Mathilda Gets Fit

Today’s #vegan lunch on the go - a very unripe banana, oil free baked potato chips with salad and hummus, and @purepressjuice organic Sweet Hydration juice which is just a BEAUTIFUL summer flavour combo 🍉 Hope everyone is having a fantastic Tuesday - do something today your future self will thank you for 😌

How much we prioritize aesthetics over performance. Not to hate on bodybuilding, but it seems like every bikini competitor on Instagram has 43,000 followers, while girls deadlifting 4 plates have 350.

Both things are great. If you’re working towards a goal, that’s fantastic. If you are trying to better yourself, power to ya.

I just don’t get (well, I guess I do) why people go apeshit over a picture of a tiny model with “abz” and a “booty,” but yet other girls who are putting up huge numbers or performing these awesome feats of athleticism are kinda overlooked.

I am just so much more impressed by someone doing ring handstand push-ups than striations and shit like that.

It upsets me that the fitness industry is so incredibly shallow and disordered sometimes, despite the fact that it’s supposed to be about “health.”

I love my body because of what it’s capable of. Power lifting allows me to push my body to a place no other person could get without the time, effort and care I put into my training, life and nutrition. This fact helped me through recovering from 9 years of having an ed. But every time I log on here, all I see is fitblrs praising people for aesthetics. And the problem is, they don’t are how these people get there. No, I’m not talking about body builders nessesarily. This culture, fitblrs, in particular, still praises being tiny and lean over being strong. It’s undeniable, don’t lie to yourselves and fight me because you’re offended. It’s true.