Your abnormal is my normal

Thank you for all the responses on my last post, where I told the story of how I got into strength training and got in the best shape of my life this year. The beauty of having musclesThis is the story of how and why I decided to pursue a muscular physique as a woman in my thirties. Most of it was sort of unplanned, but the start of it all has a very common reason: back pain. It’s 2018 (I’m 32 years old), and the DeskMaaike Brinkhof's blogMaaike BrinkhofThere was a certain response that I received quite a lot, and I want to zoom in on that. The gist of it can be summed up as follows: "I could never do that."People were talking about my dedication to exercise and the strict diet that I followed to achieve the results that I did. And here's the funny thing: this cutting phase was easy, I barely had to change anything about my lifestyle. Training? Stayed the same: 4x per week, which has been my habit since 2020 (I had a gym at home, so the Rona didn't stop me). Nutrition? The meals I ate…