The majority of gym goers are tend to think that heavyweight training is only for men. In its turn, women ought to perform exercises which require only one joint involved in it or merely to do long hours of cardio.
Of course, we can’t deny that weightlifting would inevitably bring its results in the form of muscles and sculpted body.
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But who has said that toned muscles make women manly?
So if you are the one who is sicked with all that warnings about miraculous transformations take some inspiration from fitness blogger Kelsey Wells, who has just delivered the perfect response to all those who have said she’s in danger of getting too big.
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“Comments along the lines of “you’re looking manly” or “careful you don’t want to be bulky” or “weightlifting isn’t feminine” never cease to amaze me,” she writes on Instagram.
“The only thing a woman needs to do to be beautiful and feminine is to be herself.”
She wants to say that she was always a “girly girl” as a kid, who loved dressing up.
“What has surprised me though is finding I feel most beautiful when I’m gross and sweaty in the gym when I’m pushing myself in my training, and even more so as I’m wrestling on the floor with my son or any time I’m looking into that little face and teaching him about his world.”
“There is 100% beauty and femininity in lifting weights. Just as there is in dancing. There is beauty in writing and cooking and cleaning and singing and playing sports and playing instruments and anything and everything else you might.”
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“There is beauty in writing and cooking and cleaning and singing and playing sports and playing instruments and anything and everything else you might enjoy because simply there is SO MUCH BEAUTY in YOU, you just need to choose to see it.
“And it has nothing to do with what you look like. So free yourself from the opinions of others and the beauty standards of society. Pay attention to the moments in life you FEEL beautiful. What are you doing?”
Since then Kelsey’s message got enormous support from fit ladies from all around the world commenting her post.
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“You and women at your level of fitness would have a really difficult time pulling off “manly looking”,” writes one guy.
“Don’t get me wrong – the muscle tone and fitness level are absolutely outstanding – but to me, a fit woman seems to accentuate the things we guys like about you ladies. Arms, legs, and everything in between! Great post. Keep up the great work and keep getting out the message that beauty lives at the gym just like everywhere else.”
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From that time Kelsey’s fan-base grew even more as she became a great inspiration for all those unwilling to weightlift in order not to be bullied at the gym.
Just remember: if you love it – just do it!