How do you guys get the motivation to lift?

I'm male.
Males are strong.
I'm not strong enough.

My oneitis. At least that chubby slut is good for something.

This desu senpai

He's gonna make it

This

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There is no motivation, you just develop a habit.
You only need motivation when starting lifting until it becomes your habit.

Ones that give up on lifting were not consistent enough in their first month or two to develop said habit. That's it really.

You have to want to not be a fat fuck anymore. Personally I want to be a sikkunt, not some sadkunt. Stop being a little bitch and just work the fuck out user

I wanna eat pussy while ohping the girl.

Because im bored. I don't really have anything else but studying and working out.

malena morgan

Because I am smol and want to be big

Because physical work is the most simple and straight-forward work there is. You just get up and do it (unless there is an injury or disability, of course). No need to think or anything, no need to feel inspired or focused, just action

I have to stay active. I'm 25 now. If I'm not doing something from when I get up till the time I go to bed I will fall back into booze and drugs. Lifting is a fantastic thing to do, and helps me sleep.

Not to mention all the food prep.

I saw a video of some guy on omegle showing off and getting very unexpected results so that got me motivated
Im always motivated to lift anyway, but that shit really pumped me up

One day...

Intense self loathing. I hate myself slightly less while lifting and for a little while after lifting.

I will probably kill myself if I don't have the time to lift. If I have over 2 day periods without lifting I get more suicidal each day.

I sit at my computer 90% of my day so lifting is almost obligatory for me not becoming full on Quasimodo.

Honestly because I like the attention I get from people when my body is good.

Also it just gives me something to be proud of.

I stopped doing drugs, and drinking, so working out is the only other thing I enjoy in life anymore.

got sick of being sweaty everytime I climbed up a set of stairs, also wanted to get laid before I turn 21

no longer a sweaty bastard unless it's hot as fuck outside and I'm talking to this great girl so I think I've almost made it.

A bunch of reasons. A big one really is insecurity, I'm willing to admit that. I've always kinda felt that I was never "good enough," and lifting is one of the very few things I'm actually decent at (and committed to) to stand out from others. I've always felt that I was never really gifted at anything, and everything that I've wanted in life (friends, fun, great experiences/memories) were simply out of my reach. Things became much easier to deal with in life when I accepted the notion that I probably won't succeed and have anything decent anyway.

But I try anyway. That's the only thing I'm really good at. I don't give up. I want to, and there are plenty of days where I just don't want to do anything, but I can't give up the last thing that I have left that I feel I'm good at: fighting for a chance to have something decent and worth having.

I'm not smart, I'm not good with people, and I'm pretty useless in general, but I just can't allow myself to not try and do better.

>Also it just gives me something to be proud of.
This.

If I could be proud of my body I'd lift all day, but I just can't buy into the meme and anti-intellectualism.

It's basically one of the only things in life where the effort you put into it is almost exactly equal to the benefits you get from it

I spend all day at work working my ass off and a lot of the time shit still doesn't work out or I get the short end of the stick

but if I go bump an 8x8 in the squat rack nobody can take that away from me and it always pays off

The feeling of pushing myself is great, and the resulting improvements in my physique.
>Improvements come slow
Aaaand they'd come even slower if I didn't lift.

This. But I still drink like a fish. Only I can't get blackout drunk and still have the energy for work and lifts suffer so it gives me a reason to drink a lot less.
Also I have JEFIT on my phone and it tells you when you make new records and I look like it kind of like a game. Like "leveling up" or something.
On "rest days" I do an hour of cardio and abs. One day a week I go play board games and get drunk otherwise I'd just get blackout drunk by myself on days before rest days.

Because I refuse to go back

People treat me better since I started so why not

Habit mostly
And enjoy the repetitiveness of liftin. I find it relaxing: Take the bar, forget about everything else, inhale while lowering, exhale while lifting it/myself, focus on it, repeat and get lost in repeating it.
And do fun shit. Example Muscle ups, handstand push ups, front lever and whatever else.

