I've talked to so many women who know like that lifting heavier would change their body composition. They've heard it. They believe it. But they don't do it. And when you dig into why, it almost always comes back to the version of I don't want to look stupid or I don't want people to stare at me. I don't want to be in the way. I don't want to just like sometimes people are afraid to just walk up in front of somebody that's sitting on a bench doing their workout looking in the mirror to put dumbbells back. Guys, don't be afraid to take up space.

This is what I want to say. Sometimes people are afraid to just walk up in front of somebody that's sitting on a bench doing their workout looking in the mirror to put dumbbells back.

Guys, don't be afraid to take up space.

This is what I want to say about that.

Nobody is watching as much as you think they are.

What's going on, my friends?

Hey, you guys.

Welcome back to another episode of The Macro Hour with your host,

Nikki Stott. And on these episodes, we talk about mindset, methodologies, and tactics that will

help you lose body fat, build muscle, be strong, and feel insanely confident. I'm your host, Nikki Stott,

and welcome, guys, to what I think is going to be such a good episode today.

This one is on my heart right now for y'all.

And I just hope that I'm able to breathe some life into you guys that made me feeling this way. Um, so that you can kind of get out of your own way with it and go in pursue the goals that you want to accomplish.

All right. So today and today's episode, episode number 348, we're going to talk about the fear of judgment and not in like, I don't want to, it's not going to be therapy session, guys.

It's not going to be like, let's process our feelings kind of like talk here. I just want to be like real direct, like call it what it is kind of, you know, conversation with you guys because fear of what other people think is when I feel like is one of the single biggest reasons where a lot of women stay stuck. Outset, it's more like the biggest reason mindset-wise that women stay stuck.

You know, in the gym, in their health journey, and most of the time, they don't even realize

that it is a fear. It's just, it can look like hesitation or can look like waiting until

they're ready or just not quite being able to go all

in on something. So today, we're just going to, you know, pull it out of the shadows and look at

it directly. Just like head on. Like this is what it is kind of kind of situation. All right.

So I want to start with what I feel like most of you

guys need to hear because when you guys hear the fear of judgment, a lot of people can sometimes

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