What was the defining moment for you that made you want to get Veeky Forums...

What was the defining moment for you that made you want to get Veeky Forums? That moment of sudden clarity where fitness became not just an idea but an ambition?

Seening a new co worker start and instantly get respect becausw of how he is built.

realising that I avoid the mirror when I change clothes and was ashamed of what I had become. So one day I looked in the mirror and my delusion was broken and I accepted that I was a fat and ugly fuck. So on that day I decided to start training again and set a goal body which I was going to achieve no matter what. Fast forward 2,5-3years and I have basically achieved just what I set out to do, just need to lose 5-10lbs for summer and I am good.

But now that old goal only seems like a stepping stone to bigger achievements, now my goal is to compete in some form (probably powerlifting) in the future.

Good thread OP not even meming

>be 13 years old have the biggest crush on this girl
>outside doing science stuff (it was part of the lesson)
>this guy walks by and takes off his shirt
>absolutely aesthetic
>the girl who I like, her jaw drops
>like absolute lust, blushing and everything
>tfw cucked
>go home that night, take off my shirt
>see ugly pudgy body
>man tiddies
>rage, figure I should lose fat
>immediately start doing Insanity (that TV workout, I torrented a copy)

Pretty good tbqh family

I made it because now I'm 18 and I've been lifting since 14 and I saw that girl the other day and she had a similar reaction

>she's a slut now lmaon
>I have a qt blonde thicc Germanic gf that keeps me happy as fuck
>that guy who "cucked" me is fat now

>I made it because now I'm 18 and I've been lifting since 14 and I saw that girl the other day and she had a similar reaction

Damn son, that's pure pottery

probly when I realized that I was constantly flexing whenever I was at the beach lol. I was insecure but I didnt even realize it til then. I was soo skinny, but I was always going "ya im actually pretty strong for my size though" ..little did I know

Watching Pumping Iron when I was 17.

>One morning after I banged really hot girl a looked at her awesome body and then on my unatractive hairy skinyfat body
>Became disgusted with myself and realized that might have been the last time I banged such a hot chick
>Was actually true, started visiting /fit and lost interest in women (no homo)

>got beat up
>got fit
>beat up the other kid.

Have since let my gains wither. Guess it's because nobody beats me up lately. Must be why prison gainz are a thing.

Just tryna dominate events with the crew

proud of you user

>that guy who "cucked" me is fat now
This is what happens when you peak too early.

Post a pic bro

Nice nice

> be me, 6'1 240 fatty dyel
> gf of five years
> drifting apart, no sex, etc.
> she leaves, and I'm okay with that
> no other girl is going to give my fat ass the time of day looking like this
> go to the gym literally 30 minutes later, never look back
> now dating a nice cardio bunny, best sex I've ever had, every single day

Bro who I lived with suggested I hit the gym with him cause I was doing nothing.

As soon as I felt the rush of endorphins I was hooked. Left the gym that first day feeling like I'd done a line of mdma.

I had to do it for health reasons. I was tired of getting sick and not looking after myself, so I decided to get healthy and strong and exercise is a pretty important component of that.

When I realised that my country was filled with agressive immigrants from the Middle East.

Gotta stand my ground.

when I was dying, didnt want to die a sick person

Got tired of getting beaten up all the time and looked down on. Grew up with the Rocky movies. Stepdad before he was my stepdad trained me in boxing.

I realized how much better I looked than guys who did go to the gym without going there a day in my life. I decided that if I got Veeky Forums I'd blow them out of the water.

Story pls

Just broke up with my girlfriend. Trying to better my life in every single way. Quit smoking weed a year ago. Quit smoking cigarettes 2 months ago. Improved my diet the last 3 weeks, been lifting 2 weeks now. A few weeks before we broke up my girlfriend told me that her friends thought I had the best body out of our male clique when we were like 17 (22 now). That might've made a click in my had though, something like living up to the max of my genetics.

