50 Reasons: Why?
By
EFS Readers
Dave asked a simple question of one word – why?
1.) “Because being weak and scrawny sucks in all aspects.” – Dustin
2.) “To be the best there is…period.” – Jesse
3.) “Because it gives me a focal point in a bust, tumultuous life.” –
Joseph
4.) “Because in the gym, nothing matters…your ex that just dumped you, shit
from work, being late on bills. The weight doesn’t care about your problems.
It’s trying to kick your ass, and your only choice is to kick its ass harder.” –
Chris
5.) “Every man needs challenges. Push your limits and try to find a
breaking point. Or, as Wendler would say, ‘staying north of vag’.” – Dennis
6.) “Because I want to.” – Joe
7.) “Because strong people are more useful.” – Joshua
8.) “Because someone told me ‘girls don’t know shit about strength and
conditioning’.” – Lindsey
9.) “Because the great high leader Macristonikla says it should be so. And
it is so…” – Mandy
10.) “A lot of people cannot do what I can. I have a
gift and I choose not to waste it.” – Yuri
11.) “Because I don’t settle for 100%.” – Ryan
12.) “Weak people suck.” – Greg
13.) “It helps me get through the day and makes me feel
so much better. And growing in the Bronx and being weak isn’t an option.” –
Andre
14.) “Because the lessons and attitudes learned under
the bar, carry over to ‘real life.’ When I stop training, I become undisciplined
and lazy and more vulnerable to my worst enemy – myself.” – Benjamin
15.) “Don’t know why. I just know that it HAS to be
done. Besides little people are life’s speed bumps.” – Chad
16.) “Because only the strong survive.” – Abraham
17.) “Self-preservation. When the fight-or-flight
response kicks in, it will allow me to do either or.” – Rob
18.) “Because it’s the only place I can get away with
wearing a singlet at 52 years old.” – James
19.) “Because I can’t be a good example to my teenage
sons and push them in the gym unless I do the same…” – Marjorie
20.) “Therapy.” – Ken
21.) “Because it’s hard and doing hard things makes
you stronger.” – Jeremy
22.) “Knowledge.” – Dean
23.) “For the ringing in my ears and the blood in my
nose.” – Ben
24.) “Because straining on a ME squat or deadlift on
the weekend bursts blood vessels in your eyes and that can be quite intimidating
at work Monday morning.” – Todd
25.) “Because people and society tell me no.” – Larry
26.) “I could have answered that a long time ago. I
don’t ask why anymore, it’s what I do.” – Jens
27.) “Because no matter how strong you get, it will
never become easy or lighter. When you get stronger, you put on more weight and
it becomes a challenge again.” – Parker
28.) “It brought me back from the brink. I was in a
real bad way and headed for worse until the iron showed me that I could be
better.” – David
29.) “You’re only here for a little while, might as
well make it count.” – Andrew
30.) “It’s my sanity.” – Joe Kenn
31.) “As the vampire needs blood in order to survive,
I too need to survive by feeling the pain, the pleasure, the strain, the pull
the press of the bar and its weight.” – Suzanne
32.) “Because they tell you don’t.” – Brian
33.) “Because I’d be REALLY grumpy if I didn’t, rather
than just grumpy if I do!” – Ian
34.) “I have way too much free time and picking up
heavy shit kicks ass.” – Phil
35.) “So I can better myself just a little each day.”
– Joey
36.) “Because the alternative is unacceptable.” – Tom
37.) “Because it separates us from the sheep.” – Mike
38.) “Wendler is my leader.” – Byron
39.) “Why not?” – Brian
40.) “Because they said I didn’t have enough
‘experience’.” – Donnell
41.) “To stay sane.” – Baylee
42.) “Gets no better than being vigorous.” – Chris
43.) “To always have something to strive for.” – Ryan
44.) “Because it’s really f&%$ing challenging and
feels painfully great. And because I can.” – Ginger
45.) “Because the doctors said I’d never be able to
lift again. Well, F you modern medicine!” – Jeff
46.) “An addiction I’ll never try to kick.” - Mike
47.) “Because it keeps me out of the beer.” - Brian
48.) “If you have to ask why, you’d never understand.”
– Jeremy
49.) “Because nothing else feels right and it’s about
the only thing keeping me going.” – Casey
50.) “Because this kid swiped a dessert from my lunch
tray in first grade…” – Bobby
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