My motivation (why i train)

ouija86

I wrote this a few months ago. Lil story there feel free to pm me about it lol. But I've gotten some good feedback/pm's about it and figured I'd share my little rant.

Here goes:

People always wonder, what keeps you in on Friday nights? Why are you up at 6am on Sunday? More chicken? Really? Hell the UPS and FedEx guys think I'm nuts, boxes and boxes of supps coming in almost weekly.

So why do I do it? The time, the energy, the money? No, I've never been on stage. Sure there's a ton of bigger guys out there. All that work just to look good naked?

I'll tell you what I don't do it for. I don't train my *kitten* off so some half drunk girl can grab my arms at the bar. That's happened a time or two and well, just leaves me walking away shaking my head. I don't do it so I can have a nice butt, but thanks for those compliments I guess. I don't throw up big weights in the gym to brag or show off. There's nothing "cool" about chicken and rice every day.

I do it cuz while most people are sleeping in, I'm pushing myself. Obsessed, self centered? Maybe a little. But I don't weigh the value of what I'm doing against what the next guy is or isn't doing. I need to know that I'm better than what I was a day before. If I can do that, I know I'm not wasting my life, my time, my potential. Discipline? Yea it takes a lot of that. Two years ago I was still waking up drunk, looking for the next excuse to party. Two years ago today I'd be in bed, smelling of captain n coke. Today, I'm getting ready to warm up with my max from 2 years ago.

I do it cuz I love it. Ya, puking after squatting doesn't sound fun, fainting after a bench press sounds overboard. Nobody's paying me, nobody's cheering for me, hell I'm pretty sure nobody besides me cares. And that's the most fulfilling part. I do it for me, because I love it, it inspires me, it makes me feel good. It doesn't matter if I had an amazing day or a real ****ty one. The weights don't care. The weights tell me when I'm trying, they tell me when I'm not. And when they say I do, that goes with me everywhere, it's in everything I do.

I don't need to look at pics of the pro's or hear about so-and-so's new PR. I got my own pics. I have my own PR's. I can watch myself grow, change, improve. I can see myself make mistakes, miss goals, and come up short. But I also know I have the power to change, to learn from mistakes, try harder at those goals. Coming up short is temporary, you haven't failed until you give up. Your success is completely in your own hands.

So no, I don't train to look good or impress you. I train because it moves me.

Lukazetta

Cool story bro. (serious)

Inspired.

Cindy219

Loved this!!!!!

swthrtsmrf

Love it. I love your honesty. Thank you for sharing why you train. Doing it for you is the most important reason, yeah we all have our additional, but for ourself is the best reason!

Jmstill300

Damn man! You hit that right on the head! Thanks for sharing!

Topsking2010

Love your passion to be the best you can be!!!

icandoit203

Love it that is the way to do it motivate urself and no one else. When you do if for you you keep it off. WTG

ouija86

Thanks for reading!

Myrtlemama4

LOVE it!!!!!!! Love the post!

jodyl70

Simply amazing and well written................

ouija86

Simply amazing and well written................

Thank you

2dayirun4me

The best post I have read in a long time !! Very well done !!

ouija86

The best post I have read in a long time !! Very well done !!

thanks!

ouija86

and a shameless bump lol

annabellj

you are amazing and im proud to call you my friend. you are truely supportive when I need it and I thank you for that!

ChrisGoldn

Yea this is great! Pretty much why I friended u on here. So much of what u said is the same thoughts I have about why I do it too!
Way to hit right on!

CanuckLove

I love this

ladybug1620

I LOVE this. While I'm not as hardcore as you by any means, I have been called "obsessed" because I try to watch what I eat and work out. I find myself wondering all the time why it's okay to call someone obsessed that cares about their body, but not go around calling people fat and lazy when they are. Thanks for posting!

ouija86

Thanks everyone

Rayman79

Great post mate.

I think you have really nailed the key to success here. As long as you are working to impress someone, or to be better than someone else you will never truly be the best you can be.

It is only that internal fire, that inexplicable desire to be the best person YOU can be that will ensure long-lasting success. This ia as true in fitness as it is in every aspect of life.

Well done for achieving so much in the last two years!

brainfreeze72

I love it. Not the puking part but the rest of it. I have friends that are petite, friends that are large, friends that are into fitness and healthy eating and friends that are not, ironically it's the larger ones that are the ones who are eating healthier and getting more exercise. I've just started my mission to find my way back to the level of fitness I knew before and I know the people who think I'm crazy and the people who are behind me and support me because they understand that I want to be better, more fit, healthier, for ME... and not for how anyone else sees me or what anyone else thinks of me.

lynz4589

LIKE!!!

ouija86

LIKE!!!

thanks!

ouija86

Over 3 years later the situation has changed but the fire never died. Still battling

rlshopp6

This is awesome, thanks for sharing it. I found it really motivating and inspiring. As I think back to what I've accomplished in a few years, and how I've allowed myself to get stuck lately, your take on why you're so dedicated now has really got me thinking. I definitely needed to hear this!!