S3 EP25: We're Taking On "The Judgement Free Zone"
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Are “judgment-free” gyms really free of judgment? Are women’s-only areas necessary? And what’s the deal with toning? These are some of the questions addressed in today’s episode, as Rachael and Kelsea take a question from the community about toning certain areas after a weight loss and discuss the story of a woman who was kicked out of a Planet Fitness over a pair of shorts.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- Why toning isn’t a thing
- “Batwings” and “tummy flops”
- Spot training
- What skin does when weight loss happens
- Woman escorted out of the gym over shorts
- Judgment in gyms
- How judging women’s clothing hurts other women
- The “women’s only area”
- The sense of community in a gym
- Chain gym business models
- The evolution of shorts
- Taking responsibility for how you feel
RELATED LINKS
- Our Fitness FB Group.
- Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs
- Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings
- Our Fitness Blog.
- Behind the scenes at CVG.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | So in Champlain Valley, a woman named Brandy LaBounte was escorted out of her gym by the police |
| 0:07.8 | for wearing shorts that the staff deemed to be, quote, unquote, too short. |
| 0:14.7 | I just think that it's very interesting that the judgment-free zone, which is their trademark, is built on just |
| 0:26.7 | literally judgment. |
| 0:31.9 | The big question is this. |
| 0:35.9 | In a world of fake Instagram models and bad diets, |
| 0:40.3 | how do real people achieve their fitness goals? |
| 0:44.3 | We are an army of hardworking women, |
| 0:47.3 | changing their lives through fitness and health. |
| 0:51.3 | Wherever you are at on your journey, we have the answers to how to make working |
| 0:56.9 | out and eating well a part of your life. Join us in changing the dialogue for women everywhere. |
| 1:05.2 | Welcome to the Thigh Thighs Save Lives podcast. |
| 1:11.3 | Am I going or are you going? |
| 1:15.0 | I'm going? |
| 1:16.0 | I'm going. |
| 1:17.2 | Hi, guys. |
| 1:17.7 | Welcome back to the Thick Thys Save Lives Podcast. |
| 1:20.2 | I'm Rachel. |
| 1:21.1 | And I'm Kelsey. |
| 1:22.4 | And I want you to tell me why it is that you didn't give me the signal. |
| 1:33.3 | You were looking. |
| 1:36.3 | I said I gave you the old pointer. |
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