Ilya Parker
Black, non-binary, fat movement practitioner and founder of Decolonizing Fitness; a Physical Therapist Assistant and ACE-certified Medical Exercise Specialist focused on accessible, gender-affirming, and decolonized approaches to movement.
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Sep 22, 2025 • 32min
Fitness as Liberation: Joy, Community, and Care with Ilya Parker (Part Two)
Ilya Parker, a Black, non-binary movement practitioner and founder of Decolonizing Fitness, rethinks movement as accessible, joy-centered care. They trace toxic fitness back to eugenics, ableism, and nationalism. Short takes explore reclaiming movement for community care, rejecting moralized exercise, and practical steps to pause punitive habits.
Sep 15, 2025 • 34min
Decolonizing Fitness with Ilya Parker: Gender, Weight Stigma, and the Toxic Fitness Industry
Ilya Parker, a Black, non-binary, fat movement practitioner and founder of Decolonizing Fitness who is also a Physical Therapist Assistant, talks about how gender transition, weight stigma, and medical gatekeeping shaped their work. They name the harms of mainstream fitness and imagine movement rooted in accessibility, gender-affirming care, and community-led, decolonized practices.
