>i lift, because...
it makes the depression go away
It temporarily elevates the depression
>>37391576
I hope it will get me girls
>lifting for yourself
That's the same as girls saying they wear makeup for themselves. Do they bollocks. Discuss.....
Cure my autism and social retardation.
I have no hobbies
I am a skinny bitch and tired of it
I am constantly ridiculed by coworkers, friends, and potential gf's by how skinny and lanky I am.
I will one day build my aesthetic to reach Greek God-like levels
It's the only measurable """progress""" I keep making in my life.
>>37391595
pretty much this. anyone who denies it is a closetted homo/fag
I'm a 6'4" ruski disappointing my wood chopping ancestors otherwise.
>>37391576
I need strenght to build that wall.
I'm going camping with a cutie in August who invited me and I need to look good so I can put my benis in her bagina.
>>37391595
>I hope it will get me girls
This
>Discuss
I think girls wear makeup to impress other girls because they care more about what they think
Most girls (all girls?) know they can get 95% of guys to smash em if they have no make up on and havent showered/brushed their teeth in a week
Saying girls wear make up for guys is like saying zebras eat healthy to make up a healthier meal for lions, the lions would eat anything they can
niggas be mirin
... everytime i was standing next to people, i was si much smaller than them. Even females seemed to be bigger than me. I always felt so weak with my skinny arms and wrists, tiny trapz and shoulders. I wanted that people stop looking at me and saying "look this guy how skinny he is".
I didn't even wanted that people call me muscular or goodlooking, i just wanted, that they stop calling me out for my body. I was always so embarrassed when this happened.
I just wanted to stop it. I started to lift just to fit in and be as average as possible.
>>37391576
I want to go to a festival shirtless with a crew like zyzz and pull bitches
I feel worthless and lazy if I don't.
>>37392222
Double doubles of dois confirm.
trying to cure my autism and depression.
and maybe girls will look at me.
>>37391576
because it is the only thing i look forward to, because my uni life sucks
> tfw living with a norwegian hoe, everything is fake from fake tan, fake hair, make up, disgusting hygiene
> tfw living with two dirty pajeets
> tfw living with cutie chinese but was aspie and ignored her
> tfw always took it on myself to keep flat tidy and decent
> tfw they took me for granted
so decided to cut my ties with these fucktards, hence only gym left for me
It's the only thing I have going for myself
-not super smart
-not super charismatic
+but I'm tall and if I put muscle on my tall body that gives me more worth in the world
Oh and because lifting is fun and fills the void
>>37391576
my body looks like hairy spaghetti
I just want to attract/impress people, and make myself acceptable if I happen to go after a girl
To be strong!!!
Though I realise it's pretty redundant as a computer scientist in a first world country. I think I just like the wow factor of being a 5' female who is surprisingly strong. I'll never forget the look on my bf's friends' faces the first time I went to the gym (I have good genetics, so could lift quite a lot despite no previous training)
Because I'm a narcissist and it gives me more reason to look in the mirror and feel like I'm better than everyone desu
>>37391595
>Discuss
Most of us started lifting for girls yes, however when you've been hitting the gym for a while you realise do it for yourself. You take lifting as a confidence boost and a feeling of accomplishment. You realise that while you may not have the best decisions in your job or in your life overall, you still have made the right decision to start lifting.
>>37391576
im fat
>tfw not depressed and have a loving hot gf
how do I start lifting? I'd like to be hollywood actor handsome, but I'm already handsome although a bit skelly. I'm also afraid lifting will take too much of my energies that I'm now 100% focusing on studying
I want to be a better man for my women.
>>37391576
I want to be the best possible version of myself.
>>37391595
Girls wear make up for themselves because they realize they're hideous and are slutting attention whores by nature.
Men lift to strive for a getting life in both mind and body.
Lifting is love, lifting is life.
Make up is for fags, drags, and insecure women.
>>37392611
Not gonna make it. Until gf cucks and dumps you that is.
>>37392674
I'm already making it bro, what about you?
>>37392666
>Girls wear make up for themselves
>are slutting attention whores
Soooooo they don't do it for themselves.
