You Look Great Naked!

Recently I had the good fortune of visiting a health club to have a physical assessment done. I was pinched and prodded and put through the rigor of a series of tests. The exercises would probably more appropriately be referred to as torture but for the sake of this article lets call them tests. Upon completion I was informed that I have to improve my cardiovascular capacity and reduce body fat. At the end of my session, the helpful fitness club employee informed me that once my goals had been achieved, I would receive the most sought after reward. I was going to look good naked.

This was an interesting selling point to say the least. Now I am a dude. My fitness instructor on this day was also a dude. I can't recall a previous time in my life when another dude informed me that I was going to look good naked. I am quite certain that another dude has never referenced my nakedness in a conversation. Simply put, it was a tad unnerving but strangely motivational. The moment was easily overcome however and the next thing I knew, I was on my way home imagining how much better I was going to look naked. It was going to take some work but I was going to get there.

Surprisingly, not long thereafter, I was invited to listen to a speech discussing the fascination most of us have with body image. It did have a unique slant which coincidentally, was more than appropriate for my state of mind. I was impressed to see the discussion emphasized the notion that most of us look much better naked than we realize. Apparently the emphasis in modern day fashion photography has skewered the collective consciousness and its perception of beauty. The waif-like figures and gaunt facial expressions of most models used in high fashion runway exhibitions are not all that good looking. They look the way they do supposedly because that is the best way to feature the clothes they are wearing. This speaker emphasized that most of us do not look like these models but we do however look much better naked than we realize.