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You’re here for a reason

Do you know what it’s like to feel consumed by your health and fitness regimen? You try a restrictive diet you must revolve your life around, and the only thing you get from that experience is frustration, or a bad relationship with food.

Have you tried what seems like countless diets and workout programs … and yet nothing seems to work?

Or perhaps you’re confused from the surplus of conflicting information. Or everything seems too complicated so you haven’t even started.

Want to finally build (and maintain) a fit, strong, confident body without obsessive eating habits or long, grueling workouts that leave you exhausted? Want to actually feel great about yourself today and not “someday”?

Dang right you do.

Welcome.

Here you’ll find BS-free information that will help you achieve the results you want, feel great about yourself, and create a lifestyle around food and fitness you actually enjoy. This is an empowering lifestyle, not a temporary fad.

Get started now.

What Should You Read First?

There are hundreds of articles here, so let’s get you started with the most popular ones.

Exercise is Not Punishment And You Do Not Have to Earn Your Food

13 Ways Women Can be MORE, Not Less

The Mind-Boggling Bullshit of Health and Fitness

18 Uncomfortable Truths About Nutrition, Health, and Fitness

Start there and then move on to some great goal-specific articles below.

What Do You Need Help With?

Most new readers want to lose fat, get stronger, or simply develop a health and fitness lifestyle that doesn’t dominate their life. Many want to escape the obsessive habits they’ve developed from prior fad diets and workout regimens.

To get you going, check out the most popular articles for specific goals:

Strength Training Workouts

First, discover the many benefits strength training has to offer women (and it’s WAY MORE than just changing how your body looks). You’ll also get some sample workouts.

Learn to Lift: The Beginner Guide to Strength Training

The Women’s Beginner Strength Training Guide

The Busy Woman’s Guide to Strength Training

Lift Like a Girl Dumbbell Workout Program

How-to Articles and Videos

Want to know how to properly and safely perform some of the best exercises? Here you go.

How to Squat

How to Deadlift (And Why Everyone Should)

How to Perform the Bench Press and Standing Press

How to Perform the Barbell Row and Chin-ups

How to Eat Healthy (Without Losing Your Sanity)

Eating healthy should be about consistency, not perfection. It should be flexible, not rigid. It should make room for your favorite foods, not exclude them. It should fit into your life, not require you to revolve your life around it. 

Here’s the Simple Guide That Shows You How to Eat Healthy

Eating in Moderation: How to Do It Right

The Huge Problem with Guilty-Pleasure Foods

Bodyweight Workouts and Exercises

Want workouts you can do at home, or want to start with bodyweight-only workouts? Here you go.

7 of The Best Bodyweight Exercises (And Easier to More Difficult Variations)

How to Perform Assisted Pull-ups And Dips

Lifestyle

There’s more than workouts and other health and fitness information here. Find some of the most popular lifestyle articles here:

The Ultimate Guide on How NOT to Care What Other People Think and Live the Life You Want

You Owe It to Yourself to Give Fewer Shits

One Simple Hack to Stop Screwing Yourself Over

Achieving Goals is Hard and Most People Fail. Here’s How to (Finally) Succeed.

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