Confidence

Some days, your workout just winds up being really, really crappy. It doesn’t matter how prepared you think you are or how much you were actually looking forward to your workout. Every lift feels like you’re trying to move a...

Nearly two years ago, I published the first version of the Love Your Body Challenge on my personal website, and the responses I received from women all over the world reinforced my desire for, and commitment to, helping even more...

The past couple of weeks have been unreal, as my heartfelt New Year’s Day Facebook post continues to be shared and talked about. Major news websites in the U.S. and overseas have shared it, as have people like Zooey Deschanel, Ashton Kutcher,...

Quite often, but in particular over the past couple weeks, we’ve received so many messages from you, our community members, telling us how much you love what we’re doing and how grateful you are that Girls Gone Strong is showing...

“Broccoli again?!” my friend exclaimed, as he inspected my lunch. “How much of that stuff are you eating?” “I know, I know” I said. “But my plan says I can only have broccoli with this meal.” I sat in the...

View original post and discussion on Facebook, here. This is my body. This not a before picture. This is not an after picture. This just happens to be what my body looks like on a random Tuesday in December of...

Note from GGS: This article involves the author discussing her sexual assault.   Women come in all shapes and sizes. We are tall and short, stout and slender, slight and muscular. We all have value, and we all have strength....

What if I fail? What if I can’t do it? What will everyone else think of me? It’s easy to nurture insecurities and talk yourself out of taking action by contemplating questions like these. “Self-confidence” is not a buzzword of...

My original plan here was to write about how to train around pain. I was looking at it from the perspective of someone who thinks pain is the end; a stopping-block to feelings of achievement and happiness. I had plans,...