Some women feel intimidated at the gym, what’s your best advice for getting through this?

My first piece of advice is that you have to remember no one cares what you’re doing half as much as you do. When you go into the gym you feel like everyone’s staring at you but actually, everyone’s worrying about everyone staring at them! So were all in our own little bubbles, and you’ve got to remind yourself of that.

Also remember that no one tells you what your challenge is: that’s for you to decide. At the end of the day, the only person that can make you feel proud is you. You’re completely in control and once you get your head around that, take the pressure off and do as much as you think you can. Don’t worry about everyone else, soon enough you’ll be on your own journey and you’ll look back and think, I did that, that was awesome!

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