[quote]wirewound wrote:
Natural Nate wrote:
Bergman wrote:
Who are all of you people standing out in a crowd…? I currently weigh 245 lbs and for a while was upwards of 290, but rarely do people ever give me a second look. I think you all might imagining things, to be honest 
You’re hideous.
Dunno - hideous sorta ‘stands out’.[/quote]
You’re The Invisible Man. I suggest watching women as they take showers.
[quote]wirewound wrote:
Natural Nate wrote:
Bergman wrote:
Who are all of you people standing out in a crowd…? I currently weigh 245 lbs and for a while was upwards of 290, but rarely do people ever give me a second look. I think you all might imagining things, to be honest
You’re hideous.
Dunno - hideous sorta ‘stands out’.[/quote]
It depends on the kind of hideous. Are they ‘I don’t want to look and turn away’ hideous, or ‘it’s a train wreck, lets stop and stare’ hideous?
I hardly ever see it mentioned here, but lifting has mostly cured my own chronic depression. For some reason it’s also really rewarding to keep setting personal bests on deadlifts and squats.
[quote]ZedThou wrote:
I hardly ever see it mentioned here, but lifting has mostly cured my own chronic depression. For some reason it’s also really rewarding to keep setting personal bests on deadlifts and squats.[/quote]
Agreed. It’s a great thing to hang on to when times get tough. The steady routine of it, the continual sense of accomplishment, and it’s ability to make you look towards the future instead of wallowing in the present can work wonders.
There are a couple of reasons why I do it:
My dad was once a bodybuilder, and he was doing pretty well until he had to leave the iron due to excessive work. Now, I just want to make him proud and get even better than he was once.
I love lifting.
I want to be strong and healthy.
Why not be big?
[quote]Natural Nate wrote:
Bergman wrote:
Who are all of you people standing out in a crowd…? I currently weigh 245 lbs and for a while was upwards of 290, but rarely do people ever give me a second look. I think you all might imagining things, to be honest
You’re hideous.[/quote]
My already low self-esteem was just brought to a new low!
I would say both but more or less for myself. I think that people more or less care about themselves before others, but opinions will always factor into it.
For me, I got into lifting and eating healthy just got the sake for living a better life, but I also love the attention I get from girls who think its attractive and guys who wish they actually did something with themselves.
[quote]Bona wrote:
I would say both but more or less for myself. I think that people more or less care about themselves before others, but opinions will always factor into it.
For me, I got into lifting and eating healthy just got the sake for living a better life, but I also love the attention I get from girls who think its attractive and guys who wish they actually did something with themselves.
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I dunno. Weightlifting sometimes brings positive female attention, but almost as often, I hear “Muscles do nothing for me.”
Lifting helps me control my moods and contain the energy of my ADHD. It also makes me look more wholesome, which is perplexing.
I started doing better in TKD tournaments when I began lifting. I also went from the low 220s BW to near 300, at 6’7". So, I guess I’ll always, at least a little bit, stand out in a crowd. If you stand out already, you don’t care about it.
if it was just me and my workout partner with no one for miles… wed still lift. It’s cleansing. It has become an integral part of my life.
Maybe being a fat ass for so long has maid me forget that maybe someone would want to see whats under the inch of padding.
in my teenage years and early 20’s (started lifting at 18) i did lifting to get attention from the opposite sex like many of us
but these days (26 now) it’s much more of a health improving activity for me and something i have direct control over unlike all the bullshit that constantly screws up in day to day life