What age did you really start to hit the weights?

[formula1069]

22 in prison, best thing that ever happened to me, straighten my ass out, been lifting ever since

 

[turbobusa]

Yeah I have a cuz we are trying to get in front of a parole board . In 18th year 20 to go. Glad you were not gone for good. Lots of buddies doing life, double, and triple no chance of parole. Freedom is a great thing... T

 

[Incognito1]

About 24 was when I started but like most I had no idea what I was doing. Just going through the motions with no game plan. I'd say I got my shit together and really got my training on track at bout age 28, now 32

 

[Marshall]

about 19-20.

 

[mx109]

31. been lifting regularly on and off for the last five years. My breaks have been mainly based around injuries. It seems as time passes the more serious i take it.

 

[Thunder46]

I played around with weights in high school but I did not get serious till after I was in the army think I was 27

 

[Gj]

Started in high school but really didn't learn how to really hit it hard till I was 23.

 

[Supa DieselG33K]

I started when I was a freshman in highschool. Got serious about bodybuilding when I was a junior. Been killing it ever since.

 

[xmen1234]

Got my first weight set when I was 14.

Competed in high school Weight lifting competitions. Power Clean Champ my senior year in the 120 and under class. My best lift was 175 lbs. I weighed in @ 107. lol! That was 21 years ago.

Hooked ever since. Of course over the years training would take a back seat, but never forgotten.

 

[Thor]

started late

joined my first gym in 88, i was 28, didnt get serious til almost 5 years later but made up for lost time.:headbang:

 

[VanillaMandingo]

At thirty-four. The discipline and mental health that it has given me has saved my life. I mean that literally.

 

[omegachewy]

am i the only guy who started real young? is it really that uncommon?

 

[xmen1234]

A lot of guys here seemed to start later in life.

 

[SoccerDad]

I started with calisthenics about 5th grade. In 7th, I got a Bullworker. It actually gave me good results. Then in 8th I got the Sears plastic and the oh so sturdy bench. I joined a gym outside of Philly as a junior, and never stopped.

 

[dudcki27]

am i the only guy who started real young? is it really that uncommon?

At 10 most likely. I may have been 12 when I started my first go at it.

 

[Enigmatic707]

I started in high school, we had a nice nice weight room that was open during lunch and other hours and a group of us would go lift.. Then again around 19

 

[Old Man River]

Man, are we digging in the dirt or what! My father bought me a Charles Atlas "Dynamic Tension" booklet 43 years ago when I was 13 and a dough-boy! I started working out on weights at 15. Started competing in bodybuilding at 21 until the early 80's. I have never stopped lifting. It's my fountain of youth! Three wives later, I am ready to give the Old Man's competition a run again. Don't stop till you drop! OMR

 

[tripletotal]

18. Before that, no sports, no working out, nothing. Even avoided gym class. One day I just joined Gold's and have never stopped for more than a few days in 20 years.

Probably saved my life...through all the crazy years there was nothing as stable in my life as that iron, always waiting for me, always delivering.

 

[Ironbuilt]

Great stories guys ..I too had sears concrete filled weights and playboy to boost testosterone at age 12.