{"id":2184,"date":"2012-06-12T19:30:54","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T02:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=2184"},"modified":"2012-06-12T19:30:54","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T02:30:54","slug":"stapleton-dad-stops-caring-how-he-looks-at-the-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=2184","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Dad Stops Caring How He Looks at the Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[The Denver region is one of the healthiest in the nation due to a climate and surrounding environment that fosters an active and healthy lifestyle and culture.  Relative to other cities, the people of Denver spend more time outdoors, exercising, and eating right - and it shows.  As the Stapleton pool season ramps up, many residents feel the need to further increase their efforts to improve their physique while it\u2019s on display all summer, by working out more and paying even more attention to their overall physical appearance.\nTony Runyan is not one of these people.  We caught up with Tony and his wife Sarah poolside last week on opening weekend of the Jet Stream pool.  \u201cI used to feel so self-conscious at the pool.  I\u2019d workout like crazy, do some \u201cmanscaping,\u201d constantly suck in my gut, and style my hair even though I was about to get in the pool.  Now I feel a tremendous sense of freedom.  Now I\u2019m like, \u2018Yeah, I got back hair; deal with it!\u201d\n<!--more-->\nTony is one of a growing segment of Stapleton residents, mostly male, who are rejecting the idea that they have to look perfect for the summer pool season.  Tony explains further:  \u201cIt used to be an annual ritual starting with an intense exercise regimen in January and culminating with chest-shaving on Memorial Day.  This year I was like screw it, I don\u2019t have time to work all day, take care of my kids, and sculpt a ripped body just to look good at the pool to a bunch of people who aren\u2019t my wife.\u201d\nSarah agrees in theory that the motivation is a superficial one.  \u201cSure it was nice when he was less fat and hairy than he is now\u2026but\u2026\u201d  Sarah trails off, appears lost in thought for a moment, then gets back to reading her book before she can finish her thought about the positive side of Tony letting himself go.\nIf this happy couple\u2019s story is any indication, there appears to be no downside to placing a lower priority on physical appearance, especially if it\u2019s driven by the superficial motivation just to look good at the pool all summer.  \u201cIt gives me more time, I\u2019m happier than I was before, and she\u2019s just as happy, right honey?\u201d Tony inquires.  Sarah replies \u201cyes sir,\u201d and nods vacantly without taking her eyes off her copy of <em>50 Shades of Gray<\/em>.\nWhen asked if he thinks more men and women should follow his advice and re-prioritize their physical fitness goals, Tony is quick to answer.  \u201cWait, women too?  Hell, no!  They need to be looking good out there.\u201d]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-31","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}