If the phrase “strength training” immediately makes you picture a sweaty warehouse gym full of grunting gym bros slamming barbells while you awkwardly clutch your little 5-pound dumbbells in the corner… friend, you are not alone. 😅

For so many Christian women I work with, the idea of strength training feels tangled up in fear.

Fear of getting bulky.
Fear of doing it wrong.
Fear of injury.
Fear of becoming obsessive again.
Fear of walking back into the same toxic “change your body at all costs” mentality they’ve worked so hard to break free from.

And honestly? That fear makes sense.

Especially if you’ve spent years trapped in diet culture believing exercise was primarily about shrinking yourself, earning your food, burning calories, or “fixing” your body.

But here’s the truth I want you to hear today:

Strength training does not have to become another form of body obsession.

In fact, when approached from a Christ-centered, freedom-focused perspective, strength training can actu...