#71 - Athletes at Every Size and The Plight of the “Fit Fatty” with Ragen Chastain, Guinness World Record Holder, Speaker, and Fat Activist

Get the inside details of what it takes to certify a Guinness
World Record from Ragen Chastain, a speaker, writer, and
Certified Health Coach.


Ragen is the heaviest female to complete a marathon. She is
healthy. She is fit. She is fat. In this podcast Ragen will help
inspire you to reframe exercise in your life away from body shame
and weight loss goals -- at any size!


Tune in to learn some of the unspoken ways we are excluding
higher weight people from movement as a society and how we can
change.


About Ragen: Ragen Chastain is a thought leader
in the fields of Body Image, Health at Every Size, Athletes at
Every Size, and Corporate Wellness. Ragen is a sought-after
speaker on the corporate, conference, and college circuits where
she has brought her captivating and motivating mix of humor and
hard facts to stages including Google, CalTech, and IvyQ.


Author of the popular blog danceswithfat, the book Fat: The
Owner's Manual, and editor of the anthology The Politics of Size,
Ragen is frequently featured as an expert in print, radio,
television, and documentary film.


Ragen is a three-time National dance champion, and two-time
marathoner who holds the Guinness World Record for Heaviest
Person to Complete a Marathon (Female), and co-founded the Fit
Fatties Forum and Fat Activism Conference. Ragen lives in LA with
her partner and their adorable dogs, and is currently training
for an IRONMAN Triathlon.


Follow Ragen: Website | Blog | Ironman | Fit
Fatties | Twitter | Facebook


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