How Did You First Get Introduced To The Gym?

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CeasarIM

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Ive worked out in the school gym by myself then joined a hard core jim in my neighborhood where a lot of the hells Angels were working out at back in the mid 80's . i was a young kid and it got me a lot of respect. All of the equipment was welded by the owner and was some bad ass shit. i really miss that gym
 
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Dr. Swole

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Maniac1130 said:
Background: I was in 6th and that one kid who always had 6-pack abs got a weight bench for Xmas. I thought to myself "a weight bench, what the heck is that?". So the following year I asked for a weight bench for Xmas. Funny thing was, this weight bench sat in my room for a few years collecting dust because I had no idea what to do with it.

9th grade year my uncle decided he was going to get into bodybuilding with his friend and he built a home gym in his basement. This was the coolest gym I had ever seen. He had everything. Full dumbbell weight rack up to 100lb DBs. A power rack, a few movable benches. That one bench that always seems to be in the decline position. He also had this 3-station system where you could do flys, Lat pulldowns, rows and a few other exercises. He also had a leg press that reversed into a hack squat. Oh and he had tons of olympic weights and olympic bars. Rubber matts on the floors and mirrors, two tredmills (one for him and his wife) and a few stationary bikes. He also had some medicine balls, some ab workout gear. This gym had the works. It was heaven-on-earth. So I asked him to show me how to workout. I think he first showed me a full body work out where I hit 1 muscle group each with a different exercise and we stored all the stats on index cards. Of course, he always had that Arnold Schwarzenegger Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding (the one with the yellow-ish cover) open on the table in the weight room. I was hooked ever since.

How did you guys first get introduce to the gym?
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I started working out my senior year in high school. I was a whopping 6'2" 133 lbs of bones, gristle and sex appeal!. My mom, (in a constructive way that only moms can do) basically told me I looked like crap. I remember she bought me my first tub of protein powder. I was made by MLO. And to tell you that $hit tasted like rotten vomit, is not an understatement. When drinking it, I always gagged, and a few time did throw up. I dont think theyre in business anymore! ....LOL. But like everyone else, I tried it out, starting getting results and started to like it. As a matter of fact, working out was what made it possible to join the military, I got up to the big 1-5-0, within12 months later. Ive ran into people back home and they are amazed how I turned out. Weights/working out is what allowed me to go to the military, the military was what allowed me to go/afford college, and that has improved my life all around. So, like most of you brothers, it mad a posiitve impact on my life.
 
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Dr. Swole

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suppsforlife said:
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well, now that's swole :ROFLMAO:
but seriously, congrats! you seem to have gone a long way!
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Thank you, and yes, I think (know) Ive come along way, compared to most of my family members. And, I honestly think it a lot of it boils down to the "life style" of working out and fitness.
 
Gainz.

Gainz.

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Dr. Swole said:
Thank you, and yes, I think (know) Ive come along way, compared to most of my family members. And, I honestly think it a lot of it boils down to the "life style" of working out and fitness.
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I was 6ft 137lb... So I get it brother
About 3 years between these... And almost 60lbs
 

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