Doell makes an incredibly important point about the fact that exercise has always been seen first and foremost as a means of controlling the size of our body. Talking to Stylist, she says: “I created this post to get people curious about how they view exercise.

“The more time I spent reflecting on how I viewed exercise in my childhood, teens and early adulthood, and then how I think exercise should be viewed, the more I realised that there was a huge gap between the two.

“I don’t want my children to be raised with the same view on exercise, which is why I’m in the business I’m in and use the platform the way I do. My goal is to shift how we view exercise so the younger generations can live more balanced lifestyles right from the start, and use exercise and nutrition for what it should be used for: to increase our longevity and quality of life.”

And it’s true that for generations, the benefits of exercise for health and longevity have often come second to conversations around moving for weight loss, burning calories or fitting a set body ideal. But now we can “flip the script”, as Doell says, meaning we can change the narrative from what exercise can help us lose, to what we can gain from it – like strength, happiness, freedom, achievement, friendship and health.

This workout quote is going viral for ‘flipping the script’ on exercise