How to Enjoy Exercise in a Larger Body

Louise Green is an award-winning plus-size trainer, athlete, and activist working to change the narrative around body size and the idealistic standards often found in our fitness culture. She is the author of Big Fit Girl and Fitness for Everyone, and the creator of the fitness app and online coaching community Big Fit Girl. Louise is also the founder of the Size Inclusive Training Academy, where she educates health and fitness professionals on how to be more size-inclusive.

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Episode Contents:

0:00 Compassionate Conversations Intro
0:24 Body Image Series Intro
2:44 Introducing Louise Green, Big Fit Girl
3:32 Louise’s personal story
7:00 Why Louise advocates representation of larger size bodies
9:25 Opening a plus-size boot camp
11:35 How Louise adapted a boot camp to plus-size people
15:00 Dealing with societal weight biases
19:00 Changes needed in the worldwide fitness community to make it more inclusive
24:23 Louise’s advice for larger bodied people wanting to improve fitness
32:14 Benefits of fitness programs designed specifically for people living in larger bodies
33:50 How we can learn to love the ’skin we’re in’ and come to a place of body acceptance through fitness activities
37:38 Louise’s own journey to love/accept/appreciate the body she has
40:48 Stories and feedback from Louise’s clients and students