By: Yasmin Al-najar writing for WELL + GOOD
As an adult, I enjoy working out, but this certainly wasn't the case when I was a teen. "Who likes being a sweaty mess, anyway?" I used to tell myself. I thought that I hated sport, but in retrospect, I actually hated the toxic culture surrounding high school sport: the lack of teamwork and the focus on winning above all else. Field day was especially competitive. The majority of it involved running—never my forte—and there wasn't any trampolining, no squash, no netball, and no rowing machines, which I was better at. It felt mundane, and I grew tired.
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