#125 // 6 Signs Your Favorite Influencer is Full of S***
Fitness Stuff (for normal people)
Tony and Marianna
4.9 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Join hosts Mariana and Tony as they tackle misinformation within the fitness industry. This episode gives you six red flags that signal your favorite fitness influencer might be misleading you (aka, full of s***). From spotting biases in their advice to evaluating the credibility of their sponsorships, Mariana and Tony share personal anecdotes and essential tips to ensure you're following genuine expertise. Get ready to sift through the hype and discover what makes an influencer truly trustworthy!
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| 0:00.0 | What is up, everyone? Welcome back to the fitness stuff for normal people podcast. I'm Mariana. |
| 0:04.3 | And I'm Tony. And the fitness industry right now is not what it could be. It's become something built on unrealistic expectations, aesthetics, and external validation directing attention away from what actually matters. |
| 0:16.2 | The bottom line is we're not trying to provide just another fitness podcast, but completely change the fitness industry industry for the better by giving you the knowledge and tools so you have confidence in applying |
| 0:24.9 | the best possible training and nutrition into your own lives where today we are talking about |
| 0:32.0 | a really hard problem to solve if you want the highest information, you have to speak to the best people, |
| 0:40.0 | and of every aspect of your life. But the problem is many people claim to be experts who just really |
| 0:45.0 | aren't. So today the goal is to help you better understand how to tell experts or people you can |
| 0:51.1 | trust from the imitators or people who you should probably not take advice from |
| 0:55.4 | specifically for us in the nutrition health fitness fields but before we get into that because |
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| 2:03.9 | Sign up for that is in the show notes down below and a quick shoutout slash thank you to the sponsor of today's episode, Legion, Athletics. |
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| 2:22.9 | which I've been taking rigorously the last couple months. I've talked about my low vitamin D |
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