changing my life
>>36466846
>Be 17
>Get sweaty because of just 1,5km walk I had to do from bus-stop to school
>Enough is enough
>Start losing weight and just recently picked up lifting.
Down 36kg ( 80lbs for muricans) I still got a long ass way till /fit/ but I think I'm gonna make it.
>family friend has wedding in Punta Cana
>whole family had to go
>had to buy an extra seat for the airplane because I was fat as fuck
>didn't leave my room much because of a combination of the heat and shame
>looked horrible in pictures
>joined a gym a week later when I got back home
>>36466846
Sure. I got dumped by a girl and felt I was about to be dumped by another one.
>>36466846
>from gf to nofg
>get diagnosed with renal failure from hereditary disease
>get on kidney transplant list
>"your wait time is pretty low, maybe 2 or 3 years"
>mfw
>decide I've got 2-3 years of NEET life to focus on getting in shape
>goal is to be so aesthetic on the day of my tranplant that the surgeon hates himself for having to cut into my beautiful body
>>36468975
routine?
>>36466846
>Bf of 2 years and I break things off, ugly end.
>antisocial depressed cunt for a year.
>Develop feelings for a friend.
>End up friends with benefits.
>Realize I've become chubby and want him to have a trophy girlfriend.
>Become lifting bros.
>Get more and more attractive as does he.
>We're finally dating.
>Go hiking, exploring and do fun active things together.
>Tfw regarded as the alpha female.
Feels so good to be desired and have a partner in life who shares the same interests and will work hard with you. Will be as hot as I can for him as long as possible. Being a chubby girl is shit.
My dick stopped working at 16 started lifting at 18 hoping it would fix the problem by getting more active turns out I have a dorsal vein leak and I have to take viagra to get hard now.
>>36474676
Pics or you're a trap
>>36474906
>tfw no qt trap fwb as obsessed with becoming more attractive as I am to go exploring and do fun things with
>get job
>people make remarks about my weight
>boss asks if I have a disease
>customer makes fun of how small I am
>boss always talking about food / nutrients and brings up his sister who died of anorexia
That shitty job is one of the best things that happened to me i guess
>>36466846
>17
>200 pounds at 6'2
>friend starts dating a girl I like
>go to a party with said friend and his gf
>he fucks her at the party
>decide that day that I'm going to lose weight, go to university, get ripped and get a good job
>did exactly that
>find out that the girl I had a crush on was a huge slut in university and got herpes
>January this year
>got extremely drunk, blacked out
>apparently I spent most of the night crying
>disgusted with myself
>don't know how to start so I come to /fit/ and read the sticky
>start eating healthier, running, and lifting
>never felt better in my entire life
>greatest decision I've ever made
>>36467278
If you're swole, you'll never be worthless.
Jacked dudes will always have a place at society's table.
>>36469192
beta
>never been thin growing up
>end of second year of college
>hardest and most stressful semester I've ever had, responsible for like half the work of my group and never even get properly credited.
>In this time I eat like a slob, probably eating 3-4 pizzas per week and gaining 15-20 pounds over the course of the semester.
>Take a selfie of myself as I'm going to turn in my final
>Holy shit
>You're ugly as fuck
>Look at how fat your face is
>Look at how sad your body looks
>What the fuck happened?
From that day forward I fixed my eating habits. Haven't gotten thin yet, but on my way down.
>>36469605
head over heels in love but not attracted?
>>36466846
>Can you pinpoint the exact moment you decided to lift?
Yes it was this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK2X3NSF14U
I was a fatasafatass and not interested in strengthtraining at all and I was like "muh comfy gut, I dont want a sixpack".
A friend sends me this video out of the blue. I watch it because I had nothing better to do.
And I'm kinda wondering "wait what the fuck, that guy is fat but he's strong"
Obviously that strongman isnt fat, just not a bodybuilder bodytype, but I didnt know better back then. I was like "fuck you can be fat AND strong"
A switch just flipped.
Clicked on /fit/ , saw the sticky, read the sticky.
2 days later I was in a local gym for a free day, the gym was completely full and you had to wait for everything. Came home "fuck this shit" and ordered a squatrack, bench, barbell and weights on amazon.
There's people that'll tell you "yeah depression" "girl left me" "girl I wanted" "friends" "sixpack" or something.
When people ask me why I started lifting, I usually lie, because not everyone needs to know that I'm an autist who decided to lift, because he saw a strongman with a somewhat high bf% and decided it's time to stop being fat and weak and become fat and strong.
Obviously the more I learned, the more my goals shifted. For now I'm -35kg and shooting for 10more until I'm at my goalweight, then I'll go to a doc and get bf% measurements and bloodtests and all that jazz, before deciding where to go next
I was a depressed, self-loathing, skinny fat twig, and seeing constant qt grils out and about made me want to be perfect for the love of my life. I don't ever want him to look or lust after any other women or think bad of me in the way of 'I don't need you, there are so many other women who are way better than you who wants me' I don't want him to ever raise a finger of complaint towards me, I want his complete satisfaction.
I know it's pretty insecure of me and that my so should never even have those kinds of thoughts in the first place, but I want to please him and make him feel like he's the luckiest guy in the world.
