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Originally Posted by Victor
What compelled you to publicise this achievement on a chat board?
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Originally Posted by legion
Maybe I shouldn't start threads when I've had 4 LITs....
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Actually, there are a few things.
I went to a friend's birthday party a couple of weeks ago up in Chicago. One of my friend's wives, upon seeing me (I hadn't seen her in a year) said: "Holy $h!t Chris, you look buff." Next thing I knew I was surrounded by about a half-dozen ladies who were feeling my arms and telling me how good I look. I felt pretty uncomfortable with the whole situation.
Apparently there is a bench-press competition going on next weekend at the gym I work out at. (Which is kind of weird because it is a family-oriented gym--not a meat market.) I've been stopped at least three times by total strangers at the gym asking me if I plan on participating. (I do not.)
And third, OT is a place where people tend to post the accomplishments they are proud of. I'm proud that through more than a decade of weight lifting I have never fallen off the horse and I have gotten to a place I never thought possible without cheating (taking hormones or steroids). When I started weight lifting, my goal was 225 lbs. It took me five years to hit that.