It’s amazing how
comfortable a person becomes with their physical image. I am not talking about fashions or
hairstyles. I simply mean the physical shape
of their body in the mirror. I had an interesting
experience in this area while training last week. After some particularly intense shoulder
exercises, I was sitting on the bench trying to recover and I noticed my
refection (under the lights and with a solid pump going) looked very different
than I am accustomed to. It was the
first time that I was able to consciously discern the shadow cast by forming
definition. Ephemeral as it was, I
almost felt a little scared because the image was so unfamiliar to me. I thought of Dorian Gray: terrified to look at his own portrait. Later on when I had cooled down and the pump
had gone away, my reflection became a bit more familiar.
So what did I
learn from that experience? I am still
trying to figure that out. I don’t want
to become vain or too proud, but I think I could start to like this image once
I get used to it. For now, it just seems
to be a stranger in the mirror working out next to me.
Super-Jerry
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