Today I had one of those moments that no one
wants to have.
I really want to share it with you all so that you understand I
too am a real person.
Here I go.
“I didn’t know a girl like that could lift like that.”
Yes, that’s what I heard today while at the gym. To put it nicely,
it broke my heart.
*note although my music may
be loud I’m most definitely not deaf*
Even worse is that it was said by a professor from the Exercise
Science department.
What the actual f does that mean?
I am too fat?
Too muscular?
Not feminine enough?
Incapable?
Different than the stereotype created by the
fitness industry?
That I am not good enough to workout at the
gym?
So I did what any dignified lady would do and I finished my set
and walked out with my head held high.
NEWSFLASH: I do NOT deserve to be
treated like that.
I have come too far to regress to feeling different and that I am
not good enough.
I am a boss.
I am beautiful.
I am strong.
I may not be a size 2, but damn straight I am fit and to me that's worth more than anyone's
opinion of me.
What would you have done? Has this happened to you?
Feeling strong,
C
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