With 400.000 Instagram followers and counting, Shona Vertue is on her way to becoming one of the most popular fitness influencers on the social media platform, but she believes there’s so much more to exercise than looking perfect.
The former gymnast recently shared her thoughts about seemingly perfect fitness videos with Stylist Magazine and said they set unachievable standards because they look nothing like reality.
“[Most fitness videos] are usually sweat free, perfectly stylized and perfectly coiffed. This is potentially problematic because if we always associate fitness with something that looks perfect, if we don’t look perfect when we do it we may feel like we’re doing something wrong,” explained Vertue.
This fitness guru revealed she unfollowed several fitness accounts because they were constantly telling people how they should or shouldn’t look, instead of showing them how working out actually feels like.
She’s encouraging other influencers to change the way they present themselves, and share sweaty and frizzy selfies from the gym that reflect true reality of exercise, because hard work leads to results despite the fact it doesn’t always look pretty.
