#153 // 5 Types of Influencers to UNFOLLOW
Fitness Stuff (for normal people)
Tony and Marianna
4.9 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Fitness Stuff for Normal People is calling out the five types of influencers you should unfollow to protect your fitness journey. From supplement pushers and cherry pickers to purity testers and "quick fix" promoters, Marianna and Tony break down how these influencers spread misinformation, create unrealistic expectations, and harm your progress. Today’s episode is all about helping you identify these red flags and take control of your social media feed to build a healthier, evidence-based perspective.
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Timestamps:
(10:53) "Just trust me bro"
(19:29) Cherry Pickers
(26:22) Speaks in absolutes
(35:21) Purity Testers
(43:14) Supplement Pushers
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the fitness stuff for normal people podcasts. As an influencer myself, |
| 0:04.8 | I'm going to confidently say that influencers suck. Like a lot of influencers suck. And knowing how |
| 0:11.3 | to weed out, especially in the health and fitness space, the good ones from the not so great |
| 0:16.5 | ones, I think is a really important skill to have nowadays. So today, we're going to be going |
| 0:24.5 | through the top five types of influencers. You should probably unfollow it. But before we get into |
| 0:31.8 | that, before we spill the tea a little bit, I love to spill the tea. I'm forcing Tony to spill the |
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| 1:14.8 | And if you're feeling nice, all I would do is ask for a little itty-bitty tiny favor and ask that you go make sure you're following us on whatever platform you are listening to us on, on Apple, on Spotify. |
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