Alice Living and Shakira Akabusi on the dark side of fitness influencers

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Over 500 million people follow the #fitness hashtag on Instagram, but behind the workout tips and motivational reels, what’s it really like to be a fitness influencer? In this episode of well enough podcastHost Emily Lavinia is joined by two leading voices in online fitness: Alice Living and Shakira Akabusi. Alice Living has half a million followers on Instagram and shares positive advice on how to stay fit in a sustainable way. But it was not always so. She reflects on how her own advice led to disordered eating and excessive training that harmed her health. Shakira has fitness in her veins and specializes in postpartum and perimenopausal fitness. She considers how health looks different for all bodies and how trends and one-size-fits-all approaches often cause more harm than good.

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