Episode 64: Non-Diet Coaching & Silly Certification Tests with Damali Fraiser

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Welcome to Episode 64 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel is joined by non-diet kettlebell coach Damali Fraiser to talk about what it means to be an inclusive kettlebell coach. We also discuss why a coach's life experience and skills (and not their body) are their real business card. Finally, we get into silly certification tests that limit diversity in an industry that desperately needs more of it.

In this interview you will learn:

• Why kettlebells are excellent tools for cultivating strength, power, and endurance.
• How the shape of a kettlebell makes it uniquely effective for training stability and moving in multi-planar ways.
• What it means to be a non-diet kettlebell coach.
• What building body trust means, and how grasping at some ideal, future body can sabotage some people’s ability to relate to and trust the body they currently have.
• What intersectionality is, and how understanding this concept can help us teach and coach in a way that is inclusive so that more people feel welcome in fitness.
• A critical look at a popular kettlebell certification system, StrongFirst, and a test they impose as a barrier to entry for certifying coaches—the 100 kettlebell snatches in 5 minutes test.
• How the fitness industrial complex negatively impacts folks who don’t conform to societal ideals and what we can do about it.

And more!

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Reference links:

Damali Fraiser's website