28/05/2024
Donât confuse general fitness with bodybuilding! These are two completely different things.
Bodybuilding is a sport that requires extreme measures. There is no balance in bodybuilding. However, general fitness, or being fit for life, is based on balance.
Social media is a very bad influence nowadays, with many girls competing in bodybuilding shows, making âgeneralâ people want to do the same or look like those athletes and fitness influencers while living a ânormalâ life.
Most people are not built for bodybuilding, just like most people are not built for football or gymnastics. This applies not just physically but mentally as well. We are all different!
Most of the competitor girls and fitness influencers achieved their bodies by going through extreme circumstances. Most of them are not naturally that lean, and such a body couldnât be maintained for a long period. Many of those girls struggle with health issues, unbalanced hormones, and more.
If you donât have a naturally lean body composition, your body will never be able to maintain a very lean and defined physique under healthy circumstances.
Instead of constantly stressing your body by being in a deficit and comparing yourself to others, try to accept that you feel well, you are fueling your body properly, you are strong, and you function in a healthy state.
Try to focus more on your training, implement structure and good habits to BUILD the body that you want to see in the mirror. Trust me, it wonât happen if you are in a calorie deficit most of your life!
FYI
When Iâm competing, my body weight goes down to the 50s. However, my body doesnât like to be in that state. In the past few years of competitive seasons, I learned that when my body feels the best, it is around 63-65kg, when I have stomach rolls and cellulite! I would be lying if I said I like my body every day in that state. Of course not! But this is what social media and âmodern life normsâ do to us. However, I like feeling strong, making improvements in my training, building muscles, not restricting my body, and enjoying food and socialising!