Welcome to the Movement Logic Podcast, with yoga teacher and strength coach Laurel Beversdorf, and physical therapist Dr. Sarah Court. With over 30 years combined experience in the yoga, movement and physical therapy worlds, we believe in strong ideas, loosely held – which means we’re not hyping outdated movement concepts. Instead, we’re here with up-to-date and cutting-edge tools, evidence and ideas to help you as a mover and a teacher. Music: Makani by Scandinavianz & AXM
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Welcome to the Movement Logic Podcast, with yoga teacher and strength coach Laurel Beversdorf, and physical therapist Dr. Sarah Court. With over 30 years combined experience in the yoga, movement and physical therapy worlds, we believe in strong ideas, loosely held – which means we’re not hyping outdated movement concepts. Instead, we’re here with up-to-date and cutting-edge tools, evidence and ideas to help you as a mover and a teacher. Music: Makani by Scandinavianz & AXM
In this episode, Laurel and Sarah take a look at one of the most influential and controversial voices in women's health: Dr. Stacy Sims. Known for the phrase "women are not small men," Sims has built her brand on the idea that women need entirely different training and nutrition strategies than men.
Laurel and Sarah trace Sims' rise to prominence, the research she leans on, and the rhetorical playbook she uses on major platforms like the Mel Robbins Podcast, and the Huberman Lab podcast. They examine how Sims' is able to persuade listeners of her ideas, even though her catchy slogans and bold claims outpace the evidence.
Rather than just fact-checking Sims' most dubious claims on cycle syncing, fasted training, cardio, and how women should train, this episode instead focuses on how Sims' messages are delivered. You'll listen for how Sims' and the hosts of these podcasts frequently employ persuasive tactics like appeals to authority, fearmongering, absolutist framing, pseudo-feminist virtue signaling, and what Laurel and Sarah call "mechanism theater" can make the weak evidence and shaky reasoning behind the claims sound stronger than it is. These strategies aren't unique to Sims; you'll start noticing these persuasive tactics everywhere, especially in menopause marketing and wellness content online.
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RESOURCES
Sims' TedX talk [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5LYGzKUPlE]
110: [https://tinyurl.com/37ht6y9a] Fact-Checking Female-Specific Training & Nutrition Advice with Dr. Lauren Colenso-Semple, PhD
Debate [https://tinyurl.com/29w4zvpw]between Sims and Colenso-Semple on Docs Who Lift
Post Debate Interview [https://tinyurl.com/mdzphbar] on Barbell Medicine
109: [https://tinyurl.com/44zc297s] Hot Flashes, Cold Facts: Menopause Myths that Won't Die
62: [https://tinyurl.com/mwnmt459] Make McGill Make Sense
Bulky mug [https://tinyurl.com/2mzd3rh5]
Social Post [https://tinyurl.com/2f36eb75] from Dr. Colenso-Semple about choice to use mechanistic, rat, or men's data
108: [https://tinyurl.com/44zvn7zz] Breathing for Bone Density? YogaU Cannot Be Serious
108: [https://tinyurl.com/er3fukyu] Does it Have to be Heavy? Rethinking the Lift Heavy Shit Narrative
98: [https://tinyurl.com/3xxx4ucn] Capacities for Longevity Part 3 - Cardio
Decoding the Gurus [https://tinyurl.com/yntb4tsb]
Front Page Fitness [https://tinyurl.com/yc4xucr5]
Conspirituality [https://tinyurl.com/4brd6js8]
Yoga Meets Movement Science [https://tinyurl.com/4akxnvyh]
Barbell Medicine [https://tinyurl.com/3vyu85ar]
Movement Logic: Strong Opinions, Loosely Held
Welcome to the Movement Logic Podcast, with yoga teacher and strength coach Laurel Beversdorf, and physical therapist Dr. Sarah Court. With over 30 years combined experience in the yoga, movement and physical therapy worlds, we believe in strong ideas, loosely held – which means we’re not hyping outdated movement concepts. Instead, we’re here with up-to-date and cutting-edge tools, evidence and ideas to help you as a mover and a teacher. Music: Makani by Scandinavianz & AXM
