Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Link Recommendation The Worst of the Fitness Industry
Link Recommendation The Worst of the Fitness Industry
The fitness industry is full of fakes.
False hopes.
Promises that cant be achieved.
Counter-factual claims.
Blatant lies.
And moneymaking schemes of all stripes.
Add on top people willing to set aside education, teaching, habit-building, and training towards long-term success in return for whatever gets your money now, and its a mess.
The recent revelations about The Biggest Loser - allegations of drug use, the rebound of contestants to their original weight, and so on - are typical of what youll find.
Henry Croft over at Gym-Talk did a nice roundup of the b.s. youll find in the industry:
The Worst Of The Fitness Industry (NSFW)
Its got vulgar language, mild nudity, photoshopped models, and lots and lots of British-isms. But its got a lot of truth in it. Sadly, if it sounds too good to be true - it is. Worth the look.
