Is strength training secretly just diet culture? – Stateside with Kai and Carter
37:47Stateside with Kai and CarterWeightliftingIs strength training secretly just diet culture? – Stateside with Kai and CarterAfter years of trying to be skinny, Guardian reporter Madeleine Aggeler did a 180 and decided to 'bulk'. Bulking, or gaining weight on purpose to get stronger, challenged everything she had been taught about her body, and transformed her relationship to food. Madeleine speaks to Carter Sherman about her owns body image struggles, and they discuss why strength training and weightlifting has become so popular for women.
- ▪37:47Stateside with Kai and CarterWeightliftingIs strength training secretly just diet culture? – Stateside with Kai and CarterAfter years of trying to be skinny, Guardian reporter Madeleine Aggeler did a 180 and decided to 'bulk'.
- ▪Bulking, or gaining weight on purpose to get stronger, challenged everything she had been taught about her body, and transformed her relationship to food.
- ▪Madeleine speaks to Carter Sherman about her owns body image struggles, and they discuss why strength training and weightlifting has become so popular for women.
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37:47Stateside with Kai and CarterWeightliftingIs strength training secretly just diet culture? – Stateside with Kai and CarterAfter years of trying to be skinny, Guardian reporter Madeleine Aggeler did a 180 and decided to 'bulk'. Bulking, or gaining weight on purpose to get stronger, challenged everything she had been taught about her body, and transformed her relationship to food. Madeleine speaks to Carter Sherman about her owns body image struggles, and they discuss why strength training and weightlifting has become so popular for women. Is this actually healthy, or just an extension of toxic diet culture? Hosted by Carter Sherman with Madeleine Aggeler . Produced by Suzanne Gaber and Tiara Chiaramonte .
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