>tfw he sprouts boners for me only
feels great mane
>>36474906
I have a vagina.
>>36475271
You're not alone. I feel the same way about this girl I know.
It feels even worse when guys aren't "supposed" to feel insecure about their looks. That's fucking bullshit.
Anyway, she's what made me want to lift.
>>36466846
I just finished my last exam of the year and realized I had four months of absolutely nothing at all ahead of me. Instead of vegetating with vidja, I got a gym membership.
>>36475309
>"vagina"
My asshole can be a vagina too girly girl.
>>36475309
pls be in london
Been lifting on and off since high school. 10th grade gym class was the football coach putting us through the lifting program he used for the football team.
This time around the precipitating event was my Oneitis quit the shitty job where we worked together to try to get her dream job. I kind of had an emotional break down but it motivated me to lose weight and start lifting again.
>>36475324
but boys cant get pregnant
>>36475349
You say that like it's a bad thing.
>>36475349
>Food cost doubling for 36 weeks
>Carry some spawn from father you don't really know
>Staying up until the fuckall hours in the morning crying because you can't fit in your prom dress
>Taking pictures of your kid 24/7 and showing them to your other miserable parent friends and trade pictures as though you were trying to catch all 151
>Pretending you're happy with this little mistake on social media because now you can't do anything interesting to post about
>Spending a random 10 hours a day ripping something from my fuckbox
>You think this is a reason you have an advantage
lol
>>36475314
I agree, it is pretty shitty for the expectation for men to not feel insecure for their looks when they do, and how with women, they can look like whatever shape and be entitled to have any man at their pick. You keep doing you man.
>>36475324
>>36475349
>>36475356
>>36475417
this thread has become much better kek
>>36466846
birth of my son.
>Look in the mirror before showering
>Stretch marks on my belly and sides, and forming under my armpits
>Fuckthisshit.gif
>Lift and cardio
>>36466846
>love of my life broke my heart and kicked me while I was down
>Decided I have nothing left in life, might as well leave the world behind
>Start hitting the gym the next day, using my depression to fuel my gains
>2 months later, I'm still going strong and only getting bigger
I basically took the "I'll make her regret her decision to leave me" approach, and it was good enough to at least get me started. Now I just lift for myself because I fell in love with the hobby.
>date fat bitch in middle school
>low self esteem from being 5'4 95lbs
>get called "skinny bones-jones" by my whole family for years
>get no pussy
>find zyzz
>ohshit.png
>start curling and doing pushups and planking like twice a week
>dick around in school weightroom for like a year
>already naturally athletic from track and bench riding football
>get into hs
>join summer football program
>lift
>fast forward 1 season
>quit
>never look back
>join weightlifting team
>get stronk and lean
like it was yesterday
>be junior in high school
>school dance coming up where girls ask guys
>group of girls my friends and i always hangs out and party with creates group on facebook for dance group. going to decide exact date-couples later
>dont get the invite despite all of my best friends being in the group and hanging out with these girls all the time
>ask wtf is up
>'oh sorry anon, so and so said you didnt wanna come'
>most false statement ever, i was really looking forward to it
>realize probably got excluded cause no one wanted to get picture/be a date with a chubby slob
>end up getting pity invite couple weeks later
>decline that shit
>night of dance was the first night i lifted
wasnt the best time in my life, but i needed the wake up call
>>36475424
Lifting has really improved my confidence. I never want to stop, and go back to feeling how I did before. Haven't even been doing it for that long, either.
Hope you always feel good enough for him too, breh.
>be in 7th grade
>finish up handegg season
>approached by an 8th grade hand egg coach
>asks me if I'm interested in weight lifting in the mornings before school at the school weight room
>feel like I'm obligated and say yes
>start weightlifting with like 15 other bros
>initially thought it would be a chore but ended up enjoying it
>been doing it ever since
24 now, but shit if it wasn't comfy back then. Sure listening to my own music and doing my own workouts are nice, but there's something really nice about listening to System of a Down and shit like that while learning the basics of working out, form, and other shit.
>>36475529
Me exactly. I'll either find someone better and that likes to be more activebor be happy single. Realized I literally do not need a girl. Thought it was a necessity before.
I suffocated my dog in my sleep because I was so fat and rolled on top of him..
>>36466846
>15
>always was slightly bigger than average
>always easily put on muscle
>always been quite a fair bit stronger than average
>using aunts tredmill to train to get into para for army cadets
>see old (probably like 30 y/o) weights in the corner
>all rusted to shit
>bicep curls all the way
>take the weights home since aunt doesn't use them as uncle died recently
>buy weights from friend whos dad was one of those people who spends thousands on gym equipment, puts it in the basement, then throws years of old shit on top of it so it never sees the light of day
>next month is all bicep curls and random exercises that don't make sense
>finally buy starting strength
>make my own squat rack and stuff out of wood (it was sturdy as hell, could support a thousand pounds easy)
>the lifting commensed
within 2 weeks my squat was at 225
>>36474676
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUO9SNCBL6U
Right after I quit smoking about 2 years ago.