Pic related is me, how long till OP pic's body? 8 months? A year? This is my goal desu.

I watched Darker than Black and wanted a six pack like Chinese Batman.

I was creating a character on skyrim with maxed muscle mass. I thought he wasnt even that swole and I could be as big as him one day, so I began lifting.

Because I had always been weak and had poor endurance. I wanted to know what it feels like being strong and running for miles.

TL;DR I was sick of being weak.

I want to lift but going to my gym sucks. Way too many people. Do you all just get over it and lift anyway? or do most of you have a home gym?

having ridiculously good metabolism and looking otter-mode from doing occasional calisthenics...then hitting my late twenties and realizing I looked like this

>pic related after 3 months of SS

switched gyms to one 5 miles away and cycle there and back, trying to get rid of the fucking gut.

realised I had a good face and height but a mediocre frame which I needed to compensate for with gymceling

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When I realised that being fit makes me inherently better than everyone who isn't

The social anxiety gets easier as you make going to the gym a habit.

In fact going to the gym makes social anxiety better all the time. By a lot. Do it.

>be 16
>get out of shower,look in mirror
>think to myself "this is not what a man should look like"
that's it,full srs

I lost my first jiu jitsu tournament. I was chunky but everyone else at my weight class was in much better shape than myself.

I was 15 and I got made fun of for being skinny a lot. Decided that I should change myself.

walked around the gym with my friend who used to model, the amount of girls eye fucking him and walking up to him and hitting on him was insane. I decided that day to get down to his size and im almost there 8 months later brahs we're all gonna make it

i was tired of always being the smallest person in the room

and all the guys in porn look like greek gods

I got ~10 more kg to lose. Fuck it's difficult, I think I can do it in 4-5 months if I stay on track... I'm going to the gym 5-6 days a week, lifting heavy 3 days and 2+ miles jogging/running 3 days. Trying to keep to a 1300 cal/day diet with 130 grams of protein. Problem is if I drive by a Chipotle or something I mean I can't always stop myself from caving and eating a big-ass burrito, ruins my entire week of hard work FUUUUUUUUCK

>Girl I used to have a crush on but now we're just friends.
>Not really friendzoned because I wasn't pursuing it. Didn't care much.
>Two months ago we went out on the town, wasn't supposed to be a date
>She's getting all touchy, keeps "accidentally" bumping into me
>Make's some comment about my hands, starts holding mine
>We walk around the city like that doing stuff
>She makes some weird comments sometimes tho
>Ask her about it and whether or not it was a date a couple days later
>Sends me this log message about how she's "confident in our platonic friendship"
>Get really pissed off, start going to the gym to work it off.
>Realize it feels really good, and I feel a lot more awake after going
>Realize that maybe if I worked hard I might drop to 160 lbs instead of 170 lbs which has always been my goal
>Might start to get buff
>Like this idea
>Get a pull up bar and start doing calisthenics regularly at home, feels great
>Get to the gym 1-2 a week.
I stopped texting her a month ago because we were talking about Christmas gifts and she told me she had gotten a boyfriend a month ago, which I knew was about the time we were out on the town. She was either testing me to see if I would be jealous, or she was being territorial on his behalf, and I was annoyed. Fuck it, she likes being my friend, she can put some fucking effort into the relationship.

When I realized I was going bald at a pretty steady clip. I'm already a manlet, and I didn't want to be bald, short, AND skinnyfat.

Watching a mother get winded after running 13ft. after her three-year-old son. The last thing I wanted was to be a fat ass parent unable to keep up with their kid.

Used to be super skinny. Got into truck driving and gained a lot of weight. Hated myself, hated looking in the mirror, hated feeling self conscious. So I got super pissed one day, got a gym membership and have been going steady for 6 1/2 months. Went from 220 down to 175 and now I'm bulking up to get to the size I want to be at.

Still to this day, I hate looking at myself in the mirror and probably still will even after I reach my goals. Oh well.

