What motivates you???

Group: General Diet & Nutrition

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 399, Messages: 16719

With such a topic so broad we truly try to cover the basics from all angles in this group. Nothing too big or too small. Nutrition is as significant if not more as exercise is to reaching your goals so learn all you can.

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mikeyfresh Posts: 148 Joined: 2003/01/18	2004/03/29, 09:19 PM I was curious of different things thats motivate people in the gym and working out....for me its knowing i can get better..and feeling good about myself....Also i don't feel motivated...so what can i do when that happenes?? mikey:(

perfect_elise Posts: 63 Joined: 2003/10/07	2004/03/30, 08:46 AM I do it because I enjoy it...there is a beauty factor involved, of course, I want to have the greatest legs and the firmest butt in the universe :big_smile:, but I actually enjoy working out in itself. I don't give myself deadlines and I am patient. I don't want a specific result immediately. I just get a great kick out of putting my muscles to work. Just don't turn it into a stress factor would be my advice. Have fun, that's the purpose of it all! :dumbbell:
hecdarec Posts: 2,457 Joined: 2003/12/16	2004/03/30, 08:54 AM Mirrors. -------------- My gym dues are not paid with money.
k1972pat Posts: 154 Joined: 2003/06/10	2004/03/30, 09:01 AM I do it to stay fit and healthy, plus look good.. LOL I help coach my son Soccer, and Football team and we have to keep a good example for the young ones. I also like getting compliments from people. If I don't work out for 3 or 4 days I feel weak and scrony, so I try to work out at least 4 days a week.
dfly411 Posts: 1,352 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/03/30, 10:48 AM hahahahahahahaha.......... ============ Quoting from hecdarec: Mirrors. =============
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2004/03/30, 01:08 PM Seeing 3plates or more on a bar....it screams "please pick me up!":big_smile: -------------- LIFT HEAVY! BECOME STRONG, LIKE BULL! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
jsom85 Posts: 316 Joined: 2004/01/16	2004/03/30, 01:48 PM the fact that i know if i so much as miss a day on my program i start to feel smaller and weaker. that just may be in my head but its enough to keep me going -------------- Get your weight up, kid
mmaibohm Posts: 1,621 Joined: 2003/09/30	2004/03/30, 02:52 PM Hmm motivation the ability some day to move sick amounts of weight. I would love to do something unhuman some day and bench 800lbs raw no shirt squat 1100 lbs with only a belt and deadlift 1000lbs with only a belt also. lol -------------- I am that which must be feared, worshipped and adored. The world is mine now and forever.No one holds command over me. No man. No god. I am a beast and that is enough.
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2004/03/30, 02:55 PM To be a healthy 85 year old... I see many seniors in unhealthy conditions (sometimes you can't help it) but I want to be alert and aware and healthy when I'm old... t -------------- Tim "I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self." Aristotle TimDay@freetrainers.com
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2004/03/30, 04:21 PM I am with Tim on this one, and the "fit look" comes as a bonus. I've been off for a week now and will be off for another 2, feels like I lost something. -------------- "A will finds a way, failure is not an option" Ivan carivan@freetrainers.com Montreal Canada
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2004/03/30, 07:30 PM To add to that further, I saw a picture on the weekend of a fellow finishing a marathon... not a half marathon, a WHOLE marathon... below it was his name and age... 81 years old... good golly... the guy was in incredible shape... that right there was motivation for me.... t -------------- Tim "I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self." Aristotle TimDay@freetrainers.com
Jdelts Posts: 1,218 Joined: 2003/10/19	2004/03/30, 07:48 PM When the bar bends as you lift it off the floor or rack because there is so much weight on it.:dumbbell::angry::dumbbell: -------------- Baseball is wrong: Man with four balls cannot walk. Jdelts@freetrainers.com
