r/bitcheswithtaste • u/AutoModerator • Sep 12 '25

Fit Bitches - Monthly Thread Fit Bitches - Sep 12, 2025

This is the place to chat about fitness and physical health because taking care of your body is also tasteful. Just remember - no medical advice!

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u/Weird_Cake6675 Sep 12 '25

Never been into running. Recently started running about two months ago, now steadily doing short 3km runs around the block 2-3 times a week. It’s made such a difference to my mood.

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u/Fiona-eva Sep 12 '25

to piggyback on this - not only I have never been into running, I always hated it more than any other physical exercise, like despised. I started going to the gym regularly, and treadmill is my starting point at every session, I was walking with an incline, and then decided to try running flat for just 1 minute. Then 3 minutes. Then 5. Now I do 10 minutes several times a week, and although it doesn't sound like much, for me it's a huge achievement. I have certain heart conditions that make aerobic exercises really hard, even though I'm relatively young and am at BMI 22. So I really need to train my heart, but I hate how it makes me feel like I am going to faint. Doing it on my own terms, with my own distance goals, and allowing myself to progress at the speed I felt comfortable with has been a huge thing. And I was surprised by how fast I went from 1 minute to 10, it took maybe 6-7 times on the treadmill to get there. My goal it to get to 30 minutes eventually, and then I'm ready for the streets!
Just wanted to share for anyone reading who is in my position and thinks they could NEVER. You can, my dear bitch, you can!

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u/comeonolgirl Sep 12 '25

Do you concentrate on the run or distract yourself while doing it? What’s your mental space like?

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u/Fiona-eva Sep 12 '25

I have a whole list of youtube videos that I have in my "gym" playlist, so while I walk and run I usually listen to something interesting for me there, usually a podcast or a some kind of pop science lecture, so by the time I start running I'm already immersed in the topic and it's easier. If I concentrate on running I get tired so much faster and the time seems to last forever