Less is more in running

A runner gone unexpectedly over to shirtlessness, lost in wonder at God's love. We bare with dignity as one.

[Less is more in running @BareThomas10]

A swallow flies and a fish swims.
A #runner runs.

It's part of the order of Life.
#running

[Less is more in running @BareThomas10]

Now affirming shirtlessness, I knew that witness and testimony was important in the journey.

Many people feel it weirdly pedantic to share such matters. But others have found it inspiring in their journeys.
#running #runshirtless

[Brian Nyandoro @BrianNNyandoro]

Good luck to everyone starting their fitness journey.

Don't worry about being perfect.

Just keep showing up.

One day you'll realize the hardest part wasn't the workout.

It was simply deciding not to quit.

[Less is more in running @BareThomas10]

The existence of ladybirds proves something.
Let me come back to you as to what, exactly.
#nature #trailrunning

[Less is more in running @BareThomas10]

I know of a couple people who were, like me, unlikely converts to shirtlessness. But we are the best advertisements too - our going bare shows that anyone can embrace the cause.

Anyone has a similar story?
#running #runners

[Jaina @Jainadave_]

Your fitness journey is your love letter to your future.

Go to the gym.

[Less is more in running @BareThomas10]

Rest is not underrated.
Half the time it isn't rated at all...

To our detriment.
#runners #running

[Less is more in running @BareThomas10]

#Running shirtless is a voluntary thing.

However, many report feeling drawn to it only after being intermittently required to strip to the waist for PT or Shirts v Skins.

I now support some exposure to healthful baring in safe settings.

Hurts no one. May free some.
#runners

[Less is more in running @BareThomas10]

I know one shirtless sister whose conversion spanned a long time: Months of sticking to a top, then stripping down to a sportsbra, then top again...

It's okay. She's one of us now.
#running #runners

[Less is more in running @BareThomas10]

A #runner loves a challenge.
And with #running, a challenge overcome just opens the door to a new one. #runchat

[Jaina @Jainadave_]

Learn the art of letting whoever think whatever and go to the gym.

You won’t regret.

[Less is more in running @BareThomas10]

So people talk of #running #topless which for women I take to have a different connotation than shirtless. The latter is consistent with retaining a sportsbra. The other not so much.

As a male, I run both shirtless and topless of course where weather allows. Just words. But.

[Less is more in running @BareThomas10]

@adamlipschitz Don't over-anything 👍!!

[ironman2005 @ironman20054]

1 hour of work then off for the day. Nice little rainfall out there. My favourite time to run in the forest is when it rains It enhances the earthy smells and helps ground me. Yes, I run with my shirt off ALWAYS! The feeling of ripping a trail run shirtless is therapeutic
$NIO

[Less is more in running @BareThomas10]

@ironman20054 Nothing like dispensing with a top to run! Alas, forests are in short supply in some parts od the world #running

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Impossible is nothing.

[Hank @HankFrank]

Want to get better at running?

Run consistently.
Eat enough to support it.
Sleep like it matters.
Let easy days actually be easy.
Make the workout days count.

Boring answer.

Still the answer.

[Less is more in running @BareThomas10]

I would ask those newly arrived at the shirtless persuasion to also share and be open about their experiences. Somewhere there are others who will be inspired to shed the top in appropriate weather and be bare with us. #runners #runshirtless

[Less is more in running @BareThomas10]

As a newly-minted convert, it was simply cathartic for me to list the benefits of #running shirtless and share my ponderous odyssey from skeptic to servant to the cause.

[Less is more in running @BareThomas10]

When people got in touch to say that my confessions has helped them work through their inhibitions too, this brought me to a new dimension of realisation: I could help others just by being honest.