02/26/2026
Here’s something I want more athletes to hear:
You are allowed to have athletic goals that have nothing to do with how your body looks.
Strength.
Speed.
Power.
Endurance.
Mobility.
Longevity.
Those are performance goals.
And they matter.
In so many fitness spaces, aesthetics are treated like the default measure of success.
But recovery often involves redefining success altogether.
When your focus shifts from appearance to capability, something changes:
Your body becomes something you work with
not something you constantly evaluate.
Athletics > aesthetics.
Not because appearance doesn’t exist.
But because performance builds confidence in a way comparison never will.
During Eating Disorder Awareness Week, I’d love to hear from my community:
What do you train for?
Let’s shift the narrative together. 💬