At what age did you start bodybuilding?

[Aesthetics brah]

Hey all,

I started training for body building with a trainer at 13... curious as to when you all started training, and how old where you when you did your first cycle?

 

[JC456]

I'm closing in on 2 decades. I'm not saying what age I started haha

 

[gr8whitetrukker]

I used to get ahold of my dads weider and Arnold books growing up in the 80s. I was like 5 when i realized the awesome presence of a well developed masculine dude. My dad was always respected or feared one of the two. In any room he was in. All my super heroes in my comics had muscles. Its been ingrained in me. Im indoctrinated. Its how a male SHOULD look. I used to lift the little weights i could pick up on the dirt floor of my dads pole barn. So i guess i could say 5. Which makes 28 yrs now.

But i always trained for different things. Very well rounded. I was an athlete, i was in the military, my first true love was powerlifting and of course now bodybuilding. Simply because i cannnot function effectively as a true PL any more. Each endeavor has their own unique goals and ways you need to train. And im glad for all the experiences

 

[ddp7]

Well I got to the gym at 18, although I did not go very often since at that time I fundamentally did a lot of cardio, I was very thin.
Getting up the rope inspired me in my "secondary" times (yanki terminology) and then with the passage of time, sometimes more dedicated or less dedicated, I was approaching to develop a culture of basic exercises like the squat, I mean that it is My thinking today, gym as a synonym of squat.

 

[big unit]

12yo here...so 29 years ago.

 

[hurricane]

18 years old. So 22 years as of now.

 

[ickyrica]

Training, early teens
Aas, early 30s

 

[Evom1]

The moment I landed on that egg, I began building my body. Womb gains

 

[Demondosage]

Messed with weights here and there since around 13, but not consistently until about 16-17 yrs old. About 20 years consistent training and eating properly

 

[Savagesteve]

Started training consistently about 5 years ago at 27. Still haven't got the diet part down yet though lol.

 

[bjlw2009]

Started at 17 was 260lbs of fat lost 130lbs by 19 I was a skinny shredded 130lbs gained natty till I was 160lbs then did my first cycle got up to 190lbs then dropped back down to 160 been in this game for 6 years and ive alrdy experienced it all being fat,anorexic,Shredded,jacked etc

 

[flexbull]

15 in parents basement gym then joined Powerhouse Gym at 16 once I could drive. 20 years now

 

[German]

2 years ago

 

[Muaddib1]

at 15

 

[Oregongearhead]

I started pretty young...