If you're being honest, what is the MAIN reason you really exercise?

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WeaponZero · Accepted Answer

I used to be obese throughout my teens. I never really cared because to be honest my self esteem wasn't based on my image. But when I decided to buy my first motorcycle when I was 27, I found out being as heavy as the bike I was trying to ride made mastering basic riding techniques MUCH more difficult. I was... a liability on the bike. So I made it my mission to get lighter, get fitter, to be a better rider. Now I just enjoy the tactile sensation of being able to move more quickly, with more coordination, more explosiveness, and being able to change direction more suddenly.

BertMacklinFBI · Accepted Answer

i just want to be strong. i don't even look forward to the gym most days.  I can happily stand in front of a heavy bag for much longer.

Errhh · Accepted Answer

Primarily: To look in the mirror and say 😯!😯!😯!😯!!😯!! "no way!!! That's meeee? 😯😯"wow!! It isssss mee!! 😳😍I look so awesome!!"😊😊😊😊😊😁😁😁😁!!! And health purposes second but it's actually also first reason as well 😁!! and to attract the guys that I choose !! But this too is actually first reason too!! 😁😁😛!! And I actually love it!! And it it is a stress released and a sadness antidote :]!!

I don't care to fit "in"
I don't care if someone doesn't like how I look as long as "I" like it! 😛!!

Victorianne · Accepted Answer

I love exercising. It's part of my life. I'm happy with my figure and I exercise to maintain my shape too. I love feeling fit and healthy. I also find if ever I feel sad , stressed or upset, I feel in much better spirits after a good workout. Exercising is part of my daily routine

GnarCute · Answer

im honest i fucking hate to exercise but i do it so i dont get fat and out of shape  i also like to be able to cosplay as boa hancock from one piece whenever i go to a con or on Halloween.

Sara413 · Answer

I like feeling strong and fit. Looking good is nice too but to be honest, when I'm out of shape it's the feeling weak and tired all the time that makes me feel shittier about myself than having a bit of purge around my belly. I certainly enjoy looking good when I'm nice n fit but my motivation is feeling good.

ConsultantIsBack · Answer

I started lifting in high school for football, and then of course for girls, but it quickly became for more "pure" reasons. I lift now primarily for myself, it literally makes me happy I'm not happy if I don't go, it's how I balance working in the office, mood balance, stress management, energy and vitality, feels fucking amazing guys I fucking promise you get under the bench NOWWWW if you aren't. Life is so much better!

Jaden69 · Answer

It's my outlet for all the stress, bullshit, and work life has offered me. Somewhere it was for girls, and also cause I was skinny.

Now it's for improving my body, and it's mentally uplifting. Working out was the one of the best decisions I've made

Anonymous · Answer

The main reason is appearance, I want to keep looking good naked ;). Next biggest reason, I feel better, have more energy, and I'm less stressed when I've been working out. I do care about my health too, but I think my diet has more to do with it than exercising.

raio81597 · Answer

I exercise to stay fit and to maintain my health, when I was 12 I was over weight and short so got made fun of a lot, so since then I maintain my ideal weight and shape. It's paid off, I have lots of stamina and not gut.

cipher42 · Answer

Most of my excercise is rock climbing or hiking, or occasionally soccer, all of which I legitimately do because they're a lot of fun. I have actually tried excercising for the sake of losing weight or looking cool or whatever, but I just can't motivate myself that way. I'm a lazy hedonist, what can I say. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Fritz81 · Answer

I do because I like to look good, not for men, for me mostly. So I am confident in a bathing suit and myself. I also feel good after I do it, but I don't necessarily enjoy it at the time. I was never overweight, I started working out to get toned and be healthy inside and out. So, none of those options but parts of a few.

Smmyskittles · Answer

I love the burn, the atmosphere, the GREAT after feeling [pretty damn close to sex], and knowing that my muscles are bad ass fuck because of it. To be honest.

EmpatheticLady · Answer

I want to look better for myself and in clothing. It does feel good, too, that afterburn. The bonus is that I look good for my boyfriend specifically, but others in general.

AndyOh · Answer

Stats are pretty interesting.  I do it for health reasons. It keeps my blood moving, my brain active, my reflexes sharp, and my body trim. Well worth it at my age.

Iron_Man · Answer

To be an ass kicker, and to get girls and my Health

Philosopher_Edge · Answer

You get to a certain age when you have to start thinking of about conserving your heath as you age. How you look begins to lose meaning as staying healthy to stave off things like high blood pressure and such become more important.

Anonymous · Answer

I don't really exersice apart from walking a bit around my house (it's big enough) and squatting/leg exersices. I squat daily for a whole week but rest on saturdays and sundays. I squat for a better ass because it's flat as hell and i do leg excersices for thicker more toned legs.

orphan · Answer

my main form of exercise is riding my bicycle. so #1 is to triumphantly defeat any challenger in any physical activity... which is important to impress the ladies

to look good naked for the ladies

to keep up my respectable sexual endurance

to sum it up. for the ladies

Paris13 · Answer

"C" for Me, @BeeNee, and with Living at the Ramada Inn, I can go to the gym any time of Day or Night.
But as a Straight Shooter as an Honest Jane, I also still Walk, I never will give this up.
Good luck and Great question. xx

Prof_Don · Answer

I can't lie, if I had a perfectly clean bill of health without looking good, i'd be salty as fuck. I chose option B. I really like the way I look in my clothes when I have a slimmer body. :)

chintita · Answer

because: -its enjoyable -i have too much energy and need to spend it on sOMETHIGN -to keep fit  -dont want to have to buy new clothes -for sex

Anonymous · Answer

The main reason i work out is to feel better about my body.

