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Who or what inspired you to lift?
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Who or what inspired you to lift?
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My bullies
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My daughter, just want her to be proud of me
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>>36901064
Same here famalam.
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>>36901032
My fat parents. Never want to live with such diminished quality.
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>>36901032
just felt like telling someone but I finally hit a LMAO2pl8 squat today, but I did it for 3, so I think I have a bit more for a 1RM
Ummmm...
>Valhalla
>Aesthtics
>Dragon Ball

that's about it
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My nips poking through my shirt in hs, motivated me to lose 20 pounds in a couple month period
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>>36901032
jason blahimo is a huge inspiration. got my planet fitness membership. their monthly pizza day helps with bulking :^)
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1. I enjoy the process. I get a good high when I lift. It's fun.

2. It's just cool to see a you that is objectively better than the you yesterday. With all else being the same, it is objectively better to be strong than weak, physically.
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>>36901032

Has this comic got a new chapter yet?

Also fear of a pathetic death and self-loathing motivated me
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>>36901086
same
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>>36901032

I was chubby in highschool but had noticeably good genetics for lifting, eat like shit and smoked weed all day. I realized that being out of shape effected the way I carried myself throughout life, wanted to change that and did so. Now im a fucking machine who looks great and has a great job and cute gf. Lifting literally changed my life.
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This man
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>>36901086
fucking this.

tfw fat my entire childhood
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>>36901032

nothing inspired me..i wanted to change my fat shit body and pull hot slooots
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>>36901131
This. God bless that high.
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>>36901064
When I looked at myself and could see my ribs through my chest
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>>36901032
>i was the skinny kid
>lifting is the easiest way to see progress, which i need to not feel useless
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>>36901102
Fucking this. Terrible feeling.
I also saw some people I know waddling around and decided that either lifting or death was a better alternative
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>>36901032
Depression, probably, but now I just enjoy it.
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>>36901032
this guy right here
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>>36901032
Lifting weights helps me connect more to my God of Pain and Anger.
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>>36901086
>>36901335
these
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>>36901032
>>36902314
does the show get better? first 5 episodes or so has been a huge let down
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>>36902483
just go read the manga
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This nigga
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>>36902483
Yeah it gets better, manga is even more fucked up
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Because of oneitis and because after summer I'm going job hunting and want to look as a decent in shape than a fat neckbeard nerd. Still in uni but gonna take a intership in a company and looks could play a role in getting in because most HR are women.
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One punch man,even though I have never unironically believed in that routine. I just wanna punch stuff really hard.
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>walking around shirtless one day, fucking tall, but all skin and bones.
>laying on ground, thought of doing a push up for shits and gigs
>push as hard as I fucking could, arms wobbling and back feeling weird
>lay on the floor, coming to turns I could even lift my fucking self
>spend the next hour looking into the mirror, really looking into it, like every square inch
> felt such fucking disgust and hatred of what I saw.
>did as many knee push ups that night till i fell into a pool of sweat and passed out.
>8 years later, I can finally stare into the mirror and smile of what I am, and wonder what the future will show.
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Been skelly mode my whole life, Brosciencelife actually is what got me lifting and kept me motivated because he looks fine and is funny as hell.
Sergi Constance is the one currently keeping me strong, dudes handsome as hell.
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>come home from gorging myself at a chinese restaurant
>wanted to see how bloated I got so I looked in the bathroom mirror
>"holyshit i got abs!!"
>actually just fat rolls
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>>36901032
<<<<<
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>>36903033
Males who wear makeup are not fit to be role models or inspiration. Any male that perpetuates/embodies the feminization of men in this day and age are degenerate scum.
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I like fighting, loved it every since i was a kid. Never really realized i did, thought everyone had the same hobby. Always played fighting games, watched a shit ton of combat sports, WWE, ect. Was always too much of a pussy to fight anyone in real life, even when they treated me like shit. I realized i could be a fighter when i punched my brother in the face after a dispute over the last couple scoops of ice cream and he actually stumbled. Of course i got my ass beat and he won the ice cream but the realization stayed. Started to work out at a boxing gym and now im an amatuer starting this summer.
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I want to be able to fuck a girl whist lifting her up.
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>I was a fat fuck through my whole childhood
>find /fit/ around this time last year
>drop from 290 to 190 at 6'4
>bulk up to 230 and currently cutting
>tfw still think I'm the fat fuck 3xl shirt wearing cunt I was when in reality I wear a L now.
>tfw friends say I'm buff and swole
>tfw girls have said I'm athletic and fit
>tfw still feel like a fat slob and think I look like it as well
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>>36902483
Anime gets better later. If you're halfway through and still not into it give up on it.

