Modern fitness is rooted in eugenics
The quest for perfection has a sordid history—and present.
On Thursday’s Conspirituality podcast, our guest, NYC-based fitness expert Antonio Valladares, called much of our fascination with physique, diet, and strength the result of over a century of eugenics-inspired practices.
If you draw links between early bodybuilding culture in the late 19th century and the hodgepodge of mystical-based errant religions …
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