Exercise offers benefits for physical and mental health, but many associate it primarily with aesthetic goals such as weight loss. Individuals may need to explore different forms of movement or communities to shift their perceptions. Personal experiences demonstrate that enjoyable physical activity, whether it's running, weight lifting, or cycling, leads to a better body image than struggling through methods tied to diet culture. This shifting mindset is essential as the dangers of exercising solely for weight loss may be growing, especially in the current cultural climate.
Finding a form of movement that works for you can make you feel better in your body than you thought you could.
It turned out that picking up something heavy for a few sets of five reps, sitting down half the workout, and then going home and eating a big sloppy burger did far more to make me feel comfortable in my body than gasping my way through endless burpees and rewarding myself with a salad ever did.
The idea that we exercise to get thin may be more dangerous than ever.
People grew up equating working out with trying to lose weight may ultimately need to find a new form of movement or a new community to rewire their brain's associations.
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