Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Sources of Motivation?

TRad
TRad
Posts: 94
Joined: 2004/01/03
Canada
2004/01/06, 04:02 PM
Hi, I'm new to Ft. and haven't done much posting so far. I'm just wondering what motivates everyone the most. Short term goals? Competition between friends/nemesis? Girlfriend/boyfriend? Personal acheivement and satisfaction?

For myself, having a small frame (think Bruce Lee, only not as kick@ss) and being naturally slender I've always wanted to add some beef with mucho definition. Recently my driving force has been to shock my college friends when we get together in 4.5 months for a weekend with a dramatic change; however, now my ambition and drive has been stepped up like 10 notches for a girl that I've become closer with. I can't believe how much one person can inspire so much drive in me.
rpacheco
rpacheco
Posts: 3,770
Joined: 2001/12/13
United States
2004/01/06, 04:58 PM
I think you've mentioned the most common ones, and sometimes it's a combination.

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**_Robert_**
Pain is temporary; glory is forever!
R_Mitty
R_Mitty
Posts: 54
Joined: 2003/08/29
Canada
2004/01/06, 06:03 PM
I just want to be in better shape than my lazy friends. Not to mention how awesome it feels when you see a picture of yourself from a year ago and notice the change.
MyCoffeeGirl
MyCoffeeGirl
Posts: 121
Joined: 2003/12/04
United States
2004/01/06, 06:30 PM
Oddly enough - my best motivation is ME. I always do well when I'm doing it for no other reason than to feel better about myself. It's when my own insecurities creep in that I do bad. My BF that I just dumped was really making me feel bad about myself, and I'm trying to get back into it. This trip to NY is really helping, I'm looking forward to being home and rededicating myself to ME ME ME!!

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detox174
detox174
Posts: 115
Joined: 2003/10/28
United States
2004/01/06, 08:17 PM
i looked at some old pictures of me ...aka the prom pic to your left and seen how skinny i was and i didnt like it so i decieded to do sumtin about it...big improvement so far
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