About this episode

The episode critiques common misconceptions and harmful trends propagated by fitness influencers.

If an influencer is telling you that carbs are the devil or their exact program will get you their exact body... run. This week, we tear into the worst of fitness influencer culture: fear-mongering about food, "what I eat in a day" videos nobody asked for, cheat day videos that glorify binge-restrict cycles, and the strange new world of "looks maxing" (yes, we learned what mewing is). We also cover the red flags to watch for, why the boring basics never go viral, and the one type of influence...

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