The only detox I'd recommend

The only detox I'd recommend

I've been teaching indoor cycling for over two decades and there's a long list of phrases I NEVER use.


In short — anything that presumes, whether implicitly or explicitly, that the goal of exercise is to burn off your beer or earn your dessert — is totally off limits.

This type of "encouragement" might be everywhere, but it's toxic on so many levels.

  • It takes the joy out of the workout. What if we prioritized embodiment and community over metrics?? At the same time, it takes the joy out of the eating. I don't know about you, but I much prefer my almond croissants without a side of guilt.
  • It assumes that everyone in the room wants to lose weight. How's that supposed to make you feel if you're in a bigger body? How welcome would you feel if the instructor implied was that the goal of the class was... not to look like you?

If you're nodding your head thinking, that makes sense but I've never really thought of that way before, that's because of diet culture.

Diet culture is everywhere.

It’s in the “guilt-free” labels on your packaged food, the menu listing “sinful” chocolate on the dessert selections, and the movies that cast a fat person as the token loser.

And its subtle (and not so subtle), constant messages might be impacting you more than you think.

Want to learn more about diet culture?

Through the Louisville Recreation Center I'm offering Diet Culture Detox, a three-part workshop that will help you let go of toxic diet culture messaging and reclaim a healthy relationship with food and your body. It starts on February 6th.

Click here for details or to sign up.



Michael Hosking, Ph.D.

Creator of Revocycle Mind and Body Cycling/Education; Exercise and Mental Health, Mindful Fitness, Neuroscience of Exercise and the Brain

1 年

Could have written the same words.. actually have! Very nice.

Shannon Fable

Helping you innovate, implement, and integrate

1 年

Could NOT love this more .... ?????????????????????????? i often talk about the fact that many instructors (myself included) began because we LOVE to exercise AND, for many of us, that 'love' came from an outdated script about why you should exercise (for all of the reasons you rattle off in this TikTok). So, here we are ... working out our own 'ish amplified through a headset on a stage at the front of the room. It's beyond time for us to fix our own soundtracks, both internally AND externally!

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