What got you into lifting weights?

[Sides]

grew up watching all of arnolds movies.
then saw Pumping Iron
bought encyclopedia of bbing in middle school.
always had abnormally large feet for my height. i am 5'11" and had a 13+ size shoe size. i wear a 14 now. my thinking was if i made my body BIG it would match my feet lol. plus chicks always said i had nice arms etc.
i am an ecto/meso mix type of body. when i add aas i am like totally meso. grow like a weed and look totally different.
-F2S

LOL I have size 13-14 feet (and a reasonably good sized dick, to answer the other question) as well. I don't think about it much, but if I look at pictures of myself I am always thinking, "Damn, who is that guy with those big pontoons on his feet?" I always felt like the big feet gave me better stability for a big squat and deadlift, back in my powerlifting days.

I used to be 5'11" as well, but now that I'm 52 my height has shrunk over the years to only 5'8" or so. Maybe it's compression to the spine from those big squats and deadlifts, or low endogenous HGH levels from having used a lot of steroids and HGH over the years, or some other factor.

My height has shrunk, but the big feet have stayed with me LOL.

 

[Bio]

I was into wrestling when I was younger and saw bodybuilding magazines that belonged to my older cousins but it never struck me until I went to the store and saw/bought this issue of Muscle & Fitness. I had just turned 16. I couldn't believe someone could look like Bob Birdsong and then became more mesmerized as I flipped through the pages. I collected every bodybuilding magazine I could after that!

 

[maldorf]

Nonsense I wear 15 size shoes and have normal size dick...
What unfair bitch a mother nature is. I can't buy shoes I love cause they do them in size 13 max. But big condoms?? No fucking problem....
Damn

Dang, you got screwed! I believed that there was a correlation. Are your hands normal size too?

 

[maldorf]

LOL I have size 13-14 feet (and a reasonably good sized dick, to answer the other question) as well. I don't think about it much, but if I look at pictures of myself I am always thinking, "Damn, who is that guy with those big pontoons on his feet?" I always felt like the big feet gave me better stability for a big squat and deadlift, back in my powerlifting days.

I used to be 5'11" as well, but now that I'm 52 my height has shrunk over the years to only 5'8" or so. Maybe it's compression to the spine from those big squats and deadlifts, or low endogenous HGH levels from having used a lot of steroids and HGH over the years, or some other factor.

My height has shrunk, but the big feet have stayed with me LOL.

They say that everything shrinks when you get older. Im 50 years old but only lost about 1/2 inch height. My father who's 83 has told me that everything shrinks when you get old, some things more than others!

 

[maldorf]

I was into wrestling when I was younger and saw bodybuilding magazines that belonged to me older cousins but it never struck me until I went to the store and saw/bought this issue of Muscle & Fitness. I had just turned 16. I couldn't believe someone could look like Bob Birdsong and then became more mesmerized as I flipped through the pages. I collected every bodybuilding magazine I could after that!

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I loved that magazine. .i am about your age, born in 70. I had a subscription to the magazine for many years. It had a good influence on my physical fitness.

 

[Tomgrass]

Dang, you got screwed! I believed that there was a correlation. Are your hands normal size too?

Yes quite big hands but I don't know how s it really that bad, there are some positions when wife feel pain when going deep so what the point hurting her more. I guess I am enough for her. Maybe other woman with different size would be different story but I am not with other woman.

 

[maldorf]

Yes quite big hands but I don't know how s it really that bad, there are some positions when wife feel pain when going deep so what the point hurting her more. I guess I am enough for her. Maybe other woman with different size would be different story but I am not with other woman.

Yeah, im just joking. I know what you're saying about going too deep. Its not good hitting the cervix. Ive never worried about penis size, but many men seem to.

 

[Tomgrass]

I think all this penis size worries is like bodybuilding. We watch bodybuilders and think that 220 is small - when for normal people we look already huge. The same thing goes for men and porn. The same thing normal seems small when compare to porn actors. Both visions has nothing to do with normal.

 

[maldorf]

I think all this penis size worries is like bodybuilding. We watch bodybuilders and think that 220 is small - when for normal people we look already huge. The same thing goes for men and porn. The same thing normal seems small when compare to porn actors. Both visions has nothing to do with normal.

Yeah, plus let's not forget that when your muscles grow from training and you get bigger, the penis stays the same. Makes it look smaller.

