any INTP's into bodybuilding or just weightlifting in general?

[smegmaprotein]

i aspire to be a bodybuilder. i hope to compete one day. im not that big yet but im getting great progress on a high protein diet.

what can you guys bench squat and deadlift?

 

[snafupants]

Your name surprises me on how disgusting and suggestive thirteen words can be . A new benchmark and (pardon the grosser pun) but something to shoot for.

 

[Saoshyant]

Yeah, I enjoy lifting weights. I am/was an extreme ectomorph, and I have gained 20 pounds since starting. Due to some life situations outside of my control, I have never been able to lift longer than 3 months at a time. Funny you started this thread, I have started back up again.

I have always been the tall skinny kid, so it is kind of like a challenge for me. I am currently 6' 1'' tall and weigh 155 pounds. It adds some meaning to my life as corny as it sounds. I am looking to add 15 more pounds by the end of the year.

I love working out the semantics of my diet and my exercise routine. I am on my bulking diet and all I eat is oatmeal and protein. I work out 3-4 times a week. The stiff legged deadlift is my favorite exercise.

Something real basic like this, I try for 3 sets of 8 reps for each targeted muscle.

Day1: Back/Biceps
Day2: Chest/Triceps
Day3: Legs/Shoulders
Day4: Abdominals/Calves


I have no desire to ever be a bodybuilder though. It's too much investment for myself with minimal return after a while I'd imagine.

 

[kibou]

I've met a lot of INTP guys who work out, but usually not ones who are into a look that's buff enough to compete. INTJs, too (contrary maybe, to the stereotype that INT_'s are nerdy and unphysical; fetish relationship?).

 

[Saoshyant]

Yeah, goto any bodybuilding.com or Mind and Muscle forums and you might shocked how many NT's in general are into weightlifting.

 

[ProxyAmenRa]

Me exercise? Go to hell.

 

[DesertSmeagle]

I dont think there is any connection between weight lifting and personality..I just play sports..I hate most the people on the teams, and im bigger and stronger than all of them most of the time..Never seriously lifted weights in my life..I eat tons of meat though, maybe thats why i dont have to lift weights.

 

[ApostateAbe]

i aspire to be a bodybuilder. i hope to compete one day. im not that big yet but im getting great progress on a high protein diet.

what can you guys bench squat and deadlift?

I like lifting. I don't know exactly how much I can lift, since I do sets of 10 or 12, and I haven't done a max lift since high school when I was a skinny weakling. I suggest that you stay out of competition. You will be up against guys who juice up on steroids and dodge detection. It also requires abundant use of bodybuilding supplements, like creatine and protein powder, that are laced with potentially dangerous levels of heavy metals, since the FDA does not regulate them. It is far better to lift to stay in shape and compete only with your mind. Rent the documentary Bigger, Faster, Stronger, or record it on your DVR, to get a rough idea of what bodybuilding competition is really like.

 

[jaxin]

I'm not the least interested in competitive bodybuilding, but being an INTP I naturally have my own standards and points of pride. I'm 60 and single, and want to remain healthy and fit as long as possible. My goals vary, but the most consistent is what I call 10-10-50. If I can do 10 kilometers, 10 chinups and 50 pushups I'm maintaining a good baseline.
Also I'm a sort of sociable introvert. My ex said once that I like having someone around to ignore (she's clever sometimes) and the gym does offer that.

 

[Words]

I no like unnecessary labor.

Truth is, I have tried but repetition and goal-orientation is not for me.

 

[SpaceYeti]

I like to lift, but my busy schedule means visits to the gym are infrequent.

 

[smegmaprotein]

I like lifting. I don't know exactly how much I can lift, since I do sets of 10 or 12, and I haven't done a max lift since high school when I was a skinny weakling. I suggest that you stay out of competition. You will be up against guys who juice up on steroids and dodge detection. It also requires abundant use of bodybuilding supplements, like creatine and protein powder, that are laced with potentially dangerous levels of heavy metals, since the FDA does not regulate them. It is far better to lift to stay in shape and compete only with your mind. Rent the documentary Bigger, Faster, Stronger, or record it on your DVR, to get a rough idea of what bodybuilding competition is really like.

i can compete in a specific weight class you know.. when it comes down to everyone having the same weight, your natural muscle insertion points and mass come down to what gets you placed. i want to do something around 150-160lb weight class.

you dont need juice! the most important protein source is Smegma. smegma protein is very nutritional and vitamin rich... not to mention one of the most bio-available natural protein sources.

