Lift Like a Girl: Be More, Not Less
To improve your health, build a leaner body, or establish new habits ... Sometimes the solution is to work harder. Sometimes the solution is to simply work smarter. Sometimes what you really need, is to do both. Smarter may mean being more efficient with your efforts. Or doing fewer things, but doing them better. Harder may mean putting more effort into your actions, spending more …
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Any attempt to cram women into a one-size-fits-all mold or label us via a “real women do/have/are …” statement is futile. And stupid. And degrading. You’ve seen many of them: Real women have curves Real women have muscle Real women are skinny Real women lift weights Real women do cardio Real women don’t fart … they fluff Real women wear dresses I disdain such “real women” …
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It must be human nature. As a species we’re quite adept at taking something good and, in an effort to extract greater rewards from it, we manipulate it, mold it, stretch it to become a more extreme version of itself. And we screw it all up in the process, losing sight of what made it good in the first place. Healthy Eating Making better food choices is good. Taking eating well to an extreme …
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You can’t fight your genetics. You’re the recipient of what your mother and father gave you, for better or worse. But you don’t have to settle for your genetics either. Some people have less than ideal genetics when it comes to managing a healthy bodyweight. There’s more than a 75% chance children between 3-10 will be overweight if both parents are obese, and they’ll likely be overweight …
I hope you don't have the slightest clue what I'm talking about here. In fact, I'd rather you think I'm a bit wonky. But, sadly, many will understand all too well the story below. “No, seriously. What would you change?” She didn’t believe me when I said I wouldn’t change or “fix” any part of my body. “Years ago, I could have rattled off a list of things I hated about my body and would change …
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And The Importance of Distinguishing Between External and Internal Motivation Let’s get something out of the way because I know this article is going to infuriate some people: Women can, and should, do whatever they want with their bodies. The why behind our goals and actions in regards to changing our bodies, however, may benefit from an evaluation. First, I stated in a previous article …
Would you prefer to listen to this article? Use the player below or download it on iTunes. I know how she feels, the woman in the picture above. You probably do too. Many of us set goals, life-changing goals, only to end up not in celebration from reaching them, but in an epic face-plant from failing. We want to achieve goals that could vastly improve our lives, but we usually don’t. The …
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Eight percent. Only eight percent of people successfully achieve their New Year’s resolution. So, that's depressing. You have a greater chance of dying from cardiovascular disease than achieving your resolution; a whopping 33 percent for women and 25 for men. Ninety percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease. Heck, let's keep going and see what else is more …
