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No, you don’t have to be ‘lean and hot’ to do cool, exciting things

May 19, 2015by Caitlin 29 Comments

I just got back from nearly a week of vacation, during which time I limited how much time I spent on the internet.  It can sometimes feel like I have […]

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Forget internet memes; my fitspo comes from real life

January 30, 2015by Caitlin 45 Comments

You’ve probably gathered by now that another “no excuses” fitspo meme has generated a lot of controversy.  I’m not going to lie – I’m really disappointed that this is happening […]

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Q&A with Kat Whitfield, personal trainer and debunker of fitness myths

February 3, 2014by Caitlin 6 Comments

I first became aware of Kat Whitfield’s work several months ago when her collection of modified fitspo began making the rounds.  Since then I’ve been following – and loving! – […]

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Fighting the Woo, Fitness Industry Fails, Ladies Guide to Weight Room, Women and Muscles

Thinking about Rachel Cosgrove’s defense of her new book

May 30, 2013by Caitlin 62 Comments

Rachel Cosgrove recently put out her second book, Drop Two Sizes, and the reception has been…well, from what I’ve seen, it’s been what you could charitably call “ambivalent.”  Charlotte Anderson […]

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Fitness Industry Fails, Media and Celebrities

What happens when the pursuits of “skinny” and “strong” collide?

May 21, 2013by Caitlin 285 Comments

By now I’m sure most of you are familiar with the saying “Strong is the new skinny.”  It shows up fairly regularly on fitspo images and in fitness circles as […]

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Fascist Beauty Standards, Fitness Industry Fails

I have grown weary of the cult of low body fat

April 9, 2013by Caitlin 33 Comments

Yesterday, Sam of Fit, Feminist and (Almost) Fifty posted a link about thermogenesis that really frustrated me.  Now, it’s nothing to do with anything Sam said, or even what Matt […]

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Fitness Industry Fails, Health at Every Size

Woman-on-woman jealousy: worst motivator ever, or worst motivator ever?

March 12, 2013by Caitlin 51 Comments

A few weeks ago, I picked up a book by a fairly well-known trainer with the intention of following the four-month weight training plan laid out in the book.  As […]

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Planet Fitness’ ‘judgment-free zone’ doesn’t extend to muscular women

December 6, 2012by Caitlin 39 Comments

Planet Fitness has been trying to carve out a niche for itself as a gym where so-called normal people can exercise in a “judgment-free zone” but ironically they can’t quite […]

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Fitness Industry Fails, Gender and Sports

Exercise pants promise results if you – wait for it – exercise

October 22, 2012by Caitlin 9 Comments

For as long as I’ve been alive, there’s been this seemingly endless appetite for novelty fitness items, all of which their manufacturers swear hold the key to good health and […]

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Was John Galt a yogi? Or why I will definitely never buy Lululemon’s clothing now

November 18, 2011by Caitlin 25 Comments

Confession time!  I, like many other intellectually-precocious teenagers, read Ayn Rand when I was younger.  And not only did I read Ayn Rand, I loved her.  (Please don’t think less […]

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