What got you lifting?

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I was a 130lb distance runner (at 6' tall) and I wanted to look more like my step brother who was a bodybuilder - he died when I was a freshman in high school...
 
PTAaron said:
I was a 130lb distance runner (at 6' tall) and I wanted to look more like my step brother who was a bodybuilder - he died when I was a freshman in high school...
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wow sorry to hear that PT..:(
 
When I started I was trying to put on weight. I had been a chubby kid and I got my weight down where I looked ok. But I got to the point where I wanted to bulk up with weights. I remember the first set of weights I used they were the plastic coated ones I think from sears or some place like that.

I started off bodybuilding but after a year or two I decided I wanted to get a lot stronger. Esepecially since their was a bunch of powerlifters that came in a lot and I thought damn that would be cool to be that strong. So I started working with this one guy that was cop and probably one of the best pl in the midwest. After only about 3 months working with him he talked me into doing a meet. I was nervous as hell getting in front of all those people and squatting weight that I could never imagine doing before power lifting. It wasn't anything great but for my bw and no longer than I had been lifting it good.
 
I initially started training for football when I was 19 and 165lbs...........5 months I weighed 207 and got bumped from DB to linebacker :D
 
buffness said:
wow sorry to hear that PT..:(
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It never really occurred to me that the 2 things had anything to do with each other, until I really sat and thought about it a while back... it was right after he died that I started lifting - I mean all I had was a barbell and a couple of cement filled plates at that time, but that was when the obsession started.
When he died (self inflicted gunshot wound) there was a big debate over whether he was on steroids or not... we chose not to have his blood analyzed because we didn't think it was worth finding out. Guy was a monster though :D Had great genetics for it. His twin brother - my other step brother is the same way the guy barely works out, but looks better than half the guys I see in the gym.
 
i was a bully magnet....i started judo (green belt now) and then began to lift for strength as well.....

Angel of Death
 
I just wanted to get big. I was SO small through school and I wanted to change it. If I was going to be a shorty at least I was going to be JACKED!! :D
 
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