How many physique models and bodybuilders do you follow? How many times a day do you get pictures of these athletes in your news feed? Fitspiration is great and all and it certainly has its place but I do worry that, for some, it can do more harm than good. Heres my personal experience of what I will term as Fitspiration Overload Heres my Fitspiration Overload time line (bare in mind the whole time I was constantly looking for inspiration and motivation through social media) Age 24: Followed any and all fitness models, physique competitors and bodybuilders I deemed awesome. They inspired me and lit a fire under my ass to train hard and become a competitor. So I trained hard. Ate right. Made gains. Age 27: Decided to compete in physique competitions. Kept training and eating well but started to feel physically inadequate so looked for ways to make more gains. Bought into a butt load of BroScience Made less gains Competed, didnt place top 3. Grew more and more depressed Age 28: Got frustrated with lack of growth. Contemplated steroid use. Kept training and eating right Made no gains Grew more and more depressed Sought help Unfollowed everyone Age 29: Felt better about myself and how I look, and learned to love myself as I am instead of who I thought I had to be Grew confident enough to chase my dreams and my own personal happiness Realised that the only person I wasnt following or giving daily attention to was myself Age 30: Opened my own private PT studio which had been a dream of mine for a long time but never believed Id be able to achieve. Grew rather fond of how awesome id become Still dont follow anyone Fully intend on becoming more awesome. ....... Thats just my story and maybe you disagree and thats cool. Im not saying that you should unfollow a the awesome athletes rant motivate you. What im saying is maybe it would help to take a long hard look at WHO YOU ARE instead of constantly looking at who you think you want to become. Be yourself Simply because theres no one out there like you -💙Coach #BeYourself #LoveYourself #YouMatter
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 21:58:53 +0000
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