Welcome to episode 55! This is our first episode with not one but TWO fun guests, Sarah Hackwith and Lara Days. We talk about diet culture and fat phobia in the fitness industry. Both Sarah and Lara are fitness professionals and health coaches, so they bring a great perspective on what the rhetoric is like inside the gyms and how we need to change it. This episode is real, entertaining and informative. It’s a great one for anyone who loves fitness classes, going to the gym, fitness trainers, studio owners and everyone in between. In this episode, we talk about: the diet culture rhetoric + their honest thoughts about it how this “talk” can be hurting people how trainers/owners can shift the conversation and make it more positive + healthy whether it’s “ok” to work out for aesthetic reasons & more All about Sarah & Lara: Sarah Hackwith has been a mover and a shaker since before she could walk! After majoring in Ballet & Modern Dance at TCU, she moved to New York City to become a professional dancer and shortly after, transitioned to working in fitness. Over the past 10 years in the industry, she's taught everything from indoor cycling to trampoline rebounding to strength classes and Reformer Pilates. Sarah is also a certified Health Coach through the Institute for the Psychology of Eating, and is passionate about helping women step into their personal power as they heal their relationship to food and their bodies. At the end of the day, Sarah is currently most excited to continue helping other fitness professional increase their awareness about creating inclusive, safe, educational spaces for all bodies and humans. Lara Days is a certified nutrition coach, personal trainer, yoga instructor, and sports nutritionist who is on a mission to dismantle the diet industry and empower people to live their happiest, healthiest, most confident lives. Lara focuses on helping you improve your mindset, unlearn your past conditioning, and trust your body so that you can find food freedom, ditch diet culture, and step into your power. Where to find Sarah & Lara: https://www.instagram.com/sarahhacks/ https://www.sarahhackwith.com/ https://www.instagram.com/lara.days/ https://www.laraelizabethcoaching.com/ Today’s episode sponsors: Blender Bombs. https://blenderbombs.com/ use code FITNESSINSIDER for 20% off your order. Highland Park Housekeeping. https://highlandparkhousekeeping.com/ code NATALIE15 for 15% off your service. Don’t forget to subscribe so you’ll see each new episode as soon as it arrives every other Wednesday. If you enjoyed this episode, please head to Apple podcasts and leave a review and a rating. If you’d like to follow along updates with this podcast, be sure to follow me here: @thefitnessinsiderpodcast oh and also here @thatfoodiegirl --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thefitnessinsider/support