 Hey, woke people stop trying to bring woke ism to fitness. It's not gonna work. Oh looking for a fight. I love it Yeah, like what's the latest thing now? I'm gonna read to you guys fun stuff and then I'm gonna explain why this woke ism Where we kind of covered some ideas that have infiltrated the fitness realm Yeah, so that so so you know guys know I got kicked off Instagram. So now I'm on Twitter apparently Twitter is also Hell just like Instagram. What's just a little just more words. Yeah, it's just more But anyway, there's somebody on there her Instagram handle is at fatty MPH and You can't follow unless she approves it by the way, so I'm see if she'll let me follow her But anyway, this is a post that she did okay And it says it says this fatty MP. That's what it is fatty MPH MPH so it says here. I was per hour. I have no idea How many fatty per hour can you that yeah, so so listen to this and this is this is a quite infuriating But you know I get irritated by it, but to be quite honest, it's not gonna work Oh, you must be blocked by her then why cuz I can look at her really. Yeah, I can look at her page. No way Yeah, that means you're blocked. I've already got warnings dude. Wow. That's crazy. She's on to you. That happened quickly Huh? Yeah, that's impressive. All right, so check out what this post says it says periodic reminder that treating and preventing obesity actually means Trying to conversion therapy fat people into becoming thin people despite zero evidence. This is even remotely possible I know so stupid so if you're obese you should just give up Well, you know what the thought you know what makes me upset about this try well Well, here's here's why I like to say it's not gonna work, right? The fitness industry is different than other industries in that most people or many of the people that work in this space who genuinely work in the space generally want to help people through Fitness through exercise through proper nutrition through developing a better relationship of food and their bodies and exercise We at one point we're all you know quote-unquote out of shape or overweight or unhealthy And fitness is what got us To kind of where we're at in terms of our health And our our physiques and whatever and it's also what makes us such Strong proponents of it. So in other words the fitness industry is made up of empowered people self-empowered people Who have thrown away? The victim mentality right because the only way you can succeed if you do have a big weight loss goal for example The only way you can succeed long term is to take the victim mentality and dispose of it because At some point you have to accept what you can't change and you have to focus on what you can change That's the only way to progress and if you do this long enough you figure that out And so somebody coming in and saying something like that to people like us It just it doesn't it's not going to work. It doesn't resonate at all I mean, it's it's about personal growth and and really that's the whole fitness journey is You know discovering who you are through um, you know these encounters these these um, you know this environment where you're able to work on hard um Hard things in in order to get stronger get better and get a better understanding of you know What's going to benefit your body versus? You know just sort of taking on the world Do you think these messages start from a good place and then they kind of morph into this like Just extreme example of it like I really I want to believe that what this pushback that You're getting right the fat phobia deal is Because the fitness space has failed obese people for so long Because I know the angle the statistics like right that she's trying to to point towards Is that that you know only you know 20 of the people have any success of that 20 15 of that them end up putting all that weight back on after two or three years So you know all these methods of how we lose weight or try and fix obesity Has continually failed for years. So it's been a big criticism that we've shared right and we brought that up So but do you so do you believe that? This messaging is Is coming from an initially a good place and then it's kind of morphed into this extreme version of it No, no at all. I think it's like it's a gas gas lighting right because it exists in other spaces It's it's the same philosophy applied to anything where the the Message is hey, it's not your fault. In fact, it's everyone else's fault You're a victim Don't do anything about it and it's all good and that that you see that permitting a lot of spaces It's the same message just applied now to the fitness space Where I think it comes from a good place are people within our space that are saying this message But in a better way people in our space are saying things like hey, look Restricting diets don't necessarily work or you have to love your body in order to have long-term success and love doesn't mean Uh, you know where you just this is my body. I'm gonna do whatever I want But rather I'm gonna take care of myself like from the truest sense, right? It's about healthy application of exercise that over exercise or over restriction or over dieting That message is coming from within the fitness space and although it's a minority It's still getting it's getting louder. We're one of those Those people in that space that says that so but this is not coming from a good place This is coming from this is a an ideology that is trying its hardest And you know, I under I know why they're trying to come after the fitness space. I'll tell you right now Pete because fitness is empowering. It is it is counter You think for yourself. It is counter this bullshit. It is 100 counter. In fact, if you see any Movement baked based off of victim hood and you know follow along and listen to Everyone else and you're not in charge of yourself or whatever if you ever listen, you'll always find the fitness space will be the most resistant Oh, I feel like that's not why I feel like we're they're coming after us because we're we're the easiest target We're a bunch of narcissistic vain, you know fucking turds So we're like an easy layup for someone like you know, what's funny? I think and a lot of a lot of bad experiences And the people share let's be let's be honest here. Okay Uh, just go back five 10 years not even that long ago um The people that we we idolize in the fitness space or that were held up as the authority Just are not good examples. Most of them are broken inside They've got all kinds of issues and addictions and but that's what sessions But that's what's skewed. So think about this way think of all the people you know In the fitness space personally Vast majority of them are not like that. We're talking what you're talking about are the The insta celebrities. No, I don't I don't agree with that. I think most of the people you know in fitness Are I mean, I know I like to think the people that I surround myself with are good people And I've weeded out a lot of those people in my life but I think a vast majority of the fitness space is broken And I think it's a spectrum what the example I'm giving right now is an extreme the ones that have been highlighted and put Up on a pedestal and have a lot of fame and attention because of whatever vain reason But I I do think that a Vast majority of the fitness space is still very broken. I