Motivation - What gets you?

[MdTNT]

I was sitting around this weekend and started thinking about how in all my years (dont even ask) my motivations for training have gone round in circles. When I was younger i was motivated by self determination and rage, driven to not follow my own fathers steps I hit teh gym but in the last 30+ years those motivations have often flipped form one thing to another.

So, what kinds of motivation have driven you guys (and gals) into the gym,



Md-

 

[dorian123]

Sex with attractive women, and the option to have sex with many women at one time....

And to be bigger, stronger, faster

that's so shallow, i use to think about that same thing when I was younger and had my Peter North Penis Pump

then I grew up and so did the hair on my back-Ron Jeremy is the man:thumbsup:

 

[dorian123]

no but seriously I will go to the gym and listen to Slayer and think of some assholes that are on my shit list that I want to kick the shit out of...

hate is a very powerful motive:curse:

and of course if I have 2 or 3 good looking girls in there that will help motivate me too

anything more than 3 and forget it, unless the hate kicks in, I'm be too busy staring

 

[muscleitis]

women to want me and men to fear me

 

[dorian123]

you'll grow out of that:surprised
soon you'll get married, get old and fat like the rest of us and...well just buy a gun:coollook:

 

[Shaptown]

my father passed away when i was young.

because of this, i endeavor in everything that i do, but for some reason when the euphoric effects of lifting/cardio start to occur it puts me in a worldly state where i feel incredible.

 

[Chris250]

What motavates me is, I would like to turn professional in this sport before im 40 years old...

I started competing when i was 17 years old, and everyone has told me I have the look to do this, so I just want to live up to that...

and now at 35, I feel like im ready to step on a national stage and do some damage finally...

 

[saturn1]

My motivation is not letting the years of hard work go to waste.....thats it nowadays but back when I started It was girls, It was starting at a lanky 156lb's and constantly making gains to get my comfortable sustainable 240lb's. Eventually it bacame a religion and I didnt need motivation.....It was just the way I started my day before work.

 

[wanabbig]

i have 5 kids im not in that much of a hurry to get home. with that in mind i can always stick around and do another set and another rep. just depends on how much i think about having to go home.

 

[saturn1]

i have 5 kids im not in that much of a hurry to get home. with that in mind i can always stick around and do another set and another rep. just depends on how much i think about having to go home.

Damn! five kids and you manage to get work in! Thats what i like to hear. Most people use that as an excuse to avoid working out. I salute you sir!

 

[wanabbig]

LOL i use it to not go home right away

 

[Crazymank]

its weird. I used to have motivation for the first 15 years or so- mostly women. But I think now its just something thats a part of my life. I dont even have to want to train hard, its just deeply rooted.

Last night i was going to skip the gym. I spent all day working on the truck and taking care of a 6 and 7 year old. Making dinner, cleaning up. by 7pm i was feeling guilty cause i havent trained back in about 5 days....

so even though i was up since 6am and super tired, i went... had a kick ass workout without stimulants (wanted to be able to sleep so i could hit chest, delts, and tri hard today).

I think the worst thing that could happen to me is not being able to work out.

 

[saudades]

My motivation used to be that I was always so small in high school, and I wanted to be one of the bigger guys. Now it is looking good and staying strong in my later years. Most everyone else from high school has gone the 'get fat' route, so I'm trying my best to go the other way.

 

[dorian123]

My motivation used to be that I was always so small in high school, and I wanted to be one of the bigger guys. Now it is looking good and staying strong in my later years. Most everyone else from high school has gone the 'get fat' route, so I'm trying my best to go the other way.

yeah I hear ya, I graduated high school at a whooping 145lbs-now everytime I see my class mates (reunions, opening day of deer season, etc) everyone is a couch potato

they're happy though and that's what matters

nothing makes me happier than having sex with my girlfriend and flaring my lats as wide as I can right before climax and...:uhoh:

sorry guys I need to switch to decaf.:dizzy:
5th cup today-gotta hit chest

FUCK THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME!:laugh:

 

[dorian123]

What motavates me is, I would like to turn professional in this sport before im 40 years old...

I started competing when i was 17 years old, and everyone has told me I have the look to do this, so I just want to live up to that...

and now at 35, I feel like im ready to step on a national stage and do some damage finally...

as big as you are I'm surprised your not making a living doing supplement ads
what do you weigh in at right now?

 

[MdTNT]

yeah I hear ya, I graduated high school at a whooping 145lbs-now everytime I see my class mates (reunions, opening day of deer season, etc) everyone is a couch potato

they're happy though and that's what matters

nothing makes me happier than having sex with my girlfriend and flaring my lats as wide as I can right before climax and...:uhoh:

sorry guys I need to switch to decaf.:dizzy:
5th cup today-gotta hit chest

FUCK THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME!:laugh:

LOL, decaf wont help, you need to lower the test or cut the pecker pills out lol.

Seriously, it sounds like most of you guys were motivated by hormones and the common desire to look and feel better about your selves.

Thats all a good reason, most of us tend to be body dismorphic and have diluted images of ourselves especially when we were younger, having grown older (and wiser with any luck) it seems that self preservation and the desires to maintain a health standard that many of our peers have forgotten is now the more propper motivation....good luck to everyone on raching those goals.


Md-

 

[dreww]

my original goal long ago was to get women. now its about competing with myself. i could be fat and still get girls, cause apparently im quite the smooth talker.

 

[dorian123]

my original goal long ago was to get women. now its about competing with myself. i could be fat and still get girls, cause apparently im quite the smooth talker.

that's very true, I think that a lot of us when we were younger bought into the whole bullshit selling point that the bigger better looking guy got the women (hence, the bodybuilding magazine covers)

then as you get older you realize that's not the case

 

[jtunderdog]

For me my motivation is that Ive want to keep improving but also that if I ever stop I will look like an elephant. My thyroid sucks and my metabolism is turtle slow so working out keeps me from looking like a blob. Just being honest. I hope to one day see the mythological six pack everyone speaks of. LOL. Ive had a four but never all six.

 

[h8tr3d]

my Peter North Penis Pump

does that thing really work??