Seeing people's reaction when they haven't seen me for some time is always good.
Having complete strangers strike conversations with me about my perspective on diet and training is fun.
On of my highlights is this little story I posted a while back...
~Powerful Motivation~
My level of intensity in the gym just blew through the roof.
I just had one of the single strongest motivating experience of my life. I've never been one to flaunt my body. Even at swimming pools I'm shy when it comes time to take off my shirt. I know I have a decent body but, like many of you, all I see are my imperfections and weak spots.
Last night I was with my girlfriend and her twin sister in the apartment they share. (Yes, they are both very hot.) If I had to choose one woman other than my girlfriend who I have the strongest feelings for, it is her twin. We've never really been great friends but, being the twin sister of the woman I'm going to spend the rest of my life with, I have a powerful love for her as well.
They were playing around and doing girl stuff when my girl started begging me to take my shirt off to show her sister how "hot" I am. Well, being the shy and under-confident guy I am when it comes to my body I resisted. The fact that her sister, one of the few women other than my girl who I'd like to impress, has very high standards for the physical characteristics of men didn't help my confidence any.
Upon further pleading from the both of them I decided to comply, being sure to make clear to them that I was currently trying to gain mass and was not proud of my current level of bodyfat. Off went the shirt.
What happened next was like a lightning bolt of a jump-start for my ego. Her twin sister's eye's went wide as she saw my shirtless body. Obviously exited and agitated, she made some of those oh so sexy turned on womanly cooing sounds, her face went flush, and she started doing that universal female "face fanning" with her hand. Needless to say she liked what she saw. She complained to her sister (my girl) about her "luck" and said I need to find her a guy with a body like mine.
The space shuttle's main boosters have just been strapped to my training motivation...