The “Ideal” body type for women

Aiming for self-development in a world where sex sells

Having worked in the fitness industry for nearly 10 years now, I hardly ever hear women say they want to get strong as a fitness goal.
Their most common answer is “weight loss” or to “tone up”.

I don’t blame them, considering the societal and media pressure to get that perfect physique. Not only to mention all the beautiful and thin women you see every time you browse your monthly mag and scroll through social media.

For years the fashion industry depicted the perfect women as thin. Whereas now media has painted and given praise to women for being curvaceous yet lean. It’s no wonder women are often aesthetically driven and feel pressured to get big glutes, a smaller waist, a flat stomach and a “thigh gap”.
Yet, these people unfortunately tend to fall off the fitness bandwagon once demoralized that neither has been achieved when starting their fitness journey.

Slow and steady wins the race

“Long-term consistency triumphs short-term intensity.”- Bruce Lee

Good things take time, refining your process as well as making incremental progress to reach a larger goal is more beneficial than expecting a quick fix.
Not to mention we’re all shaped differently and although you can work with what you’ve got, planning goals on aesthetic reasons alone will only set you up for failure.
You’ll either…

a) Hit your goal weight and consider this the end point ⏩️ 3 months later.. Only to get back into old habits relapsing to your previous weight.

b ) Try to lose weight and focus on seeing results quickly. Only to give up and feel more frustrated.

Process over outcome

“Set goals not for the outcome itself, but for who you get to become in the process”.- Jim Rohn

Focus on the process, have a plan and always challenge yourself.
Regardless of the goal: running 3ks without stopping, becoming stronger, increasing speed, agility…
Have a vision and make sure you break it into mini measurable goals. Aim for progressive overload, plan a sustainable system, make room for trial and error and keep adjusting where and when you need.

Final thoughts

Don’t become a product of your environment into “needing” to look a certain way. Focus on fitness goals that seek for self-development and progress and bettering your health will become a byproduct. If you want to lose weight, do it for you and not to fit in with all the hot b****** on insta.

“A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.” — Coco Chanel.