2| Shannon Fable, fitness industry thought leader: Your words have power

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Website: Shannonfable.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannonfable/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sfable/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sfable

About Shannon
Shannon Fable, 2013 IDEA and 2006 ACE Instructor of the Year, is a sought-after speaker, author, and thought leader in business development and strategic innovation.  She has spent more than two decades helping impressive brands such as Anytime Fitness, Schwinn®, Power Systems, ACE, Silver Sneakers, FIT4MOM and BOSU®. Fable served as Chair of the ACE Board of Directors, co-founded GroupEx PRO®, a cloud-based group fitness management tool, and is the Director of Content & Production Strategy for Intelivideo. As a certified Book Yourself Solid® Business Coach, she helps fit pros navigate the industry and make more money.

Show notes
*Trigger warning: disordered eating, bulimia*

From ballet to cheerleading (and why dancing and cheerleading never felt like “fitness”)Cheering for the University of Florida in collegeShannon’s journey from disordered eating and excessive exercise to finding joy in movementInfertility Disordered exerciseBeing on bedrest for over two months during pregnancy The moment Shannon realized she needed to change the way she cued her group fitness classes The toxic group fitness class cues that instructors should never use (and what we should say instead)Trying to raise a daughter with healthy body image Being mindful about conversations around food and body image with her daughter How Zoom has made us more self-conscious about our appearances since the pandemic startedHow gymnastics and dance can lead to an unattainable pursuit of perfection (and how it feels to have her daughter in gymnastics)Why fitness instructors need to acknowledge that each participant shows up to class with their own motivation and why it’s important not to make assumptionsWhy we need to get rid of group fitness classes with names like “buns and guns."

 
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