Is this picture an unrealistic fitness goal?

I don't know if it's photoshopped but everyone has their own body shape. Your friend may NEVER get the same shape regardless of how she trains. I could understand if she had said that is her inspiration, but to actually think you can get the same body shape is unrealistic. But she could get very low body fat and some good muscle.... that's achievable.... but may look totally different to this.

I guess that is a roundabout way of saying I agree with you lol.

A fitness goal should be the best you can be not to look like someone else. Genetics plays a huge role in physiques.

It would be impossible le for many body types to achieve that level of muscle definition (seen in the abs and arms) and still have breasts and a rounded booty like that. It's okay to admire or strive for that as long as you know you may be fitter than a marine and never achieve that look.

thorsmom01 wrote: »

I have no idea of that photo was photo shopped or not.

it is a body type that is desired by many . I think the lady in the photo looks great! I have no clue if the photo has been altered in any way ,but the lady does look awesome !

I don't like the idea of posting pictures of random strangers saying this is what I want to look like either, that stuff doesn't sit well with me. So I do understand why you commented in such a way. I feel like people should strive to be the best version of themselves possible .

But if that's your friends goal, then that's her business. Its her body and her life. So sometimes its best to keep your opinions to yourself.

This. Every sentence X2.

That is a hilarious photo shopped pic

So if working photo shop is a fitness goal, then yes.

RobynLB83 wrote: »

It would be impossible le for many body types to achieve that level of muscle definition (seen in the abs and arms) and still have breasts and a rounded booty like that. It's okay to admire or strive for that as long as you know you may be fitter than a marine and never achieve that look.

There's a saying, what god didn't give you, can now be bought.

So that's one way certain people could achieve their goal even if they where not blessed with those genes. Lol !
( I'm not making fun, its just a joke. I have had plastic surgery myself so am the last person to frown upon it. Just pointing out people can purchase a large chest or butt lol!)

That girl's waist looks suspiciously small!
Not a look i'd personally go for tbh, but as someone else said - that's up to your friend if she wants to look like that.

Photoshopped. I've seen this one before somewhere. Seems hardly anyone who posts a pic on social media really looks like that in real life. Except for Mark Hamill.

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I am all for inspirational fitness pictures (as you can see, my profile picture is one of them! - not me)

But yes, that picture looks Photoshopped. I work with PS all day long and the first thing that jumped out when I opened the post (before I read the content) was the image is super PSed. Not to say that the girl couldn't have a super body on her own, but that particular picture has been altered -- to what extent? I don't know.
Some people use Photoshop for social media to enhance the color/brightness/vibrance/contrast of the shot; yet others use it to create alternate realities...

* shrugs*

Personally, I love inspirational fitness pictures. They are great motivation for me. But just because I admire a figure or a feature on a fitness girl, doesn't mean that I literally aim for my body to become exactly like hers.

But I've noticed that people on IG tend to use the word "Goals" to indicate that they like the picture, that they are inspired by it etc...

I don't think that majority of people that follow fitness pages, have actual delusions that following a fitness routine will give them an extra 1' foot in height, 10 " less of waist and 10 extra lbs. of fit booty, lol.

EDITED TO ADD: Whether the picture is unrealistic depends on your friends genetic makeup, current workout routine, diet etc...

I can tell you that it would be totally impossible for me to look achieve a body like that through workout and diet. Impossible. Or like Monica Belluci or Kara Webb -- it ain't gonna happen for me.

But it is possible for me to have a body like my profile picture -- they are just different types of body.
Whether it is realistic or not has to do most on what her body naturally gravitates towards and then second: whether she has a serious level of commitment to achieve it.

I agree with the above poster that "there's nothing wrong with throwing everything you've got at a goal that may very well be beyond your reach" -- as long as you are well balanced mentally, reach for the stars, baby.

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sarahlifts wrote: »

Alicia Marie is a fitness model. She competes and is on the cover of fitness mags such as SHAPE. She gets paid to look this way. She has a tiny waist her aesthetics are due to genetics and hard work. I've seen hundreds of her photos some shopped bc they are in magazines some sooc and this is what she looks like. It is attainable for her. She is petite, lean with a bubble butt. I'd love to have her figure but I'm not gonna say its not attainable bc I don't have her genetics.

This is not photoshop (at least not in the sense that most mean it) color adjustment, clarity adjustment, removal of noise etc. But making the waist smaller, making her bum bigger NOPE this is genetics and hard work. Try a little and you'll find the best YOU instead of comparing and tearing someone down. Not that she cares lol

this ^

But to the OP, people can use other photo's to be motivated, inspired, to continue on their fitness path. It doesn't mean she literally hopes to look like her. But with hard work and determination she can be a better version of herself. I admire the hell out of DLB, I even share some of her photos as "goals" but I know I probably won't EVER look like her, but doesn't mean I won't bust my butt to look like the best version of ME.

I don't necessarily think that pic is photoshopped. Some people do look like that. I don't see a problem with using someone else as inspiration, but it's good to be realistic and be the best that *you* can achieve.
I follow Emily Skye because she inspires me and I think she's gorgeous. That doesn't mean I'm trying to look like her. Also in some ways you can change the shape of your body. Emily Skye didn't always have a "bubble butt" - she trained hard for that booty!

sheermomentum wrote: »

but there's kind of implicit thought that maybe she's faking this look through photoshop because its so stylized, and that's a negative reflection on her.

I think it's understandable that many people are skeptical though.

When you have extremely lucrative rewards for anything to include sport or looking a certain way, such as fame, money, adulation there is always a strong temptation to do certain things to get an advantage - be it drugs, cosmetic enhancement, or photo shopping images.

Doping didn't begin and end with the West Germans did it?

I have no doubt whatsoever that this lady works very, very hard. Is she all natural? Of that I am not sure. Is she a good role model? Of that I am not sure either.

There are many times when friends/family post things on FB that I have opinions about or responses for but I don't post them. I think that this is that kind of situation. At the very most, I would have said "Good luck."

Body shape is largely going to be genetics. If you look at one's ability to maintain low bodyfat; it think it's attainable for most healthy people if they have the discipline to get there. I'm not sure how long maintaining such a level of "leanness" could be though just because it takes such a high-level of discipline to get there and maintain. If somebody's goal is to achieve a healthy level of low body-fat, who are we to tell her she can't do it. Having goals is a good thing as long as it doesn't become an unhealthy obsession that negatively affects other important aspects of one's life.