Whether you’re a newbie to the fitness world, or an avid gym-goer, I’m sure you can relate to a few of these struggles. If you haven’t been faced with these problems just yet, then take my word… They’re REAL.

1. The moment when you unthinkingly pour boiling water directly onto your protein powder, and your proats consequently become a disastrously-textured mess. Yuck! (Fitness life hack: mix in the protein powder after you’ve combined the oats and water, duh.)
2. The constant struggle between your love for peanut butter and the desire to have visible abs.
3. Coffee or preworkout. Is it acceptable to have both? Probably not, but let’s do it anyway… BAD IDEA.
4. *WHY IS MY SKIN TINGLING?* Oh wait, that’s probably the result of consuming coffee and preworkout at the same time. Caffeine overload – SEND HELP.
5. Not being able to sleep properly because of said caffeine, and stressing because sleep is the home of gainzzz.
6. The battle between the aforementioned need for sleep (for muscle growth and repair purposes, not laziness – obviously) and that 5.30am workout you’ve scheduled.
7. When you get to the gym and realise you forgot your headphones. Nightmare.
8. Let me just pull my now somewhat sweat-laden phone out of my sports bra. Oh great, did he just see me do that?
9. Learning to accept DOMS as a part of your everyday life… Cannot sit down like a normal human being. Cannot get up without looking like a grandma. Cannot climb stairs at all. Cannot comfortably raise arm above shoulder height.
10. Cancelling social plans that don’t involve exercise or healthy food, in order to exercise or eat healthy food.
11. Owning 487,000 pairs of leggings, but very few normal clothes.
12. Wearing the same 3-5 pairs of leggings most of the time, despite previous point.
13. Buying more unnecessarily expensive leggings, so the other 487,000 pairs can sit in your drawer for eternity.
14. Wearing gym kit all of the time; even when you’re not going to the gym. Judge me all you like, I’m free to high kick in public whenever I feel like it (always).
15. Need to wash my hair, but haven’t worked out yet today. Is it acceptable to leave the house like this?