We need to change the narrative from what our body looks like to what it can do. When we say we want to get fit, what we really mean is that we want to look good naked. There’s no reason we can’t excel at both, but we need to be honest with ourselves. Mistakenly putting aesthetics before function makes exercise joyless. It serves as punishment for who we’ve allowed ourselves to become. It’s an unhealthy relationship, fraught with anxiety, only carried out because we think we look fat. 

We scroll through instagram for inspiration from perfect looking people for tips to lose belly fat or build a butt, as if aesthetics are all that matter. We have it all backwards. We need to embrace the joy and freedom of moving well. It shouldn’t always be about working out on behalf of your abdominals muscles. They should be working for you by moving with purpose.