Sunday, February 05, 2012

CROSS-fit #71 Beautiful

It has been a concept in everyone's mind. That to be fit, to be strong means not to be unshapely.
For a guy, fine. To be big and strong, who wouldn't mind that?
But really, what matters is how you define yourself isn't it? It's who you say you are here and now.
It's what you've got...
Right now, in the states, it's a perception that being a size 6, is a plus size.
Pardon me for my ignorance but a size 6!?!? I don't think that's too big...
But man, to see how people just condemn, look down on someone who's a size 6!

No wonder so many are afraid to get strong, they just don't want to bulk up, to look 'ugly'.
No wonder girls just don't wanna lift weights, even though, really, it's essential to them.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not dissing other sports whatsoever.
Some exercise is better than no exercise.
But that's how you get many sidelined forms of fitness, yoga, pilates etc etc, but sorry, that ain't fit in my books.
It's an all encompassing broad range of qualities that no one thing can provide.
If they could only look beyond the numbers on the scale, look beyond what the magazines, the media tells them. That hey, no matter what, you're beautiful.
That liberty comes when you can do anything and everything, to believe in YOURSELF and not the numbers.

Don't think I haven't thought of it.
Guys, you're not all clean as well. Cosmetic fitness ain't gonna cut it.
Getting big, strong, firm, hard doesn't say a single thing.
Man even your clean and jerk doesn't say much.
Your squat weight doesn't tell the story of who you really are.

Maybe, it's how you are when you don't get that weight.
When there's just nobody around to care, are you still gonna do it?

Be beautiful, in your own ways, deep down inside.


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