think that there's a lot of things to be fixed That's why we started the podcast But if you consider the whole fitness space which includes People that work in gyms Trainers coaches people that help people with nutrition people who work out consistently Who take care of themselves consistently? Then you'll see that a majority of the people I would say okay, so what it is is it's the small percentage that are If you if you bring in the the health and wellness portion of our space and you include that in the conversation They help balance that out Right the the and I you know, I've teased that space before the you know Hippy crunchy side, but I think that they have a much better approach They've been preaching the message of love yourself And and take care of yourself like they've been preaching that for a long before we were And I think they helped balance our our space out I think for a very long time the you know six pack abs muscles, you know Fake body parts They're not the majority. I get what you're saying. They're the ones getting the attention. Okay. So okay fine They're you can make the case of a minority, but they're moving the majority. They're speaking to the majority. Yes So it's the media. Yes, so you can make you could you could you know, I'll concede that maybe there is You know fewer not much fewer though in the entire space But they are the loudest voice or the most powerful voice and they have been for Several decades now that I agree with I think the the popular fitness media is garbage But when you meet people who work in fitness when I meet with trainers when I meet with coaches when I meet with gym owners the intentions are typically very good people are very Growth-minded. They're very accepting of people who want to help themselves who come into their gyms who are obese Who needs whatever we talked about this right the gym is a very accepting place Which is counter to someone like this would say which is the gym is the most judgmental place in the world Which is not true So yeah, I agree with that that there are the the influencers the fitness media people that's for sure garbage I think that's true for a lot of spaces though, but generally speaking it's a it's a it's a great space and Very empowered people take their health into their own hands and most people who work in fitness I mean every day people who work in fitness Uh dealt with this themselves at some point. They overcame these struggles themselves So trying to hit them with this message Good luck. It's not gonna work. You tell this to a trainer or someone who lost 50 pounds 10 years ago Who now figured out how to keep it off and take care of themselves? You tell them this message you're gonna laugh at you in your face Well, what is the message promote like I just like do they even think it's not trying to promote anything It's literally trying to take down. It's trying to tear down Exactly and this is revenge culture. That's all I thought so I think we're in the revenge of everything Like like it doesn't matter. There's no forgiveness Everybody wants to take everybody out if they have a difference of opinion And it's it's all about revenge and getting self gratification for that That's what I picture is has happened is like I think that like this this example you're this girl You're giving right I briefly went through her page and kind of seen that the stuff and by the way, she's supposedly an educator That's scary right and and so what I think so she's probably she's educated probably and fairly intelligent And I think that she she arms herself with that and she's probably been hurt by somebody in our space who is superficial and vain and Probably turned her off or hurt her in a way whether it be emotionally or physically or metabolically Or done something and she is on a war path to tear down anyone and everyone that fits in that category and unfortunately for us A big portion of our space can be can be Cattle into that category could be or it could be that nobody in our space harder It's a hug. I guess it could be nobody in our space harder something else harder She's got body image issues and that's fair. This is the easy target You know what it reminds me of it reminds me of that guy. We all know that guy Who had a terrible girlfriend? Cheated on him did something terrible and after that he's like I hate women and all he does now is he looks at him as objects And he just I'm not gonna ever man like yeah like women hating groups Yes, or he had a terrible relationship with his mom and this is how he develops and you see sometimes with women too This is what he reminds me of and it's obvious. It's angry. It's vitriolic It doesn't help anybody it doesn't help anybody That's the biggest point because because if you're listening if you're reading that and you're in this position I try to put myself in that person in a person's shoes who maybe she's reaching right like so i'm overweight I've struggled with this my whole life Oh boy, it's been hard. I've gained it lost it. You know, I got teased for it Maybe in school feel very insecure. It's a tough position To be in this is by the way we all started working out here our the host of this podcast dealt with this ourselves But I imagine this person who's just can't figure it out as angry as frustrated reads this is like yes Never gonna work out again. Yes. Eat whatever I want This is what I need to do and you know what who knows fault it is It's the fitness industry's fault. It's trainers faults. It's gyms faults. They're fat shaming me This is you know, this is i'm a victim of their oppression. What a terrible terrible stupid message But also good luck. Good luck trying to permeate the fitness industry This is one of the most and I mean the genuine fitness industry the people actually Work with people not the media, you know people the celebrities Rather the trainers and coaches that work with people good luck trying to sell that message to them It's not gonna work. There's some of the most empowered People at least in this regard that you'll ever find. Yeah, I think we're also and I think I'm a bit jaded because I know We are in the middle of one. We're in this, you know, social media space. It's relatively new Um, the a lot of these probably the wrong people got a lot of the fame and attention Early on I like to think that we're part of the movement to some of the cream that will rise to the top And I think we're seeing that I think more and more of the better voices the better information Uh, you know, and that's when I see something like this Like I'm not the type person that would want to cancel her or you know at all shut her down It's like dude better better ideas win. That's right. Better ideas better conversations will will silence somebody like this because eventually those people that you know are Banting together or agreeing with her still have a ton of work They got to do on themselves and then eventually if they do want to grow Improve and change their life for the better They will eventually have to seek out the truth and the shit that she's spewing is not the truth Yeah, there was another article I read that's like lifting weights. Why lifting weights is toxic masculinity Oh my god, bro. What the hell are you talking about? Hey, if you enjoyed that clip you can find the full episode here or you can find other clips over here and be sure to subscribe