Last week I posted a
photo of myself that I took during my weight workout. News flash:
I am fifty years old, not exactly thin, and unlikely to have a career in
modeling. In the photo, I was also
sweaty because that is what happens when I lift heavy weights. Because I was raised female, it was hard to
post that photo. Because I work in the
fitness industrial complex (although I try pretty hard to be subversive), the
difficulty was compounded.
Say it with me
people: fitness is not about image. Then say it again, louder, to the mirror.
Fitness is about doing
hard things that make our bodies feel better in the long run. It can get messy. We don’t have to comb our hair first. Unless cute fitness clothes motivate us to
put them on and go work, we don’t need those.
The mirror in the gym is there not to reproach us or criticize us but to
show us useful information about alignment.
The mirror does not care what size our butts are and really, if someone else
at the gym is worrying about the size of our butts, that person should be
working harder and paying attention to their own stuff.
It’s tough to ignore all
the programming. Do it anyway. It makes us stronger.
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