Hi all! A lot of you have asked for a follow up video after the 30 day results and I don't feel it's right for me to continue making content about Cassey. But here is a wonderful article that explains how someone could "gain 6 pounds of lean muscle" in one month: www.shesabeast.co/p/blogilates-muscle-building-journey-fact-check?

I think one of the reasons why we have memories of Blogilates' content being better in the past, is because the standard for fitness education was way lower in 2014. It makes me think of all the magazines showing me "how to tone up" and I thought they were genius. 2014 was the height of detox waters, skinny teas, and harmful trends. I bought my juicer to do cleanses that made me miserable

I think she became an “influencer” obsessed with looks, and we no longer have the Pilates trainer we used to love.

I must admit one thing. I discovered Cassey in 2012 when I was trying to get back to my normal way of living after an ED. I had no confidence, didn't do much when it came to exercise, did not have any muscles, stamina, knowledge about food and exercise, and hated my body. And thanks to Cassey, I formed a very positive relationship toward exercise, started educating myself on nutrition, toned up, and overall got way more confident in myself. Her exercises may not have been the most effective, but it was exactly what I needed back then :) However, I must admit that since she joined TikTok, her content has gotten very shitty. Very sorry to say that, but 15-second videos about drinking a gallon, so you don't have time for other people's drama? C'moooon. You know better, gurl.

I tried her summer program last year and one day I opened her newsletter and it started with “how is your fit girl journey going? How are you dealing with being hungry all the time?” And I was appalled. Even then at the beginning of my journey I was like, nobody should be going hungry ever to lose weight etc.

Every time i see new stuff about Cassie I just remember how years ago she had a video talking about never dieting again because competitions gave her an ED, and it makes me sad for her because her newer content is just ED fuel.

Excellent analysis. The “6 mins to sexy arms” got me into consistent exercise several years ago when I had been completely sedentary and intimidated by exercise for my entire life (teased/last picked in gym class etc etc). Short videos like that kicked off my confidence to start going to the gym and begin strength training. I still sometimes return to them when I’m in a slump. But you’re absolutely right about her overall body messages being both irresponsible and inconsistent. Thank you for making this!

Phenomenal video, Justina! I’ve got a lot of time for you and I’m glad that I’ve been directed to your channel. I agree, the best anything (workout, etc) for you is the one that you can remain most consistent with :) Also, I love the hat!

As someone who religiously do Blogilates’ workouts, I actually find it ironic how she says she shouldn’t be criticized bc she only does the 90-day-journey “for herself” when she’s seriously out there selling journals and encouraging people to do the same thing. One minute she claims that she is happier than ever every single time she makes challenges like these for herself, and then another, she will soon realize how “unhappy she is with herself” and it’s really sad. And since I myself already struggle from body dysmorphia, I had to stop doing her workouts because of the contradicting mindset she had…I hope she will find something to make her truly happy in the future

I followed Cassey for years but recently unfollowed because not only did I realize Pilates was not cutting it for my fitness goals but all she did was whine about online hate, people ripping her body when she lost so much weight! It was almost self serving to get the comments to pump her up and promote her next screw the haters challenge. Really appreciate you calling out this behavior in a respectful way. ❤️

Before both of her 90 day journeys, she posted things along the lines of “who is taking this journey with me?” And she’s selling 90 day journals. Then she turns around and says that people shouldn’t criticise her, because she’s only doing this for her. I used to be a massive fan of hers, and I do hope she’s well-meaning, but I also think she’s letting her very vocal fans drown out any criticism she’s getting

cassey’s messaging has always been inconsistent, from “i love that i break the mold of not looking like a typical fitness coach” to “i’m doing a bodybuilding contest” to “i love my body for whatever it looks like” to “screw the body shamers” to “my goal is to have under 13% body fat” and on and on and on. i find that so concerning from the standpoint of her drawing vulnerable people in with the faux body positivity content then getting real triggering real fast.

