No, you don’t have to be ‘lean and hot’ to do cool, exciting things
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 […]
Category Archives: Fitness Industry Fails
Forget internet memes; my fitspo comes from real life
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 […]
Q&A with Kat Whitfield, personal trainer and debunker of fitness myths
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! – […]
Thinking about Rachel Cosgrove’s defense of her new book
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 […]
What happens when the pursuits of “skinny” and “strong” collide?
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 […]
I have grown weary of the cult of low body fat
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 […]
Woman-on-woman jealousy: worst motivator ever, or worst motivator ever?
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 […]
Planet Fitness’ ‘judgment-free zone’ doesn’t extend to muscular women
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 […]
Exercise pants promise results if you – wait for it – exercise
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 […]
Was John Galt a yogi? Or why I will definitely never buy Lululemon’s clothing now
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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