{"id":45991,"date":"2015-12-04T07:15:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T12:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=45991"},"modified":"2021-11-18T07:25:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T12:25:19","slug":"motivation-benefits-of-sweaty-selfies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/fitness\/motivation-benefits-of-sweaty-selfies\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Sweaty Selfies Actually Good for You? 3 Reasons to Love Them"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Pond5<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Move over duck face, and make room for the #sweatyselfie<\/a>. While these snaps sometimes get a bad rap<\/a>, it turns out there might be some real benefits to posting photos of your workout accomplishments for all to see. Because we know you don\u2019t want to start skipping out on #FlexFridays<\/a>.<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/strong> Burn Fat, Build Muscle: 3 Killer Circuit Training Workouts<\/a><\/p>\n

3 Reasons to Love Sweaty Selfies<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1. You\u2019ll Feel Like You Got a Virtual Fist Pound
\n<\/strong>Ever miss the camaraderie of high school sports? Sharing photos of yourself post-workout can be just like having a team of friends waiting to cheer you on at the finish line<\/a>. \u201cOne of the things people love inherently about social media is instant gratification, that instant feedback that heightens our sense of confidence, motivation and self-esteem,\u201d says clinical sports psychologist Michelle Cleere<\/a>, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

Posting sweaty selfies may be especially beneficial to people who are new to exercise, explains clinical psychologist Elizabeth Lombardo<\/a>, Ph.D., MS, PT, author of Better than Perfect: 7 Strategies to Crush Your Inner Critic and Create a Life You Love<\/em><\/a>. \u201cGiven that this is something new, friends and followers are more likely to comment with encouragement and support,\u201d she says. Whether it\u2019s your first day of training for a half-marathon<\/a>, or your first time running ever<\/em><\/a>, you\u2019re bound to get a few encouraging emojis sent your way.<\/p>\n

2. You\u2019ll Get Help Staying Accountable
\n<\/strong>If you\u2019ve ever posted a landscape photo only to have 10 friends \u201clike\u201d it \u2014 but garnered 50 hearts from a goofy selfie, you know that your followers\u00a0love it when you mug for the camera. That\u2019s because people feel closer to you when they see your face, says Cleere. Getting an insider\u2019s glimpse into your most recent 5K<\/a> or the workout you did this morning<\/a> can heighten that sense that you really are<\/em> friends, and aren\u2019t just online acquaintances, she explains.<\/p>\n

And when people feel close to you, they want you to succeed. One of Lombardo\u2019s clients pledged to wake up early and work out every day for 90 days \u2014 and shared it with her Facebook friends. She posted a picture each day after her workout \u2014\u00a0and then the few times she didn\u2019t, her friends would proactively ask her about it. \u201cShe told me that having that accountability often was the primary motivator to get her out of bed<\/a> and start exercising,\u201d says Lombardo.<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/strong> 15 Tricks to Actually Stick to Your Workouts<\/a><\/p>\n

3. You\u2019ll Be More Likely to Reach Your Goals
\n<\/strong>All that positivity and accountability could go a long way toward helping you achieve your fitness goals. A pair of recent studies found that when people posted about their workouts and diets on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> they lost more weight than people who didn\u2019t. Though participants were sharing status updates, not photos of themselves, the results were promising: For every 10 tweets sent, study participants accumulated an additional .5 percent weight loss, shares study author Brie Turner-McGrievy<\/a>, Ph.D., M.S., R.D., assistant professor at the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuilding up your followers allows you to have a group of people who can hold you accountable,\u201d she says. \u201cIf you say you are going to stick to your calorie limit of 1,500 calories for the day, you will have followers who will ask you how you did at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/strong> Out of Shape? Get Fit Again with These 5 Tips<\/a><\/p>\n

Know Before You Post<\/strong><\/h3>\n

While snapping sweaty selfies can help cheer you on and boost your confidence, it might have the opposite effect if your connections don\u2019t respond positively or don\u2019t respond at all, says Cleere. (Gasp!)<\/p>\n

Before you upload, always ask yourself why<\/em> you\u2019re doing it, Cleere says. \u201cSomeone might post a sweaty selfie and not get any feedback from anyone and the next day say, \u2018Oh, I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m going to work out today.\u2019\u2026Chances are that had an impact on their self-esteem in general,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

If you think you can handle your moment of triumph being met with crickets, then go ahead and post that selfie anyway. But if you\u2019re posting because you\u2019re in need of some positive, instant gratification, stat, these 19 reasons to work out beyond the perfect body<\/a> might take you farther than \u2018likes\u2019 on your feed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don’t be shy about snapping a picture of yourself flexing post-workout \u2014\u00a0 those sweaty selfies might make you more likely to hit your goals. Here’s why. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,6],"tags":[289,104,103,341,343],"class_list":["post-45991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exercise","category-fitness","tag-exercise","tag-goals","tag-motivation","tag-tax1living-well","tag-tax2exercise"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45991\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}