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Personal Trainer Teaches Us A Major Lesson With This Photo Of A Seatbelt
“This is a ‘big’ deal.”
02/07/2017 01:51 am ET | Updated Feb 08, 2017
Over five and a half million people across the United States have a gym membership.
In total, they spend 54+ million dollars every year in membership fees alone. Add this into the amount of money people spend on athletic wear, supplements, and products to “burn fat fast,” and you’re looking at a huge, moneymaking industry. It doesn’t take a lot to realize that, in the midst of ALL of this, the soul behind “getting fit” sometimes gets a bit… lost.
Do you workout to extend your life or simply to look great in Instagram selfies?
Do you push yourself doing cardio or lifting to improve your quality of life, or to fit into a specific dress size that you think is the answer to our eternal quest to happiness?
This week, LA-based trainer Blake Elarbee, CSCS, reminded us what fitness is really about, and illustrated a big lesson about life at the same time. He shared a photo of his client sitting in an airplane seat, wearing a seatbelt without an extender. His client (who started her journey to become a healthier and happier woman at age 37, weighing in at over 356 lbs, and unable to walk a single city block without stopping in pain) sat in her seat like this for the first time in years. For the first time since her early 20s, she did it without “worrying” about her body and the intense anxiety that comes with flying as an obese person. Read on here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/personal-trainer-teaches-us-a-lesson-about-fitness_us_58919968e4b02c397c178e4f
Shut the flippin' front door! ~~ Do you think you were born awesome, or just grew up badass? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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