Strength training and bulking discussed in Guardian video
6 reported
A Guardian video segment titled "Is strength training secretly just diet culture?" features reporter Madeleine Aggeler discussing her personal shift from trying to be skinny to intentionally gaining weight, a practice known as "bulking." Aggeler describes bulking as gaining weight on purpose to get stronger, which she says challenged everything she had been taught about her body and transformed her relationship with food. She speaks with Carter Sherman about her own body image struggles, and they explore why strength training and weightlifting have become popular among women. The segment raises the question of whether this trend is healthy or an extension of toxic diet culture.
What’s reported
Guardian reporter Madeleine Aggeler decided to "bulk" after years of trying to be skinny.
Bulking is defined as gaining weight on purpose to get stronger.
Aggeler says bulking challenged everything she had been taught about her body and transformed her relationship with food.
Aggeler speaks with Carter Sherman about her body image struggles.
The segment discusses why strength training and weightlifting have become popular for women.
The segment asks whether this trend is healthy or an extension of toxic diet culture.
Key figures
Madeleine Aggeler, Guardian reporter
Carter Sherman, participant in the discussion
Sources: The Guardian
