I just went to the gym for the first time and it felt pretty great!

I just went to the gym for the first time and it felt pretty great!I don't know if this kind of post is allowed, but I just wanted to share my experience and maybe motivate someone who's in the same boat as I am. I've been wanting to work out for a while but just kept making excuses. When I saw this post two weeks I ago, I thought "Wow, this guy started out like I am right now and looks like a friggen viking, that's insane". I left a message and the next day like 5 people PM'd me answering my questions about how to start, what to start with etc. and motivating me to just. go. for which I am very thankful! So I did my research on the same Stronglift 5x5 program /u/jillesme did, watched video's on proper form and technique and just tried to memorize it (also downloaded the app). Remembering this post I said to myself "take your gym clothes with you to college and you will have no excuse to not go." So I signed up for a a free trial run-thingy at the gym, went in and immediatly started looking for the rack-thing to do my first set of squats, followed by the benchpresses and then doing barbell rows. To be honest, I was a little nervous at the beginning. Everybody was lifting these much heavier weights and I just had to start with an empty bar, probably not with the best form and all. But after my first set, that nervous feeling disappeared and I realized that indeed, nobody really gives a shit about what you're doing and how much you're lifting. You gotta start somewhere, right? I'm currently weigh 66kg (146lbs) and am 189cm (6'2") tall (which is really skinny). My goal is basically to just look fit enough to not be self-conscious anymore when I take off my shirt at the beach or anything like that. After that, I will just keep working out and see where that takes me. Thanks for reading. submitted by /u/MereGoodSamaritan [link] [comments]

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