01/18/2025
Start teaching them while they’re young that being a physically strong woman is normal and necessary. Children emulate what they see displayed to them, they repeat words they hear, they learn emotional regulation from adults. Imagine managing your stress, improving your bone density, gaining muscle mass and confidence, and speaking positively about yourself in front of a kid? You would equip them for life to overcome challenges.
Do you call yourself fat in front of children?
Do you raise your voice, lose your temper, throw things, curse and use other foul language with littles nearby when you have big feelings?
Do you count yourself out on hard things like lifting weights before you even attempt them because you are “not strong enough?”
Are your kids around to hear you say you need “mommy juice” because it’s been a hard day/week?
Are you at risk of/do you currently have low bone density due to inactivity?
There are other options.
Resistance training is the answer. Weights, Pilates, calisthenics. Find something you like and do it for life. Yours and that of your offspring quite literally depend on it.
Little eyes and ears (girls AND boys) are always tuned in. What are you teaching them?
