On episode 164, we welcome Natalia Petrzela to discuss America’s obsession with fitness; fitness as a symbol of status and its expression on social media; masculinity’s historical aversion to fitness; Alen’s fitness weight-loss journey; issues around race, gender, and class it relates to exercise; the covid-19 pandemic’s effect on our relationship to fitness; the various forms of exercise; how fitness become synonymous with self-actualization; whether fitness is anti-feminist; how access to resources affects whom you’re attracted to; the forms of mental illness related to fitness-obsession; potentially effective social policy changes that focus on improving general physical health; and the positive and negative effects of modern day fitness. Natalia Mehlman Petrzela is a historian of contemporary American politics and culture and associate professor of history at the New School. A certified fitness instructor, she has worked out at home and in gyms for nearly three decades. She is the author of Classroom Wars: Language, Sex, and the Making of Modern Political Culture, and her work has appeared in outlets such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and CNN. She is coproducer and host of the acclaimed podcast Welcome to Your Fantasy and cohost of the Past Present podcast. Her newest book, available now, is called Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America's Exercise Obsession.
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