Model Behavior

Over the past couple of weeks I have had the pleasure of assisting professional photographer Ken Williams on some photo shoots. This arrangement is mutually beneficial because Ken gets someone to move his lights around and tell jokes to the models while he gets on with the serious work of shooting (I get to shoot a little).

For months Ken has been badgering me about setting up some sort of training regime aimed at models. I had been resisting because like most people I was under the impression that these girls don’t need a personal trainer as they all look so good already. Mistake…

When we get clients in for a consultation we need to get to the heart of their goals, they may say that they want to get fit and healthy buy if they don’t end up with a beach body they will be ultimately dissatisfied. This does not make them vain or narcissistic, just human, I specialize in working with humans…

What I know is that very few people are satisfied with their own body. Few people wouldn’t change something about themselves given the opportunity. For those who wouldn't change you are either a Buddha (not kidding) or in need of a great psychotherapist that I can recommend. 

In the week where I have had the new Sixx:AM Album “Lies of the Beautiful People” on repeat, I have been thinking a lot about our perception of beauty. Even the most beautiful people I have worked with this week were the most insecure about their bodies. The grass is always greener and everyone else is always doing more training…

It is a hard balance to strike between being overly critical about yourself and being self-aware. An external, impartial perspective is always useful that is why we like to measure people, the numbers don’t lie, they don’t intentionally hurt or sweeten the pill to save your blushes.

Beauty can be on the inside and the outside, I know which I would prefer if I had to choose only one, but I will continue to strive for both.