Nerds who lift
LiftAllThePizzas
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Like many others, when I first signed up on MFP and wanted to get back into shape, I thought heavy lifting was just for [jock/meathead/stereotype] or people who were "naturally strong." But then reading in the fitness and exercise forums here, I noticed quite a lot of geeky and/or smart people who were posting about lifting heavy and strength training with barbells and such.
So I tried it and got hooked. A year later at 44 I'm still enjoying it, and now I'm stronger and healthier than I was at 34. For example here's me squatting 275 lbs.:happy:
And here's my nerdcred: "my nintendo is bigger than yours"
(This was at E3 2001.)
Any other nerdy/geeky lifters out there, care to check in and show the newbies that we can lift too?
So I tried it and got hooked. A year later at 44 I'm still enjoying it, and now I'm stronger and healthier than I was at 34. For example here's me squatting 275 lbs.:happy:
And here's my nerdcred: "my nintendo is bigger than yours"
(This was at E3 2001.)
Any other nerdy/geeky lifters out there, care to check in and show the newbies that we can lift too?
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INNNNNNNNNNNNNN0
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IN!!!!!0
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Very cool! I am also a nerd who wants to be fit again. Feel free to add me ????????0
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IN!
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Any other nerdy/geeky lifters out there, care to check in and show the newbies that we can lift too?0
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i'm a nerdlete!!!0
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I am nerdy and I lift.....I think that puts me in this group.0
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Mmk if you insist:flowerforyou:
(and it is a one rep loop so no form critiques thanks)
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I'm a gamer nerd who just started lifting xD0
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I lift a little and have been called a nerd on a number of occasions
In fact...mah lifting sox!
Me lifting in them
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I don't have pics handy, but.... IN!0
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Checking in.0
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IN for nerds!!0
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I'm a chemical engineer lifter.
I have no pictures or gifs.0 -
I'm a mechanical engineer and I do StrongLifts. BAM!0
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I guess I'm nerdy enough to qualify. First post!0
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I'm a chemical engineer lifter.
I have no pictures or gifs.0 -
Employed in the video games industry.
I lift.
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These are old and my lifts (and form! lol) have greatly improved since then:
For nerdcred-- here's a painting I did last year of a submarine in the shape of a beluga whale.
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I lift a little and have been called a nerd on a number of occasions
In fact...mah lifting sox!
Me lifting in them
Nothing to do with anything but I love your Chucks and your socks. I lift in stuff like this. very cool.0 -
Never too old to start lifting. I started last year at age 53.0
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How do I make lifting videos into gifs?? Maybe I'm not nerdy enough if I don't know how....0
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How do I make lifting videos into gifs?? Maybe I'm not nerdy enough if I don't know how....
I used this: https://imgflip.com/gifgenerator0 -
I am a coding nerd who lifts.
Count me in!0 -
playing video games is what got me into this mess...but hey ive lifted off and on for years0
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I did vector calculus just for fun.
Also, physics, astronomy, linguistics and various languages. I'm also a sysadmin (no I won't fix your computer, dammit! )0 -
I lift a little and have been called a nerd on a number of occasions
In fact...mah lifting sox!
Me lifting in them
Nothing to do with anything but I love your Chucks and your socks. I lift in stuff like this. very cool.
Thank you. I was looking for long socks for my first meet for deadlifts as you need to lift in a singlet, saw them and had to get them.0 -
old pictures, of me slightly fatter and making awful faces. Also tiny bar and no rack, because I'm squatting like no weight at all. We all gotta start somewhere.
Nerdcred:
Was repping batman before those movies
screen shots like this exist on my imgur
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I am a big nerd.0
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