What keeps you motivated?

[sunnshine_ahead]

Tweet I am just curious what keeps everyone motivated to workout and keep a strict diet??

[FUZO]

TweetFAT PEOPLE

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FAT PEOPLE

That's what I was going to say. Other people who are fat and out of shape.

[kite]

TweetMy fascination with strength and pushing the boundaries of the mind and body.

[mr.nitro]

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I am just curious what keeps everyone motivated to workout and keep a strict diet??

the burning desire to be better. better than I am now, better than everyone else

[crombie09]

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My fascination with strength and pushing the boundaries of the mind and body.

I like that. Good way to put it. Reps.

I think honestly one of the big reasons I do it is for attention, mostly from the ladies. Then I also do it to be healthy, to feel good about myself for more energy.

[crombie09]

TweetHahaha, sorry Kite I cant give you reps right now. I must spread reps 1st lol.

[OldWiseGuy]

TweetYou can rep me. I do it for myself to better myself and the ladies love it. Got to keep the ladies happy.

[jazzjackrabbit]

TweetI do it because of the progress I see.
I want to be better and better. I don't compare myself to anyone.

[McKenzie]

TweetSeeing results and then also not seeing results, which makes me try harder.

[mick-G]

TweetIts one of my obcessions....

[angryoldman]

TweetSex. If my wife wants me to do anything, all she has to say is "If you do this for me, I'll give you some tonight". So for working out, the fact that my wife likes the way I look, that's what keep me motivated.

[supasaiyan99]

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I am just curious what keeps everyone motivated to workout and keep a strict diet??

I care about the way I look. I have the Adonis Complex...lol!!! I want to look better and better. Plus not to mention the health benefits associated with working out and eating healthy. I once heard this quote from someone.
" Your body is a gift from God. What you do with your body is a gift to God."

[JsJs24]

TweetResults are what keep me motivated. Of course, the pumped up muscle feel is nice too.

[crombie09]

TweetThe term "Adonis Complex" is not a medical term. It is being utilized to describe a variety of body image concerns which have been plaguing boys and men especially through the last decade. It does not describe any one body image problem of men, rather all the distortions collectively.

The term was extracted from Greek mythology which depicted Adonis as half man and half god who was considered the ultimate in masculine beauty. Adonis' body, according to sixteenth-century perspectives, was representative of the ultimate in male physique. According to mythology so beautiful was his body that he won the love of Aphrodite, queen of all gods.

One of the most famous renderings of Adonis was depicted by the Renaissance painter Titian. His painting shows Adonis with Aphrodite clutching his body with her arms. In Titan's painting Adonis looks heavy and out of shape in comparison to the men's physiques today which are seen splashed on the covers of magazines, in advertisements, and at gyms. (It could also be noted that Aphrodite, queen of the gods for the sixteenth century, appears quite full figured in comparison to what is considered the "ideal body" women today are striving for.)

This painting dramatically illustrates the fluidity of society over the ages with respect to its varying thoughts of the "ideal" or the "beautiful" human body. The development of the "Adonis Complex" shows that men are being targeted as vigorously as women have been for decades creating destructive obsessional disturbances concerning their own bodies. Men's body image concerns range from minor annoyances to serious and sometimes even life-threatening obsessions. They can present as manageable dissatisfaction at one end of the spectrum to extreme psychiatric body image disorders.