‘Femme Flex Friday’ Hosts Speak the Stress of Perfection

Skilled athletes and celebrities have lots of perks that include fame, however there might be lots of strain as properly. Health celebrities and physique athletes might be overwhelmed with the stress that comes with dwelling as much as a regular of perfection 24 hours a day. That stress might be counterproductive and even unhealthy in some instances.

The co-hosts of Femme Flex Friday dedicated a latest episode on this matter. They referenced social media as one supply of this stress as a result of the athlete’s followers are watching what they do day by day. This may even be a sensitive topic to legends of bodybuilding, corresponding to eight-time Ms. Olympia Lenda Murray.

“These days I’ve been enthusiastic about vlogging. So, I’m all the alternatives to place my picture on the market,” mentioned Murray. “What I seen about vloggers, particularly on YouTube, is that they’re actually snug and at peace with themselves and never excellent…I don’t know if I can simply transition into that individual area as a result of all the things that we do is about wanting excellent.”

Wendy Fortino talked about that each one the co-hosts know what life was like earlier than social media, and so they had developed together with it. The distinction between their presences earlier than social media and now could be the attention that comes with being on-line.

“You don’t actually have this concept of the world you and what they consider you,” she shared. “So, for me, it’s been type of traumatic and I believe subconsciously all of us put some sort of filter on ourselves.”

Whitney Jones is a three-time Ms. Health Olympia, however even she isn’t resistant to placing on the perfect first impression doable. She feels the stress year-round, however particularly when she’s getting ready for competitors.

“You recognize at 12 weeks out or eight weeks out that God forbid you publish a exercise video pre-pump. You must have your shoulders spherical, quads are popping, booty’s spherical. You must look good since you don’t begin filming initially of the exercise.”

Jones does provide recommendation for those that really feel that strain to attenuate the haters’ feedback or focus an excessive amount of on the perfect lighting – be taught to disregard it or brush it off and concentrate on what’s most vital to you.

“You must have thick pores and skin,” she suggested. She does acknowledge that’s simpler mentioned than executed, although.

“I believe it may be unattainable to be utterly like ‘I don’t care.’”

This can be a crucial episode that may assist current and future athletes that need to make the game their profession. Observe FFF by subscribing to the Olympia TV channel so you’ll be able to see this and all episodes of FFF each Friday at 6 PM Japanese time.