Comments on: Why don’t you look like a fitness model?

By: Stacey

Stacey — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:07:42 +0000

Love this so much!

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:04:34 +0000

I enjoyed the artical. I am a female trainer, and even I need a reality check from time to time.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:25:30 +0000

Wonderful! I was gifted with a powerful figure (5′10 and lots of muscle) and sometimes I forget how awesome it is. Thanks.

By: Stephanie Vincent

Stephanie Vincent — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:26:47 +0000

Great POST!! It is so important to remember being healthy doesn’t have to correlate with how you look by societies standards. We did the 300 workout at my crossfit affiliate and the rumor was that all the buff dudes from the movies couldn’t finish it. Guess what…I did. Thanks for the post…more women need to read it.

I just did a Q&A on my blog, that def mirrors the sentiment that health comes in all shapes and sizes…check it out…

http://www.radicalhateloss.blogspot.com

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:52:00 +0000

Fantastic article, a very refreshing read. I’m sick of people try to dictate to me how I should look in order to be fit according to their definition of the word.

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:39:55 +0000

Hell ya huge quads!
I enjoy your articles. I find them to be thoroughly educative and humorous. Frankly I think there are far too many people out there who want results without all the work. I’ve had my relatives ask me how I encountered this miraculous weight loss transformation and then whine about how too hard it is, after I tell them that I run and lift heavy weights to burn it off and keep it off. It’s unfortunate because I come from a Asian family where the common desired aesthetic is to be unrealistically thin without any hint of muscle. Regardless, I’ve come to the conclusion that as long as I can dead lift more than my body weight and run for miles I’m doing myself in the favor in the long run. Sometimes I forget this and I want to thank you for being a constant reminder that you should see yourself as how you want to see yourself, regardless of others.

By: Claire

Claire — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:07:00 +0000

Thank you so much for this. I knew this already, about models being airbrushed and so , but for some reason did not think that this also applied to fitness models.
Thank you very much this frank and in depth talk and the pictues are pricless. I will look at these when I am next feeling useless aboy not being able to train enough and also.
Als, its true athletes are more concerned with acheivement than with aesthetics and that should be the focus.
Thank you and thanks again.

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By: melanie kelly

melanie kelly — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:20:21 +0000

Thanks for this article. This is the kind of encouragement women need in their lives – permission to be themselves and not to strive for a cookie cutter look. I have three young daughters and want them to be exposed to more of this healthy thinking and less of the crap women are bombarded by daily. Like Lena, I too enjoyed the pictures of the female Olympic athletes. It is so good to make visible and celebrate the variations of healthy strong female bodies rather than hide them away because they don’t fit the male ideal. Thanks again, you rock!

By: Lena Shore

Lena Shore — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:27:10 +0000

I love the photo of all those women and their different shapes. To me, they all look like fitness models — all beautiful, strong, and healthy. However, your point was not lost on me. It made me feel good to realize that my vision of “physical awesome” isn’t completely dependent on the latest Jennifer Nicole Lee cover photo. Great article!