There are lots of great parts of the piece which I suggest you read in its entirety, but you can get the jist through the below summary.
I bought a women's fitness magazine the other day and almost every page equated fitness with losing weight. Get bikini ready in seven days! Lose 12 pounds by tomorrow by doing these three exercises! Hungry? Eat seven almonds! Fuck that.
Your body was made for so much more than being looked at, deprived of food, and enjoyed by others. Your body was made for kicking some ass.
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Discussing exercise or athleticism is tricky in the context of body acceptance; we're told the only reason we'd possibly want to exercise is to have a sexy body or to be smaller or more in line with what society has determined is an acceptable size.
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You guys. This is bullshit. Physical fitness doesn't have to be about anyone else but you or about anything else but becoming stronger. It's time we stopped associated exercise with a form of conformity and surrender, because do so is to deprive yourself of the potential that your body offers you.
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Fitness might not necessarily mean thinness, but, a person of lower body weight that has a proper diet and exercise regimen will always be more healthy than someone who is overweight/obese on the same regimen.
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