What Made You Get Into Weight Training?
 

I think it's fair to say there are some more than acceptable phyisuqes on this forum, mine being the best of course. By a long way migtht I add. ;-):cry:

Anyway, what made you get into training? I only went to drop a CD off at a friends gym and was more or less bullied into having a go. The next thing I know I'm addicted. All I do when I go to bed at night is sit on my phone and read articles. Some I don't understand so I bookmark it and go back to it and try again. It really has become my life. I had a shandy the other week, and I'm still wondering how much muscle I lost? LOL!

Benni. :top:

Nice one Benni, hopefully a decent thread that won't turn to shit like all the others seem to have done lately.

I started out in my late teens for two reasons. Firstly I used to do alot of running and other sports and ended up injured quite a bit so thought the gym would be a better way to get my sporty kicks without the impact of running.

Secondly, and quite sad really, I live in a seaside town which is busy as hell in the summer and deserted all winter. Literally nothing to do so being young I thought I would get fit during the winter to help my case with the young ladies that holiday here throughout summer. :cry:

Now its in my system, a hobby I enjoy doing. I do get fed up with it from time to time as I've done it for so long but a little time off soon sees me clucking to return to training.

I was small throughout my teens, and never put weight on. My diet was shit though, since I started eating properly and lifting I have felt so much better about myself. I don't do it for any other reason, I don't always enjoy the lifestyle-but I have much more confidence now it's worth every minute

I was getting towards the fat side, so I started going to the council run sports centre, didn't really know what i was doing, gradually picked things up, made improvments to diet etc, been training now for about 8 years, while I don't ever think I will have a proper flat stomach, I hopefully will never have a massive gut on me either

Really need to perfect diet, but there's too much nice stuff to eat/drink thats bad for us

Didn't want to be a fatty tbh,i know see how it becomes a way of life.

Was fat, joined the gym to lose weight then got caught up in weight training etc...

Vanity mostly if I'm honest.
Not really anythign to do with the fitness/health aspects, just didn't want to look like a beer swilling 20 something (or mid 30 something now)! (been on and off for a while but as Kieron said, a bit of time off the gym and I soon want to get back into it again).

the girlfriend joined the gym at the beggining of the year and i felt left out:cry:the rest they say is history and im now addicted and wish i had done it years ago.infact maybe i dont as i think it would have affected my social life as i havent had a drink in 4 months now.

My dad was always a big fella and i kinda followed in his shoes :) i was really really into it for ages had a good routine then i broke up with my missus after being with her for 3 years and it really messed me up but Ive fond the motivation to get on with it again :)

i have always been a skinny guy, which didnt help when i played rugby, especialy when i started growing up and playing for town teams and getting realy injured.

i took a while off rugby and started smoking more and drinking more,

i decided to go back to rugby but not before i put some muscle on to make some sort of an effect on the field, also because i never liked being to skinny and i always wanted to be bigger and more muscly.

i have not long started training, and aim to be playing again in about 6 months time.
i have quit smoking and dont drink much at all any more, and i feel loads better for it, not just for not smoking and cutting down on the drink but because in only 2 weeks i already feel fitter and stronger and better about my self

my and my mate used to go to the gym at our school in our dinner hour, i always wanted to get a flatter stomach (i seem to get really bloted after a meal and look really fat again :?:wall:) and he was into his rugby

then we got another lad to give us a bit of advice on what to do etc, then we started to go to a gym out of school

so i drift in and out of it now, with me doing bmxing aswell i usually end up injured just as im getting into the swing of things again, then i loose all enthusiasm for it

really need to get my arse into gear, loose a bit of weight and get bigger again, being only 17 doesnt help matters though with no money :sad:

I played rugby in high school so had free use of the local gym through school. Was always there when I was at high school. Then I left school went to college, didn't go to the gym, didnt play rugby, out drinking all the time, left college,got a job and just never gave it a second thought. Then I just thought one day I want to be fit again.

There's obviously vanity in there, but I just like feeling as fit and strong as I can be I guess. Also being in my job, selling designer clothes I've got to look presentable.

I also like the bragging rights sometimes like an army lad challenging me to a push up competition in the pub last week and beating him. 74 in 2 minutes to his 67.

i went originaly in support of my younger brother he was ordered by the docs, and loved it, was off for a few years between 19 and 22 but been back 3 years now gettin right into it as its my social life now