Now obviously y’all are here in the T-Nation because you appreciate all it has to offer; tons of cutting edge information on training, nutrition, supplementation, etc.; lots of quality feedback on questions concerning any of the above; the sense of comraderie and community in the forums (well, until some of us start talking about good ole’ politics), and so on.
So I’m curious.
As a sense of allegiance, or maybe to help promote T-Nation, to make a statement, or just because you like the shirt, has any of you ever worn the “Testosterone” shirt out in public?
Oh heck yeah. I wear mine to the gym, I’ve worn it to work a couple of times, and I’m considering belting it up and wearing it with heels as a dress because Biotest can’t make them in anything but xxxl ;).
It gets funny reactions…most of the time people going “But women don’t have testosterone??” snickers. The times I’ve worn it to work I’ve gotten major props from guys who work out…but I’ve never had an intelligent lifting comment from another woman about it.
I proudly display my Testosterone T-shirt and usually get an odd, kind of confused look from those who notice it. I find it funny being the majority have no clue that the shirt represents a magazine.
I wear it to the gym, most regularly on leg days. Something about catching a glimpse of it in the mirror makes me want to push myself harder. The reactions I get are that “confused/deer-in-the-headlights” look by females and older people and an rather hostile “what’s she doing wearing a shirt about testosterone?!” vibe from the younger guys. Fuck 'em.
I’m with Elven too. Even though mine is a medium, I could easily belt it and wear it with heels. Pretty much all my skirts and shorts are shorter than my Testosterone shirt is anyway. I have to put a big ol’ knot in the back and tuck it up into my bra to keep from tripping on all that excess fabric (can’t quite bring myself to cut it off, seems sacriligious).
Damn, I think the possibilities for making the shirt/skirt official gear are looking better all the time!
Yeah, ~karma~, I know what you mean about the cutting up of something like the shirt that has a certain type of “holiness” to it.
In fact, I pulled mine out of the pile of dirty laundry next to the washer to use it to wipe the dust off the dryer when something caught my eye.
I held up the shirt for closer inspection and I’ll be damned if I didn’t see that it seemed to bear the image of TC’s face on it, similar to the famous Shroud of Turin!
What was I thinking?! Needless to say, I used my old, worn out Body-for-LIFE shirt to dust off the dryer instead.
Awesome start, Cassanova, but where are the belt and heels?
Shout out to Chris! We’ve got Alicia taking the pledge to sport the new gear, but she’s got no shirt? Of course, I guess we could take up a collection to buy her one, on the condition she promises to post a photo afterwards!
I'm no T-vixen, but I got the coolest reaction ever...
...the owner of my Gym asked me to stop wearing it to the Gym because...
* cough cough* they dont want Porn advertisements in the Gym *cough*.
I was stopped a couple times by someone who thought I was advertizing for Testosterone.com - which I guess may be some sort of porn site? (T-Mag's site is either testosterone.net, or T-Mag.com)
I have, but it was the T-Nation design… Only someone already exposed to T-mag would recognize it.
There’s got to be some sort of karma associated with it; I only wear it when I’m being super strict with my diet and training, never when I’ve been slacking. Can’t let the side down.
I’ve never seen a woman wear one at the gym, but then I’ve never seen a guy wear one there either (other than me). I’ve had mine since like 1999, and I’ve only ever seen one other guy wearing one and that wasn’t even at a gym. I must be living in a T-desert.
24 Hour Fitness – much of the time, same diff. (Been back to the one in my old neighborhood a few times lately and it’s totally packed with seniors during the day. Not going to be seeing any T-mag shirts there.)
