The most subjective question known to man: What’s Beautiful? In order to redefine what society has forced down our throats as the stereotypical idea of what it means to be feminine, Under Armour has once again launched a campaign encouraging women to create their own definition of the female athlete. The What’s Beautiful 3.0 campaign gives women a platform to establish personal fitness goals and hold themselves, and eachother, accountable for achieving them. I have been a feminist since I can remember, and as a lover of fitness, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to get involved.
I like to push myself to my limit. Notice, I said MY limit. Although I look to others for inspiration, I try not to compare myself because we all have different strengths and goals. So for me, I decided to push myself to achieve something I’ve never done before. My goal is two-fold: first, I want to be able to do a split. Sounds juvenile, but it’s been something that I’ve NEVER been able to do. I have the tightest hamstrings in the world, and I worry that my inflexibility might lead to injuries (like when I pulled a hammie a few weeks back). My second goal: to get down to 14% body fat. This one obviously goes hand in hand with doing bikini competitions.
So how do you define beauty? And are you ready to join me and Under Armour to set new fitness goals? Let’s do this!
This time, my mom brought down a few things that I had been storing at her house for safe keeping, as well as some items that she knew my antique-loving self would love to have in my home. Decorating the apartment is still an on-going project, but I’m off to a solid start!