 

[Thaklaar]

Eh, it's a bit thin on the ground in some parts of the world. Depending on rates of circumcision.

 

[Gather_Wanderer]

...*Sigh*...

Starting in January (well....February) 2008, I have been a consistent gym-goer. I've always had a very lean build, was about 150 lbs at 6'1" when I started..can't keep fat on if I desperately wanted to but...I have managed since then to put on nearly 40 lbs...actually, 42 lbs of muscle at my most prime season. The first 4-5 months of training, I managed to shoot up to about 175 lbs. That was my initial goal and I was somewhat satisfied, but I knew that it wasn't enough; I've never thought it cool for my body to look like I eat entire animals for sustenance, but....and you may think this silly....well I'll say this: Have you seen the Prince of Persia character from the 2008 PS3 game? Well, I happen to think he's effin awesome looking and I've aspired to be similar physically. Some of my weightlifting buddies initially laughed when they knew this (and you may too), but there was a time, only a short 4 months ago or so, that I was pretty damn close to it. I reached about 195 lbs, 7% body fat....Squat 500+, bench 345 (most I've ever done.) I was pretty good..
Since then, I've lost around 20 lbs or so, probably mostly in the last 6 weeks. I don't have too much of an appetite and when I do, I obviously don't notice it when engrossed in things so it's pretty easy for me to lose weight. On top of that, since the semester started, I've been moving around the city a ton, catching buses and trains (while going long periods without eating), and walking to and from places completely at random to study. Funny now that I think of it, because I've been wondering where all my money has been going lately (I have a U-pass. Free public transit.) and it has mostly gone to the many restaurants I end up in with my study partner/new chick in engineering physics I find cute and have been incidentally developing something with....

....We do get work done, dammit!...

Anyway, I'm trying to find some balance between my near-overwhelming amount of studying per week, and the regimen I fell out of a month ago. I'm still in good shape and still have a lot of my strength and physical stature (wouldn't think you could lose it all that fast...otherwise I'd just find the whole thing pointless..), and I did find a new program I want to try: High density training (HDT). One of my associates, a licensed dietician and competitive bodybuilder, is in the process of designing a diet tailored to my lifestyle of being away from home 90% of my waking hours, and new training program. I'll be happy just getting back to where I was but maybe I can finally reach that goal.

 

[DesertSmeagle]

I dont need to lift weights. I know im already stronger than all of you. im 6'3 270 and quick as a lightning/falcon hybrid. And as you all probably know, mass x speed = force....is that right? i dnt know.

 

[EditorOne]

^ Modest, too.

I used to lift when in college, haven't done it seriously since then. One of the guys on my dorm floor was really into it, thought I needed to be a little less nerdy. It gave me upper body strength to go with my legs, which at the time were A-1 from intensive bicycling.

One of my sons lifted for awhile and was, briefly, nationally ranked, but he gave it up a couple of years ago when a family came along.

It's interesting how many of you are still active. It might be repetitive and boring at times, but it's also a perfect introvert activity: You are alone, you are competing with nothing but yourself, and you've got time to think. Most people don't bother you when you're bench pressing, I remember that. :-) And in the back of our minds is there not a certain little imp saying "think how good it will be when someone you just don't like makes the mistake of thinking you are a wispy nerd who can be bullied and you get to drive them into the ground like a tent peg"? :-) Maybe it's an American paradigm, like home ownership or something, but thumping bullies always seems attractive to me.

 

[DesertSmeagle]

Ha I think if I had a bowflex or something I could use in the security of my home, I'd be fuckin ripped. It's not that I don't like to lift, it's that I don't like to go lift weights with a bunch of cocky assholes at my college gym. Wow if I had a personal weight system, I'd spend all the time I have doing nothing at home bored lifting. Something good that would come out of my social anxiety. Too bad

 

[s0nystyle]

I dont need to lift weights. I know im already stronger than all of you. im 6'3 270 and quick as a lightning/falcon hybrid. And as you all probably know, mass x speed = force....is that right? i dnt know.

are you also an MMA fighter by any chance? your qualifications sound quite familiar...

 

[jzono1]

I did work out for a while.

But then I went off to uni, and I got too caught up in studying (meta) physics. Didn't leave me with enough time for my real studies (physics), nor for trivialities like working out.

I gained a whopping 30lbs in the first 5-6 months of exercise, and all I'm left with now is stretchmarks. I'm back to being a skinny bastard, and in a way I like it. However, I do miss the fantastic feeling of abusing my body and feeling it recover.