What are some reasons as to why some guys like to go to gym?

last SG · 2006-10-24T05:10:33+00:00

Yeah...especially when they come in 1 big group...damn noisy n irritating! I remember last time clementi clubfit gym every wed night got a group of dragonboa...

JuanRomanRiquelme SG

Hmmm...just wondering what are the main reasons as to why guys like going to gym.

To start the ball rolling:

I used to be very skinny and was always teased upon during sec sch days. Also, alot of people used to look down on me because of my scrawny feature. Therefore, I decided to eat more and gain more weight and go to gym to build up muscles so the next time when there is a sec sch reunion or something, can make them eat back their words.

the.owl SG

lol, shouldnt u do it for fitness and not for showing off

JuanRomanRiquelme SG

Partly so for fitness, but the main reason why I get motivated and keep going back to the gym is because I want those people in the past who has mocked at me and looked down upon me to kind of take back the words that they said...last time they also outcast me because of my size and said that I can't play for the class soccer team because i am too skinny.

Marco_Simone SG

I do it for the challenge. To be able to add 2.5kg every 1-2week to the bar is a real shiok feeling.

NewAge SG

To be able to win friends in arm wrestling feels great

Simon Dean SG

about the same reason as the threadstarter but geared more towards strength.

M©+square SG

It is being hurt psychologically that motivates you.

Not healthy, to have strong and nice body. But unable to forgive those people who mocked you. It's the past.

Take care of your body, also take heart of the things in the past.

Cheers Smile

Aveme SG

Cos some recent incident made me realised how much i had let my physcial fitness and body condition detoriate for close to a decade and i cannot let it continue on if not i am sure to get some serious illness soon.

Having to go for my ATEC outfield evaluation next year is also another factor,i have told myself to at least train myself back to having gold standard for my IPPT,well doing pretty well,from failing IPPT just 1 month+ ago to having silver standard now,the improving results is another motivating factor.

JuanRomanRiquelme SG

Lol...I have to start training for my pull-ups and ippt soon, especially since I have lost much form after I orded earlier this year...

JuanRomanRiquelme SG

Well, im a very typical cancerian actually...i do forgive what people have done in the past, but I will kinda never forget...Somehow i like this feeling of motivation, I use it when I am studying too as a tool of motivation...

Hmmm...why unhealthy then?

DriftingGuy SG

Cause this is a revenge kind of mentality.... not very healthy Confused

Bontakun SG

Well... JRR, the "best" way to get back at those who mocked you is to ignore them and live a happy life. Going to gym is just to train muscles and show off muscles and bio char bors.

I used to go gym coz I was skinny, I like to show off muscles when they developed and I wanna bio char bors. Laughing

Now no $$$ to go gym.

T.Ryousuke SG

Some are gay.

forum_dude SG

GO THE CLUBFIT GYM LA, NOT SO EXPENSIVE OSO. CAN GO TWICE A WK ALSO WONT HURT MY WALLET. ANYWAY I GO GYM BECOZ OF MY BUDDIES, ROPED ME IN THEN OK, FOLLOW LO. AND NOW IS TO BUILD A NICE BODY

ShrodingersCat SG

-whispers-

I used to really hate the gym. I felt it was full of narcissic, self absorbed people, and the machines there intimidate me. Its expensive, and Maybe previously I always went during peak hours.. so... claustrophobic etc.

But after being unwell for a few months where my physical activities almost completely stop, and then the haze came, I decided to accompany my colleague to the gym. And... wow.. I really enjoyed it this time around.

Felt it was an enjoyable, weather proof way of working up a sweat, and with an mp3 player I never felt jogging was so ... painless before.

Mmmm. and the automatic heart rate thingy is so cool.

Marco_Simone SG

When I see guys working out for cosmetic reasons, I see vanity exposing them in the worst way, as cartoon characters, billboards for imbalance and insecurity. Strength reveals itself through character. It is the difference between bouncers who get off strong-arming people and Mr.Pepperman.

Muscle mass does not always equal strength. Strength is kindness and sensitivity.

Henry Rollins said this... Wink

JuanRomanRiquelme SG

I am one of those pals who tries to introducing gyming to my friends, instead of gaming. Personally, i think that going to gym as a recreation is more beneficial on the whole rather than gaming...can build up hot bod la, can attract more girls, can build up self-confidence, can be fit n healthy at the same time without spoiling your eyesights by gaming etc...

JuanRomanRiquelme SG

Peak hours are the worst period to be in the gym...normally I will go during the afternoon where there are fewer people, or late at night around 9-10pm when everybody has gone home from their workouts. I agree that during peak periods, the crowd over there can really make working out a totally unpleasant experience.

ShrodingersCat SG

Yeah but previously i was going after work.. which is.. well.. peak hour.. 9-10 pm very late leh... but now Smile I go in the afternoon it is very pleasant.

forum_dude SG

SOMETIMES NON PEAK HOURS R ALSO CROWDED, NOT SURE ABT THE REASON Laughing BUT I FEEL GYM IS SOMETIMES ALSO A GD WAY FOR ME TO BOND WITH MY FRENS AS WE KEPT TALKING AT THERE