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post 1624742561 12-07-2020, 06:33 AM
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"Bodybuilders all started from low self esteem"

I see this said or implied all over the place, but I don't see why it's a problem. What else are they going to do to beneficially cope? At least with bodybuilding the results are much clearer than therapy or self-help sessions with someone trying to scam you. One can bodybuild natty or not without being scammed

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post 1624742691 12-07-2020, 06:35 AM
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nah man. I started with calisthenics, always enjoyed strength training

the goons who start for women or attention always quit within 6 months
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post 1624742771 12-07-2020, 06:36 AM
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A generalization made to suit a certain narrative (that of bb-ers being insecure and/or vain individuals).

Many people take up bodybuilding from an initial objective to get stronger (for a particular sport), discover that they have an affinity towards building muscle/lifting weights as an activity in itself, and keep getting more and more advanced.
post 1624742781 12-07-2020, 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted By bfdehewdbyywhn⏩
nah man. I started with calisthenics, always enjoyed strength training

the goons who start for women or attention always quit within 6 months
Lol no. Every dude I know who goes to the gym does it to become more attractive. Whether they successfully do it or not within a few years is a different story
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post 1624742801 12-07-2020, 06:37 AM
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It's cope from dyels that makes them feel morally superior to people who can dominate all of their holes on a whim.

They are trying to lowkey imply that they are sadkent dyel *******s because they have high self-esteem and not because they have lower test scores than an inner city math team.
post 1624742821 12-07-2020, 06:37 AM
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I started working out because I was training for hockey

I had to go to off ice training starting at 13 - we did squats, sprinting, agility work, core strength, balance exercises, some minor upper body stuff etc

I just continued. I never worked out because I was insecure and I don’t even think I look that much better when I’m jacked.
post 1624742851 12-07-2020, 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted By 3maj⏩
A generalization made to suit a certain narrative (that of bb-ers being insecure and/or vain individuals).

Many people take up bodybuilding from an initial objective to get stronger (for a particular sport), discover that they have an affinity towards building muscle/lifting weights as an activity in itself, and keep getting more and more advanced.
It's not bodybuilders that are vain, it's modern society that is. Bodybuilding is a good way to respond to that
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post 1624742901 12-07-2020, 06:39 AM
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Incorrect. I started lifting due to stressful studies and having incredible genetics.

I don’t lift anymore because I’m older and am endurance focused.

But, yeah, ROFL at all the hard core manlets with their thousand yard stares in the gyms. Happy to never see these monkeys again.

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post 1624742941 12-07-2020, 06:39 AM
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I was inspired at a very young age to be the way I am now. I grew up watching action movies with Arnold and Stallone, and seeing how jacked they were made me want to be like them.
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post 1624743351 12-07-2020, 06:46 AM
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post 1624743581 12-07-2020, 06:51 AM
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post 1624743861 12-07-2020, 06:55 AM
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I started training because I was an anorexic level drug addict and was fed up of being weak. I missed the times when I was much more athletic and stronger in my youth.

Life is easier when you are better balanced, more mobile, larger and everything is lighter to you
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post 1624743931 12-07-2020, 06:56 AM
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Bodybuilding for me started from sports.

Coaches made us start lifting in high school and honestly was so happy they did in hindsight even if we were probably on the younger side to start lifting.
post 1624744601 12-07-2020, 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted By JeepBruh⏩
Bodybuilding for me started from sports.

Coaches made us start lifting in high school and honestly was so happy they did in hindsight even if we were probably on the younger side to start lifting.
Lucky. I still feel regret for not starting in my teens srs. Would've gone so much further if I took advantage of teen test levels
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post 1624744871 12-07-2020, 07:09 AM
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post 1624745051 12-07-2020, 07:13 AM
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Billionaires started from low self esteem about not being wealthy enough


Doctors started from low self esteem from not being successful enough


This loser mentality horse chit could apply to literally anything that involves improving ones self, maybe people feel more so about bodybuilding since it directly involved aesthetics and we can all relate to not feeling good looking enough for something.
post 1624745131 12-07-2020, 07:14 AM
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Could argue that’s any achievement