If you finish it reading the Manga isnt even going to be an option, you'll feel you need to read it.

Series as a whole is pretty good but often has pacing issues after the band of the hawk and "festival" part of the series.
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When this girl started posting her nudes, I was like...Wow. How could i ever get a girl that hot unless I was shredded and successful?
2 years later, here I am. I've turned my life around, landed my dream job/career, and now I'm yoked.

Still looking for my 10/10, but when I find her, I'm ready.
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>>36901032
The stories and teachings of Musashi Miyamoto
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>>36902527
angelo?
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>>36901032
Hated being the fat guy of my group of friends, also hated feeling weak
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>>36901032
I was 26. I was tired of being a video game playing >tfw no gf faggot. 30lbs overweight. One day I was going to click on /b/, but instead, on that fateful day, I clicked on /fit/. I've been gay ever since, no homo.
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>>36901032
Divorce. Not because omg I need to find a new woman. I just needed a constructive hobby that didn't involve boozing 5/7 nights a week with my degenerate friends. Dont get me wrong I still love them but I just cant do that shit anymore. Was used to being a full-time dad/husband and I had way too much time on my hands. Reading got old quick and I've always lurked fit/b. Figured why the fuck not start lifting. Best shape of my life atm sadly at 30 years old. Went from 45% BF to 11.7% in roughly a year and change. Started with diet because I told myself I didnt want to waste time in the gym if I couldnt control my diet. Probably the most retarded thing I did during my whole recomp. dropped from 250-170 with a retarded amount of cardio. Looked like shit decided to bulk even though I was still roughly around 25-30% BF. Cut cardio and the fat kept coming off naturally and lifts had linear progression. Doing my first cut now at a 500 cal deficit kinda sucks but its whatever. Finally happy to see myself somewhat lean.
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>>36903461
Full-time dad/husband not the stay at home faggotry kind either. Forgot to put that in there. That shits for cucks.
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>>36901032
Traps
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>>36901032
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
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>>36903461
Great job. Way to become who you were meant to be.

Sorry to ask but... 250 to 170 that fast... did you get the operation yet?
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>>36901032
oh god where to begin
>fat mantitties
>gut
>bullies
>get my oneitis to notice me
tfw never got the grill
tfw still jerk off to her and nothing gets my dick up like imagining us together
mfw
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This one girl who bullied my girlfriend last year cuz she thinks she is hot shit.

She's worked out for like 2 years and she still looks like dog shit so I'm gonna blast and cruise and then beat the shit out of her and her boyfriend while making them say sorry to me
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>>36903601
nice mental illness you have there bro
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Want to be a bad ass Judo fighter
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> really strong wind
> my friends have no problem standing upright
> I almost got blown away

Then I realised I should eat and lift
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>>36903822
man is the chisel and the sculptor
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My mum getting diagnosed with hyperglycemia.
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My weak, skelly arms
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Insecurities
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>>36903089
Except makeup varies from culture to culture.

In cultures where men are expected to fight barehanded with savage beasts they wear make-up and women aren't allowed to.

I suppose they're an example of a feminized culture, though?
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>>36901032
Frank Yang, probably, and early /fit/
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>>36903898
also being a weak cuck for so long and getting tired of it
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>>36901032
a 67 year old retired special forces army captain and vietnam vet, hes my gym bro
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my graduation

>Names being called up to receive diploma
>I'm two people away from being called up
>"John Smith!"
>Typical roaring applause as John Smith steps up, shakes hands with the speaker and principle, picks up diploma, and walks back to his seat
>"Anon Bellybutton!"
>The entire stadium is dead silent
>Go through the motions, sit back down
>"Jane Doe!"
>Applause resumes

