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Camila Mariana grew up in Miami Ramon faced pressure to look a certain way. At family gatherings, he received comments about overeating and on trips to his native Argentina, he received compliments on his weight loss. In high school and college, Ramon danced competitively, which only increased the scrutiny over her body. She Ramon said after she fell ill in 2015, she realized she was exercising for the wrong reasons.
That understanding took her in a new direction: 2016, Ramon will become a trainer and in 2021 pelotonfirst time spanish speaker cycling instructor. Taught in Spanish and English, my classes help students celebrate their bodies and live healthier lives. “Athletic events look different for each person, every body” Ramon explains. “It’s not about what you should look like, it’s about how you feel.”
ramons relationship with her body It’s the best it’s ever been, but being in the public eye in Peloton sometimes challenges it. In November, for example, Ramon noticed that his Instagram feed was filled with negative comments about his body. The Cut spoke to Ramon about how he took the moment and how he acted. stay true to yourself.
I wore a brown Lululemon Align set with leggings and pants. asymmetrical bra. I don’t usually wear nylons on air, and I don’t really like longline bras, but this is what I thought. I feel great today.I’m going to step out of my comfort zone.i was teaching My Dia de los Muertos cycling Since it was a class, I had her face painted and a flower crown put on. Before class starts, I took a video of myself dancing and uploaded it to my Instagram stories. I didn’t think much about it. Two hours later, I opened my phone and there were so many cute messages like, “I love your energy!”or “I love your vibe.” But I saw it too. I got maybe 5 messages like, “OMG, are you pregnant?”
I was Tuesday is all about dancing and having fun.Neither did I speaking Regarding my body, we haven’t had a conversation yet. Somehow I got back to normal.
Normally I ignore stuff like this. I’m not completely immune to these types of comments, but they stick with me 100 times less than they used to. Still, I can imagine how painful it is for someone who is trying to get pregnant to hear that.So I shared what happened on my Instagram story and then tick tock Thanks for the replies received. I received a lot of messages from women like this: I hated myself all over again when someone asked me if I was pregnant. Or I had a miscarriage the week before I went to see my girlfriend’s mother-in-law, and her mother-in-law asked me if I was pregnant. She just couldn’t keep it together. ”
The outpouring of information was overwhelming, and I thought to myself: Wait a minute, world! what’s happening here? we need to talk about this.So I Posted A slideshow of 10 messages I’ve received on Instagram. More than 500 people commented on the post and received hundreds of DMs. When I hear about people being hurt, I go back to my younger self. I remember how I felt in the past and how hard I had to try to get out of it.
I danced throughout high school and was on the cross country team my junior and senior years.I joined when I was in middle school because I wanted to be a member. fracas, I’m thin. That was a contributing factor in high school, but I also enjoyed challenging myself as an athlete. I found training to be very therapeutic for me as I found that it had a positive impact on my anxiety.
I had a great time on the dance team, but it was very appearance-oriented. I lined up in line formation, looked at myself in the mirror, and compared myself to my teammates. I couldn’t help but think, Why are my hips wider than theirs? Why aren’t my hips the shape they should be? Also, the teacher had a weight limit because she thought the costumes wouldn’t suit dancers over a certain weight, which really scared me. I tried my best not to get caught up in it.
After graduating from high school, I joined my university’s dance team. To stay healthy for dancing, I continued running and started taking fat burners. I also had bulimia. During the week, I would limit myself quite a bit, going for runs twice a day and desperately trying to shrink my body so that my costume fit like the other girls. In reality, it wasn’t my body that needed fixing, it was my perception of myself.
It wasn’t until a few years after graduating college that I realized I had a terrible relationship with training. One day I was running over the Key Biscayne Bridge. It was a beautiful day in Miami, but inside I was very unhappy. I was talking to myself the whole time. you are not fast enough. No progress has been made. You lose. You can’t achieve simple goals.
When I got to the top, I broke down. I was crying. I thought. How many people can say they can run 6 miles nonstop? Your strong legs brought you to this bridge.. I liked I have to fix this girl.. this is not correct. At that time, I got rid of everything that had to do with aesthetic pressures, got rid of everything that had to do with my particular way of looking, and leaned into training for enjoyment. I met a friend. “Let’s talk to each other as we walk. Chismosal” This basically means spilling the tea. Then I started taking dance classes, fitness classes, and barre classes. Then I started running again with no pace or distance goals. At that time, I realized that I wanted to pursue fitness as a career.
The more I come out as myself, the more room I give others to see themselves. Some people say, “I used to be embarrassed to be Latina, but your class made me feel okay to be proud and say it out loud.” I never expected someone to say something like that to me. There’s a huge misconception, especially in the Latinx community, that a toned body is healthier, but that’s definitely not true. But no one is talking about it. No one ever has this conversation with a Latina woman. Very few people have it in Spanish. But at the same time, people are listening. They are tired of what we have been offered our whole lives.
Thanks to my experience, I now have fun, safe and pressure-free experiences where no one worries that they don’t fit in or that they might be singled out for a certain look. I am able to concentrate on creating space. I’m so proud of the work we do to bring life to the world.
People always have opinions and make comments. But at the end of the day, my mission is not to worry about them. My mission is to help people develop a positive relationship with exercise so they can exercise for a lifetime. I don’t stress too much about what people think about my body because I’m so much more than my body.
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