The Women's Roundtable - Eating Disorders and Body Dysmorphia

Brains and Gains with Dr. David Maconi

Excited to bring you this roundtable with Shannon Beer, Dr. Gabrielle Fundaro, Elizabeth Rohde, and Jessica Terrier. All of these women have great yet varied experience in the industry so I wanted to get each of them on to discuss the prevalence of disordered eating and body image issues among women in the health and fitness sphere.
0:00​- Intro
0:30​- Shannon Beer’s background
3:30​- The prevalence of eating disorders in women
8:00​- Noticing the difference between men and women’s goals and expectations
10:00​- How to help clients who keep repeating the same issue
13:40​- How important is willpower?
15:15​- Are there times to be more stern as a coach?
20:00​- How to begin with a coach in this area
22:45​- Why are eating disorders and body image issues more prevalent in women?
27:00​- Do we think there will ever be less pressure on women to look a certain way?
36:20​- Are clients with a history of eating disorders getting a different approach with coaching?
42:00​- Seeking out professional help
46:10​- Ways to determine the start of the slippery slope into disordered eating and body image issues
49:00​- Resources for more info by Dr. Fundaro
50:00​- Intro to Elizabeth Rohde
52:00​- Routines given to new lifters without context
55:00​- New women’s divisions in competition
57:00​- Plastic surgery in bikini competitions
59:00​- More on Elizabeth’s background
1:03:00​- The ethics of surgery
1:06:10​- Does surgery exacerbate or help self confidence issues?
1:08:00​- Advice to women looking to be highly achieving with good psychological health 1:16:25​- Jess’s background
1:18:10​- Women embracing weight and strength gain
1:22:20​- Is bulking or cutting easier?
1:26:00​- The difficulty in staying lean all of the time
1:28:00​- Is it better to discuss starting with a gaining phase with a history of disordered eating
1:31:00​- How to handle clients who are starting off both overweight and with disorde