I took a hip hop dance class and couldn't even do a cartwheel. By four months I was doing handstands. There isn't a greater pleasure than the knowledge that one has a capable body, something that had been unknown to me in 20 years of life. I then figured that I owed it to myself to be as strong and as nimble as possible. Nietzche was right when he wrote about the mind and body being one as the self.

this, it's like a fire being lit under your ass

There was an individual who was sort of like my tyler durden
He wasn't a friend though
It's complicated to explain

Coming to terms with my gayness and realize i want to bang dudes with smoking hot bodies

No homo

I was 15 years old, Twilight had just come out, and it was some weird perfect storm of the girl I had a crush on thinking Jacob was hot and watching the training montage in Rocky IV

I was at my crush's place, and she had a poster of David Beckham on her wall. I didn't need to look like David Beckham, but it would make girls so happy to date someone that hot, so I started lifting.

Don't worry, we're not interested

How did you end up here is the real question?

y-you too

I was in a school filled with numales and fat manchildren so my hick buddy and me decided to be the fittest guys of the school

We both dropped out lol.

>Sophomore year of HS, fat fuck who wears trackpants
>no kiss yet
>no girls talk to me ever
>start running on track, get addicted
>get up to 7 miles a day, eventually realize i'm a skinny fuck
>one girl, kind of goth, wears chokers, is intersted
>whatever, still puci
>get first kiss
>too much test to not lift
>lift
>instant addiction
>have been lifting last 2 years, now on ppl routine
>In that time, get GF, lose virginity
>Go to college, fuck girl from baltimore
>end up fucking 5 more girls, only one semester into college
>thanks fit

>throughout primary school and high school get called scrawny
>was embarrassed and hated being weak pussy mode
>Wanted to reach aesthetic and be shredded
>Junior year start lifting
There it is

>When I was younger I had a close childhood friend named Zoey, we would do everything together. The one I lost my V-card to and vise versa. Early into freshman year of high school her dad got a different job and she was forced to move away a few states away. I usually fly out to see her on special occasions like summer break and other long holidays.

>Anyway when I was 16 I visited her for a few weeks during summer. As I was saying my goodbyes getting ready to board the return flight home. She hugged me said "you're getting pretty thin Spencer, don't miss me too much"

Since then I went from a 124 lbs twink to 165 lbs and it feels fucking great anons. I look aesthetic and strong and I now have a burst of self-confidence. Plus Zoey and I almost have everything set in place to go to uni during the fall next year.
>I'm also 6' and turned 18 a few weeks ago.
Thanks Veeky Forums

I started lifting 5/6 days a week 5 months ago and have a similar starting body.

The one mistake I made was that I immediately started bulking and put on too much fat. Try and cut 5-10 lbs then start hitting the bulk. Do it slowly.

In a year and a half you can likely look similar to OP. I know I've seen massive progress in just 5 months

Same story senpai. Where the fuck did these guts come from? I'm doing 1600 cals a day, 3 days into this cut and it's brutal.

I-it gets easier right guys?

Senpai not senpai

She will cheat on you your Sophmore year of college. Do not ever forget this post.

The moment I started drawing muscular furry guys to get off to.

>Ugly skinny friend signed up to the gym.
>"Well I'll be fucked if Sean is gonna get bigger than me!"
>I signed up the next day.

He stopped after a couple months. I've been going for years. I really need to thank him for this.

>was obese (now just overweight, heading for normal BMI by May at most)
>started balding
>can't be balding and fat, better do something
>visit a diet counselor
>gave me some basics about right nutrition, by now replaced with my own knowledge
>beat my fear of the gym, got a 1 year subscription
>hated it
>stuck to it by willpower alone
>slowly got slimmer, better sleep, no more back problems, muscle starting to show
>still hate sports, but like the results so much I willingly exercise every day

Am I gonna make it?

when this dickbag in my sixth grade english class challenged me to an arm wrestling match and i realized i had no arm strength whatsoever