The Unapologetic Fat Girls Guide to Exercise and Other Incendiary Acts

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This empowering exercise guide is big on attitude, giving plus size women the motivation and information they need to move their bodies and improve their health.Hanne Blank, proud fat girl and personal trainer, understands the physical and emotional roadblocks that overweight women face in the word of exercise In this one of a kind guide that combines exercise advice with a refusal to fat bash, Hanne shows readers how to choose workout options from WiiFit to extreme sports, avoid common sports injuries, get proper nutrition, source plus size work out gear, and. Read The Unapologetic Fat Girls Guide to Exercise and Other Incendiary Acts – kino-fada.fr I ve been struggling for the last few years with how my body has changed and how I look and feel Sometimes I feel like a badass with swagger to prove it Sometimes I feel like my body is just a meatbag I have to drag around as a place to keep my bra...So with the title I was expecting somethingon the funny side than on the self help side I don t think this book was for me It was mostly common sense and I didn t learned anything What I liked the most about the book w...Disclosure I won a free, signed copy of this book by participating in a comment thread at Hanne Blank s blog.That said this book is great It s written in Hanne Blank s usual friendly, no nonsense, and very, very funny style, which some readers may be familiar with from books like Virgin The Untouched History and Big Big Love, Revised A Sex and Relationships Guide for People of Size It s full of encouragement about exercise that has absolutely nothing to do with losing weight or inches, and Disclosure I won a free, signed copy of this book by participating in a comment thread at Hanne Blank s blog.That said this book is great It s written in Hanne Blank s usual friendly, no nonsense, and very, very funny style, which some readers may be familiar with from books like Virgin The Untouched History and Big Big Love, Revised A Sex and Relationships Guide for People of Size It s full of encouragement about exercise that has absolutely nothing to do with losing weight or inches, and positive messages about bodies of all sizes and a person s right to exist and move in the world no matter what their appearance.I m not a fat girl, but I HATE exercise I would rather clean a kitt...This book is just AWESOME.Disclaimer I am not the target demographic for this book, in that I fall within the range of what s generally considered not fat and I have not had the social experience of being considered overweight I say this just to make it clear that my perspective is from outside that lived experience, and thus there are some things that this book might be lacking that I m just not aware of.Ok, disclaimer over I loved this ...My life has so muchpotential for confidence and happiness now that this book s words are inside my head Need to re read and re read until the unapologetic attitude is reflexive.This book provides a lot of useful info from a strong motivational framework I would have liked to have seen it address a wider audience it seems to presume that its readers are relatively able bodied and can afford things like gym memberships or exercise classes It also seems to take a just get over it approach to handling the internalized fatphobia that gets in the way for many fat people who may wish to exercise, which is an approach that may work really well for some people but didn t s This book provides a lot of useful info from a strong motivational framework I would have liked to have seen it address a wider audience it seems to presume that its readers are relatively able bodied and can afford things like gym memberships or exercise classes It also seems to take a just get over it approach to handling the internalized fatphobia that gets in the way ...It s pretty hard for me to rate this book As a manifesto for any woman who ever felt too fat to go to the gym, take a jog or otherwise becomeactive it s good As encouragement to just move because it makes you feel good, it s good And it really is geared well for those who are very fat, with questions like, What if I can t get myself off the floor Unlike many resources for fat people which talk about wanting to loose 20 pounds, which must make the really heavy feel like they don t eve It s pretty hard for me to rate this book As a manifesto for any woman who ever felt too fat to go to the gym, take a jog or otherwise becomeactive it s good As encouragement to just move because it makes you feel good, it s good And it really is geared well for those who are very fat, with questions like, What if I can t get myself off the floor Unlike many resources for fat people which talk about wanting to loose 20 pounds, which must make the really heavy feel like they don t even exist Well, this book will recognize your existence and your right to get out in the world and move.Also I appreciated it s focus on exercise for reasons besides weight loss As a kind of fat woman I get tired of everyone in the fitness industry focusing on weight, like it s all that matters I suspect it s worse the bigger you are I went shopping for workout pants yesterday It s a good thing I can wear XL because there w...I didn t finish it but I still think it might be helpful to those looking to reframe exercise.I think I can feel people I know in real life that follow me on goodreads judge me for reading this Anyway, this review is going to be kind of personal and stuff so I apologize I wasn t quite the audience for this book It s taken me 2 years of running to admit this but I am a runner I started running approximately five years ago, after we ran 12 minutes in gym class I distinctively remember thinking pfft, 12 minutes, that should be easy, And nope It wasn t I couldn t run 12 minutes Th I think I can feel people I know in real life that follow me on goodreads judge me for reading this Anyway, this review is going to be kind of personal and stuff so I apologize I wasn t quite the audience for this book It s taken me 2 years of running to admit this but I am a runner I started running approximately five years ago, after we ran 12 minutes in gym class I distinctively remember thinking pfft, 12 minutes, that should be easy, And nope It wasn t I couldn t run 12 minutes That made me upset so I swore to start running Now, a few races behind me, a 22km run, and a pr of 6 mins for a km, running 12 minutes is no longer difficult It also made me start doing yoga, Pilates, strength training stuff and weight lifting when a gym is possible To me, workouts were never really about losing weight Sure, the weight I lost was nice but it wasn t the goal Running was a challenge Somewhere in my mind, I thought ...I really enjoyed reading this book as I felt a lot of it was relevant to me and how I m feeling about exercise being active lately The whole book has a great attitude which I feel I ve picked up on to give me an even stronger feeling that I shouldn t feel embarrassed about getting out there and doing whatever activity I want to There s a list of resources to make things easier including a mention of the Couch25k site which I d already ...

The Unapologetic Fat Girls Guide to Exercise and Other Incendiary Acts
  • English
  • 17 December 2018
  • Paperback
  • 224 pages
  • 1607742861
  • Hanne Blank
  • The Unapologetic Fat Girls Guide to Exercise and Other Incendiary Acts