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Sticky: Most Motivational Wallpapers Hi. I thought I'd start a thread with wallpapers that I made. I got inspiration from Strength_77's post in his motivation thread, so I used his writing to make a wallpaper with. Pics are hard to find on the net, so if anyone has any good, hi-res pics, and would like me to Photoshop them into... RekaW‎, 05-20-2009 02:50 PM 49 Pages • 1 2 3 4 5 ... 49	Last Post By brendonplunkett View Profile View Forum Posts 03-27-2021, 05:05 AM	1,464	2,215,933
Sticky: *Official PR Smashing Thread!* Welcome to the official pr smashing thread! You hit that 4 plate deadlift? Ran a 5 minute mile? Did a full pullup without assistance? Then let all us fitness enthusiasts know!! Personally i love seeing people smash their personal records, it motivates me and shows progress in the gym ... TheProgressiveOne‎, 02-04-2011 05:19 AM 31 Pages • 1 2 3 4 5 ... 31	Last Post By charlievanriper View Profile View Forum Posts 03-21-2021, 05:41 PM	921	311,634
Sticky: Daily Motivator's I used to post the Daily Motivator in my journal,and had a lot of positive feedback on them. So i have decided to continue that, in a thread all its own. I hope they help encourage the people that take the time to read them. I know, personally, that i have read several of them and they pertained... TheLBM‎, 03-19-2009 07:35 AM 111 Pages • 1 2 3 4 5 ... 111	Last Post By charlievanriper View Profile View Forum Posts 03-12-2021, 09:02 AM	3,321	562,811
Sticky: Most Motivational "Music" to get you going and keep you going! Question: What songs do you listen to when you work out? Whats your playlist that keeps you motivated and the blood flowing? pre-workout? running? lifting? Mr.Superman‎, 05-21-2009 10:38 AM 113 Pages • 1 2 3 4 5 ... 113	Last Post By scrul View Profile View Forum Posts 01-27-2021, 09:37 AM	3,387	991,710
Sticky: Most Motivational Quotes "It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes... BuryWhite‎, 05-20-2009 03:03 PM 118 Pages • 1 2 3 4 5 ... 118	Last Post By QuiLee View Profile View Forum Posts 01-20-2021, 12:48 AM	3,539	2,168,900
Sticky: Most Motivational Threads or Posts I thought I would add a thread where people can link to motivational threads they love around the other area's of the boards.... So - to start: Everyday Inspiration ^ A bunch of video's to put you back on the ground when you are feeling down and sorry for yourself. ;) Emma-Leigh‎, 05-18-2009 04:00 PM 12 Pages • 1 2 3 4 5 ... 12	Last Post By richalara View Profile View Forum Posts 09-23-2020, 12:53 AM	350	355,324
Sticky: General Forum Rules Welcome to the Bodybuilding.com Forums It is our hope that the members of the forums will help each other in providing motivation and information to those looking to reach their fitness goals. To protect our members and the forums, the following rules are effective in all sections. Please take... ForumSentinel‎, 05-19-2014 08:12 AM	Last Post By ForumSentinel View Profile View Forum Posts 05-19-2014, 08:12 AM	0	62,804

I feel like a piece of ** I **ing hate my body type so much. I'm a tall lanky dude with a short torso and long limbs. I have really small forearms, wrists, and calves and I have gyno and store fat in my ass, thighs, and mid section. When I have a shirt on I look like a twig, but when it's off I look a little chubby.... letskissbro‎, Today 12:45 PM	Last Post By letskissbro View Profile View Forum Posts Today, 12:45 PM	0	144
Work Motivation What keeps you motivated while working from home? invokker‎, 04-14-2021 12:39 AM	Last Post By jj324 View Profile View Forum Posts Today, 10:41 AM	1	327
Epic Workout Motivation - Get Fit (My first cinematic workout edit) Hey guys! Thought I'd share this here with the goal of inspiring and motivating everyone to get active & on to their best shape, both mentally & physically. Enjoy the motivation :) qXq5Q0LAkTc The whole video is cinematic, skip to 1:23 for the epic workout section :D Tonyy926‎, Yesterday 11:34 PM	Last Post By Tonyy926 View Profile View Forum Posts Yesterday, 11:34 PM	0	169
