How gym totally changed my mind

[.*my*.]

So those of you who know me already know that I suffered from a nice case of borderline anorexia from the age of 16-18. I hated it and I wanted to do something about it. I started training just doing pull ups, dips, push ups etc. (summer 2018) and a year later went to the gym. At first I was bottom 5% in strength. That was really disappointing. I was either the weakest one, or the second weakest. I thought that this is just how it is and that I will be like this forever. Naive me.

A couple of days ago I went to the gym, picked up two dumbbells each weighing 55 pounds, sat my ass and did full, clean 10 reps of overhead press. I didn’t think it was anything spectacular until I got up and saw the whole gym staring at me. At that point I knew that I was probably doing something right.

TLDR: never give up.

 

[Ocelot]

hodgetwins me

 

[.*my*.]

hodgetwins me

They are my inspiration tbh. Same height and bone structure and we got some nigg er blood in us.

 

[Bignuts]

Imagine being anorexic. Just eat lmao

 

[Deleted member 7076]

not as impressive as @juliencentral boxing ability

 

[.*my*.]

Imagine being anorexic. Just eat lmao

You would never understand a genetically small appetite and small stomach. It’s like telling a 600 pound person to stop eating. Yes it will certainly benefit them, but they will still be fat because their genetics are trash.

 

[.*my*.]

B

 

[.*my*.]

B

 

[Ricochet]

So those of you who know me already know that I suffered from a nice case of borderline anorexia from the age of 16-18. I hated it and I wanted to do something about it. I started training just doing pull ups, dips, push ups etc. (summer 2018) and a year later went to the gym. At first I was bottom 5% in strength. That was really disappointing. I was either the weakest one, or the second weakest. I thought that this is just how it is and that I will be like this forever. Naive me.

A couple of days ago I went to the gym, picked up two dumbbells each weighing 55 pounds, sat my ass and did full, clean 10 reps of overhead press. I didn’t think it was anything spectacular until I got up and saw the whole gym staring at me. At that point I knew that I was probably doing something right.

TLDR: never give up.

Good shit. Do overhead press standing on your feet though. When you have the option between sitting and standing during an exercise, always pick standing

 

[Bewusst]

> picked up two dumbbells each weighing 55 pounds
> saw the whole gym staring at me