It never hurt so much in my entire life, but it was then that I decided that I would make something out of my life
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>>36903933
And the way you decided to make something of your life, is by picking up heavy things, and then putting them down?
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>>36903951
it's a start for him, much like a lot of people here
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>>36903951
It certainly boosted my physical appearance and gave me more confidence in myself. So yes, lifting has essentially flipped my life the right-way up
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>>36903951
If you lack the discipline to lift, you probably lack the discipline to do anything else
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>>36903642
Actually loose skin hasn't been an issue. It was when I dropped that fast where I had excess skin at 170, looked like absolute dogshit. I bulked from 170-200 clean and filled out quite nicely. Front squats helped fill out midsection and I engage core for every single lift I do. 5'10 192 atm 3 weeks into my cut. Lifts have have been pretty stagnant but PR'd on front squats last week. Back squat numbers went up since I've been trying to strengthen my hip flexors with front squats. Stretch marks fucking EVERYWHERE. I stopped caring soon as I got mires and started getting laid. No one paid any fucking attention to them. I now look at them as battle scars from a war I'm winning as homo as it sounds. It keeps me in a positive mindset whenever I'm assessing my body and looking for shit that needs work on. I know I've come along way and like you said I found who I was meant to be but I refuse to ever be complacent again so I'm overly harsh on myself. Tbqh senpai I'm scared of finishing this cut. Rest days are the hardest because of the additional 700 cal cut and my appetite just goes fucking crazy. In my mind maintenance eating is going to feel like the same thing in terms of hunger. Will just have to adjust accordingly when I get to that point. Looking to cut to sub 9% then do a clean bulk for the duration of summer. Thoughts, senpai?
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>>36903884
Exception not the rule.
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>>36903163
boxing is so fucking cool, I really wish I didn't have to choose between boxing and lifting. I just wanna lift and spar with people/do heavy bag work. good luck bro
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beginner lifter here,

I have little "feats of strength" that I set as short term goals, and >>36903185 is honestly one of them.
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>>36901032
My fucking health and perhaps a chance to get back with my ex
Or you know, fucking all her friends :^)
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>>36904025
Western culture is the exception.

Sorry, western culture since roughly two centuries ago.
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A good friend of mine (he's fit) has a really fat black chick (high end of obese) as his girlfriend and her friend is a huge Mexican ambulocletus (morbidly obese). I get physically disgusted when they hang around him and he gets lovey dovey with that tub of lard.

I looked in the mirror and realized I was steadily approaching what they were looking like. So I started lifting.
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Originally I did it just to impress others, but now I also do it to impress myself. This will probably be the gayest answer in the thread albeit brutally honest, but nothing feels better than staring at the mirror in the morning and being like "holy fuck I look so damn good".

A huge inspiration was betas like Elliot and being disgusted that I looked as shitty as they did.
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>>36902842
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ryan reynolds' body
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Ex left me on my birthday a couple weeks after my dog died. Started 5x5 + GOMAD that day.
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My breakup
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>>36901032
My non existent self esteem. By being somewhat in shape at least I have a little thing to be proud of.
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I want to feel superior to everybody around me
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also to compensate for my face, which will never work
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getting rejected by an average girl and suddenly having the realization that life is cruel and there is no place for feelings, only evolutionary psyche.
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Started lifting to get girls and holy shit that was a waste of time, didnt help in the slightest but rather did the opposite since now even though im smart and social people just think of me as a meathead and dont care
Still, lifting is fun
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>>36901324
5/5 bretty good
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>>36901032
stepping out of the shower and seeing such a pathetic weakling in the mirror

and dbz, specifically vegeta
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I started lifting to help with fightiing my drug addiction
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/fit/ girls turn me on and I want to look like that and schlick to myself. I'm not a dyke though.
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>>36901032
I was a twig and people kept trying to fight me

>gained fap loads of muscle
>learned basic boxing and mauy thai
>learning jui-jitsu (yellow belt)
>no one trys to fight me anymore (cept one meth head)

also to look good naked ;)
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>>36905447
>vegeta & gohan
>fuck goku
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>>36903933
>anon bellybutton.

Kek
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My shame inspires me. I just don't want to look like a weak shit anymore. I wanna be able to walk pass a group of girls with my chin held high, maintain eye contact, and just exude confidence.

