how did you get in too bodybiulding?

**PC650** · 10-03-2009, 11:38 AM

Just curious too see how everyone got in too bodybuilding or powerlifting. like me i grew up on it, and followed my father.now im hooked my life revolves around my diet, my training, my rest, and my additude. and every three months my gear

**stack_it** · 10-03-2009, 11:43 AM

I grew up as skinny as they get. Got tired of being the little guy and completely changed my lifestyle at around 19 years old.

**energizer bunny** · 10-03-2009, 11:43 AM

i didnt start lifting till i was 21...........i started lifting to help with my boxing...and have allways loved training one way or another since then.....

**gymguy30** · 10-03-2009, 11:50 AM

A family member bought my a wieght bench at 13 and the rest is history. Grandfather was a boxers and I played football in highschool. I always liked being big.

**Flagg** · 10-03-2009, 11:51 AM

I wanted to impress a girl. And it worked. Only, I found I really, really loved bodybuilding and it turned into something for someone else into something for me.

**Immortal Soldier** · 10-03-2009, 11:59 AM

I was a 134 6'0 17 year old depressed kid, thought I hit up the weights for the hell of it, everyone said I would never be big and that I was wasting my time.

Well in 4 months I was at 174 (happend over teh summer) so when everyone saw me at school after summer, they were shocked everyone thought I did steroids or something but I was so clueless at that time and poor all I just ate a shit ton and lifted.

It's been bodybuilding ever sense.

**PC650** · 10-03-2009, 12:00 PM

i was a heavy boy when i was in middle school. and i always wanted the better looking chicks so i lost 70 lbs in like 3 months, since then ive been riding on the bodybuilding train.

**laduem88** · 10-03-2009, 12:02 PM

tired of being fat...its funny because my original goal was to just get skinny...i wish i could have seen what i look like today back then

**Immortal Soldier** · 10-03-2009, 12:04 PM

I am pretty sure most not if all of us did it because of self-esteem issues and image issues.

I am man enough to admit that, I have (and still do) self-esteem and image issues.

**PC650** · 10-03-2009, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by Immortal Soldier

I am pretty sure most not if all of us did it because of self-esteem issues and image issues.

I am man enough to admit that, I have (and still do) self-esteem and image issues.

true true, i find alot has to do with women thats for sure

**MuscleScience** · 10-03-2009, 12:17 PM

I was skinny and weak as a kid. I was pretty athletic but my low body weight and weakness made it hard for me to compete with other kids. Everyone in my family are manimals, I would always catch shit both at school and at home about how skinny I was. I always wanted to lift weights, I remember going with my dad to the gym at like 5 or 6 years old and him showing me how to do a lat pull down. He wasnt really into working out while I was growing up because he worked a lot. But the memory of lifting when I was younger always appealed to me. Finally at the age of 14 I started training, I vividly remember how fast my strength and coordination developed. I played roller hockey every saturday morning with a bunch of kids. One kid was always putting me on my ass with body checks. After about a month of training I remember him trying to check me like always, except this time I put him on his ass hard. I was completely hooked after that.

In highschool I started to grow some I went from 135lbs at 7% body fat at 14 to 185lbs at about 6% BF my senior year. Everyone thought by my senior year I was juicing. Back then I wouldnt have had the first clue about where to get steroids .

I always looked up to guys that where powerful and strong. I remember Arnold of course in the Conan movies, Or JCVD in Blood Sport and Lion Heart. I wanted to look like those guys. I didnt want to be a skinny bitch my entire life.

**redz** · 10-03-2009, 12:25 PM

I was into lifting weights fromt he time I was 13 but I got off course and went through some hard family times and balooned upto 241lbs with alot of bf at 17 years old. I cut down to 185lbs with crazy cardio and dieting and looked and felt incredible. My life changed for ever with that change. I was so agile I cant even explain how it felt. I could dunk a ball effortlessly which was previously impossible for me. I have always had a love of it since and am now more devoted than ever. I only wish I could spend even more time doing what I love. Amazingly I have never had friends that were into working out.

**Critical Mass** · 10-03-2009, 01:02 PM

I bought a bodybuilding magazine when I was 12 years old. And Arnold Schwarzenegger had a huge influence on me when I was young. I blame Arnold.

**peteroy01** · 10-03-2009, 01:20 PM

my step dad used to kick my ass so when i was 15 i decided to get strong so i could kick his ass one day. never got the chance though. but about every year we get really close and he starts to swell up and i swell up then he swells down. intimidation i guess. cause now we weigh about the same except for a 15% in BF difference. and ive been hooked ever since.

