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The fitness industry has made a
killing...
You can always be smaller. You can always work out harder or for longer. But you didn’t land on this page because you want to feel worse, you’re here because you know that the fitness industry has historically sold crock of shit and you deserve better.
...off of convincing us to shrink basically into nonexistence.
Like most human beings on earth, I got into exercise because I wanted ‘the perfect body.’ In my eyes, that meant six-pack abs. Honestly, I just wanted to look like Britney Spears in her I’m a Slave 4 U VMAs performance (you know, the one with the python).
And I’m on a mission to get a barbell in every woman’s hands.
I’m an overachiever, so I understood the assignment, snagged the goal,
and more:
I'm meg.
Hi!
Six Pack
Tiny Body
Nonexistent Social Life
Completely Miserable
Wrecked Confidence
Some Satisfaction When Body Checking Every 6 Min.
+ 34lbs
- 24lbs
As it turns out, training and dieting for the purpose of looking like a teenage Britney Spears is incredibly unfulfilling.
10 years later
fast forward to today
…and I’m dedicated to getting women off the path to smaller and instead stepping into their confidence through doing something completely badass. Current beauty standards set us up to shrink when we should be focused on growth.
You deserve what lives beyond the hot girl hamster wheel that is the current state of the fitness industry.
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here's what i share:
- How and why to get strong
- That food is fuel (thanks gym bro) but it’s also so much more
- What you do in the gym when you have goals other than ‘looking hot’
- That you can’t diet your way down to a healthier body image or higher self-esteem
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I believe buff is beautiful
I believe body image isn’t about the way you look
I believe that femininity and strength are inseparable
I believe that pregnancy and motherhood are badass
I believe current beauty standards set us up to shrink instead of grow
I believe how you look is the least interesting thing about you
I believe in training to out-lift your kids on their graduation day
I believe in exercise for celebration and never for punishment
I believe strength is so much more than lifting heavy things
I believe in taking the tiniest step first when starting a fitness journey
I believe you can do better without starting over
I believe in the occasional glass of champagne after a workout
I believe food is for fuel– but also for connection, culture, and enjoyment
I believe movement strengthens the body and keeps us all from going insane
Here’s what I believe:
About meg gallagher
(megsquats)
Meg Gallagher is a certified personal trainer with specializations in barbell training and pregnancy/postpartum training. She’s amassed a following of millions, sharing videos aimed at getting more people lifting weights.
Meg has worked in the fitness industry since 2015, doing everything from personal training to fitness modeling and everything in between. In 2019, she started Stronger by the Day, a strength collective designed for women who want to get stronger together. Today, Stronger by the Day has over 21,000 active users and has been reviewed as the ‘Best fitness app on the market.’
Meg has competed in bodybuilding, powerlifting (her favorite), competitive strong (wo)man, and Olympic weightlifting. Her love for the competitive nature of barbell sports pales in comparison to her love for the community built when women are encouraged to use exercise for celebration and embrace the idea that how we look is the least interesting thing about us.
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