What The Fitness Industry Gets Wrong
How people talk about their bodies in the fitness industry makes me really uncomfortable.
How often do you hear these comments from fitness coaches, gym instructors or your own internal voice:
Feel the burn
No pain, no gain
And in Pilates studios everywhere?
What kind of torture do you have for me today?
It makes me really uncomfortable when it sounds like I need to punish myself in order to be comfortable in my own skin or to love myself?
Shame Is Not A Healthy Motivator
Personally, it makes me uncomfortable when a good instructor is asked to be a task-master or when the message of a gym or a studio is, “We’re okay with your bad body, you can bring it here so that you can make it better.” This implies that shaming someone about their body is a healthy motivator for movement. This implies that some bodies are good, while some are not.
What Our Team Is Working On
In response to this common industry belief, our team has been working behind the scenes to really revamp and refine our mission statement. Studio Evolve is all for nurturing a healthy and supportive relationship with our bodies and that’s what we want to be known for.
We want people who come to us to experience BIG JOY and LOVE as the fuel that gets them where they want to go. We support their movement journey whatever pace and route they want to take!
We want our clients to look forward to being at the studio and at our classes because they enjoy their sessions, not just because they are forcing themselves or because they have to!
“We appreciate and honor how your body has served you well and gotten you here. My own self-talk can be very harsh and critical and finding appreciation for my coping skills is sometimes a struggle. In my own process of seeking change or growing strength, I am sometimes surprised by how powerful of a force joy and love and acceptance is, when my upbringing would say that suffering and work and pain are what is needed to drive me forward. As I practice this for myself, I want to see how far this fuel of JOY and LOVE can take us all here at Studio Evolve”
-Martine, Studio Evolve Founder/Owner
If this resonates with you, we’d love to see you be part of our community. We will support you and encourage movement, infused with joy!
Your body is home.
We’ll see you soon!
