Hands on my knees is a common pose for me lately with my workouts.
I had an awesome and enlightening convo last week with @fearlessmiranda for an episode of Be Unstoppable Radio. The episode will be released on 7/6, so I don’t want to spoil it too much, but something she said really resonated with me, especially during the current obstacles I’m working through with my body throughout IVF.
She said, “Drop the idea in your head of what IT needs to look like…” IT can be anything that you think HAS to look a certain way, whether it be fitness, being a mom, owning a business, etc.
This simple statement gave me some freedom.
Fitness for me has always been a passion. It has never been something you have to talk me into doing or a task that seems inconvenient and hard to enjoy. The time and effort I put into my fitness and training have obviously changed over the years since I’m not competing anymore, but the passion to move and sweat has always remained.
This year has been different though. It has been full of emotions and energy-sucking obstacles. I haven’t exactly enjoyed getting out into the garage to work out or into the gym and being around people. Some days, I feel like it takes every ounce of (mental & physical) energy to drag myself into the garage and do a 30-minute workout, that feels like “not enough” but it’s all I have.
I’ve carried this weird sense of guilt that I’m failing on this level of health and fitness right now and that I need to keep trying harder and do more. But at the end of the day, the only thing I need to really change is my mindset around what I think fitness NEEDS to look like right now, and Miranda’s words really hit home for me.
I think on some level, we all live inside certain identities or behind certain masks that we need permission to be freed from. What’s yours?
