/tags/fitness Fitness en-US Copyright Fri, 07 Jan 2022 17:30:00 GMT /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 /podcast/embodied-podcast/2021-12-17/bodybuilding-competition-physique-strength-inside-look-mental-physical-health Athletes who push their bodies to muscular limits take Anita inside their physique sport. She explores their personal motivations and talks with a health professional about the toll this kind of training takes on competitors' physical and mental health. Fri, 17 Dec 2021 18:26:08 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2021-12-17/bodybuilding-competition-physique-strength-inside-look-mental-physical-health Anthony Howard, Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /show/embodied-radio-show/2021-12-17/bodybuilding-health-bigorexia-muscularity-strength-fitness-exercise-mental-physical-competition Muscular builds and strict regimens are common in the culture of bodybuilding and those in the sport navigate how bodybuilding impacts their relationships with their bodies and mental health. Fri, 17 Dec 2021 17:03:00 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2021-12-17/bodybuilding-health-bigorexia-muscularity-strength-fitness-exercise-mental-physical-competition Anthony Howard, 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 /show/embodied-radio-show/2021-05-28/yoga-cultural-appropriation-religion-race-power-capitalism Yoga in the Western world often looks like a 30-minute class that goes through a series of physical poses. But this is only a piece of yoga's intended spiritual and cultural practices...and many are working to bring the intersection of power, cultural appropriation, fitness culture and yoga to light. Fri, 28 May 2021 15:26:59 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2021-05-28/yoga-cultural-appropriation-religion-race-power-capitalism Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /health/2019-12-11/embodied-deconstructing-diet-culture-and-the-science-behind-it If you have ever been on a diet, you know the pure vulnerability of getting weighed at the doctor’s office. Standing on an old metal scale with your shoes… Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:05:01 GMT /health/2019-12-11/embodied-deconstructing-diet-culture-and-the-science-behind-it Josie Taris, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2019-12-11/embodied-deconstructing-diet-culture-and-the-science-behind-it If you have ever been on a diet, you know the pure vulnerability of getting weighed at the doctor’s office. Standing on an old metal scale with your shoes… Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:05:01 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-12-11/embodied-deconstructing-diet-culture-and-the-science-behind-it Josie Taris, Anita Rao /race-demographics/2018-07-20/black-man-running-group-races-to-change-racial-stereotypes Putting on running shoes and heading out for a jog is not a straightforward affair for black men. Runner Rendell Smith remembers a white woman who was so… Fri, 20 Jul 2018 16:10:00 GMT /race-demographics/2018-07-20/black-man-running-group-races-to-change-racial-stereotypes Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-07-20/black-man-running-group-races-to-change-racial-stereotypes Putting on running shoes and heading out for a jog is not a straightforward affair for black men. Runner Rendell Smith remembers a white woman who was so… Fri, 20 Jul 2018 16:10:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-07-20/black-man-running-group-races-to-change-racial-stereotypes Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /health/2015-06-10/yoga-bikinis-facebook-and-fat-how-a-nc-yogi-is-reshaping-body-image-using-social-media Images of women’s bodies are now more prolific than ever. From media advertisements to fitness blogs and Facebook feeds, photos of women’s bodies are… Wed, 10 Jun 2015 16:13:23 GMT /health/2015-06-10/yoga-bikinis-facebook-and-fat-how-a-nc-yogi-is-reshaping-body-image-using-social-media Andrew Tie