Those ‘fitspiration’ photos make me feel inadequate

Published: The Irish Times
Author: Caroline Foran
Expert Opinion: Dr. Malie Coyne

“Unless you’ve been living under a rock with no wifi, you may have heard of the term “#Fitspo”. It’s like “inspo” – that’s “inspiration” for us millennials who are too busy to bother using the full word – but with a different theme: fitness.

Most pertinent across the social media platforms of Instagram and Snapchat, fitspo is a relatively new culture of instant, image-based fitness motivation, but one that for many, should be consumed with caution.”

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Posted in Adult Mental Health, Body Image, Lifestyle.