>>37392806
nice try rostie
>>37391576
>>i lift, because...
I want to look good for myself and my bf. Also to be healthier
>>37391576
To keep up my alpha status and to be able to protect my loved ones.
>>37391576
I have bad self esteem, and think getting bigger will improve it.
to temporarily shoo away the self hate
For the glory of Jesus Christ
>>37393094
Kyrie Eleison.
becazue assiistance helping helpers take me to gyum 3 timer a wek
I'm a cripplingly insecure person whose only material validation comes from people giving me half complements on shirtless photos i post to anonymous afghani water polo forums
I lift because I am a virgin. Hopefully my perfect body will overpower my autism.
>>37391595
>revise all eating habits and focus intensely on caloric and nutritional intake
>hold yourself to strict daily regiment of physical exertion
>study protein pathways of body, factors contributing to catabolism/anabolism, water retention, and muscle anatomy
>do it for the same reasons sloots smear paint on their face
ubermensch fantasies tbqh
To be able to live with myself... kinda.
>>37391601
this unironically worked for me
I want to be healthy and fit.
I want to look good for the person I marry, whoever they may be, as I would expect the same.
I enjoy feeling strong and having high endurance. It's great for sex, too.
>>37392765
>not lifting
>making it
>>37391616
haha this.
>>37392221
holy shit my body dysmorphia is getting bad when even zyzz doesnt look impressive to me anymore.
>>37391576
wanna be at 10% bodyfat so i can be the prettiest me
>>37391595
This is partially true, but the gains aren't something that can simply be washed away, and put on within a few minutes. They do not hide anything, or come in any style you want them to. We lift for all the benefits for ourselves, girls included.
>>37394218
I know this feel.
I used to look up to zyzzzzzy
I lift to take my country back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5a_Ca6Y3wA
>>37392572
Same. I want the wow factor of being very strong and able to do cool shit.
>>37392827
>>37392572
>implying """women"""
please get out
>>37394363
haha nice try rapfugee
>>37394390
Vad fan sa du just om mig, din lilla slampa? Du ska veta att jag gick ut med toppbetyg i Försvarsmakten, och jag har varit inblandad i många hemliga räder mot Al-Qaida, och jag har över 300 bekräftade mord. Jag är utbildad inom gorillakrigföring och jag är den bästa prickskytten i hela Sveriges beväpnade styrkor. För mig är du ingenting annat än bara ännu ett mål. Jag kommer att utplåna dig med precision vars like aldrig har skådats på denna jord, märk mina jävla ord. Tror du att du kan komma undan med att säga sån skit till mig via internet? Tänk igen, din jävel. Medan vi talar kontaktar jag mitt hemliga nätverk av spioner över hela Sverige, och din IP spåras just nu, så bäst för dig att du förbereder dig för stormen, kryp. Stormen som utplånar den patetiska lilla sak du kallar ditt liv. Du är död, grabben. Jag kan vara var som helst, när som helst, och jag kan döda dig på över 700 olika sätt, och det är endast med mina bara händer. Inte bara är jag utförligt utbildad i obeväpnad kamp, utan jag har även tillgång till hela Försvarsmaktens arsenal, och jag kommer att använda den till fullo för att förinta din eländiga röv från kontinenten, din lilla skit. Om du bara kunde ha vetat det oheliga straff som din lilla "smarta" kommentar var på väg att få ner över dig, så kanske skulle du ha hållit din jävla tunga. Men du kunde inte, du gjorde inte, och nu betalar du priset, din jävla idiot. Jag kommer skita vrede över dig och du kommer att drunkna i den. Du är död, grabben.
I wanna lose weight. I don't think I'll make it tho, but I'll try my hardest.
>>37394439
we're all gonna make it brah
I lift to become... a bigger man.
>>37391576
...because I'm hella making it.
>3 weeks ago I was struggling to do a hundred reps over the course of a day.
>yesterday I did 290 reps over the course of the day
>>37392640
My nigga
>>37394443
Thank you, man
Lots of Negroes have moved into my neighborhood and the only thing they understand is to not fuck with the fit white guys.
