Lift Like a Girl: Be More, Not Less
We may hesitate to do something or try new things because we don’t want to fail, but what if not taking action could lead to an even bigger failure? If we tried something and didn’t attain the desired outcome, we define the event as a failure. We tried. It didn’t work, or was a catastrophic disaster; therefore, we failed. Failure, it seems, is a result of taking action. “Just do it!” they …
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There’s an Ugly Side to health and fitness most don’t realize exists -- until they experience it for themselves. That's what happened to me, and I don't want it to happen to you. Lose fat and like how you look in (and out of) clothes. Improve your health markers (e.g., blood profile, BMI, fasting glucose). Increase your energy levels. In short, health and fitness is about helping us look …
I know what you’re thinking: “This better not be another article telling me to ‘never give up on my dreams no matter what’ or trying to sell me some ‘secret success’ tip to live every day like it's my last.” Nah. We previously addressed the fact that every day can't be awesome and why that's OK. Rest assured this short article can actually be useful too. Be warned: you may be tempted to send …
[Read more...] about The Number One Rule to Not Suck at Life, in Only Four Words
"Don't waste a single day of your life!" I'm sure you can agree, but sometimes when I hear that I want to say, "Shut up. I'm just trying to do adult things right now." Act like you only have six months to live! Don’t allow any day to end without doing something amazing! “Nah, I’m not worried about the more-than-likely painful consequences. YOLO!!!!” I admit that I consistently …
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Fit is a tool of empowerment. Fit makes your life better. Fit builds you up. Fitness. Fit, for the short-hand version. What immediately enters your mind when you think, “I’m going to get fit” or “Hot damn, she is fit.”? Ooh, and let’s not forget the social media phenomenon of fit-spiration with its surplus of motivating memes showing us what it means to be fit. When we declare our …
[Read more...] about How You Look Is The Least Important Part of Fitness
Being a perfectionist is exhausting. If you too are a self-proclaimed perfectionist, you know exactly what I mean. Laboring for perfection feels like going toe-to-toe in a bare-knuckle brawl with a larger, more experienced opponent. At the end you’re left badly beaten, bruised, eyes swollen shut, kidneys aching. The trophy - perfection - you so desperately wanted is within your field of blurry …
[Read more...] about Perfection Is Possible (But Not The Way You Think)
(This article was written with holy hell this is stronger than usual coffee pulsing through my veins. Don’t say you weren’t warned.) Striving for perfection is ruining our lives. It leaves us frustrated if we don’t attain it and immobilized if we’re afraid of not achieving it with our plan of execution, and therefore don’t take any action. “If we can’t be perfect, what’s the point of even …
We live in a world that tells women to value themselves first by their physical appearance. We’re taught from a young age that how we look matters most, and we should manipulate our bodies with diets and work progressively harder to fit society’s ideals. It's time for that to end. Labeling the following mottoes “life changing” may seem lofty, but they can be. They have been for many of my …
[Read more...] about 10 Life Changing Mottoes Women Should Embrace
