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Explain It to Me

The golden age of exercise

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.47.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Americans are flocking to gyms and fitness classes. It wasn't always that way. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Miranda Kennedy with help from Naureen Khan, fact-checked by Melissa Hirsch, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill. Photo of an outdoor group fitness class by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images. If you have a question, give us a call on 1-800-618-8545 or send us a note here. Listen to Explain It to Me ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

When you have a pixel 10, you may get asked a few questions.

0:05.0

Like, what is that?

0:07.0

How did you do that?

0:09.0

And can we use your camera instead?

0:14.0

Ask more of your phone.

0:16.0

Google Pixel 10.

0:19.0

Huge emphasis. I'm wanting to look thin.

0:23.6

A lot of dudes walking around with abs.

0:25.6

I work out to feel strong and confident.

0:28.5

I'll help you.

0:32.5

This is explained it to me from Fox.

0:34.6

The show that tackles the questions that matter to you most.

0:38.2

I'm John Gullen Hill. For the past couple weeks, we've been talking about all the things we do in

0:44.5

the name of wellness. This week, we're continuing our journey and exploring exercise. Dozens of you

0:51.0

called into the hotline to tell us about your relationship with making your body move.

0:55.0

I do this thing called exoratement, where I do one class and then I do another and another.

1:02.0

Not to lose weight per se, but to be there for my daughter to be a role model in that regard.

1:09.0

You know, I went from never working out, really not having much energy, having kind of crappy mental health, to going about four to five times a week.

1:16.5

Recently, I just completed my first marathon, and I got a sub-floor, and I love running, and I build my whole life around it.

1:24.3

My whole relationship to exercise has changed and that has transformed my relationship

1:28.3

to my entire life.

1:30.3

Producer Hadeemawaddy is back to tell us how exercise is changing in 2025.

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