I just wanna reach a point where I'm good enough for myself, cause when I'm good enough for myself I'm good enough for others. And that's all I really want outta life.
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>>36902483
Keep watching it until the end and then pick up the manga. It's a legendary series

anime: http://bakabt.me/torrent/164813/kenpuu-denki-berserk-g-p-bd-1080p-10-bit-flac

manga: http://bakabt.me/torrent/162057/berserk-scans
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>>36901032
A girl that didn't even deserve it.
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>>36902483
Episode 6 is where I got really into it.
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>>36901032
My sleep apnea
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>>36901032
Came to say best-tier manga
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>>36903461
going through a divorce here too. she didn't leave because I'm a fatass, but I realized that since I have twin boys and I don't want them to be fat like I was, I need to get in shape. I'm at the start of where you are (just 35% BF instead), but you're inspiring. GL bro, we're gonna make it
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I do it for him... He wants me to
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The rage of being constantly disappointed with myself
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>>36904065
> that picture
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A girl. Then, I realized she wasn't worthy and began lifting for myself. Also pic related.
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>>36902483
read the manga instead, berserk is legendary.
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>>36907553
> mfw reading The Illiad after gym

those fucking greeks
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Terry Bogard
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He inspires me to be more
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>>36901032
desire to have an aesthetic physique
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>>36903874
Wow those are both incredibly sad
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>be chubby kid through Elemtary and middle school.
>typical 4chan childhood. Playing vidya and watching anime n shit. General chubby dork ya know

For the record I know this is autism tier faggotry but it was all the characters from the games and series/movies n shit that I played and watched. I remember the moment when the spark to get fit ignited.

>be 7th grade summer
>up late one night playing vidya and fucking around on my computer
>see this one pic of Darth maul from a star wars comic. He's a fucking shredded cunt
>Look at it for a really long time (like ten minutes) just marveling his form
>go to bathroom, take shirt off, look in mirror- a chubby ugly body looking back at me
>"Why can't I look like that? Why can't I look like any of those guys? Why can't I be like [athletic kids]? " I think to myself
>Realize that there's no reason I can't, it's possible if I want it and if I try

I spent the rest of that summer "working out" every morning and night (push-ups, dips, sit-ups, etc) joined my school's football team that fall and actually became an okay player on my school's lacrosse team (scored one goal all season, still remember it) that spring. Didn't start getting serious about it until summer tenth grade year, but that one fucking picture of Darth maul started it all. Still haven't made it by my standards yet and I've still got a while to go but I'm damn sure on the road.
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>>36902483
It gets visceral as fuck, trust me. The art in the manga is amongst the best as well
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>>36907570
they were based as fuck. All thought male physicality was beautiful and perfect, unlike female's.
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>>36901032
I don't know why I started exercising, and I don't have an exact reason as to why I joined the Marine Corps.
I just wanted to be better than I always was.
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>>36908632
Growing up I was always fat and weak. I don't have a life, so I always thought about others' lives and what they're up to without me. I always fell for the wrong girl, too. Fucking trash.
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>>36901032
summer
also being a skelly, added 10kg since last year
was at 58 kg, currently at 68. 183 cm.
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Needing to be better than my crushes boyfriend.
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>>36903857
man cant remake himself without suffering
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This guy
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I was done being fat and out of breath after climbing stairs I also want to look prettier for girls.
Also Jean Claude Van Damme
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>>36901032
/pol/ did. Being physically unfit is degenerate and with more mudslimes coming to my homeland every day I need to be ready.
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>>36901078
I hope I know the power behind this love some day
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>>36907854
Do you still have the picture?
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>>36910126
cringe

muslims do need to fuck off though
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm0rQfcC5Vw

Literally this. I found this guy just by accident, later on i saw this video in the middle of the night and after watching it i started doing pushups and crunches. I did basic shit with dumbbels at home and joined gym ~3 months later and that's how i started lifting.
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>>36903089
>2016
>not wanting to reach your absolute potential as a human being, despite being able to do so
>we may live in the only times, where that is possible
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>>36910271
>cringe
>humans never go to war anon don't be silly
Sure m8, plus getting jumped by sandniggers is common as fuck and I don't want to be a victim of cultural enrichment
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>>36903076
This tbqhf
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>>36910324
cringe
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>>36903215
I'm sure you look great anon.
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>>36901032
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>>36910550
thanks faggot.
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>>36907392
+1 rip in protein sweet prince
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>>36901032
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>>36902483

