{"id":609,"date":"2021-05-15T20:03:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T20:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.mutusystem.com\/en-us\/?p=609"},"modified":"2023-12-15T11:14:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:14:34","slug":"feel-too-fat-to-work-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mutusystem.com\/en-us\/mutu-news\/feel-too-fat-to-work-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling too fat to work out? You’re welcome here"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you feel \u2018too fat to work out\u2019? Uncomfortable in a typical \u2018workout environment\u2019? Bigger, like you stand out or take up more space than the other women in the room? Maybe you see workout videos, gym classes and so-called perfect bodies, and feel not only that the workout will be too hard, but that you\u2019re not welcome here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, you ARE welcome here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you think of running and working out as something for fit, skinny, bouncy other women who seem to find it easy and who look good in workout gear. Not for you with your curves, or wobbles? I have worked with women who won\u2019t run in daylight in case someone sees them. They wouldn\u2019t dream of joining a gym because the thought of getting changed or working up a sweat in front of other people is frankly mortifying. They feel \u2018too fat to work out\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s hard when your body feels heavy and you want it to feel lighter. It\u2019s hard when you feel \u2018less than\u2019 everyone else in the room. It\u2019s hard when you don\u2019t like what you see in the mirror, and everywhere you look there\u2019s a photoshopped 20-year-old pouting at you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if you find it hard, you can be sure others do too, and that they find you inspiring and brilliant when you show how fit and strong you really are, or can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That phrase ‘too fat to work out’? Is Bulls&%t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just make some changes like walking instead of driving whenever possible, cutting out junk from your diet or committing to moving your body in a way that feels good every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just start to move a little more than you do now and start to change the food you eat, one thing at a time. You don\u2019t need anything to start. Walk, dance, follow just the warm-up routine or maybe one round of one of the MUTU Intensive workouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jog for 30 seconds. It doesn\u2019t matter if you have to walk for 5 whole minutes to get your breath back\u2026 just do it then jog for another 30 seconds. Do that 3 times. Then when you\u2019ve done that for a couple of days, jog for 10 more seconds each time. Then only take 4.5 minutes to get your breath back. And as you lower the rest time, repeat it 5 times instead of 3. You get the idea. Keeping the overall workout time at around 20 minutes total is fine \u2013 just keep increasing the run, and decreasing the rest\u2026 gradually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s it! You\u2019ve started running! You\u2019re \u201cA Runner\u201d. You\u2019re \u201cSomeone Who Runs\u201d. Keep saying it to yourself \u2026 you deserve to be out there filling your lungs with fresh air and moving your body just as much as the skinny bouncy people. Physical as well as mental health results will motivate you to continue, but you just have to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t want to go out in public? Hate the idea of running or feel just too fat to work out? You’re not. Try 30 seconds low impact exercise in your front room or garden then rest for 1 minute. Repeat and keep alternating for 10-15 minutes. Put on some music you love to make you smile. You gradually increase your hard work, whilst decreasing your rest time, but you don\u2019t have to increase total workout time\u2026 That\u2019s an interval training workout!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018High-Intensity Interval Training\u2019 \u2013 you just did that. You ARE welcomed in the movement and exercise environment. The lifting and sweating and dancing environments. Claim your space. Take UP space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes he first hurdle is to believe that you deserve to feel good about your body. And that your body right now, is awesome and beautiful. Own it. Try to start to like yourself a little more, because we only really take care of what we think deserves to be taken care of. Keep telling yourself that you can do it, that you deserve it. Fake it till you make it. Keep saying it even if you don\u2019t believe it yet. And as you work out and start to feel strong and to see results, you\u2019ll start to believe it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our bodies are made to move. Take up space Beautiful One, and move yours.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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