Why do you train?

[wyst]

I started lifting training because I was tired of the results I was getting for the amount of work I was doing running. I'd always been a runner, and the output of running alone did not seem to be worth the results I was getting. If I really knocked myself out training, I'd get skinny, but I'd look haggard and old -- and my ass just got flatter and flatter as I burned off the fat, and (although I didn't realise it at the time) all the muscle too.



Anyhow, I discovered EF quite by accident and just started reading here out of curiosity, and now, about a year later, I'm addicted. I train because it helps relieve stress, because the discipline has helped me focus in the rest of my life, because I like how it makes me look, and most importantly, because I like how it makes me feel both physically and in terms of self image.

Wyst

 

[esteveze]

I started to work out because I wanted to loose few pounds.
Then by being here on this boards I learn that there is no quick_fix. It has to be a life-style change. Mostly eating healthy. Than the more I read the more I want to learn.
Now I eat healthy and workout and lift weight for different reasons.
1) Cardio-- to maintain a healthy heart and BP improves and also your body leans-out(more stamina)
2) Weights-- built more muscles. In women this is an advantage since as we get older by nature we will loose muscle. Therefore bone density mass will decrease and bummppp osteoporosis..NOT GOOD
3)eating clean--This is the most important part of all. Look out for what we put in our mouth.
I really have change a lot since november. I feel better and also look better.
I have a 5 year old and I would like to be there for her for a long time..... Also I would set a good example for my child.

 

[Robert Jan]

I train because the wetness, skinnyness, weakness, softness and slowness of people and my age and myself disgusts me.

 

[Robert Jan]

*of people my age and myself

 

[Arioch]

I have been an athlete my entire life, first organized athletic comp was in 1965. I have always trained.

Now, I just run on inertia.

 

[CrystalChick]

Re

I train because I just keep wanting more it seems you are never done...... plus knowing Im healthy is the most important aspect of it all.

CC

 

[Gladiola]

I train first & foremost for MENTAL HEALTH, then physical appearance, then physical health.

When I'm stressed, pissed, frustrated, upset there is NOTHING I want to do more than hit the iron. I almost always feel better afterwards. It is such a great rush.

Like Spatts, I'm also intrigued at seeing what my body can do. It fascinates me to learn, experiment, try new things. Everyone is bashing my pathetic 'retirement home/gym' but it's actually fun being challenged with *creating* exercises to make up for the equipment it lacks.

I actually eat healthy for my mental health as well. I don't feel right, lack energy, don't sleep well, & have a poorer outlook in general when my diet is composed of even a little crap.

---This is why I get so pissed off when my office mates act like I do this all for pure vanity. Sure, I'm somewhat vain (I want to look hot in a bikini) but I'm not THAT vain!

Oh yeah, I reeeeally like pain too!

 

[Arioch]

Everyone is bashing my pathetic 'retirement home/gym'

This is a rotten thing to do. Let me know who is doing it and I will beat them up during recess.

 

[KRS]

My reason for beginning a weight training regimen was to put on weight. But now I'm obsessed with it. I do it to feel good and look good. And I do get that feeling of accomplishment when I see people looking at my arms in disbelief. And I love wearing tank tops and short skirts!

I don't feel like myself when I am not eating right and working at my body like I know I should. So it has definitely become a lifestyle.

 

[FitFossil]

I think of my body like my own special "house". Unlike a real house, a car, or a piece of clothing, I can't leave it or take it off. I'm in it all the time, wherever I go, that's who I am. I've only got ONE, so I better take care of it. I want it to look good and feel good. I want it to last a long time, but I want to die doing something active. I don't want to rot for many years in a nursing home.

I did not always take care of myself. Fortunately my body forgave me. My working out now is sort of like a pay-back for my body giving me good health in spite of what I did. Good health is a privilege. A fit body is the reward for making the most of that privilege.