Pls give tips to stop drinking

Holy shit this

>But I try anyway. That's the only thing I'm really good at. I don't give up. I want to, and there are plenty of days where I just don't want to do anything, but I can't give up the last thing that I have left that I feel I'm good at: fighting for a chance to have something decent and worth having.
I feel the same way, breh.

>struggler feels

Self-hate lol.

Ex-alcoholic here, you have to want sobriety/no alcohol more than the drink yourself.

I had shit coping skills for stress, which was why I drank for the most part (the other reason being social shit). But once I learned proper coping skills (thinking your way through situations, slowing your pace down and figuring out exactly what is going on and what options are available to you rather than just being at the mercy of external forces), I never looked back at alcohol again.

Word of warning: The first few weeks (or month) is the hardest to resist a drink. But if you can get through that, then chances are you're going to make it.

by looking in the mirror

I force myself to switch to Topo Chico when I feel like I'm getting pretty drunk. If I'm thinking to myself "I can have like maybe one or two more" I force myself to shake it off and remember how I feel having to wake up hung over at 6 and then having a shitty lifting session because I got hammered. I just remind myself of the feeling of the next day. Basically just realize you're always making a trade off. I got a bunch of progress complements this weekend and it really motivated to give it even more effort.
>work/job
>working out
>getting wasted every night
Pick two and only two.

I let the spirit of ZYZZ use my body as a vessel. I then go to the gym and lift on autopilot mode.

Stand infront of the mirror. Pinch belly, manboobs, upper legs and ass to remind myself of the fat I still have to work away.

I like making gains. It makes me feel good. I get a confidence boost out of it.

All I have to do when I'm not feeling motivated is take a scoop of that there pre workout and I have to workout.

So moderation isn't possible? It's all or nothing?

I like going to gym. It makes me feel good. It also helps me sort of "reset" my mind, just focus on lifting and forget stress and everything pretty much, feels really great.

>needs motivation
>not gonna make it

I have a lot of fun lifting, I don't need motivation

It's boring. That's about the worst part. I'm out almost 6 months stone cold. Lost like 50 lbs since last September, still want to lose 50 more. To get to 200 and be a Greek god is my goal, drinking was holding me back

I go everyday after class. After a while I just ended up motivating myself.
I also tell myself that if I don't go that I will never achieve my dream body.

this. I now lift for the feeling afterwards because its the only time im actually happy. especially if I hit all of my lift goals for that day

Huh what testosterone? All i do is blow a lode on my body and go bsck to sleep

It never worked for me. Even if I managed to moderate for a couple days, or a week, it wouldn't be long until I'm drunk 24/7, and blackouted half the time. You might be able to learn how to moderate, but I sure as hell never could. As the other user mentioned, moderate drinking is boring as shit. Its all or nothing for me.

What do you do besides lift and work Famalam? I feel like when I'm not drinking I don't really enjoy movies or vidya, and the rest of what I do is bike to different taprooms or resteraunts and drink.
I don't enjoy much else.

I do moderation. Like I said I just force myself to stop at two or three and throw in topo Chico or water in between. Then when I notice myself getting drunk I remind myself that while I feel good now I'm gonna pay for it with my gym gains. Tired of feeling like shit every morning.

I don't need motivation, I have discipline.

I also have crippling body image issues, lack of confidence, girl problems, and a history of being bullied and shunned by my peers for my weakness, but that's all largely inconsequential. :^)

I use to be a super in shape defensive end in high school, I was 6ft 3 245, now I'm 300lbs and I look like an offensive lineman

Is it weird if I join a adult basketball or softball league, I was always super into sports and now I have that itch to play even tho I'm 23

This.

Once you start to see progress you get addicted and get depressed when you can't go to the gym. I wish I was in the gym right now but I already went.

The gains and attention from women is worth lifting at least twice a week

i've never once been motivated to workout, i just do it cause i'm not a little bitch

It's not about motivation. It's about routine, like going to work.

