Episode 54: On a Mission to Change the Fitness Industry - ACE FitPro Summer Series with Christine DeFilippis
In this episode, we launch a brand new series for fitness instructors. Looking to have a greater impact with your group fitness classes? A Summer Learning Series with ACE Fitness: “Am I Welcome Here? How To Make Your Classes More Inclusive”. Each week ACE Fitness Instructor and host of the Breaking Body Biases podcast, Christine DeFilippis will be sharing with our community one mini-lesson to help us make this a reality. Be sure to check back each week for a quick video and assignment.
LESSON 1
With 60% of Americans not engaging in regular exercise and 25% not active at all, how do we make our fitness classes more welcoming and enjoyable spaces? In this first lesson, we start with understanding our own biases and how that could affect those who most need our classes.
Homework:
👉🏻 https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
Scroll to the bottom and click on I WISH TO PROCEED
Scroll down to the WEIGHT IAT
Join the ACE Facebook page to access the complete video series each Monday https://www.facebook.com/groups/acegroupfit
Christine is a Movement Motivator, Body Liberator & Unconventional FitPro
Her mission is to disrupt the industry and destroy diet culture. She is the host of the Breaking Body Biases podcast. She is the creator of FitPro Ed, an online education platform for fitness instructors and she is the owner of Pop Fit Studio in the Philadelphia suburbs: a HAES & weight inclusive studio featuring dance, barre, bounce, and bungee workouts.
CONNECT WITH Christine
on Instagram
CONNECT WITH Breaking Body Biases
Breaking Body Biases Website
Breaking Body Biases on Instagram
Breaking Body Biases on Facebook
Podcast Host
Christine DeFilippis
Movement motivator, body liberator and unconventional fitness professional, Christine is the owner of Pop Fit Studio, a HAES & weight inclusive fitness studio in the US. She is also the creator of FitProEd, an online education platform for group fitness instructors that would like to expand their expertise. After close to 30 years in the fitness industry, struggling with eating disorders, weight cycling, body dysmorphia and a lot of unhappiness, Christine shifted her focus to joyful movement and created the Breaking Body Biases podcast to amplify voices of fitpros, dietitians and other wellness practitioners looking to destroy diet culture.
Categories
All Categories