To those that work out

[Kinguendo]

All of my friends go to the gym and have been everyday for about a year... I dont have the heart to tell them but... well, they dont look any different and when they talk about the gym they sound kinda... well, kinda gay.

Seriously, I was with one of them last weekend and he said "Did you see that guys abs?"... I just looked at him and said "No... dude, there are women ALL over."

Yes, I did ask him if he was gay... he has maintained that he isnt. It doesnt matter but if he is straight he really doesnt want to appear to be gay, checking out guys certainly does that.

 

[LimeJester]

I think you just have to learn a routine that you enjoy. Not everyone has to lift weights or run on the treadmill for hours. I used to go to the gym 3 days a week, and would spend an hour there each time and I was very fit. There's loads of stuff out there; martial arts, cycling, canoeing, fencing, organized sports, etc. Just gotta find your cup of tea. And don't get disapointed if you never look like the guys in the UFC. Genetically only 10% of the population has the genes for that type of build.

 

[WlknCntrdiction]

I do bodyweight workouts, got a timetable and everything, up at 6.30 every other day to do my workout
What motivates me most is that I'll be better at my Parkour cause I put the extra effort in, plus you look great after a while of doing it, I constantly have the ladies looking at me now when I train with my top off
Does wonders for your self esteem

 

[El Poncho]

I've not even attempted to go to the gym and stay fit, even though my dads got all I need in our garage, I blame having to walk through the kitchen to get to the garage

 

[SsilverR]

**cut**

my motivation was hate .. i won't go into detail but my life wasn't your perfect teen magazine roundup ...instead of going emo like a little fag, i turned my sorrow into anger and used that to fuel me

but i never went gym a day in my life .. hellll no .. that's dead muscle and all for show

when i was young i took up martial arts to stand up to the bullies and since then i've been hopping martial arts my entire life since i started Aikido at 6

i've never ONCE cared for abs or any of the other things, they just came naturally with training. best advice is to take up boxing .. not the pussy gym boxing, REAL boxing .. find a club not a gym .. i've done more than 10 martial arts and boxing (by miles) is the hardest workout out of the lot and contrary to popular belief, they use legs ALOT .. i've never used my legs more and i did kung fu for 11 years .. also when your body gets healthier you'll see training as less of a chore and more therapeutic

 

[RAWKSTAR]

I'm a fitness instructor and a boxing coach. It has just always been in me to work out and such. I guess some people can just find motovation from nowhere...

 

[Spacelord]

I think the main thing about getting motivated to engage in sports and working out is actually liking it. I mean, I'm going to start judo practice again soon when I move to the big city (which is in a few weeks), dropping other college kids on their heads so hard they forget their midterms just makes me giddy inside... while the mere thought of having to do 'reps' over and over and over again just makes me die inside a little.

 

[tunnel b1]

why don't u just go to the gym and eat less. I mean it's not that hard.

 

[Olikunmissile]

I just get up and do it. I can't really say what my motivation is, it's more that I'm a restless individual and I have to be doing something.

 

[Stevepinto3]

Have you seen the leader of the gamerz on Apocalypse Lane? It's cus I don't want to look like that.

 

[Renegade723]

Don't laugh, but I wanted to be like adult Link from Ocarina of Time.

 

[Supreme Unleaded]

ok, im dont neccacaraly "work out", i dont plan times to go to the gym or anything, in fact I hate the gym.

But I am extreamly strong, you wanna know why, I lift kayaks all the time, then i paddle them for hours on end, then i lift them again. I can carry a kayak single handedly, and trust me, they weigh like 75-90 pounds, may not be much for some of you creepy people out there, but for a 13 year old to lift those things, then carry them up to a mile (I had done it befor, i did have small breaks though) is pretty damn hard. Also at night when I cant sleep I usually watch TV, and I sit on my couch to do this. heres the thing, I sitt on my couch upside down doing crunches. Now theirs working out without getting bored for you.

Also its wicked funny to suprise people with my strength, like I said im only 13, and yet I'm stronger than alot of 17 year olds.

 

[magnuslion]

Usually i hate feeling fat...which im not but i do after a few weeks of not working out. I dont know its something ive done for the past 10 years, be it sports or just for my own health. For me the hardest part is getting to the gym and keeping myself unbored for the 2 hours my workouts usually last.

EDIT: shamless plug time, feel free to join our fitness group on the escapist
big manly men [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/The-Escapist-Fitness-Club] and women!

done and done.

oh and as to the original post, see the muscles kid? see the rippling back on my avatar? thats me. I used to be a fat kid. now I'm the big muscley guy that gets checked out all the time. and I can bench press 410. FTW. I encourage you, solidley, start working out.

also try bodyspace at bodybuilding.com. It will help motivate you.

 

[Partyjerk]

oh and as to the original post, see the muscles kid? see the rippling back on my avatar? thats me. I used to be a fat kid. now I'm the big muscley guy that gets checked out all the time. and I can bench press 410. FTW. I encourage you, solidley, start working out.

wow you're great its 410 pound right? damn i press 180 pounds with my 180 pounds mass lol ;/

 

[Firia]

After you fall into a rhythm, it really doesn't bother you anymore. Just force yourself to go for a week straight, and after a while, it will just become part of your average everyday schedule.

Cuniculus is totally right. I made hour and a half long bike rides a part of my post-work routine (I live in an extremely hilly area, so it's a brilliant workout). It's so routine that it's easy to do. On days I don't work, I odn't bike. Do work, I bike.

The real hard part for me is diet. My workout burns (guessing) 500 caleries, roughly based on an exercise site I read once. And I try to keep my diet at 900 to 12 cals a day. So my net is 400 to 700, after workout. It may sound like lunacy, but it works with my metabolism, which hate my body.

 

[Bertinan]

My advice is finding a local sports club and getting involved in that. Play something like soccer (football for you non-americans), and you'll notice yourself getting lean quick. Unless, of course, you want to build muscle definition. In that case, you're just gonna have to hit the weights.

If you wanna hit the weights, though, stick to the machines or make sure you have a spotter. You can hurt yourself doing too much free weight. And please work your legs, too. So you don't look like some freak.

 

[superbleeder12]

I pay 30 bucks a month for membership, I feel like I'm throwing away money if I don't go

 

[magnuslion]

Usually i hate feeling fat...which im not but i do after a few weeks of not working out. I dont know its something ive done for the past 10 years, be it sports or just for my own health. For me the hardest part is getting to the gym and keeping myself unbored for the 2 hours my workouts usually last.

EDIT: shamless plug time, feel free to join our fitness group on the escapist
big manly men [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/The-Escapist-Fitness-Club] and women!

done and done.

oh and as to the original post, see the muscles kid? see the rippling back on my avatar? thats me. I used to be a fat kid. now I'm the big muscley guy that gets checked out all the time. and I can bench press 410. FTW. I encourage you, solidley, start working out.

also try bodyspace at bodybuilding.com. It will help motivate you.

So you max out at 410, how many reps of that can you do? That is quite a lot, i max out at 260. Then again im not going for bulk.

at this point, four reps. i can get the fifth but it is allways via an assist. I train for power and strength first, and mass second. ((training for pro strongman))

and 260 is great, bro!! props!