How do YOU interpret “fit and healthy”?
Is it a particular look? A feeling? Something more specific?
For most of us, while losing a few pounds might be rather welcome, the bigger picture of what we want to achieve is more practical.
Think for a minute about the videos you see on social media from personal trainers and the like. Have you noticed how they’re almost always super-toned, mega-fit, live-and-breathe exercise people demonstrating exercises which would hospitalise most of us mere mortals?
Perhaps I’m being a bit flippant, but really – I think we are being shown only the looks aspect of improving your health and fitness.
I wonder if we’re starting to head to an unhelpful place with the way that social media often seems to be portraying as the image of being fit and healthy.
And while you’re probably not going to value health and fitness advice from a coach who isn’t walking the talk, I still think we need to make sure we are clear in our own definition of how fit and healthy should be expressed.
Of course losing a bit of weight is very often an important target. But the bigger picture is more about being able to function better in someway than it is for the purely aesthetic changes.
It might be clearer thinking, feeling more energetic, keeping up with the kids, getting rid of back ache – or simply trying to put some credit into the health bank account!
None of which requires you to get mega-toned or super-fit, or turn exercise into something you live and breathe.
Just a little food for thought.