Content Creation and Education

If you’re getting your fitness information online, and the content creator “gets out of bed,” on camera, please keep in mind they already got up, set their phone on a tripod and crawled back into bed to get the shot.

When I was in college, we needed to cite reputable sources when submitting a paper.

Wikipedia articles were a common topic, and were never to be used on serious papers because it could be untrustworthy since you couldn’t know who edited them.

Today’s equivalent is content creators constantly bombarding our feeds with more and more information, and it can be overwhelming trying to decipher the truth and cut through what’s actually good information versus something that’s shiny and sparkly for more content to pump into the machine.

I love Instagram as much as the next person. I love seeing what other coaches and athletes are tinkering with. That being said I try to remember, it’s entertainment not education.

Justin Miner

@justinminergain