The Weekly Riff with Louise Green

Louise Green pulls back the curtain on the wellness and diet industries, why "calories in, calories out" fails so many people, how exploitation hides behind the language of health, and what actually separates a company...

Louise tackles a common question from her private community: what to eat before and after workouts, especially for women in their 40s and 50s. She frames the conversation carefully around scope of practice, using...

What does health equity look like and how do we know we are getting it? In this episode, Louise shares a story about a client who recently had an appointment to see a specialist due to knee pain. Her story of anxiety...

What does a country’s fitness culture communicate about who belongs? After travelling through Spain and the UK, Louise Green reflects on the differences she noticed in fitness marketing, body ideals and the visibility...

Louise Green explores disruption as a force in life, fitness, and feminism. Drawing on personal experience and the film Nomadland , she unpacks what it means to reject the scripts we're handed — nice, small, married...

Fitness does not exist in a vacuum. Women arrive at movement carrying decades of messaging about beauty, body size, aging, worth, and what it means to take up space in the world. In this episode, Louise Green explores...

For decades, women have been encouraged to become smaller, quieter, lighter, and less demanding. We have been sold exercise programs designed to burn calories, shrink our bodies, and keep us focused on appearance rather...

<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>This week on The Weekly Riff, Louise Green dives into one of the biggest debates currently happening in women’s fitness: should women over 40 be lifting heavy weights, or can lighter weights...

<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In this week’s episode of The Weekly Riff, Louise Green explores the complicated relationship many people have with numbers in fitness and how metrics can quietly shift from being helpful tools...

<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In this powerful episode of The Weekly Riff, Louise Green opens up about the book she has been trying to write for years: Fitness Justice.</p><p>This conversation goes far beyond exercise...

<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Barbell training is one of the most misunderstood tools in fitness, especially for women and especially for women in larger bodies.</p><p>In this episode, I break down why the barbell is not...

<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>What happens when you never see a body like yours in fitness… and what changes when you finally do? This week’s Weekly Riff explores the psychology of representation and how it shapes belief...

<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>As we head into the spring and summer vacations will mostly likely be more prevalent and sometimes people worry about vacations long before they head out because it will mess with their...

<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Protein is everywhere right now.</p><p>From “hit your macros” to “1 gram per pound,” the messaging is loud, constant, and often overwhelming. But what happens when those recommendations don’t...

<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>If you grew up in the 80s and 90s being told your body was wrong, and now you’re being told to lift heavy, eat more, and take up space… this episode is for you.</p><p>Because that shift? It’s...