Don't want to spoil it for you, but it's regarded as one of the best manga arcs ever written. Trust me, it gets better.
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>>36901324
is that jason bloha?
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>>36903279
Remember anon, invincible is just a word and one day, the 'spirit-of-the-thing itself' will appear to you
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>>36910228
There were a few (it was a page or two for him in one of the "encyclopedias" they made) but this is the one that stands out in my memory. Just imagine some other pics of him doing shirtless badassery and you get the idea
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I'll TRY and keep it kind of short but aside from half assing at the gym when I went with my parents every couple of months, I had no real goals of what I wanted to look like. The actually going to/finding /fit/, aside from my home board, (/k/) this has been one of the most useful and helpful boards I have found. Finally finding in my heart and mind what I want to go for: not for aesthetics or mirins in general but true raw power/strength. Being skinny and short, Bruce Lee had been a guide as well as his books and some others (Musashi's Book of Five Rings, extensive videos and other material online, etc.)and trained for a good 6 intense months in Muay Thai. Looking at the mirror, training harder and harder I can sculpt my body into the way I want to.
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>>36903089
> image of a guy who clearly takes copious amounts steroids and god knows what else
> the makeup is what makes him a bad rolemodel
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Being bullied.
I remember one time in the 4th grade, I was a complete loser. I was less aware of my position then than I am now, so it didn't bother me much. I enjoyed reading and being alone for the most part.There was this one girl who I was completely infatuated with, and I had daydreamed about dating her, marrying her, and eventually having children with her. I had told this group of guys(I later learned that they had only feigned friendship in order to bully me) how I thought that she was absolutely beautiful, and that I had plans on asking her to be my girlfriend. This turned out to be a huge mistake however, as these same people told her the very next day, and she exclaimed that I was "Disgusting", and there was "No chance in hell" that I would ever be with her. After hearing this news, I was devastated. I wouldn't even go near her out of fear of what she might say. Knowing this, the other children would surround her at recess and lunch, staring at me while I sat on the swings or at my own lunch table, singing "Anon's so lonely, he has nobody". I would sit there and attempt to prevent tears from forming in my eyes, to no avail. This marked the beginning of my bullying. It only got worse from there, until one fateful day in the 7th grade when I decided that I would begin lifting and gaining strength/size in order to show them that I was not to be laughed at.
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Losing all my friends, crippling loneliness, attempted suicide, depression and shame making me unable to live the life I want, shit relationship, no self respect, the list goes on.

Too bad things have improved so much it isn't a "do or literally die"-situation anymore. Everything is sort of paralyzingly lukewarm and I don't feel like doing anything at all.
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>>36901032
my pride/ego
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>Throughout my whole life was treated like a complete nobody
>Never unhealthy, or overweight, but was always chubby as a kid
>Was always incredibly shy, and socially awkward, only really enjoyed playing videya, and watching movies
>Was always treated like some sort of inanimate object in the room, like a chair or something
>Had very little friends going through Elementary
>Start junior high
>No girls would talk to me
>Still very little friends
> Was always secretly jealous of my dad, he was always good looking, fit, and had a shit-ton of friends
>Playing videya, and watching movies with all these muscular guys, doing amazing shit throughout my whole life
>Decide enough is enough
>Start doing a fuck-ton of push-ups, chin-ups and sit-ups
>Could barely do 10 without stopping to take a rest
>But I kept fucking going
>Always wanted to be a body-builder, until I found out about Muay Thai, when my dad took me to see a gym
>Saw one of the professional fighters doing pads
>One of the most athletic guys I've ever fucking seen
>Watch a shit-ton of Muay Thai fight on YouTube that night
>Was nervous as fuck for my first class
>Had done karate in the past, but I could tell this was a whole different league
>Class was full of people much bigger than me, but I did my absolute best to keep up with them so I could learn quickly
>Was always exhausted as fuck after each class, but in a way I was proud that I was making progress and found a sport I love
>Start looking really fucking good
>No longer chubby
>One morning, look in the mirror and see abs
>Kids now start talking to me at school
>Even girls are taking notice now
>My confidence boosted
>One of my coaches told me to do fighter's class after around a year
>Same kind of situation, everyone was way bigger than me
>Was around 5 foot 5 at the time (around 5 foot 7 and a half now)
>Worked my ass off
>Finally get my first fight
>Kid's way taller than me, like 5 foot 10, we were fighting at 130lbs
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>>36916341
>Completely gas myself out after the first round
>Manage to get a knockdown in the third to get the win
>Most proud I've ever been of myself
>Most proud I've ever seen my dad
Gonna stop greentexting now. Forgot to mention I had learned how to do machine at the gym as well, and also started running as well. I am now around 150lbs now, cutting to be 135lbs, can still see abs, but not to the definition I'd still like, but am still working to be better at fighting.
Honestly, just work hard, and find a sport that you like doing (if you like lifting, then that's fine too), and use that as an outlet to get rid off everything that's pissing you off.
I'm still not to anywhere I'd like to be, both in terms of skill, or athletic wise, but fuck, I will still try. I fucking love this sport, and my life now that I finally know what I love doing.
Pic somewhat related
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>>36903861
I feel you.
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>>36901078

>lifting for girls
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I was inspired to lift when I nearly died during a snow storm. I was (and still am) a big fat guy, and walking through waist deep snow, while 120+km/h winds were blowing in my face nearly killed me because I have shit conditioning.

