Stronger Than Your Boyfriend
Join Katie and Heather, owners of Barpath Fitness, as they take a deep dive into important (and usually controversial) health & fitness topics. Combining a little science, a little ranting, and a lot of industry experience, Katie and Heather will be helping you sift through the toxic misinformation in the fitness industry. One podcast episode at a time. Barpath Fitness is an LGBTQ+ and women-owned fitness business that specializes in helping people move better, get stronger, and live pain free through individualized programming and coaching.
Stronger Than Your Boyfriend
When Fitness Becomes Your Identity: The Pros, The Cons, and the Gray Area
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Barpath Fitness
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Season 1
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Episode 273
Today, we talk about discipline vs. obsession in fitness. When you start working out, you incorporate fitness into your identity, which is a good thing. Research shows that it helps keep you disciplined in your fitness routine. However, obsession with exercise is a slippery slope that can actually be detrimental to your health through feeling like you have to earn food and feeling anxiety when you can’t workout. Injuries can also have a huge impact on your mental health. This episode is about coming to a state of balance, and what might happen when fitness becomes who you are.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How Fitness Slowly Becomes an Identity
- Exercise Obsession: The All-or-Nothing Mindset
- The Motivation–Obsession Gray Area
- When Injury Forces the Question: Who Are You Without Fitness?
- How to Build a Sustainable, Enjoyable Relationship With Fitness
- Training Hard Without Letting Fitness Take Over Your Life
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