#80: The Fatal Flaws of Fitness Culture with Jonny Landels

We talk a lot about diet culture and wellness misinformation on this show, but what about the toxic claims of the fitness industry? What about the flaws that exist in the way exercise is pushed on all of us as the epitome of health? Jonny Landels joins the pod to talk about his journey from "fat loss coach" to a weight-inclusive, anti-diet, and intuitive approach to food and fitness.

 

Some of the topics discussed include:

• Jonny's earliest memories of body shame
• The death of his dad, and how that impacted his view of food and fitness
• Toxic messages in the fitness industry
• The myths of "discipline" and "will power"
• Crossfit culture and the disordered eating of macro counting
• Masculinity and diet culture
• How Jonny started to learn the truth about weight-loss science
• Changing your mind about fatness and health
• Rediscovering joyful movement after being an obsessive exerciser
• Using social media to expose poisonous fitness messages
• Reclaiming what health truly means

Jonny is a former diet-culture obsessed fat loss coach turned intuitive eating and HAES advocate. He spent years fighting his body and believing he just needed to be more disciplined and motivated to maintain weight loss long term. A couple of years ago he started learning about disordered eating and intuitive eating, slowly pivoted his coaching and re-trained, and has not looked back since. He now helps clients break free from food and body obsession and end their constant mental battle with food, while using strength training to help them fall in love with exercise again.

 

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