>>37394218
I think this only happens to us in photos because i catch myself mirin guys at the gym not even close to Zyzz when i see them in person.
I'd probably stare like a groupie if I ever saw him in real life
RIP zyzz
in preparation for the race war, I'm a Mexican living in the united States, and if Im captured by the Trump backed SS then at least I'll be able to survive by pulling my weight in the camp's im put in
>>37394765
.45 by the gut we finna some you too nigga
>>37394940
Oh, I CC (you're an idiot if you live in a place where you can carry but you don't), but my Springfield 1911 only comes out as a Letter of Last Resort.
I want to impress my oneitis
>>37394989
She won't even notice.
>>37395002
I know. But it makes me feel better.
>>37394972
i just fucked your bitch in some gucci flip flops watch out hahah
>>37391622
I have a girl and she doesn't like me lifting. But I do not plan on ditching her.
There. Destroyed your entire argument in 2 sentences.
Because I'm a thin manlet who wants to look cute and become a cum receptacle.
>>37395026
Jokes on you, I don't have a bitch and no matter how fit I get, it won't make up for the fact I look like Joseph Merrick so I will never have a gf who becomes a coal burner on the side.
I don't, I just keep saying today is the day then after work I just end up buying more beer and drink till I black out.
>>37395048
nigga i just popped a perc ima put 2 in ya chest real quick when i see you
I do it for him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6KOJpRxtnM
So I can one day be handsome and autistic.
>>37391595
I lift because I hope it will higher my chance of surviving.
>>37391576
...I used to be an unhealthy obese fuck who was going to die before 60.
Now i am healthier and stronger than i have ever been.
I lift because physical self improvement is as imperative as mental self improvement.
>>37394599
>making it
>thinks his anaerobic cardio is lifting
No joke, i literally do less reps than that when I do barbell complexes for cardio.
That shit sounds like it might even be aerobic.
Please try adding RESISTANCE to your resistance training.
When you do that, you really will be making it
>>37391583
>>37391588
how the hell did that work for you guys?
I gave up within a couple of months because I felt it was another pointless thing due to ~depression
>>37395121
The present-tense thing I had going on was a bit much so that's a fair point and I'll take it.
And I'll take that advice too.
>>37391616
wow. you just saved me a lot in psychoanalysis fees
To keep myself busy, so I won't think the bad thoughts.
>>37391576
I can.
It makes me happy
>>37391601
I have news for you anon...
>>37391576
>i lift, because...
it feels good
the answer to most behavioral questions is "because it feels good"
>>37391576
I'm getting bigger and stronger. And it makes my girlfriend lift.
>>37391576
I don't wanna be myself any more
>I wanna be someone new
>>37391576
to get stronger than my gf
When I wake up the next morning and stretch my body feels warm and fuzzy
>it's what having a woman feels like r-right?
>>37395744
No.
>>37394901
Same, except am Guatemalan. Ehh fuck it, same thing.
>>37395316
Source of pic?
Because I can't have my 2 month old daughter thinking it's ok to be hamplanet.
>>37391576
To become a LITERAL God
>>37395744
>tfw lying in bed with a new girl
>during the night was half-dreaming she was a porcelain statue because in the moonlight her skin looked so silky, like it flowed with the sheets
>she's looking into my eyes, pupils dilated
>i'm gently stroking her. Under my calloused hands she feels so smooth.
>she puts her hands around my lats and strokes my back as i fall asleep
Because I was on a night out when I was at my heaviest. It was a friend's birthday and they all went into Subway to get some food and I didnt want anything. I stood behind my friend and these girls who had come didn't realise I was on the table behind them and they started rating me and my friends. They gave me a 7/10.
7/10 are you for fucking real? I decided if I was a fat 7 I could be a fit 8 or 9.
>>37395911
does not count if shes uggo in the face f-faget
i want to please the Führer
>>37395937
>>37395937
She is ugly.
>>37395929
She was way out of my league, i have some, uh, mental issues, and i tend to become depersonalized in certain situations. My mind starts racing and I have these absurd thoughts. I kept having these thoughts that she was this statue, she seemed so peaceful and perfect. Like she had been sculpted by a true master. The biggest, blue eyes. I could get lost in them.
