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Letting go of impossible standards

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determining my own course to wellness

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Defining our own standards

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Carving the way forward

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These kinds of organizations increase the diversity and accessibility of the fitness industry.

They reach out to us and show us love despite the fact that they innately understand the special fitness and health problems that their audience faces.

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