approaching milestone '40 year old virgin' 33 y.o, im approaching the milestone mark, announcing here the 7 year countdown to that day when im officially that, MWAHAHAHAHA!!! edl129‎, Yesterday 10:07 AM	Last Post By SuffolkPunch View Profile View Forum Posts Yesterday, 11:06 AM	1	193
Lose 4 kg fat gain 4 kg muscle Hi. So to reach my goal I need to lose 4 kg fat and gain 4 kg muscle. My equipment is kettlebells, 12 kg and 16 kg. I warmup until sweating with one handed snatches using the 12 kg I do feel pain in my forearms during warmup. After warming up I do one handed kettlebell dead snatches or... pepsiboy93‎, 01-31-2021 11:01 AM	Last Post By alriva37 View Profile View Forum Posts Visit Homepage Yesterday, 09:54 AM	9	1,739
need help skinny fat used to be anorexic with pictures as the title say i used to weight in about 143 pounds at 6 feet tall and now i am about 175 pounds but i entered in the category of skinny fat so this year i tried to change that and bought myself a set of dumbbells and a barbell starting first with some disks and i am trying my best to do pull ups... Sookbono9‎, 03-25-2021 09:38 PM	Last Post By alriva37 View Profile View Forum Posts Visit Homepage Yesterday, 09:51 AM	1	530
Strong physically, but not mentally. Wwyd? For the past few months I've tried to be consistent, sticking to a daily routine of getting up at 6AM for a walk, then heading back home for breakfast/shower/etc, and then to the gym at around 8:30. Through doing this I've dramatically increased my strength, as well as my motivation to get other... aidenm8‎, 03-04-2021 06:13 PM	Last Post By alriva37 View Profile View Forum Posts Visit Homepage Yesterday, 09:49 AM	4	1,206
Can't reach my goals,im giving up I was inspired by a friend who got tons of attention from females(thanks to his physique)to start lifting.And I started weightlifting,everything was going great and then BANG 2 herniated discs ended up with microdisectomy.Fast forward started weightlifting again knowing the risk about re herniating... pank434‎, 11-10-2016 03:47 PM 2 Pages • 1 2	Last Post By ssss8618 View Profile View Forum Posts 04-18-2021, 05:19 AM	41	12,501
Made a bet to keep me motivated Long time lurker. Decided to join the forums to help keep myself accountable. After a bad year last year I decided to get back in the gym when they opened here in November. Lifted doing compounds 3-4x a week and noticed muscles coming back (muscle memory is great). But I’ve still been stressed... 808Handyman‎, 03-02-2021 02:38 PM	Last Post By 808Handyman View Profile View Forum Posts 04-14-2021, 06:48 PM	4	1,725
Lifters who draw/paint/design Hey everyone! My name is Levi, I'm the head of content at bodybuilding.com. I'm starting this thread because I'm interested in finding out if any of you lifters and fitness junkies also are artists, and if your two passions ever intersect? Do you create art that has a fitness or physique theme? ... levibett‎, 02-08-2021 09:27 AM	Last Post By TheDedicated1 View Profile View Forum Posts 04-10-2021, 05:00 AM	1	1,465
Should you start lifting? Hello everyone, my name is Jonah. This is my first post I will be making on this website, and this is the first time I have really ever been on this site. I'm on here after watching the Zyzz documentary and finding out he was on bodybuilding.com when he started out. I thought perhaps that you guys... workingondying‎, 11-10-2020 06:38 PM	Last Post By buildkin View Profile View Forum Posts 04-08-2021, 10:34 AM	6	2,934
Help So I tried going to the gym like 100 times but I always get bored and don't have any more motivation after a week or soo,it's really frustrating beacuse I lose a lot of money when I get a 30 day subrcription and go 10 days akozmey‎, 01-27-2021 04:08 AM	Last Post By buildkin View Profile View Forum Posts 04-08-2021, 10:32 AM	4	994
Lockdown motivation... can anybody recommend how to break the not being motivated due to gyms being closed on this 3rd lockdown. It just isn't the same. I am so blahhh stonewench‎, 02-17-2021 05:14 PM	Last Post By GardenJoseph View Profile View Forum Posts Visit Homepage 04-01-2021, 05:59 AM	4	3,076
