Recently on the social network Threads, a girl posted a photo in the gym, showing off her figure, attracting thousands of views and controversy within just a few hours of posting. Many comments said that the image posted by the girl was a product of photoshop, and that she even wore padded pants around her butt and hips when taking the photo.
“I feel like two halves of a person are merged together, because top and bottom are not related. The bottom is both short and big, too big compared to the top. Do you like that? Why not make it more compact underneath? Or is it because of the shooting angle that it's being overlooked?”, “That border is a butt pad, right?”, “Did you intentionally edit the photo to make your legs and butt bigger, please explain”,… are comments. netizen's comments. Many people think that based on body proportions and training methods, having a body like this in real life is not rare.
Contacting the Threads account owner mentioned above, a girl named Doan Thi Lan (24 years old, working as a PT leader, freelance PT in Ho Chi Minh City) said she was not too surprised by the mixed reactions of the online community, because Before that, she had encountered many similar questions in real life. Currently, she is 1m49 tall, with three measurements: 72-54-93 (cm).
“Actually, not only online but in real life, many people are surprised by their appearance. They even asked me if I had any body modifications because they found it strange. When posting photos, questions like 'is there photoshop, collage, or photo editing?' countless numbers. However, if you are a person who has been going to the gym for a long time, you will see that this body is normal, you will get it with practice,” Doan Lan shared.
She also affirmed that the images she posted on social networks were 100% real, not edited, cropped or wearing padded pants as many people speculated. “In the past, if I encountered comments like Photoshop, I would definitely pad my butt,… I would want to prove that this was my real body by taking pictures with a regular camera and recording clips.
But, even when taking photos like that, people who don't believe will still assume that I should wear padded bottoms, or tighten my waist, etc. So, now I will look at those mixed opinions as a compliments, I practice to get round 3 that people think is photoshopped”, Doan Lan enthusiastically shared. Furthermore, according to her, because she has a small waist measurement, it makes her waist look fuller than usual.
Each person will have different standards of beauty, so for her, complimenting and criticizing is a normal thing. “Some people criticize me, others praise me for my 'great' appearance. Normally, I find that the standard slim body shape, a slim body, a slim waist is still more popular with many people, and is also easy to wear and coordinate.
But for me, my body is healthy and I feel beautiful, I don't have to follow the standards of the majority or anyone else. I am satisfied with my current body shape,” she shared.
Doan Lan also added that many people look at her body and are “scared” or assume that going to the gym will make their body bigger and bigger. However: “Many girls are often hesitant to choose the gym as a sport to practice every day because they fear their bodies will be bulky and stiff, but this is an inappropriate worry. Because, in reality, working out at the gym to tone and roughen your body is very difficult. The people you see on social networks are mostly faces that have built their bodies for a very long time, sometimes 5-7 years.
Furthermore, it is also one's body goal. They have to have a very strict diet and exercise regimen to have such a body, not because they want to gain muscle, a big body is easy to get. Depending on your training goals, you can build appropriate exercises, thereby achieving different body proportions. Not everyone who goes to the gym can have a body like mine,” the female PT shared.
Doan Lan said she has been exercising since she was 12 years old, mainly jogging to lose weight because at that time her body was quite fat, and many people criticized her, leading to low self-esteem. “After that, I practiced HIIT (High intensity interval training – high-intensity interval training), and in 2018 I practiced street workout and went to the gym from 2020. until now,” she shared.
To get a bust measurement of up to 93cm and a waist measurement of only 54cm, she has built an exercise regimen suitable to her goals and physical condition, then follows it every day to bring about results. effective.
“Currently, when I practice powerlifting, I usually practice 4 times a week. Some exercises I like when practicing lower body are: squat, deadlift, RDL, Bulgarian split squat, step up, hip thrust, hip abduction….
When I eat, I focus on eating lots of protein and limiting fat as much as possible, without abstaining too much. In addition, you should focus on drinking lots of water, before and after exercising, while maintaining a healthy, scientific lifestyle, limiting stimulants,” she shared.