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"Some fitness experts seek to end drill-sergeant putdowns"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fitness-e...211617831.html
I recently found this article while searching for news on fitness instructors. I don't like the headline, but it seems to be widely used, and I never found any version that has a title that completely satisfies me. Some excerpts: Quote:
Half of the women surveyed by Engeln hate such comments as those about getting a "bikini body," looking like some celebrity, or using exercise as "punishment" for having dessert. (The article also quotes a woman who, while not entirely rejecting "vanity," stopped going to barre classes at a particular studio because of all the "bikini body" talk there.) Quote:
I do like the mention of an initiative to use more supportive language, and I wish the best for such efforts.
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