>>37395937
Mein Führer ist nicht pleased about your terrible lats.
>>37395967
How did you guys meet/hook up then. I'm such a homebuddy lmao.
>>37395937
>>37395953
>Not lifting for the global revolution
>>37396040
gommunism has failed every time it was tried lets try it again several times :DDDDD
>>37391583
>he depression go a
same bro
>>37396036
I worked with her, then saw her at a party. We chatted for a while. She gave me a lift home. Asked if i could crash on her couch because i was too drunk to drive.
>>37396063
Vote Birdie Sanders!
>>37396063
>>37396083
>>37391583
This
It gets your new mind off things and their nothing like lookinf in the mirror and being jacked
>>37396077
Did you hit it raw breh?
>>37391576
AESTHETICS
and my gf
>>37391576
>I hate fat women and I am making a point that if these women hate exercise and diet so much why do they worship men with a lean athletic physique
>All my friend are or ware into lifting
>I like looking jacked though admittedly I am going ottermode right know but f it ottermode beats dyel any day
>It gets my mind off other depressing things in my life when I lift all I can think about is getting jacked and all the other problem go away
>>37391576
Looking in the mirror and seeing v cut instead of love Handel's made me happy ass hell
>>37391576
>Mainly I want to be as big, strong and good looking as I can, just be better version of me as possible physically and mentally this is just the physical part, pic related
Bonuses:
>Get girls
>Make up for my lack of social skills
>Be better than other people
>Saved me from depression and I'm generally in a good mood.
>I think it's even helping me developing better social skills as time goes on
>>37391576
The mexicans aren't going to deport themselves
>>37396468
You don't even need to most Mexicans are out of shape already
>>37396468
The ghosts of the Ostfront must be avenged
>>37395860
A picturerific lego samurai quest thread on /tg/ a few days back if I'm not mistaken.
Maybe check thisisnotatrueending for lego threads?
>>37396178
nah
Preparing for the race war. Pipe bombs already fully stocked. Now all I need is a keen mind and a well trained body.
>>37397014
Beaner detected.
>>37395848
my ñaga
desu everyone lifting for girls (social pressure) can fucking die. you are the betas and you can hide behind your muscles but it would only prove even more that you've thrown your life away just to get accepted. aesthetics are the biggest giveaway for social anxiety, except if it's your job. youre no better than the 7/10 club trash slut mass product with 1cm mass produced makeup stuck to their face. be a good sheep and throw all your money into your shakes and supplies and keep thinking it'll make you feel good, meanwhile your being dominated by manlets raking in your hard earned wagecuck money.
fucking follow your dreams not social acceptance
>>37397327
>follow your dreams
Nice try zionist jews
keeps me sane
>>37391588
I think you mean alleviate, not elevate.
It's a good way to disconnect
>>37391583
it also makes you less depressed cause you have something to do by yourself
in a sense, working out at the gym is the best possible thing a lonely person can do
>>37391583
>>37397546
cant seem to press a button and depression puffs away can you guys help me on to what i should try shift my thoughts to during sets
>>37395431
I'm not sure if this is a joke or reference, but I agree 100%
>>37391576
It's a great way to clear my head and unwind after a long day at work.
I don't want to spend my dying days sitting on my ass, needing a zimmer frame to get to the toilet and unable to clean my shit off my asshole.
![Corbis_FLI0100B_350[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/DlIsdyZ.jpg "Corbis_FLI0100B_350[1].jpg")
>>37398058
Pic related, this is how I want to go out, not weak and arthritic in a care home.
Saw my grandpa the other week, when I was a kid he used to carry me around. He got weak and arthritic because he did nothing all day, now he needs help putting his fucking shoes on. Fuck that shit.
>>37397160
Thanks, I love Legos, this looked interesting
Because all I do is watch anime. I don't go out so I have nothing better to do. Might as well be buff and do nothing so it looks like I do stuff.