Health is a second concern.

The main reason i work out as -hard- as i do is to improve my performance in the sport i took up. If i was just worrying about looks/health, a lot of the rough exercise i'd drop.

curiouslittleB · Answer

To feel good about my body, and be happy with the way I look in relation to my own body image.

Dtegesd123 · Answer

because I dislike it when my body jiggles and I like the way clothes fit on me. Plus thus endorphins are too good!

skykidx1 · Answer

I haven't started yet but I wanna start to get in shape. am 5'11 and my weight 139.. I have always felt I should be a tone guy. I'dk why it's just a feeling I have like my body not what it should be.

freedomz · Answer

Summer body, impress others, fit into an article :) Good question!!

BlastGrass · Answer

I don't really do it to impress the guys. People keep in shape also for their pride. I feel really down if I feel unattractive, so I must stay in shape for my own productivity.

RedRobin · Answer

I don't exercise often (I do sports fighting and go when I can) but when I do it's because I enjoy it, I want to 'forget' about life for a while or if there's something pissing me off lol.

Scrambledagain · Answer

It was to look good for women. Then I realised abs don't women. So i do it because 1) it makes me feel better than if I didn't 2) it's the thing I'm damn good at and 3) makes it quicker for me to send a dude to ICU if he touches my beer.

carinerose · Answer

I exercice to maintain a good body and because it improves everything else in my life : self-confidence, health, guys, stress... everything.

Nomad69 · Answer

It's fun. causes my sex drive to go up, makes me more confident

HGStebbins · Answer

Because I'm dying of health complications as a result of my body size and weight.

sweettckae · Answer

I exercise mainly to look good naked and to become a much smaller size like I used to be in high school.

Giacomanzo · Answer

Something between A and B. I'm always been fat, but now I got a little over and I didn't fit in my pants and shirts anymore before starting the diet on January. That and because I'm already unattractive enough to afford keeping being fat.

kitty71 · Answer

For fun and to be active in some way and try to he bealthy even if I cheat sometimes.

Luci92 · Answer

Because I want to be confident in myself and be healthy overall.

Mistnigqa808 · Answer

So I can be stong enough to do most normal things that require physical labor in life >_<

MindYourEyes · Answer

Because I love the feeling of having control and power from it.

AlwaysBelieving · Answer

Too feel good. Be it either "throw weights around" to release stress from the office or a spin class for cardio. I love working out 6X a week.  Some of the scenery at th gym is a bonus.

ihatethiswebsite · Answer

I lift so I do something productive with my time and to get stronger than I was before my surgery

GreatnessRevamped · Answer

I chose impress girls, because why not. Also, I do it to be a strong fighter, because why not. Aww, man, I should have chose to lose the baby weight!!!

Highthoughts · Answer

I exercise because i want to be healthy, fit and look good.

Nerdvana · Answer

I was sued. Part of the settlement is that i work out

Kim87 · Answer

I do it for myself, my health, to fit in clothes that should fit and nothing other than that.

badger25 · Answer

Because I want to be healthy fit and look good naked

Grace_Rdz · Answer

It's a tie between wanting to stay fit and helping with my depression and horniness

idkwtftoputhere · Answer

to look good in clothes so I quit feeling like shit at the mall

SunnyCaliGirl · Answer

I exercise to feel awesome and look hot to find a man :)

KingAj · Answer

To be the best version of myself and as a necessity for my martial arts. Also to feel/look superior to other subordinates.

Decentguy · Answer

i really enjoy exercise for fun and health and specially for lower stress.

Papier · Answer

I wanna look good. But I don't actually exercise just yet.

Anonymous · Answer

It's a mixture of A and D. I'm overweight so to loose that I'm working out to get health. But my motivation is to have a higher chance with girls.  No girl wants a fat guy like me

idiotmanchild · Answer

It's both to impress girls and I actually enjoy it. Few things feel better than a post workout pump.

Offthelist · Answer

Mostly stress. And self/society expectations

cavmanier · Answer

Health>feel good>appearance (honestly)

ikissedtheskyonce · Answer

Health and emotional health

fr4nk · Answer

Primarily for health reasons.

karahiri · Answer

to look good, to feel good, to live longer.

teawrecks · Answer

Boredom, lack of other hobbies.

Nopenope · Answer

But, I hate traditional exercise. I do yoga.

CastleMaiden · Answer

To be healthy, build up my confidence...

H2OBearer · Answer

To look good feel good and to improve in fitness.

Dred1614 · Answer

It's one of the ways I work off stress.

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