Healthism and the Regulation of Fitness

In this episode, we explore the impact of the Strava app on sport, self-tracking, and health quantification. Dr. Jonathan Finn shares insights on how technology structures sport, the labor involved in self-tracking, and the social and political implications of these practices.keywords : Strava, self-tracking, sport quantification, health data, technology, labor, surveillance, community, visual communication, alienationChapters01:12 Jonathan Finn's relationship with Strava and personal history03:08 The role of Strava in community and sport05:33 Self-tracking and the broader quantification of health08:46 How Strava structures sport and performance12:09 Quantification, success, and failure in sport15:08 The authenticity of measurements and fake distances17:14 The obsession with numbers and overconsumption22:00 Data as a commodity and surveillance potential26:11 Visual communication and the appeal of data visualization30:43 Alienation and embodied sensations in self-tracking34:42 Projected self and future times in performance36:33 Resistance, resistance at scale, and alternatives44:26 Children, education, and the commercialization of play48:58 Breakdowns, injuries, and ruptures in self-tracking52:24 Overconsumption, aesthetics, and commercial influences55:00 The utopian visions and critique of technology56:34 Strategies for resisting and rethinking self-tracking01:00:28 Learning from embodied experience and natural metricsHosts in this episode: Priyansh, Derek________________________________________Support & Follow The End of SportPatreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/Theendofsport⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Support the show!)Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@endofsportpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@endofsportpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter/X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@EndofSportPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The End of Sport⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen, share, and support The End of Sport, a proud member of the Harbinger Media Network, a community of over sixty leftist podcasts at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠harbingermedianetwork.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.