Episode 164: Fat Positive Fitness with Erin Bogle
Episode 164: Fat Positive Fitness with Erin Bogle
In today’s episode, Jessie talks with Erin Bogle about size-inclusivity in fitness and health industries, weight stigma, and more!
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Show Notes:
0:55 – Stop Bracing Your Abs
3:05 – Intro to our special guest, Erin Bogle!
6:13 – Let’s talk about Big Girl YYC – what it is, where it started, and where it’s going!
12:30 – Erin tells us a bit more about the energy/vibes/feelings of participants coming to class
14:40 – The fitness industry’s root in feelings of non-belonging, fatphobia, and more
16:40 – Pandemic messaging around certain types of bodies, COVID risk, and how the fitness industry has latched onto this lens
19:22 – For the fitness and health professionals listening in, what would Erin’s advice be to them for making their spaces be more size-inclusive and fat positive for clients and patients?
22:02 – Sneaky subtle ways that diet culture, fat phobia and anti-fatness show up in wellness/fitness/health spaces
27:45 – Advertisers hold all the power in their choices
29:18 – What was Erin’s relationship with her body like as she was going through pregnancy and postpartum?
35:56 – On being so distracted by our bodies in postpartum, and all it steals from us
40:33 – Wrap up
