Posts Tagged 'chest'

Pushups

Edmund says:

I rise at 6:30a.m. (I won’t give the details about why,) and have to rush off to the bathroom. I get in the bathroom. I turn on the shower. I leave the lights off for a few minutes to let my eyes get used to the sunlight which is just beginning to come in the bathroom. While the water is heating up, I remove my clothes and do ten pushups in the nude.

I like to do this because, partly, I like the idea of beginning the day with some kind of physical activity. And part of it is I just can’t make it to the gym every day. It makes me feel like I earned my breakfast. It’s really kind of freeing, because we have such a sort of um, conservative image of our bodies, things to cover up, you wouldn’t think of running laps naked. I just like to feel unrestrained. Natural. Healthy. Just the way God made me. I also think it really makes my chest look nice, and I want my chest to look nice for my boyfriend. Because he likes my chest.


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