what motivates you guys to keep lifting? I haven't been to the gym in 3 months now, just can't find the motivation
I used to be very into my lifting, always sticking to schedule, taking supplements, good diet, always reading about routines and theory, but I've completely lost my passion for it.
My motivation before was sport, but I'm out of Uni now, and local teams aren't as competitive.
Like most in here, I work out to feel good and stay healthy. I couldn't even imagine of stopping at the moment. And well, lets face it, I have been extremely happy about looking better as well. So overall well-being is what I get out of it and what keeps me going.
It's best to get ahead of this stuff while you can.
I agree with this. Do it while you still can. I started because I basicly had no other choice and now I wish I would have started earlier. I love the results and I really enjoy going to gym, but this all would have been so much easier if my spine would be in better shape. I am getting there, but this journey will take a lot longer because of that.
Doesn't help that at age 37 I'm single again and the dating pool of attractive women in my age group is more competitive than ever.
This actually surprises me or perhaps you define the word "attractive" in very different way than I do.
Not to mention legs are not the only thing being worked when squatting. It requires a strong back to squat 3 sets of 5 at 355 and as you said, that should translate to a bigger DL.
Talking about squats and deadlifts mine are pathetic.
I don't think the problem is the lack of strenght in my legs since I do think I have actually fairly strong ones, but my back and my spine are extremely poor. I honestly do deadlifts and squats with the same weight (10 kilos / 22 pounds) that I have in bench with barbells in one hand.
But shouldn't these actually make my inner corset and core muscles better so if I just stick with this I should be able to add the weight when my back get used to this?
