Why do you train?

[Gladiola]

Re: Looks, shmooks

I do not care what I or anyone else looks like.

Having been where I have in my life I have often observed that the people who "look" the best in that they exhibit some outward characteristic that is in vogue, often act the worst.

Very interesting. Considerating the majority of us on Elite are looking for a muscular, bodybuilder look - which is not at all en vogue for women.

I am somewhat vain, I admit. BUT, I LOOOVE when I get looks from skinny fat chicks, EWWW! GROSSS, her shoulders are HUGE! YUCK! While I am concerned with how I look, I have NO desire to look like everyone else, and I want to look NOTHING like what the media protrays as the "ideal" female looks (fashion model).

 

[epimetheus]

I train because I got tired of being a fat slob.

 

[LaDyBuG]

I train because i love the way it makes me feel....i think strength is a beautiful thing for a woman to possess....besides muscles are sexy and pretty much a rarity in most girls...i like being different

 

[ATrollFromTheFatBoard]

I meant that to be taken a bit more generally than it looks.

For example, when I was in vet school, the thing that got admiration from other people was that "super-competent, super-brain" attitude. There were these computer brain people who got off on "I know everything better than you." They LOOKED competent, but they weren't too pleasant to be around. The ego factor was a bit much. I have known people who put on a good face around clients and were professionally succeessful, but when you saw the way they treated people behind the scenes, it wasn't such a good impression.

I notice that what you call "skinny-fat" people on the street react to larger people that way, and, sadly, some of the people on these boards (not on the women's board, tho, btw) act the same way.

Whatever people have, if it's what the peer group they identify with wants, some of them tend to get all egotistical and treat people who don't have it like dirt.

It's OK to "look good," whatever constitutes that wherever you hang out. If you take care of your body and you look developed enough to be out competing in shows, I really respect your hard work. But make sure you are good to the people you meet, because it's more important to ACT good. That is really what matters most.

I never respect or like somebody based on their outside. So I don't base success in working out on how I look. It doesn't keep me motivated anyway.

 

[The_Monster]

Re: Re: Looks, shmooks

I am somewhat vain, I admit. BUT, I LOOOVE when I get looks from skinny fat chicks, EWWW! GROSSS, her shoulders are HUGE! YUCK! While I am concerned with how I look, I have NO desire to look like everyone else, and I want to look NOTHING like what the media protrays as the "ideal" female looks (fashion model).

(From a mans perspective...)
I love it when a little guy tells me how he doesnt care if he gets big because "his girlfriend said she doesnt like guys with muscles".
One one occasion I later see the "girlfriend" walk up to him, and she was one who was giving me the whole "feel your arms/how much can you bench" Q&A a couple of days earlier...

 

[superscrawn]

I train because I am so damn skinny. I can also say that it has nothing at all to do with health. Maybe when I get older the health aspect of it all will mean more to me. Im just 18 now so Im not sure.

I met a woman about two months ago who is real buff and it kinda fired me up to get big quick. I have only been lifting weights about 11 months in all, but I want to pack on like 20 pounds of real muscle in the next year if thats possible.

Glad to see Im not the only person here who is in it just for the looks.