
Originally Posted by
bethdoth
I have never seriously considered how others look at us. I mean I will walk into a bar and from time to time I will hear the whisper of some guy say the S word "steroids". I just blow it off because most don't realize that you can't just shoot a steroid and bam your big, they are clueless of the hours of working out and trying to eat clean. I was in the Navy for 21 years and retired in 2000 and landed a great Government job working on Radar and electronics at airports, then my boss retired and I got his job doing computers, networking, satellite stuff and have two guys that work for me doing Radar and electronics. I retire again in 2 years 4 months and 14 days (but who is counting) and then I am done working. My boss and some co-workers are afraid to approach me sometimes, but that may be because of my demeanor and not size.
I have a fairly large ego that I try to check at the door of the gym, but like you said I worked hard to be able to lift what I am capable of lifting. Do I want to loose that? Being strong benefits me in other ways as well. Like OBS I was up cutting wood last weekend and some of those logs were pretty damn heavy!