{"product_id":"book-grkx","title":"Deconstructing the Fitness-Industrial Complex","description":"\u003cb\u003ePerspectives from QTBIPOC, fat, and disabled trainers, bodyworkers, and coaches on reimagining fitness for all bodies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eBelly of the Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCare Work\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Body is Not an Apology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFit\u003c\/i\u003e is subjective. Who our society designates as fit--and who gets to \u003ci\u003ebe\u003c\/i\u003e fit in our society--is predefined by the coaches, gyms, and systems at large that uphold and reproduce the Fitness Industrial Complex for their own structural and material gain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Fitness Industrial Complex uplifts some bodies while denigrating others. Bodies that are Black, Brown, queer, trans, poor, fat, and disabled--bodies that don't conform, that resist and disrupt--are excluded from being \"fit.\" Through the stories and experiences of activist trainers, coaches, and bodyworkers of diverse identities and experiences, this anthology interrogates:\u003cbr\u003e•The ideas and beliefs we’ve internalized about health, fitness, and our own and others’ bodies\u003cbr\u003e•How to deconstruct and re-envision fitness as a practice for \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e bodies\u003cbr\u003e•The fitness industry’s role in upholding and reinforcing oppression\u003cbr\u003e•Exclusivity, unsafety, and harm in mainstream fitness spaces\u003cbr\u003e•How to empower ourselves and our communities to push back against the FIC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpeaking directly to sick, queer, trans, disabled, and BIPOC readers, \u003ci\u003eDeconstructing the Fitness Industrial Complex\u003c\/i\u003e is part urgent inquiry, part radical deconstruction, and part call to action: to build spaces that welcome and work for all; to reclaim movement as a vital and liberatory practice; and to embody a model of joy and community care outside the mainstream fitness culture.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49323377262896,"sku":"BDgrkx","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/361984-grkx-Square.jpg?v=1733509455","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-grkx","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}