Tag: This Girl Can

“If at first you don’t succeed…” come up with a new plan! It’s important to have fun when you’re working out, but I also believe in the importance of determination and perseverance.

If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you may have noticed that I rarely appear in pictures where I’m not wearing sports clothes. Part of that is because of the topic of my blog, but it’s also because I rarely ‘dress up’. I’m most comfortable wearing jeans and a hoodie… but that doesn’t mean that I don’t care...

Too often we make assumptions about what people can/cannot do and what they might know. I’ve experienced this when visiting bike shops. All too often the male sales assistant will patronise me and assume that I know nothing about bikes. I might not be an expert, but you can guarantee that I’ll have read up on what I want. Some...

‘Sweating like a pig, feeling like a fox’ is a poster in the ‘This Girl Can’ series. You don’t have to look good to feel good! Unfortunately, society expects women to prize their physical appearance over the ability to take on physical challenges. This problem is brilliantly exemplified by this video: Do you prize your physical appearance over your physical...

If the main purpose of exercising is having fun and keeping fit, what does it matter what you look like?