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I walked the mile all of high school which says everything it needs to about my athletic abilities, but discovering in my 20s that I don’t need to punish myself at the gym with workouts that I don’t enjoy (or are straight up too hard for my body) has been a revolution for me. I found “my“ routine that I do pretty much every time I’m at the gym and it allows me to read a book at the same time, study lines, etc.
“Do what you like and what feels good” is not only a mostly good life mantra, but it perfectly applies when it comes to how you decide to move your body 😘
Feb 23, 2025
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I love doing planks, a few lunges, some crunches and leg stretches on my bedroom floor. No music, no timer, no internet video. It reminds me of doing warm-ups in upper elementary gym class where physical fitness could not have been less serious.
Turns out I derive more joy from exercises when I am not watching a video of a very in-shape person I can't help but compare myself to. i count in my head, do whatever exercises come to mind, and then call it a day.
Sure there is tension and strain during a plank or pain in a stretch but its a privilege to control its intensity and duration. I can pay attention to it, know it wont damage me, and after go with my day more relaxed.
Apr 3, 2025
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Swim for twenty minutes. Or walk a mile to get coffee. Take the stairs up to my 13th floor apartment. Ten min beginner barre in my living room. The gym turns me gray, inside and out and I am over it.
Mar 29, 2025
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I made a bunch of wild changes in my life recently. Went sober for a couple months, quit smoking and started exercising like crazy…highly recommend all three of these but specifically I found love for basic bitch fitness. For the first time I fully understand the fanaticism: the light filled mirrored room, Taylor swift remixes thumping in your sports bra bound chest, a tiny nasal bubblegum voice thick with vocal fry assuring you that you are so strong and powerful, ok ladies! Instills this nearly manic feeling of total control and capability and I walk out feeling psychotically euphoric.
Mar 8, 2023
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Mar 16, 2025
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i will literally always stop someone who is hogging a conversation when someone has been trying to say something—what you have to say is important and I care 😤
Mar 17, 2025
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I’ve been talking to my therapist a lot and finding a lot of healing in reminding myself that I’m growing into someone that little me would’ve thought was really cool—especially when it feels hard to like myself
Listening to the same music, loving the same movies, loving to read, changing up my look, loving clothes, loving animals. A lot of these things made me feel weird or nerdy at the time now feel so core to myself. I’m just baby me in a bigger body, we all are ⭐️
Mar 12, 2025