Strong is the New Skinny
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The dark and desperate days of wanting to be ‘size zero’ are long behind us. Gone are the days of pointy collar bones and bony hips, and the once beloved thigh gap is coveted no more! The past two years have seen girls everywhere move away from the desire to be supermodel skinny, and move towards a new goal: to be strong.
Women everywhere are hitting the gym, picking up weights and eating clean as part of the new fitness craze. The old-fashioned and misguided idea that doing weights will make a woman look ‘bulky’ and unfeminine is finally being pushed aside. Instead, women are lifting weights, planking, and squatting to not only become healthy, but to become strong.
The social media sensation has been led by numerous fitness fanatics, ‘Instagram famous’ for their toned bodies and impressive strength, such as Emily Skye and Jen Skelter. It doesn’t stop there though; celebrities are also taking part, including singer P!nk, who fired back at critics claiming she had gained weight by declaring her body “healthy” and “crazy strong.”
Despite the long-awaited move away from traditional ‘thinness’ and new celebration of health and ability, the unofficial campaign recently came under heavy fire. Critics claimed the ‘fitsporation’ has merely transferred body-shape obsessions from thinness to muscles, round bums and six pack abs, leading to self-loathing, fixation and anxiety.
That being said, there is no denying that there has been a universal surge in the number of women hitting the weights with the aim to become healthy rather than stick-thin.
‘Skinny’ is out and ‘strong’ is in.