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Why Fitness Selfies Suck Posted: 08/09/2015 10:47 AEST
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Selfies are the worst. There, I said it. I'm referring here to the glamour shots of 20-something-year-old fitness "experts" who flaunt their post-workout (yeah, right) physiques on social media for the world to see. You know, to motivate and inspire us.
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To be honest, such pictures do actually make me feel good about myself. But more on that later... These are the women we supposedly look up to as pillars of health and fitness. And, fellas, this is what you're supposed to find sexy. Maybe you do and if that's the case, power to you, etc. Look, we all have different goals and aspirations with our fitness and fat loss -- and so we should! There's absolutely no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to this stuff. What great health looks like for you will be totally different to what it looks like for your neighbour.
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But if this is what you're pinning your hopes and dreams on, I'm really worried that you'll end up disappointed. Why? Because this just isn't realistic for the majority of women. What worries me more is that I see so many young women in my gym with printouts of these "bikini body" programs beside them, slogging it out doing wishy-washy, generic workouts, every single day. Which makes me think that it is what many of us are pinning our hopes and dreams on.
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I can't imagine the kind of influence people like this are having on young girls. And I'm wondering when we decided to make these women health experts? This is what comes to my mind when I look at pictures like this: 1. If you look like this after training, you haven't worked hard enough. 2. I'd like to see what these chicks' arses look like when they hit 30. Bet they don't post
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