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Fitness Stuff (for normal people)

Ep 72 // Top-10 Scams in the Fitness Industry EXPLAINED (Part 2)

Fitness Stuff (for normal people)

Tony and Marianna

Health & Fitness

4.9644 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Part two of one of our most popular series yet: Top 10 Scams in the Fitness Industry! There are so many sources that our population grabs their fitness advice from, so how does one decipher what is genuine and what is a scam? Today, your hosts Tony and Marianna finish up this series with your final 5 scams and an explanation as to why results promised and advertised are most likely never seen.


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0:00.0

what is up everyone welcome back to the fitness stuff for normal people podcast i'm mariana here

0:05.6

as always with tony and it is no secret the fitness industry sucks period whether it's the

0:11.2

corrupt multi-billion dollar supplement in weight loss industry or the endless supply of influencers

0:15.4

promoting anything to drive page news the bottom line is we're not trying to provide just another

0:20.7

fitness podcast,

0:21.8

but completely changed the fitness industry for the better by providing you with the knowledge

0:25.7

and tools to give you confidence in applying the best possible training and nutrition into your

0:30.2

own life. And today is part two of the top 10 scams in the fitness industry. Tony was just saying,

0:40.9

I think we're more excited about part two. I'm so freaking pumped up. I got like energy pent up.

0:46.5

I know. I'm ready for it. What is a scam? Scam is defined as simply a dishonest scheme being

0:51.3

wrongful or deceitful with intent to result in financial or personal gain.

0:55.9

This industry is absolutely full of them. And we went ahead and ranked our top 10 to break down

1:02.6

with science, not only so you can fully understand these concepts, but actually give you

1:07.2

solutions on how these actually work and maybe give you some more practical

1:12.4

information. If you haven't listened to part one, make sure you go do so. You don't really

1:18.5

have to listen to them in a specific quarter though, so you can listen to this one first. But

1:21.5

definitely recommend it. Also, before we get into it, if you haven't already, you can leave us a five-star

1:26.5

review on any platform that you're listening. If you're on Spotify, make sure to give us a follow. This is one of the best ways you can support us. We can continue to reach more and more people. And you'll also get, is it notifications, I think? Every time we post a new episode. It pops up on your home screen. Every time we pop in like an episode, once you open Spotify, it'll be like, oh, your favorite podcast, just posted a new episode. Yeah. So you never miss out. I think it's the coolest thing to look at. I'm addicted to checking it like every Monday is that week up. But anyhow, we love the questions you guys ask after each episode comes out, especially after this last one. We've gotten so much positive feedback. I think that's what made me even more excited about doing part two, because these scams get real scammy.

2:05.5

But a lot of the time, the questions you guys do ask require a lot more detail and thorough

2:09.5

answers that we can't answer just on social media because your health is not so simple. And that's

2:14.1

why we made this sick feature over on the premium side of our fitness stuff

2:17.5

podcast for just five bucks a month where we do a bonus episode every single Friday doing an

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