Thread: Who inspired to you take up Bodybuilding?

Just out of interest...

Who did you look at and think "I want to be like that someday".

For me it was Jamie Eason - lovely

myself.wasnt happy with what i saw in the mirror.

for me it was arnold schwarzenegger, i have looked up to him since i was a kid and thought i would love to look like that.(dreaming i know lol)

Arnie, a Flex mag my big bro bought, and being the school fatty!

Ned Flanders for me.

My mate and I started going to our college gym and it went from there - I mainly joined for my rugby but now I love going.

Shawn Ray & Gary Strydom for me.

A.C Slater... honest!

this bloke i kno....dai the bodybuilder.

arnold for me the opening scene of commando when hes carring half a tree to his house with the chain saw in the other hand

Originally Posted by stevens

myself.wasnt happy with what i saw in the mirror.

x2. and i still have along way to go

Everyone else.

Got fed up of the skinny comments / you look ill comments etc. Now I get the sarky 'oo look at the guns comments' etc but give it 12 months and we'll see who's laughing!

Originally Posted by nagasis

x2. and i still have along way to go

x3 and I am not sure if I will ever be happy with whats in the mirror or that I will get to the end of the "long way to go"...

Edward Norton on American history X, I was fed up of being skinny strong and getting retarded remarks when I told people that I was a fighter.