"The post on Fit & Feminist blog points out that “skinny” and “strong” are actually describing different things so should not be compared at all – “skinny” refers to how one looks, “strong”, however, refers to what one’s body is capable of doing. A light bulb moment for me. Strong is not the new skinny. Strong has nothing to do with skinny or not skinny. Strong is what you can DO [...] Probably without realising I was comparing myself to the women who are usually seen on the ‘Strong is the new skinny’ images and definitely also to the few women in my CrossFit classes who have very nice muscles. Reading this post snapped me right out of this negative mindset, it reminded me why I exercise – I don’t do it to enter competitions where I’m judged by how I look, I do it to feel strong."
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 23:45:57 +0000