And it seems I’m not alone in this fear of judgement. “After three years of training with a personal trainer, I still haven’t let him put up photos or videos of me during our sessions,” says Claire, 48, from London.

“As a registered disabled person with an ‘invisible’ disability, I often feel judged. I’ll get comments like “You say you’re always in pain, yet you can lift weights”. They haven’t grasped that going to the gym is exhausting for me, but it’s also a huge part of my mental and physical therapy. So I don’t really talk about my workouts online because I feel like I’ll have to explain myself,” she tells Stylist.

Exercise plays such an important role in so many people’s lives, from the positive mental health impacts to the empowering feeling of knowing what your body is physically capable of. It’s the main reason why I love strength training so much.

But even when I’m celebrating what my body can physically do, not what it looks like, toxic comparison culture inevitably begins to creep in.

Posting fitness progress pictures on social media: showing off or sharing strength?