” The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”

– Alice Walker

Females have been objectified throughout history and the effects still permeate modern culture. No this isn’t a political rant but it is a human rights factoid. Everyone should know they can (and should be) physically strong and that any notion to the opposite is ridiculous at best and oppression at worst.

While easily 70 percent of those who come to our business are woman less than half of those are taken on as clients. This is because we are constantly discovering that all too many ladies don’t realize that health is about being strong not just being slim or some ideal of attractiveness.

We endeavour to explain that a man or woman’s health and fitness relies 100% on physical strength. We see it constantly, females who are active and try hard to diet yet they are still suffering far too much body fat, low energy, excessive pain and mood disturbance.

Because you cannot have stamina, energy, agility and a reasonable metabolic rate without muscle woman have been experiencing disastrous health issues in modern living. Females have been encouraged to be soft and even harshly judged if they showed any visible signs of strength. The result – all around poor physical fitness regardless of how hard they try.

We are here to say a human is a human regardless of gender. We all need to build and protect physical strength or suffer the side effects of weakness. It is an either/or proposition you cannot avoid. As we alluded to above we can’t even work with someone who doesn’t wrap their head around that fact.

Ladies…don’t give up your power by buying into the ludicrous notion that ‘you are a female and it’s ok to be weak’. Being strong doesn’t mean you aren’t feminine. It means you have the energy and the actual practical, physical ability to be more you, regardless of what life throws your way.

Be well, be strong,

Andrew and Tierney

-WeFit