What were you lifting the FIRST time you touched weights?

[gmanlax7]

i remember having a hell of a time curling the bar

 

[Peckz]

I remember that curling the empty bar was heavy. I remember struggling with 100pound bench. I always was the weak one.

 

[louden_swain]

I must admit, in 8th grade I was performing 400 push ups a night and curling a 10 dumbbell for 20 minutes. . i would switch from arm to arm and rep out for 30 seconds. I knew absolutely nothing about training.

 

[Lee]

first time

bench: 115x8
preacher curl: 65x8
leg press: 350x8

those are the first 3 things i ever did in a weight room, freshman year of high school.

 

[Ziro]

I remember having probs with 3 sets of 10 with 135 on bench. I also remember doing tricep kickbacks and struggling with the 15lb dumbells. I never even really did heavy squats and 225 was intimidating to me. 8 years later and I do kickbacks with 55s and warmup with 135, I did one rep of 455 on squat a month ago. Like i said in my post earlier... just put up 385 on bench last night. I used to tell myself when i did small weight "At least your here doing it". Theres people that want to and never do, so regardless if you look weak or are a fat slob, if your there and trying thats all that matters.

 

[endpoint]

I just remember the empty bar feeling kind of heavy

yeah me too. Thats all i could bench.
my max squat was 120lbs or something

 

[BigBadBootyDaddy29]

I remember it well, it was a Saturday morning in November of 1992, I was in 8th grade, the high school and middle school at the time were in the same building, and I walked into the weight room, and telling this story now I have to laugh, I was like "Holy Fuck!!!" When I saw kids benching with 135 on the bar, I thought putting a 45 on each end was some serious shit, then some of the upperclassmen were working out with 315 and I was floored......My very first weight training experience went as follows......Bench Press....Barx12, 75x10, 95x6, 115x3......The reason I stuck with it is because I was EXPECTING the older guys banging out 315 plus to make fun of me, kick my ass, etc, BUT they didn't, they encouraged me, helped me with form, a program etc, and made friends with me, if it weren't for that experience in November of '92, I probably wouldn't be where I am today......thats why I am willing to help and encourage anyone who is serious about training, because we all start somewhere...By the tim i was a SR in high school I was throwing around 315 on the bench for 6 reps, I was maxing out at 375, and whenever I finished my sets and some some scared looking 8th grader or heard some Freshman say to his buddy, What the fuck? We don't belong here, I would make a point to walk up to them, introduce myself (they already knew who I was, but it is the point), and I would help them with their workout.....One of those scared kids I helped out ended up playing D-Tackle at a BIG TIME college and he got drafted Saturday, It felt like he was my little brother, thats why I love these boards, everyone encourages everyone, no matter what....to this day if I see some lost kids not doing anything right at the gym, I introduce myself, and ask if they want a good program, because if nobody helped me out, I wouldn't have found my true passion.....WEIGHT TRAINING!!!

 

[helvering221]

my first time was 2 1/2 months ago

Hey, great post! So good that it prompted this lurker to post his first message on this board. I just started 2 1/2 months ago (for the first time, ever) and could only bench 65lb, which is very, very sad for a 28 year old 5'11" weighing 185lb. That feeling of shame almost kept me from returning to the gym, but I decided to say fuck it. Now I'm now up to 125lb and anticipate popping the 45lb plates on the bar within two weeks (for some lame reason I'm looking forward to that in a BIG way). Hopefully by September I'll have the strength of a normal man!

 

[ireekofawesomeness]

BootyDaddy: thats awesome its always great to hear about a big guy like yourself willing to help out the new guys...hell everyone has been there before right?

also, i remember my first time working out was in april of 1997 the end of my freshman year, i remember throwing a 35 on each side of the smith, struggling to get it up once, and then walking out of there like i was bad ass...then when i went home to shower i was 'flexing' my chest in the mirror thinking to myself 'wow look at that inner separation i got goin on from that set' LOL
at the time i was almost 15 years old, around 6'4 or 6'5, and a scale shattering 155 lbs

 

[ireekofawesomeness]

Helvering: thats great that youve only been at it 2 months and youve already set yourself some goals...the fact that you went into the gym and then went back for more after having doubts separates you from the vast majority of people today who want everything to come easy...keep sticking at it bro and dont let ANYONE tell you what you can or cant do, because whether you think you can, or you think you cant, youre right...
keep pushin hard dude youll have 2 45's in no time on that bench