What motivates you to lift weights?

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1. Pussy!

2. Mental health.

3. Not being fat anymore and just looking better to boost self-confidence.

4. Started out being about getting laid and like everything else I became addicted

5. Results.

6. I’ve exercised consistently since I was a lad. Not doing it would be weird.

7. Wanting to be able to feel better in my own body.

8. Being able to throw my 6’4 husband around in the bedroom.

   I’m 5’7.

9. lose weight, getting stronger and fitter, seeing results, mental health. liking my boy composition more

10. I just feel better after a good workout.

11. I like to look and feel strong.

12. The scene in American Psycho where Hes flexing in the mirror while blowing the chicks back out

13. I know how much better I feel afterwards tbh.

14. Wanting to stay looking good and being strong. Those are strong motivators, they’ve been keeping me hitting the gym six days a week for a long time. It’s also a huge factor in my mental well-being

15. No fucking way I’m going to be one of these dudes in his 50’s that looks like he’s in his 70’s. I like being able to get down in a full squat on a whim, lift things, and generally be able to do whatever I want as I’m getting older.

16. Started out cause of a heartbreak…

    Kept going cause this shit is fun af. Lifting weights to me is like playing video games or sports to others

17. Pain

18. I love feeling strong. The raw power is like a body boner.

19. I’m lifting weights so that someday when I’m taking the weights off the bar someone will ask my how I’m able to squat so much weight, and I will tell them it’s because I have very strong legs.

    Then I will quit.

20. At first to get a nice physique for its own sake. I’ve always loved how a muscular/lean male physique looks and I feel right in one vs another kind of physique. Nowadays that I’ve hit near my peak, it’s more about the fear of losing what I’ve built lol. I wish I had it in me to build some more but my genetics are pretty much tapped (and then some considering my 1.5 years now of steroid use) 😔.

21. Insecurities on how I look and to keep my sanity. 9/10 times I feel great after a workout. I’ve only ever left the gym feeling down a few times

22. To have a good physical body

23. Just the idea of being stronger and looking better. I’m skinny so I want to get a bit more shaped.

    I started working out with this guy

    https://youtube.com/c/TheMidasMovement

    and I’m already seeing results.

24. Big boobs.

25. It’s good for my mental health

26. More energy, mental clarity, easier sleep at the end of the day, a nice body is the icing on the cake.

27. ME LIKE BEING STRONG MAN.

28. Seeing results. Specially watching my lifts go up every week or month (depending how long I’ve been doing it)

29. Getting girls. But the motivation is quickly slipping away. Gonna try steroids and see if it helps because so far lifting has secured me exactly 0 girls.

30. To look better naked and to help with my mental health

31. The weights….They sing to me….

32. Self loathing and crippling depression