skeys Posts: 75 Joined: 2004/02/23	2004/03/30, 09:10 PM My modivation is my future. Like Tim I want to be a healthy 80+ year old. I see my family and neither my gradparents nor my parents are in any sort of good shape and i see how it effects them. I also want to look great in my bikini, but that is mainly a bonus. This website does a great job of modivating me to get to the gym, and seeing others there makes me workout harder.:)
Jdelts Posts: 1,218 Joined: 2003/10/19	2004/03/30, 11:13 PM When the Yankees get spanked by the Devil Rays.:big_smile:
princesslodgey Posts: 1,748 Joined: 2004/02/21	2004/03/31, 06:32 AM endorphins :)
dahayz Posts: 794 Joined: 2002/05/08	2004/03/31, 07:13 AM I think my reasoning for weight training has changed since I began. Now, I simply don't want to fit the "average joe" mold. Screw that, I don't aim for mediocrity, I aim to the best I can be. I don't want to look like the average under- muscled skinny guy that I see walking around nowadays. No, while there doing there leg extensions and pec dec flys, I'll be struggling under the weight of heavy squats and nearing black out as I pump more heavy ass sets of deadlifts. That's why I train. Keep on training:dumbbell:
neiltilley Posts: 325 Joined: 2003/03/09	2004/03/31, 08:01 AM i know when i get off the treadmill/elipticals that i can't get rid of the smile. Endorphinitis... it's a drug addiction! Literally! Then there's the intuative goal seeking method... Measurements- waist/bicep/seeable results, then doable results in miles/beats per minute/speed-time/etc... Proof of progress in life and play! Rewards for achieving a goal- a weekend break or meal out. Simple Motivational Statements are easy to find on the net like; I am what I eat- I am what I choose to be (to eat) - It's not the dog in the fight it's the fight in the dog! - I can and I will etc... etc... A statement a day adds a kilo to the bar a week... Honest!
mikeyfresh Posts: 148 Joined: 2003/01/18	2004/03/31, 08:10 PM we need more people to say what motivates them..come on people..let it rip!!!:big_smile:
konary Posts: 98 Joined: 2004/02/10	2004/04/01, 03:08 AM Seeing results of my exercise motivates me both in terms of body shape and fitness level. On those rare days when I have low motivation, I just do exercise so that I can tell the gym people at the end of my 25week program, "Your plan didn't work although I followed it perfectly!" :angry: Give them no execuse, like I was slacking off. :laugh:
parko03 Posts: 156 Joined: 2004/01/28	2004/04/01, 07:37 AM When I can outdo my 11 year old daughter in jumping rope!:laugh: -------------- It is no fun to be normal!!!
azredhead57 Posts: 1,651 Joined: 2003/04/11	2004/04/01, 06:09 PM When my 15yr old son tells his friends "Feel my mom's muscles". Now that is cool. -------------- ~Victoria~ ...Do not be discouraged; everyone who got where he is, started where he was.--anon ...There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.--Beverly Sills
goodoldtex Posts: 564 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/04/01, 10:56 PM you wanna know what motivates me? I took a picture two days ago of me in a towel...i set it down side by side with a picture i took in january...:surprised: wow. Thats enough to keep me working hard till i die.
goodoldtex Posts: 564 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/04/01, 10:58 PM btw, in my profile, the very last picture was the one taken in january, and the towel one is the one that you see now on the left. people had told me that i looked really good, and i couldn't see what they were talking bout until i took a step back and compared.
jsvez Posts: 112 Joined: 2003/09/23	2004/04/02, 11:37 AM I started working out when I quit smoking and it is the number one reason I have not started again.
Librarycat513 Posts: 12 Joined: 2004/03/30	2004/04/06, 08:48 AM My motivation is the #s. Not the ones on the scale, but the ones on the inside of my jeans that say 16/18 instead of 24x. It's knowing that before long I'll have to buy all new clothes to replace the ones I'm floating around in right now. And most of all, it's the happiness in being able to walk or ride where I want to without being in pain at the end of my trip. -------------- Go to the library, check out a book. It keeps me in a job, and you might learn something new. :)
	2004/04/06, 10:35 PM I HEARD THAT JDELTS :angry:
Jdelts Posts: 1,218 Joined: 2003/10/19	2004/04/06, 11:10 PM And again tonight.... ============ Quoting from CC: I HEARD THAT JDELTS :angry: =============
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