08/03/2026
We are 17 days post surgery and I finally got clearance to start training again, lower only but it’s a start!
I do find I lose a bit of myself when I take so much time away from the gym. Admittedly gym anxiety started to creep back in, feeling ashamed, feeling like I don’t belong in the gym. The self doubt is REAL.
We carry so much. We rebuild ourselves again and again. We show up even when it feels uncomfortable, even when confidence isn’t there yet.
Strength isn’t about lifting the heaviest weight in the room.
Sometimes strength is simply walking through the door when anxiety tells you not to.
Regardless whether your new, or coming back to the gym after time off…
I will tell you now, no matter what your head tells you to believe…..YOU belong in that space.
And every time you show up, you get a little stronger — physically and mentally.
To every woman starting again, starting scared, or starting over. Because you will look back on this moment and be so damn proud!
Keep showing up. 💪✨
ProgressNotPerfection