Women are trained to value themselves by their appearance and simultaneously hate it. We’re too fat, legs too short, wrong shape, stretch marks from childbirth etc etc. And it’s so much worse if you’re trans, non white and so on. What do you like about your body?
I love lifting! If it wasn’t for the kids, I’d be a monster by now. Are you really squatting and deading 1.6x bodyweight, that’s so cool! Well done! I’m back to almost bodyweight but I keep having setbacks… Just life, ya know. Either way, it’s a great way to exercise and great for your bones too.
Yeah, my squats and deadlifts developed in no time flat. It surprised both me and my trainer. (Hence the “sturdy peasant legs” crack.) I could probably have taken it to double but that would have put an unpleasantly unbalanced look and feel to my lower body. My back developed well too, but I hit a wall hard at the chest and it stayed there. I can’t break it. :(
Samesles on the balance. I can lift a lot but can’t do a pull-up!
Oh, and my SO got terrified with some of the pelvic lifts I was doing. I can now almost casually throw him off me without using my arms. 🙃
Nice!!