Good grades

Playing sports

Making money

Smashing sloots


It’s loser cope
post 1624745161 12-07-2020, 07:15 AM
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Not true, a lot of people started out like me, due to injuries preventing me from training and practicing my pervious sport preferences for example, I had to start with lifting weights
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Originally Posted By trapspot⏩
It's not bodybuilders that are vain, it's modern society that is. Bodybuilding is a good way to respond to that
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post 1624746031 12-07-2020, 07:33 AM
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I started to be more athletic and prevent injuries during said athletics. Skateboarding, wakeboarding, snowboarding, mountainbiking, etc.

I can remember coping like "I want to be lean and strong but not too big." I thought Ryan Reynolds in Blade Trinity had a good physique. Fast forward 14 years and my idea of a good physique and what I want has evolved tenfold.

I don't have to look stage ready but I accept the amount of mass I want to maintain long term is not achieveable naturally. I'd be happy at 10-12% body-fat levels for life with the right amount of mass.



As far as being insecure I might argue non-fit people are typically the most insecure.
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Hardly, I built frankly comical size and strength very quickly which makes men cross the street and women scared to approach me. I wasn’t insecure before, now I’m a prisoner of my Herculean masculinity
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Originally Posted By aleeboy⏩
Incorrect. I started lifting due to stressful studies and having incredible genetics.

I don’t lift anymore because I’m older and am endurance focused.

But, yeah, ROFL at all the hard core manlets with their thousand yard stares in the gyms. Happy to never see these monkeys again.

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Not true. I was big into baseball as a kid and was doing whatever I could do to be able to hit farther or throw faster. I also loved the way wwf wrestlers looked and was always buying muscle magazines and looking up workouts.
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I’m a near-lifelong bber who’se the son of a competitive bber/PLer. I completely agree, OP. Srs.
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I was an insecure little bitch when I started bodybuilding

I played sports in high school but was still an insecure little bitch, then when girls started only dating guys with more muscle I was clued in on what was wrong with me.
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Originally Posted By aleeboy⏩
Incorrect. I started lifting due to stressful studies and having incredible genetics.

I don’t lift anymore because I’m older and am endurance focused.

But, yeah, ROFL at all the hard core manlets with their thousand yard stares in the gyms. Happy to never see these monkeys again.

Cheers
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Most of us probably did start lifting due to low self esteem but agree there's absolutely nothing wrong that.

I started lifting because I hated how I used to look and was very insecure but I feel and look 100x better now.

Nothing pisses me off more than people who try to shame others for wanting to change/improve themselves, like do they want people to accept being skinny fat slobby kunts or what?
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Originally Posted By notbadnotbrad⏩
I started working out because I was training for hockey

I had to go to off ice training starting at 13 - we did squats, sprinting, agility work, core strength, balance exercises, some minor upper body stuff etc

I just continued. I never worked out because I was insecure and I don’t even think I look that much better when I’m jacked.
Originally Posted By 3maj⏩
A generalization made to suit a certain narrative (that of bb-ers being insecure and/or vain individuals).

Many people take up bodybuilding from an initial objective to get stronger (for a particular sport), discover that they have an affinity towards building muscle/lifting weights as an activity in itself, and keep getting more and more advanced.
Originally Posted By Immichaelski⏩
Not true. I was big into baseball as a kid and was doing whatever I could do to be able to hit farther or throw faster. I also loved the way wwf wrestlers looked and was always buying muscle magazines and looking up workouts.
yea, i started from sports like these guys

i mean i think it can be vain but it's also healthy.. to an extent. prob losing a bit of that healthiness if youre squatting 800 lbs and hurting your joints

imma repeat op. you don't have to use online. wherever you go, there are prob women. you can go talk to them and get their # and never use online

online never has to enter the equation
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Originally Posted By ClivesTriceps⏩
I was inspired at a very young age to be the way I am now. I grew up watching action movies with Arnold and Stallone, and seeing how jacked they were made me want to be like them.
This.

How can anyone watch that and not want to start working out?

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