Give yourself quirky reason why drinking sucks. Like man I don't like "x" drink. Keep reminded yourself that day by day. Eventually add another reason to your list. Eventually You'll have all these negative thoughts when you think about drinking that you'll stop altogether.

This.
What motivated me to start and kept me going until it was habit? Wanting to look better, feel better, get healthy, improve myself. Now I look forward to my workouts. It's really not that hard once you have the good habits established.

huh, me too

I just need it.

I do it because out of fear. The fear I will stop and kill myself.

Some days the depression gets so bad, but I know there is a day that the depression goes away. I keep thinking one day, it will go away - but I doubt it sometimes. Though, no matter what - I will always continue to lift.

>twice a week
>gains
Pick one

>working out is hard. I need motivation. I should lift but I don't feel like it
failure mindset

>working out is fun. it makes me look and feel good. it's part of my healthy lifestyle
success mindset

Take care of yourself user, I wish you the best of luck!

Get up and go. That is it.

There is no motivation... motivation is a fair-weather friend; it's there during the "good times", but fucks off once things start getting bumpy. She is a temporary fix to a long term issue.

Dedication & discipline are like your nagging mother; annoying, always there to pester you... and most often... completely right and with your best interests in mind. She will not leave you when things are bad, like that bitch "motivation".

Lift now, and don't stop.

Looking at the mirror and seeing gross skinny arms senpai

>You need to want it as bas as you want to breathe, senpai.
Fat Meet Fire

>this
whether fat or skinny, if you learn to hate your body, it becomes the only motivation you could ever need.

easy

it makes me feel better

the world treats you better when you are fit

I'm 20, haven't been forced to do physical activity since 17, and have been living off Taco Bell at uni. I saw my gut coming out and it spooked me to start doing things. Once I realized that my life is completely mine, and as I did some research, I thought, hey, maybe I can get a pretty noice bod.

Any day I don't have a pump is a horrible fucking day.

>tfw you train yourself to hate your body
>one day you can finally bench 3pl8
>everyone tells you that you look amazing
>you still hate your body
>you start using steroids
>you become a bloated monster
>STILL NOT ENOUGH
>you're always chasing some unobtainable goal that exists only in your mind
>you'll never make it
>suicide by sauna

Lifting is life

The motivation threads help. It also has to be something you want. If it's out of spite, you won't accomplish much

>I'm an adult
>is it weird if I join a league made specifically for adults like myself?

truer words have never been spoken

Same

>Because im bored. I don't really have anything else but studying and working out.

yeah same boat, but I dont study anymore, I get to work

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thissss

i lift

it's a piece of my happiness

This.
I need lifting or I'll just go back to my old habits.

>food prep

I used to do this but not anymore, I just keep IIFYM with a good macro balance

I get my motivation by cleaning my face everyday when God spits on me as he mocks me.
I only wanted a qt3.1415 cosplayer gf and now I attract only sluts that while hot, just ain't the same.
May as well continue lifting for the rest of my life tho

Done this. It's entertaining. Gf weighs 110. I can ohp 155. What's more fun tho is having her sit on my forearms while her legs are spread and my hands on her ass and I use her as a flesh light. She loves that shit. She also likes riding me when I'm tired. Over time she's learned to thrust at the right rhythm and man is it fucking perfect. Find a girl that's willing to learn in bed man.

Been dating the same girl for 10 years. Been living together for 8. I'm not particularly good at expressing myself in words. I'm also not an artist in any way shape or form. I do like to work hard. I wanted to make her something she could enjoy and be proud of even if it took me years like a Greek statue. Something she could look at and want to fuck until she couldn't cum anymore and then enjoy looking at it afterwards. The sex has never been better. Our relationship is extremely strong and we both have decent jobs making 50k a year each. We won't be rich but we are comfortable financially. This is the only thing I have left to give her.

when I started:
to look good

now:
because breaking PRs is so damn fun

If you hang at cons, cosplaying qt's will see you reject the con sluts over time and consider you. Just be patient.