I'm Over This
I’m going to stop focusing on how my body looks and start focusing on what it can do.
I grew up with the Cindy Crawford Pepsi commercial playing in the background of my childhood. IYKYK.
It went from that to the days of the gaunt models, pop stars, and movie stars. While we weren’t (I hope) blatantly told that’s what we needed to look like…well it was strongly implied.
I’ve watched how the diet and fitness industry have created standards that are unattainable for the majority of us. I’ve watched how social media has incorporated those standards into what we’re consuming online.
All that’s done, for ALL of us, is create unrealistic expectations for how we should look without taking things like genetics into account. When we can’t reach that standard, that is so beyond our control and out of our reach, we feel super shitty.
We compare ourselves to every single other woman around us, we feel insecure in our clothes, and we lose our confidence in ourselves.
Yet at the same time, we’re also in this era of embracing your body and your shape. Which I love, don’t get me wrong, but it’s also confusing af. Like do I need to be one of these super skinny models or embrace my curves?
I’m over it.
How can we all be uniquely us while also fitting into that crazy standard?
I can’t bother with that any more because ultimately, I need to feel good about how I look when I see my reflection in the mirror.
Here’s my plan: I’m going into every workout focusing on how strong I am, how capable my body is, and being thankful that I can move today.
Starting with this workout:
AMRAP
10 minutes
8 seated overhead tricep presses
8 bridge hip taps
12 Russian twists