**PC650** · 10-03-2009, 06:40 PM

bump

**fig** · 10-03-2009, 06:55 PM

I was very skinny growing up. Sr. year of HS I was about 120 5'11". Come to think of it, I've been around 5'11" for as long as I can remember. Always felt frail and less masculine and of course had lowered self-esteem. I tried and failed at BBing probably about 3 legit times...my longest spurt being my first, which was 4 months in HS. Problem was I couldn't eat enough food to gain so no matter how much I lifted, nothing really happened.

Finally, at 25, a lot of other things settled in my life and I could really focus on it. Plus it was MUCH easier to gain weight. I have been at it well over 2 years and will not stop for a long time. Everything in my life has improved and NOT working out is now a chore. If it wasn't for overtraining, I'd be at the gym every free moment. Motivation keeps going up and up. Love it.

But yea, being a skinny turd was what got me into it.

**Hoggage_54** · 10-03-2009, 06:57 PM

Bunch of guys at my high school were juicers and were jacked, they inspired me to workout

**gixxerboy1** · 10-03-2009, 07:03 PM

i wrestled since i was 5 years old. So when i got to around 13 i starting lifting to make weight and to be stronger for wrestling. As i got older i realised girls liked it and never stopped.

**jbm** · 10-03-2009, 07:44 PM

my best friend who is a competitive bodybuilder convince my to get a gym membership and I'm now hook into it after seeing results.

**RuhlFreak55** · 10-03-2009, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by Immortal Soldier

I am pretty sure most not if all of us did it because of self-esteem issues and image issues.

I am man enough to admit that, I have (and still do) self-esteem and image issues.

yep...i was a fatty....got fed up...and wanted to be a mutha****a so bad that no one would ever look funny at me anymore much less tease me....it worked....lol

**calgarian** · 10-05-2009, 08:53 AM

I was fat then I watched Commando and rambo III . So I blame Arnold and Silvester for this......I started when I was 17.......I am 34 now going on and off since then........

**stack_it** · 10-05-2009, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by peteroy01

my step dad used to kick my ass so when i was 15 i decided to get strong so i could kick his ass one day. never got the chance though. but about every year we get really close and he starts to swell up and i swell up then he swells down. intimidation i guess. cause now we weigh about the same except for a 15% in BF difference. and ive been hooked ever since.

Sounds like the father and son on the movie hot rod lol

**PC650** · 10-05-2009, 11:46 AM

^^^x2

**warchild** · 10-06-2009, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by Immortal Soldier

I am pretty sure most not if all of us did it because of self-esteem issues and image issues.

I am man enough to admit that, I have (and still do) self-esteem and image issues.

same here

**jccnewbie** · 10-06-2009, 11:57 AM

I was always built well and bigger than everyone else, then around 11 I started playing football. I always wanted to be the biggest and hardest hitter on the field, been hitting the weights ever since.

**higherdesire** · 10-06-2009, 01:03 PM

I was 18 with a twenty piece for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon in Texas. I was 5'8" 160 lbs and good looking white kid when I got to my new home for the next nine years. It was survival instinct but that was the begining of a beautiful romance between me and the barbell bug.

**ranging1** · 10-07-2009, 01:37 AM

i was a really fat kid at 14, drastically dieted down and took up running and weights

lost 33kg within 3 n half months

then started realising i didnt like being athletic i wanna be BIG

and thus started bodybuilding

BUT agree with above definetaly a self esteem issue, however dont think i really have that anymore

pretty confident with myself now

**Friend** · 10-07-2009, 01:56 AM

Smoking dope, eating junk food and playing xbox all day everyday was getting old.

**stpete** · 10-07-2009, 04:21 AM

First, my dad. Second, h.s. football.
I was always athletic and my dad always put a ball of some sort in my brothers and mine hands and he had a weight bench. We started messing around on it when i was around 7-8. He still has a pic of me lifting some weight. I looked at it a couple years ago and there i was attempting to do a deadlift. haha...
Then h.s. football came around and it was a requirement to lift if you wanted to lift. So i started lifting on a regular basis with my friends and i loved it. Took some years off at 20 - 23, but been really serious in the last 13-14 years.

**diamond** · 10-07-2009, 06:07 AM

tried to impress the guy im seein.. now i think im more hooked than he is lmao

**thegodfather** · 10-07-2009, 05:47 PM

Skinny and depressed in high school...Hooked ever since I was a junior in HS. I let some stupid things get in the way at one point about 6 months ago, but thats squashed now.

**xavier_888888** · 10-07-2009, 06:15 PM

Stressed and depressed. I join a gym to get my stress out. Attended not join some competition and the journey starts there.

**MaNiCC** · 10-08-2009, 06:51 AM

Sat one day and thought i cant change my Looks, but can change how my body looks

Am sure like others said it starts as self esteem issues then develops into an obsession, the best one of all