 

[Fit2Serve]

Girls know what it means when a guy has big feet! You should be highly sought after.

the rumor is true for me! so thats prob only good thing bout big feet. its a BITCH to find shoes. i actually measure at 13.5 shoe size but they dont make half sizes after size 13..... suuuucks.
-F2S

 

[maldorf]

the rumor is true for me! so thats prob only good thing bout big feet. its a BITCH to find shoes. i actually measure at 13.5 shoe size but they dont make half sizes after size 13..... suuuucks.
-F2S

Lol. I like how you were sure to note that when you say you measure 13.5 that its shoe size!

 

[Ehren]

Rough schools. About 14 years old and very skinny. Introduced me to getting into fights (losing) with groups of kids versus one kid. Points to them for innovation! And that shit is very motivating. Took me one summer to make a big difference in size and strength as I was a pretty angry by then.
Side effect of being big and fast and angry, sports happened, girls took notice and it went from there.

Sports (and a truly great man / coach) literally kept me from jail and got me through college and via that path to where I now live and the life I am truly blessed to have. Thank God for resistance training and those groups of threatening kids. Formative moments. LOL.

 

[b-boy]

I was into wrestling when I was younger and saw bodybuilding magazines that belonged to my older cousins but it never struck me until I went to the store and saw/bought this issue of Muscle & Fitness. I had just turned 16. I couldn't believe someone could look like Bob Birdsong and then became more mesmerized as I flipped through the pages. I collected every bodybuilding magazine I could after that!

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Ha ha my mom use to watch wrestling on TV when I was youmger, and when I seen Tony Atlas I freaked out, that was what I wanted to look like! Few years later I seen the road warriors hawk and animal and they became my new idols i wanted to look like.

 

[lookslikesausage]

i was a young teen and not happy with my physique which at that time was only shaped from playing sports. also grew up a pro-wrestling fan and realized if i wanted to look like them lifting was the ticket. bought a Muscle & Fitness in the supermarket. Roland Czuirlok was on the cover. at the time, i thought that if i could look half as good as him, most of my problems in life would be solved.

 

[qbkilla]

For me, it was for my mental health, as well as wanting to lose weight and distract myself from stress and worries.
As time went on, and I started getting stronger and leaner, it started becoming more than a hobby, it became a lifestyle.

How about you guys?

Scott Steiner got me into lifting. I saw him on tv and said holy shit I want to grow up like that guy lol

 

[goback2013]

Rough schools. About 14 years old and very skinny. Introduced me to getting into fights (losing) with groups of kids versus one kid. Points to them for innovation! And that shit is very motivating. Took me one summer to make a big difference in size and strength as I was a pretty angry by then.
Side effect of being big and fast and angry, sports happened, girls took notice and it went from there.

Sports (and a truly great man / coach) literally kept me from jail and got me through college and via that path to where I now live and the life I am truly blessed to have. Thank God for resistance training and those groups of threatening kids. Formative moments. LOL.

great back story!
love it.

+1

 

[NPCclassicphysique champ]

My first love at 19 did it for me. She was a lot older 33. I was so pussy whipped it was ridiculous. One day she says to me your to skinny I can’t date anyone skinnier then me. The very next day I started doing curls. Those curls over time progressed into weightlifting which progressed in bodybuilding. The day that I picked up my first MD magazine I took my obsession to a whole nother level.

 

[maldorf]

Ha ha my mom use to watch wrestling on TV when I was youmger, and when I seen Tony Atlas I freaked out, that was what I wanted to look like! Few years later I seen the road warriors hawk and animal and they became my new idols i wanted to look like.

How about the Ultimate Warrior and Macho Man! I loved watching wrestling as a kid. Dad took me to see it live too. Saw all the greats like Hulk Hogan, Roddy Piper, Nature Boy Rick Flair, and Andre the Giant. Fun times!

 

[maldorf]

My first love at 19 did it for me. She was a lot older 33. I was so pussy whipped it was ridiculous. One day she says to me your to skinny I can’t date anyone skinnier then me. The very next day I started doing curls. Those curls over time progressed into weightlifting which progressed in bodybuilding. The day that I picked up my first MD magazine I took my obsession to a whole nother level.

I liked older women too, when I was young. I noticed older gals seemed to appreciate muscular guys.

 

[NPCclassicphysique champ]

I liked older women too, when I was young. I noticed older gals seemed to appreciate muscular guys.

So true bro! Even to this day it’s the same. Woman 35 and up really dig a muscular man. Most younger girls could care less and almost perfer the least amount of muscle as possible. I think the younger girls fear a strong powerful imposing man. They not ready for the devastation that we lay down lol They can’t handle “the truth”.