WHAT I LEARNED AT LIFTING SCHOOL IS
>I lift because
I hate myself so much that I figure the most agonizing thing I can do to punish myself is keeping a healthy body so I'm forced to stay in this shit state we call life, longer
Makes me hopeful that one day I will land an actual qt3.14 that actually is attracted to me and wants to have sex with me all the time.
>>37391576
I don't have anything signifigant about me
>>37396040
GIT
OUT
>>37391576
She might change her mind about just being friends.
>>37400138
Grand human though
>>37391595
If i lifted for girls i wouldnt be a powerlifter.
Pic related.
>>37400435
nigga show some dick cmon...
>>37395273
For me it's the only thing that makes depression a little less.
>>37400515
>implying there's something to hide behind that 5in phone
>>37391576
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1Corinthians 6:19
>>37391576
I lift for many reasons
Health, Admiration, Dedication
Also so that i never become fat again
>>37391576
I hate myself and my fat ass, and I want to lose weight and get in shape in the slim hope that I won't hate myself anymore.
>>37401325
>what is depth
I had to hold the phone closer to the mirror to block it out
It's fun to move heavy things and eat a lot of food.
>>37392302
/r9k/ bud
>>37400435
maybe you would actually be in shape, though
>>37401188
I never got this. I get it from running but not lifting :(
for him
>>37402403
Squat 4 pl8. Get at me.
>>37391614
this.
>>37393889
>satan goat, destroyer of gains
>>37391576
>Started lifting for girls 5 months ago
>Lost fat, gained muscle, good face gains
>Confidence off the roof. I can actually talk to strangers and make jokes
>Had sex after being a kissless virgin for 19 years
>Met another girl and were now dating
And I'm not even at goal body yet. Or even close.
>>37391576
Makes me feel good and is a fun. Also, I want to be strong for the sake of it.
>>37392169
>Most girls (all girls?) know they can get 95% of guys to smash em if they have no make up on
And they're trying to attract the top 5% dummy.
>>37391601
yeah for 10 minutes, just pop xans
I have the looks
I have the gf
I have the intelligence
I have the personality
I have the job
I have the future prospects
I have the friends
All I need now is the body.
But mainly the crippling depression and anxiety thing that this anon described
>>37391583
At first to help with weight loss
Then I realized it was fun
Then I realized I felt way better
Then I also wanted to be the best version of myself
Because I want my body to reflect my perfection.
>>37392572
>tfw no 5' cute smart girl to lift heavy weights with
>>37403465
>I have the intelligence
>I have the personality
>oh i also have a croppling mental disability
those 2 first points are lies then.
>>37397581
Headphones
>>37391576
I do
>>37391576
I have no friends and have no social interaction with anyone so I might as well improve myself so I can have a little bit of happiness despite crushing loneliness and living in an area where I cannot get a good job and not having the money to move
>recently broke up with gf, she was cool enough but was a retarded stoner
>30yo and want to settle down and have kids
>White, attractive, well paying job
>Feel unworthy of my ideal partner because I'm skinnyfat
4 weeks in, steadily losing fat and gaining muscle.
>>37403604
Depression doesn't work that way anon, no bully pls
> lift for myself because i enjoy it
> 77kg / 20% bf / intermediate lifts
> high test gf says that i'm getting too much muscle
> my chest is too big and i don't look proportionate
> she probably weighs as much as me and doesn't have any muscle
> tells me i should start lifting in "maintenance mode" to "tone" (low weight, high reps)
Gains goblin and sabotage mode kicking in? I know exactly what's happening behind the scenes.
>>37403604
Explain yourself.
>>37404156
how can you consider yourself intelligent and to have an amazing personality when you have mental problems?
>>37404156
>>37404182
not just mental problems, but crippling mental problems
>>37404182
That's like saying how can you be fit while having the flu
>>37404208
no it's like saying you're healthy when you've got the flu. you're still sick right now even if it's gonna pass
>>37404182
>>37404200
Becasue intelligence often comes coupled with hypersensitivity and anxiety that cause mental problems.
Mental problems have little bearing on whether or not your personality is a good one.
