Bootcamp shows black community can also achieve fitness.
When you think of fitness, a 5km jog, doing sit-ups, planking or going to the gym at 5am every morning might be top of your mind.
Although these are all important and great to have in your routine, fitness public figures, apps, hashtags, online challenges and boot camps are showing us that getting fit is something that does not need to be static or happen in isolation.As we become more community orientated in our approach to working out, as black women with our thick thighs and round derrieres we are taking back fitness one squat at a time – something that was evident at this past weekend’s Trove Wellness Bootcamp.
“My work is to shine light and showcase previously excluded spaces while teaching. For example, you will never see ballet dancers begging in the streets because they cannot find work but you will see pantsula dancers struggling.” Dancing as part of the boot camp’s programme served as a reminder that fitness has always been something within the black community.“When starting out, find what you love... whether it is hiking, cycling, weight lifting, Zumba or even pole dancing. Find what makes you happy because when you enjoy something you have a higher likelihood of being consistent at it,” advises Khumalo.
A space filled with kindness, laughter and warmth with a strong theme of empowerment. One of the biggest lessons taken from the experience and for anyone on a fitness journey was to find spaces and people that make you feel comfortable. We can only hope for more spaces like these for black women which will be inclusive to all because that is just our nature.
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