Black Women Working Out: Being Fit and Fabulous
By Talia Whyte
I have been a fitness fanatic for as long as I can remember. Early every morning I get up to run for about an hour either outdoors or at my gym. Some days of the week I will also do weight training with a sprinkling of yoga practices thrown in. So, I was shocked and saddened to read in Essence magazine recently that one third of black women either don’t exercise enough or don’t exercise at all because they don’t want to mess up their hairstyles. Considering that 77 percent of black women are either obese or overweight, the hair excuse is very disturbing.
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