Crippling mental problems don't indicate that you're an asshole or that you're mentally retarded.
>Mfw even with all the information on the internet regarding depression and anxiety disorders, people still think these things.
>>37392625
>Romney?
>>37392208
You're going to make it, foreign bro
>>37391576
I want to intimidate manlets and numales
>>37404182
>>37404200
>>37404217
The chance to acquire depression/mental problems is higher for intelligent people.
It's why low IQ niggers, refugees etc can go around raping and robbing people without giving a fuck, it's also why chads have no such problems either.
>>37396040
Good Job Genosse
>>37391576
I want to live long enough to be with my Waifu in a matrix style VR paradise.
So uh
I go to uni in the morning and have a two hour break at 1pm. I usually nap in order to have enough energy to continue my day and do homework.
Will lifting instead of napping make me feel more energuzed?
ITT: Ways to maximize energy througout the day
>>37404429
meant to make another thread but whatever
In hopes that it might make my wife want to have sex with me again...
Its been 6 months bros, and before that it was 4.5 months :(
>>37391576
For the man in the mirror
>>37404429
nigga stop mixing concepts
Sleep and lifting are different things
Make sure you get enough rest. Whether that means sleeping 8 hours a night or 6 + one night for you doesn't matter.
Also maybe drop the caffeine if you want more consitency in your natural levels of energy. Personally, I've switched from coffee to tea and never looked back.
>>37404570
How fat are you?
>>37393133
Deus vult!
>>37391576
The race war is coming
>>37404767
170
25% bf
>>37391576
I initially wanted to get stronger to boost my self esteem. I admired people who are able to pull them self up some fucking mountains or run really fast as well as martial artists.
So I wanted to build strength, my goals were especially a strong core and being able to climb up shit and generally just not be a weak fuck as all the other maggots. Especially gymrats with their "fake strength which are just for good looks" pissed me of.
Well after seeing how good you start to look when you Lift constantly my goals also shifted a lot towards aesthetics. I still don't give a shit if it gets my pussy as I know being ripped only increases the chance small time but I see it as a bonus and of course like it when any kind of person female or male comments on my looks positively.
>>37391576
I'm tired of being ugly and fat.
I'd probably kill myself by now otherwise. Since it's getting worse I promised myself to hand in my natty card before I end it, maybe it will help.
>>37391583
First post best post
>>37405937
DEUS VULT
I lifted because I wanted to join the army.
I dropped the army thing and now I lift because I like making PRs and not being soft.
rate
i want the strength needed to have a fair chance in a fist fight
>>37403027
You're making it breh
>>37407574
>still larping as a jew knight
KEK friendo
>>37407822
Take boxing/muay thai classes for that senpai. Lifting wont do much to help you in a fight
>>37391576
I want to look hot
Problem fat guys that think they're strong?
It's a really good stress relief after a hard work day.
Oh and also i cant think about killing myself while i lift.
>>37394410
nobody speaks arabic here, fuck back to syria bitch.
i do it cuz I know she'll never have me.
>>37391576
To make me feel more masculine. As it stands I'm a tall lanky awkward guy with weird physical mannerisms. People like being my friend but I feel like I could be better.
>>37391583
The only time im not thinking about blowing my head off is when I have a pump.
>>37392587
good post thanks anon
>>37392572
the mentality of this post is a good example of why a career in software development blows, and why everyone here should stay away from CS
I lift because
>Successfully picking up heavy things gives me a raging hard-on
>I look more Chad and scare smaller males. I hope their secret resentment of me will one day motivate them to start lifting themselves
>I can fuck girls to pieces. I don't get that many opportunities, so I gotta make it count.
>>37391576
I want to be the anime
>>37397520
Your reddit is showing
I have no other redeeming qualities about myself.
>>37403814
probably, since you're at the same weight as her. Do you get attention from other females? Esp. do you ever notice them looking at you when you're out w/ her?
>>37397581
Yeah music is great. And if the workouts are intense enough, it'll take your mind off of everything else.
>>37391614
You go dude
>>37392366
Are you me?
>>37391583
>>37391588
>>37391601
I can relate.
FUCK
