Rejecting Toxic Fitness Culture with Casey Johnston

Casey Johnston is not your typical health and fitness influencer.
She joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss how finding joy in
strength training changed her relationship to fitness, food and
body image. Johnston’s new book, A Physical Education, reflects on
engaging with exercise in a balanced way. Recommended reading: You
can get Johnston’s book A Physical Education here You can also get
Johnston’s training program book LIFTOFF: Couch to Barbell here
Read her newsletter She’s a Beast Or follow her on Bluesky  
Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some
SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at
sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or
ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every
day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in
Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by
Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff
DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is
edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and
Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices