For me it was seeing Arnie and people like that in films - I just thought the look was absolutely awesome so went out and bought a concrete weight set at the age of 10 Lol Even then I fell in love with the way I felt afterwards just doing some curls and bench presses laid on the floor. After a few months I stopped and guess forgot about them being so young also.... Fast forward to about 16 and I was getting heavily bullied at school so turned to them properly and bought a steel set. Although I was extremely light I found that I could gain an immense amount of strength quickly, more than guys who were 5 stone heavier than me. The bullying pretty much stopped straight away as soon as I started taking my shirt off before P.E lessons at school. Another addicting factor was how easy it made getting girls at nightclubs - as long as you had a chest and biceps and a bit of gel in your hair you can get any girl you wanted Lmao .....

Remember also bud, if you do properly go the powerlifting route that you can keep getting stronger up until you reach 50 for sure. Efferding set a RAW world record when he was 49 so there's a hell of a lot of longevity in it.

I was watching the “Beverly Hillbillies” and Dave Draper was on there.
Been chasing it every sense..

When I went to prison at about 142 pounds I said to myself I’m not going to completely waste my time. I’m going to work out and get big. I gained 40 pounds of muscle in the six years I was there. I did that with a shitty prison diet and weights that were welded together. We would work out in 20 degrees weather. I was that hooked. Let me tell you. It changed my life. The way I felt about work ethic and work reward and Confidence and I was so hooked on lifting. My bench was 100 pounds for two reps. I left doing 245 for five reps. I got out four years ago. I never knew that I would NEED to work out so bad. So addicting but I’m a good way. I will never stop. It made every aspect of my life better. When people saw me they were shocked on how different I looked. And the female attention as way better than it was. Wish I could work out right now.
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I'm not "passionate" about training. I train because the older you get the more your body breaks down. I try and keep up with the aging process. I chose powerlifting because I am a midget and have incredible strength for my size so I took advantage of it. Now that I'm older I'm "passionate" that I'm able to piss a steady stream.
Now its 5 days a week for an hour, then I go and enjoy life. Weekends are time for the family. Priorities change and you have to make sure you are ready for them. You cant train if you cant lift a weight from burning out or injuring yourself.

I heard a quote that made a ton of sense:

If you want to feel like you are in your 20's then you should train like you are in your 40's.

I got addicted to the pain ....

Just Joking , in all seriousness I just love the life style of bodybuilding/Physical Training mentally its the single greatest decision I ever made . The structure of the Diet and Exercise keeps me in line and it helps me to stay focused on other things in my life . The euphoria of the pump and the endorphins from the pain and just all around looking good and feeling good I honestly don't see how other people mentally and physically survive with out going to the gym and pushing themselves to be better .

Going for a good run in the mornings and hitting the gym in the evenings keeps me feeling good all around , I could not imagine just waking up and not having any plans of physically exercising , just sitting at a desk or what ever fuck that .