Originally Posted by UkranianTitan
For me I have a slight insecurity about my height. Although I easily stand over 5’11 even at the docs. I will always tell people I am 6 feet, and I have even said 6’1. I know people who exaggerate even more than I do about height.As someone who was considering planning on playing college football in high school, one of the big things was 40 times. To be honest there are D1 linebackers who run 4.9-5 40’s and start at big schools, yes they are very big, and are usually run stoppers. However, I constantly heard about all these guys who ran 4.5 40’s. A 4.5 40 is pretty damn fast. Not many guys run that fast, but it seems like 1/2 the skilled players on my team claimed that number and none claimed over 5. On a High School team thats pretty much impossible.
You see when you are extremely insecure over something you may not even try to bring it to the surface, you might try and pretend the issue doesn’t exist or you may completely lie about it depending on who you are. I was the first case study, but when you kind of care, or are a bit insecure, you will naturally round up the numbers so your not left behind.
Even now, being quite certain that in a room of 25 guys, I am larger then 2/3 or more. I still get real insecure when I hear anyone make a general penis joke.
Ahh, couple things to add.
1. I exaggerate my height too, not gonna lie there. I tell people I’m 6’1”, even though I know dam well without shoes, after all the heavy squats I’ve done, I’m much closer to 6’0”, but I don’t see it as a lie, since I was 6’1” at one point.
2. 40 times, good ole 40 times, in high school they are the biggest croc of shit I’ve ever seen in my life. I swear, there is reverse discrimination among some high school coaches. When I was in 10th grade, the track coach and JV football coach both clocked me at 4.6 on the track, yet when I entered 11th grade and ran my 40, I ran at the same time as a guy who is now in the NFL and I finished dead even with him, the coach clocking me told me I ran a 4.9 (and I was running my ass off all summer), but the coach clocking this guy told him he ran a 4.5. Then, my best friend, who was our starting HB was told by the coach he ran a 4.6, and me and him ran neck and neck all summer long (I probably couldn’t run a 6.0 today, hahaha). Yeah, don’t get me going on 40 times…… The dam things are over rated anyway, footballl instinct and agility are much more important….. OK I”m done.
3. I was in a class today where a penis joke was made by a professor (PM me for details if you want to hear them), I felt a little insecure also, but I didn’t let it show, I noticed 2 pretty hot girls scoped my reaction to that joke, I think I had a good external front going. I wanted to fidget, but just fidgeted my toes (that seems to work well) so no one could see, and had a semi genuine laugh and good body posture, but yeah, I fucking hate penis jokes.
My goal is to be the best me, mind, body and soul, PE is part of achieving the best me.