Why Are We Paying to Move Our Bodies?

Fitness and movement, once our own, are being sold back to us. Illustration by Noah Hickey/The Dispatch (Photos via Unsplash). Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. Female bodies lie on their backs atop a row of what look like operating tables, their limbs strapped into contraptions of pulleys and loaded springs. “Exhale and press out,” commands the sergeant at the front of the room—a woman no older than 30, sporting a blowout and an Alo set. The row of bent knees straightens, then rises again toward the ceiling. Kayla Bartsch is a writer from Minnesota who now resides in New York City. More We Think You’d Like