Weekly Recap 5/17-5/23/2020
We have some awesome articles and Instagram posts for you this week. Both articles focus on resiliency. This first focuses on how we can build resilience and overcome hardships that we will inevitably face in our lives while the 2nd focuses on one woman’s journey of resiliency through the sport of powerlifting. Followed by the articles is one Instagram post about the history of females in sports and another post about body shaming. As always, comment and let us know your thoughts on these articles and posts. We love hearing from you!
Articles of the Week
5 Ways to Build Resilience and Conquer Adversity by Mark Manson
This was such an awesome read from Mark Manson. Resiliency is obviously a skill that we value at Resilient Training Lab and this post sums up why it is so important. Without resiliency, we are fragile and unable to overcome any hardships or adversity. You can read or listen to this article to find out the 5 ways that you can become a more resilient being. Don’t skip out on this one!
PSA: If you are listening, you will want to listen with headphones on if you have children close by ;)
Becoming of a Female Powerlifter by Emma Jarman
This is the story of a girl who severely struggled in her teens and 20s; but the discovery of powerlifting in her early 30s saved her life. It is a tough article to read as she goes into detail about her severe eating disorder and mental struggles; but her journey of overcoming her struggles and fighting to be better is inspiring. Powerlifting has a way of showing us what we are capable of, empowers us, and makes us want to improve our physical AND mental strength. This also made me think that we need to do better of sharing the sport of powerlifting. More people, especially younger girls, need to reap these benefits that come from powerlifting. So if you love lifting, share it with someone you care about so they can too can become stronger, more powerful, and resilient people.
Instagram Posts of the Week
This week’s instagram post comes from Stephanie Sfara (@stephsfara.dpt). In her post, she goes over a brief history of women in sports. There is obviously a lot more to the history of women in sports; however, this gives us an idea of how far we have come. It is sad that it once was considered too dangerous for women to participate in sports and that it was extremely frowned upon; but we can be very grateful for the women that have stood up and fought for things to be different. Because of women before us, we now have the opportunity to play sports, workout in the gym, participate in the olympics, and more.
The 2nd Instagram post is from one of our favorites, Sohee Lee (@soheefit). Body shaming is way too common in today’s society. People are shamed for being too thin, too fat, too muscular, etc. There seems to be no winning. And on top of that, it is your body and your business. Losing body fat isn’t easy and those that successfully do it should not be shamed for wanting to change their bodies. We want everyone to love themselves and the bodies they are in. However, that doesn’t mean that wanting to make a change to their body means that they don’t love themselves. So if you have lost weight, be proud and don’t let anyone shame you into feeling any other way.