my 90 day at home transformation i got me some cheap bench a barbell some weights and multifunction machine for my Garage for very cheap on those buy used websites here what i managed to get in 3 months youtube.com/watch?v=T8iDq623y_w Hope this inspires some of you =) any... RazorRoses‎, 04-01-2021 12:16 AM	Last Post By RazorRoses View Profile View Forum Posts 04-01-2021, 12:16 AM	0	383
Help needed I've been having a very tough couple of weeks. The guy I was seeing and loved slept with my (now ex) best friend (who was like a sister to me). It's gotten me really depressed and I've been having alot of anxiety, staying up for days, not eating etc. I know going to the gym and hitting the weights... Rogue3‎, 03-20-2021 01:41 PM	Last Post By MG5 View Profile View Forum Posts 03-25-2021, 07:26 AM	1	637
Weight Trainer from Greece Hello, after all these years of reading these forums I would like to introduce you myself. Im Tony from Greece and Im 22. Im a weight trainer & fitness instructor. In my free time I read a lot of books and I am a big fan of Batman comics :D Right now I am studying to be a nutritionist and one day I... DemGainzGR‎, 03-05-2021 04:47 AM	Last Post By ManwittaPlan View Profile View Forum Posts 03-24-2021, 01:27 PM	1	758
How can I get over fear of going to the gym? I'm a young guy and I'm very skinny. I've thought about going to the gym, but I can never seem to get over the fear of being the smallest person, having people give me looks for being super skinny and talking about it. What could I do about this? What has helped you in the past? Zephyr01‎, 09-08-2020 05:52 PM	Last Post By andreabk View Profile View Forum Posts 02-28-2021, 08:15 AM	27	6,828
Any nostalgic things that you look to for motivation? To clear up the title a bit more, is there anything that you remember using to motivate yourself that still stands out to you today or that you maybe even still use for motivation today? For me, I'll always remember a certain video that's a clip of Jocko Willink makes the point to take the things... NoExcusesWhyNot‎, 01-19-2021 03:38 PM	Last Post By ManwittaPlan View Profile View Forum Posts 02-22-2021, 08:00 PM	2	1,262
[HELP] FLEX WHEELER & CHRIS CORMIER motivation video lost? Hi Used to post here 2008-2011. Time has really unfolded. Nothing tragic but after lockdown I have no drive and way out of shape (Psychology is massive in bodybuilding). Me and my friend are looking for a video that was circulating around those years. FLEX WHEELER & CHRIS CORMIER... T0BYw‎, 01-09-2021 04:58 AM	Last Post By T0BYw View Profile View Forum Posts 02-18-2021, 11:05 AM	2	1,916
Motivational Song What is your song for the exercise mine is BELIEVER!! Ksteevyla‎, 12-01-2020 04:45 PM	Last Post By ElzaJ View Profile View Forum Posts 02-16-2021, 12:21 AM	12	3,337
Can i get this bodybuilder's name? i wanna know his name. thanks~ loveteachers‎, 12-27-2020 02:18 AM	Last Post By mikelucas123 View Profile View Forum Posts 02-12-2021, 12:25 PM	5	2,389
(real motivation- body building Hi everyone ishy876‎, 02-12-2021 07:10 AM	Last Post By ishy876 View Profile View Forum Posts 02-12-2021, 07:10 AM	0	690
27 yo male, low T (335 ng/dl) hey guys, 27 yo male here with 335 ng/dl testosterone. I am looking for any and all kinds of options and suggestions on how to fix this. I am open to trt, sarms, roids, I would love some guidance from dudes who have been in this miserable hole and fixed this problem. Bit about me....I am 5'10,... RodyChodes‎, 02-03-2021 07:14 AM	Last Post By ManwittaPlan View Profile View Forum Posts 02-08-2021, 04:19 PM	1	1,139
The ultimate resource is RESOURCEFULNESS! The powerful people in the world couldn't get the resources they need so they become RESOURCEFUL... You may not always get what you need, but YOU are always what you need! Belovedfemi‎, 01-28-2021 02:49 PM	Last Post By davgrav View Profile View Forum Posts 02-04-2021, 05:51 AM	1	1,219
Stay positive, negativity kills performance. iU40ik5br_4 Watch this video alot of people don't realise just how important staying positive is to achieving goals or winning. Ya gotta succeed/win in your mind first, make your mind strong. Lolzords‎, 06-09-2014 02:52 AM	Last Post By Rizzo845 View Profile View Forum Posts 02-01-2021, 03:03 AM	19	2,972