Friday, September 6, 2013

Getting Started


Yard work






Around the house




Find shirtless activities




Ball Games





Submission Wrestling and MMA


Really get into it


Going off to college


Getting in shape











Enjoy the journey





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  2. I have been shy of taking off my shirt for the major part of my life. Going out shirtless, no way. The first time I did it on the street was when a torrential rain started and I had no umbrella, the wet shirt was so sticky and bothersome, I had to take it off. The rain and the wind on the bare skin feel awesome, I just love walking shirtless when it`s raining. Also, my city is considerably hot all the year, the weather is around 33°C/91.4°F during the day, so taking the shirt off when walking in the early afternoon is extremely relieving.

    Now, in spite of the city`s frequently brutal weather, you can`t walk shirtless with the same freedom everywhere. People are shirtless-friendly or not depending on the neighborhood. I believe there`s a sort of a social taboo about it. In my impression, the middle-class seems to associate walking shirtless on the street to a "lower class habit". In the richest neighborhoods, a rare sight of someone shirtless would be a bricklayer or some other manual worker on activity. In a more modest (but still not poor) neighborhood it is possible to have, say, elderly men sitting shirtless in front of their houses, guys playing soccer shirtless on the sidewalk, shirtless students heading home from school, but practically every establishment requires shirt to enter, some in my neighborhood have signs of "do not enter shirtless". In the poorest areas, the slums (favelas) and near surroundings, lots of people walk shirtless everywhere outdoors and even inside some establishments, like bakeries, bars, shops in general.

    A personal experience: in any school there are dudes who like to play soccer during the interval. When I studied in a relatively cheaper school, they were allowed to take their shirts off to play; later I moved to a more expensive school, and there they weren`t.

    Now a curious fact that occurred in this non-shirtless-friendly high school when I was there. My class was given the work of producing a play. We were at the auditory of the school, and before the rehearsal started, one of my classmates took off his shirt for some reason. A school employee went all mad to him, asking why the hell he undressed his shirt and telling him to put it back on immediately, which he did after some scolding. Ten or fifteen minutes later, everything on the stage was set and we could start the rehearsal. Everybody changed to their costumes. My referred classmate`s character was an Indian - and his costume was shirtless.

  3. I'm a ballet dancer since I was 12 years old. In our Studio we were only 4 Boys among many Girls. So I was asked for pas de deux when I was 15 to learn a Variation with mainly floor work, only few lifts, with a Girl of my age. Several days before public performance we had costume rehearsal, and our choreographer told me I had to dance in red tights with no shirt, my girl partner had a longsleeved red leotard. I had not been prepared about dancing shirtless on staget, because up to that moment we boys had always tight shirts for performance. Of course I had seen shirtless male dancers before but These were older guys and I had not realized that as a matter for me. Before rehearsal started the whole of dancers met behind the curtain in their costumes and I was the only shirtless boy among many Girls in tutus and leos, the other boys in other roles had shirts or leos. I felt quite embarassed but I tried to hide it as well as I could and tried to concentrate on our dancing.My girl partner told me I'm looking good and my upper body is hot and everybody encouraged me but that time I was slim rather than muscular and muscles not so defined..
    In the meantime, some years later I've got used to shirtless outfit, I feel it's more often that I dance barechested than I dance in a costume with a top. But I still remember the feeling of my first time age 15.

    1. Wow, I'm a male dancer as well! Were you performing Arabian Coffee from The Nutcracker?

  4. I have been shy taking my shirt off when in public but when im alone its my hobby to take it off. Since I was 8 or 9 I am not allowed to be shirtless like when I take it off they want me to put it back again . But when I reach the age of 12 they want me to take it off . I startrd sleeping shirtless when I slept to my lolas house. I dont have such 6 pack abs but I m not that skinny , just normal.

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  6. How about another category for Getting Started :
    Walking !

    Running on very hot days is too sweaty, and I wanted to be out all day from early morning to sunset with no
    shirt and no backup.

    I set out with just shorts and athletic shoes, and a small
    shoulder bag for things like keys and money. I found a
    bus driver that let me get on (no airconditioning on the
    bus) and went about 3 miles to a coffee shop with a
    sunny outdoor terrace. Sat there shirtless, read the
    paper and talked to lots of folks. The owner came over
    and laughed, said he wanted to dress like me too.

    I went on to visit a park, then to another coffee shop,
    then back home at the end of the day (this time, the
    bus driver required a shirt, so I just walked). Best
    summer experience I've had, and I've repeated it many
    times. Walking around all day sans shirt is the best.

    What can I do now that it's winter for the next 6 months?

  7. I was shy about taking off my shirt as a young boy when I was very skinny, but my dad went shirtless around the house 24 hours a say even when we had company, he asked me to take off mine when I was 14 and by the time I was an adult I became obsessed with it. And now I will keep my shirt off 24 hours a day at home. Adopted a permanent bare chested life style, and I'm shirtless as I write this

  8. This week I've helped out with shirtless yard work, with my shirtless neighbor, who's bare chested 24/7 just like me. And I'm currently hanging out at my friends house this week while shirtless. He's also bare chested

    1. Good for you, you’re doing your bit promoting male shirtlessness. If more guys did gardening, DIY and washed their cars stripped to the waist it would greatly encourage other guys to do the same.

  9. I would love to spend a lot of time shirtless in the summer, unfortunately I have very pale skin, burn easily and have to wear factor 50 sunscreen. I am worried about getting skin cancer. I would appreciate any useful suggestions as to how I can safely spend more time outdoors shirtless.

  10. Most of the time, when my ride home picks me up after I get off of work, I find myself taking my shirt off as soon as I get into the car just before I put on my seat belt

    1. In the UK in the 1970s & 80s it was very common to see men driving shirtless in the summer, now this is rarely seen and I have no idea why. It’s such a great feeling taking off your shirt when getting into a hot car I cannot understand why more men don’t do it.

    2. I am literally always shirtless as soon as I get into the car when spring arrives. I do get some disapproving looks but I don't care who sees. It's just more comfortable, only problem is the United States is just so full of prudes.

  11. I've also ridden my bike around the neighborhood with my shirt off before too. I burn as easily as you, so when I don't want tto wear a shirt I limit the amount of time I go outdoors when I don't have to be. I live in Arizona where it gets past 118 degrees, so I use sunscreen all the time and just limit the amount of time I spend outdoors so I won't burn

  12. Good on you man, I will try and adopt your refreshing attitude.

  13. When I stay indoors, i also keep my shirt off no matter what, sometimes even during dinner too. Once showed up at my friends house shirtless just to see if he'd say anything about it.

  14. I live in Ireland where we don't get much good weather unfortunately. When we do get a rare week or two of blue Sky's and hot sun It is great, however I rareley go out shirtless even though I want to.

    I believe it is because of my parents atititude towards it. They think its strange to be shirtless unless your about to go swimming. Not even my brother likes seeing me shirtless in the room we share.
    Because of this I feel very nervous about what people in public would say about me being shirtless. It is very annoying.

    Recently I have tried cycling shirtless in a local park. I only do this in good weather and when I already see other shirtless people, but even then I find myself putting the shirt back on if I'm near people I think might say something.

    My goal by the end of the summer is to cycle one complete lap around this park shirtless no mater what the situation.