Now I'm down about 15 pounds and feel better than ever. Another 80 to go m80s
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>>36901032
Terminally ill dad, Grandpa 1 and Grandpa 2. Also feeling a little weird for not putting my pretty bulky frame to good use outside of cardio up the ass and work.
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Remember as a little kid, I would always imagine myself as an adult, and that I would be strong as fuck. tfw I won't allow a betrayal of my pure childhood aspirations.
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>>36910305
I kek'd so hard when he started stripping
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I wanted to become a God
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College isn't going as well as I had hoped so I decided to better myself physically so I feel like I can achieve something more than mediocrity
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>>36901032
The thought of suplexing the bullies from high school through concrete
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>>36907650

tits like a woman. gross
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>>36901064
Been fat all my life and believed I had bullies because of what they said.

I grew up and realized it was a peer initiated attitude readjustment. I believe yours is the same
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>>36909801
Been trying to achieve this mode senpai
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>>36917018
Have some more motivation
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>>36901032
Pic related is what my goal is. The only thing that comes to mind when I think 'what inspired me to lift' (health reasons excluded).
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>>36903227
I saw movies and watched anime, but I just couldn't read manga, idk why
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>>36901064
>that guy who sang a fatty song for you after P.E while you changed shirt
Never. Again.
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Got tired of being made fun of every time I show a bit of arm for being skinny. Holocaust, skeleton, and starving remarks towards me weren't uncommon.
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>>36901032
immigrated into norway at 1 years old. we had to relocate so many times and by the time we finally had bought our own house, my family had moved about eight times. i never remained in the same place for more than about two to four years. this absolutely wrecked my self-esteem to shit and i had no lasting friendships. i lift because of bad social skills. like, maybe ill be better accepted, right?
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>>36903215
how can you be 230 @6'4" and fit in L? I can hardly fit into XL shirt 200@6'2"
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>>36917985
Norbro's will always be accepted, hope it works out Anon.
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>>36901032


Had to get my little brother to school.
We were running late, so I picked him up and ran. When I got there I was fucking reckt, could barely breathe, could not straighten out my arm without feeling the pain for two days.
I became weak as shit and did not even notice.
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>>36905211
There's a place for feelings within you.
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Hating myself.
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I'm not ugly or a manlet, I'm not even that insecure, but honestly, having a good looking gf and her male friends being all buff and ripped, kind of made me insecure. Though, didn't broke up because of this.
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>>36902483
Also after watching the anime, check out the movie remakes if you want to see fight scenes animated. They really rush shit in it though, which is why you need the anime first.

Character development takes time but can be pretty rewarding.
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Had a fat disgusting abusive stepfather and vowed to look better then him and be able to defend myself if he ever tried to put his hands on me again.

That was the first time I started lifting, when I moved away I couldn't use anger as motivation anymore so I quit for 2 years, got back into it with being better looking as a goal now and have been going strong ever since.
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Missing my entire youth (8-19) due to being obese
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>>36918050
thanks brah
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Diabetes runs in the family and most of them are fat and reliant on insulin to get by, I really don't want to be fat and sticking myself with needles just to live.
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>>36907397
Bad feelings are an awesome fuel and have made me travel miles.
Thing to beware of is ever being satisfied: got good body, work on personality, education, hygeine, whatever. People who lift shit until they are swole then call themselves a finished work of awesome are douches and always were.
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>>36911115
Pecs like woks.
Arnie, Bruce and Jean Claude have been my short duration personal saviours many times. They have flaws, like everyone does, but they are great inspirations.
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>>36916422
Posts need a montage and an 80s synth drum track. 10/10
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>>36915028
I know that feel man. Hang in there

>>36916422
nice job
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>>36905662
ಠ_ಠ

just let it happen muff diver.
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>>36903089
Mein neger.

Unless you're going tribal with the cannibals, of course.
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I was visited by a dragon, who made fun of my apperiance.
Been lifting sice than to punch him in the face if he ever dares to visit me again.
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