/tags/fitness-culture fitness culture en-US Copyright Fri, 01 Dec 2023 10:30:00 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-12-01/pole-dancing-strip-club-history-pole-sport-fitness-studio Anita walked away from her first pole dancing class slightly bruised … but very intrigued. She talks with a veteran stripper about the history and politics of modern pole dancing and meets a pole sport athlete and studio owner who is trying to build an inclusive space for pole practitioners. Plus, a nonbinary pole dancer shares how their relationship with the pole has evolved alongside their gender identity. Fri, 01 Dec 2023 10:30:00 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-12-01/pole-dancing-strip-club-history-pole-sport-fitness-studio Paige Miranda, Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /podcast/embodied-podcast/2022-01-07/diet-culture-fatphobia-bmi-weight-stigma-weight-cycling-anti-diet Diet culture is the water we're all swimming in. Anita unpacks the science that props it up with a registered dietician and certified internal medicine physician. She also hears how folks are pushing back against the ways it manifests in the doctor's office, on the trails, and in the gym. Fri, 07 Jan 2022 17:30:00 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2022-01-07/diet-culture-fatphobia-bmi-weight-stigma-weight-cycling-anti-diet Anita Rao, Josie Taris, Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Kaia Findlay /show/embodied-radio-show/2021-12-31/deconstructing-diet-culture-anti-diet-fatphobia-fitness-culture-bmi-myth Diet culture is everywhere. It affects the care we get at the doctor's office and our experience in fitness spaces. And we may be misunderstanding the science used to uphold moral standards of weight and health. Fri, 07 Jan 2022 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2021-12-31/deconstructing-diet-culture-anti-diet-fatphobia-fitness-culture-bmi-myth Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Josie Taris, Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /show/embodied-radio-show/2021-02-26/inclusive-fitness-culture-accessibility-body-positivity Gyms and fitness spaces have long been spaces for white, heteronormative and able-bodied people. The inclusive fitness movement aims to break down that fitness culture to make movement accessible to all bodies, and to celebrate movement for reasons other than changing your body to look like something it’s not. Fri, 02 Jul 2021 15:39:32 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2021-02-26/inclusive-fitness-culture-accessibility-body-positivity Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao