THE NON-OBVIOUS SHOW · EPISODE 15
with Danielle Friedman
How have women shaped the exercise industry? Danielle Friedman is an award-winning journalist and the author of Let's Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World, which explores the untold history of women's exercise culture while debunking myths and reveals how this physical strength has transformed into other forms of power. In this episode, Danielle Friedman explores the history of women's fitness, discrimination in the industry, and the groundbreaking women who changed it for generations.
Journalist and author of Let's Get Physical
Danielle Friedman is a journalist covering health, gender and culture and the author of Let's Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World. She contributes to the New York Times Well section and has written for Vogue, the Cut and the Washington Post.
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