Adam Ripponis showing off his strength — and his shape — forESPN The Magazine’s annual Body Issue.The figure skater, 28, stripped down for the nude photo shoot, something he said he wouldn’t have done a few years back.“I couldn’t have done this [shoot] while I was in the closet,” Rippon,who came out publiclyin 2015,told the magazine. “I think that, with my experience of coming out, I felt so liberated in so many ways.”Rippon was fresh off ofhis bronze-medalist performance at the 2018 Winter Olympicsduring the shoot, and said that he expects his body to change now.“I don’t want to say I’ll never be in this shape again, but I’ll never be in this shape. I’ll be in another shape,” he said. “This is a milestone of all the work it took me to get to the point to be an Olympic medal-winning figure skater.”Eric LutzensThat figure skater strength is something that Rippon believes is underappreciated among athletes.“I don’t think figure skaters get the credit we deserve, but at the same time, that’s our job … the whole point is that it looks really easy,” he said.RELATED VIDEO: Adam Rippon Reveals His Boyfriend’s ‘Pushy’ Opening Line on TinderRippon added that his view of his body — and what it means to be masculine — is maturing with him.“As I’ve gotten older, I’ve redefined to myself what being masculine is and, to me, being masculine is owning yourself as a man,” he said. “Maybe I’m not typically masculine, but I feel like a strong-ass man when I go out there and compete.”Rippon is one of 16 athletes who posed forESPN‘s Body Issue, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and hits newsstands June 29.
Adam Ripponis showing off his strength — and his shape — forESPN The Magazine’s annual Body Issue.
The figure skater, 28, stripped down for the nude photo shoot, something he said he wouldn’t have done a few years back.
“I couldn’t have done this [shoot] while I was in the closet,” Rippon,who came out publiclyin 2015,told the magazine. “I think that, with my experience of coming out, I felt so liberated in so many ways.”
Rippon was fresh off ofhis bronze-medalist performance at the 2018 Winter Olympicsduring the shoot, and said that he expects his body to change now.
“I don’t want to say I’ll never be in this shape again, but I’ll never be in this shape. I’ll be in another shape,” he said. “This is a milestone of all the work it took me to get to the point to be an Olympic medal-winning figure skater.”
Eric Lutzens
That figure skater strength is something that Rippon believes is underappreciated among athletes.
“I don’t think figure skaters get the credit we deserve, but at the same time, that’s our job … the whole point is that it looks really easy,” he said.
RELATED VIDEO: Adam Rippon Reveals His Boyfriend’s ‘Pushy’ Opening Line on Tinder
Rippon added that his view of his body — and what it means to be masculine — is maturing with him.
“As I’ve gotten older, I’ve redefined to myself what being masculine is and, to me, being masculine is owning yourself as a man,” he said. “Maybe I’m not typically masculine, but I feel like a strong-ass man when I go out there and compete.”
Rippon is one of 16 athletes who posed forESPN‘s Body Issue, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and hits newsstands June 29.
source: people.com