I started my fitness journey with Cassie with the intentions of getting abs and getting fit, after about a year I realized I was getting nowhere and luckily discovered Sydney Cummings. Cassie did get my ass of the couch but now I workout for strength and health and not for body image.

i did her meal plans in like 2015 for a week and it was not enough food at all and it left me feeling exhausted, i stopped but it confused me because i couldnt understand why my body couldnt handle a “healthy diet” lmao

I love Harry’s videos which is probably why I found your channel and I was in the same boat as most comments I’ve read, a chubby 14 year old doing home workouts, then puberty hit me like a truck my wide hips and “thunder” thighs suddenly just became a part of my feminity and the calves I was ashamed of I’m insanely proud of now. As my fitness mindset matured I’ve realized that I want to turn into an absolute unit and I can achieve that veryyyy differently to how blogilates approaches her gains

Thank you for this. Her channel had also been the start of my initial workout journey, but it also triggered the start of a long-winded struggle for me with eating disorder/exercise addiction/body dysmorphia that I'm thankful to be finally out of. Those with a major influencer platform should absolutely be held responsible for what they transmit...

many of us started with cassie... and thank god many of us outgrew her and found a healthier and more effective ways to continoue our fitness journey! Im just scared that her target is teenage girls the most vulnerable group to EDs :(

Honestly, thank you! I followed Cassey when I was a teenager and doing her workouts on a very regular basis. But the more I educated myself on exercise and nutrition, the more her content felt kinda off if you know what I mean. I don’t follow her anymore since I got sick of all the TikTok content and misinformation und plain attempt to sell a ton of stuff.

New sub here! Loved this take on Blogilates and I completely agree with you. I found Cassey in 2009 and followed her until about 2018, while I was struggling with a severe eating disorder. I was eating less than what she eats in order to maintain a very low body weight. Cassey has mentioned struggling with disordered eating in the past and I don't believe she has fully recovered from that. Maybe it's just a feeling I get from her and the content she creates (ED sufferers can smell their own kind.) I think her original 90 Day Journey put her body below it's natural set point weight and suppressed her metabolism. This is why she maintains weight on less than 1500 calories. My heart goes out to her because I know she probably feels enormous pressure to be lean in the fitness industry. However, I think what she is doing is dishonest and dangerous. Her desire to make money is clouding her ability to create safe and effective fitness and nutrition content. Thanks for making educational content that will actually help people. Love it! 💜

I love that you called out the "muscle weighs more than fat" BS. It's a pet peeve of mine, especially since it gets thrown around a LOT. And I think there's a lot of misconception about how easy it is to just put on muscle. Like someone trying to lose weight will ask reddit (or wherever) why their scale went up in the last week, and people will say "it could be muscle!" as if you can just put a pound of muscle on every week.

Blogilates is super problematic and I’m always happy to see folks call this out. Also Harry is a wealth of knowledge!

Harry’s videos are logical and have common sense. The source of the “true” influencer spotlight that I have witnessed. He needs more hype for his underrated knowledge.

I feel like she’s spiraling out of control, and needs help. It’s a shame, like she’s lost. Great video, appreciate the info and explanations you provide!

I thought she had mentioned that she wants to get *away* from overtraining. I felt exhausted just looking at it! Can you imagine how someone would feel on a day when they feel tired? I would look at those workouts and choose to skip them. It’s important to consider the WHOLE picture of yourself - what can you handle when motivation is high, low, energy is high, energy is low, all the things. What can you truly be consistent with in the long-run…not just at the beginning when you’re feeling super pumped?

32g of fat?????? I feel like this is more like the "how to completely fuck up your hormones in 90 days“ - challenge. Great video! With the content that Casey puts out I actually question if she really believes the bs or just goes for what will sell best. Bc if she has been in the industry for a decade and doesn’t know better, that’s actually really sad. Really really sad.

I'm very happy about you mentioning the importance of enjoying movement. I, as an example, doesn't really have any fitness-goals. I only want to be happy and healthy. I don't need to workout efficient. I only need to have fun and not hurt myself. I'm happy I know what is efficient and what isn't, but that doesn't mean all of my workouts end up being efficient. Not at all. But almost all of them end up making me motivated to workout again the next day. Thanks for a great video!

I love that you wore a hat to honour Harry. I found your channel through his. I do feel like I’m getting better fitness advice and being more critical of what I watch because of you, him and other creators that KZfaq recommends me BECAUSE I follow you both.

Girrrrllll thank you so much for this video! I was a young teen, deep in my eating disorder and found Cassey’s workouts. She did get me into fitness, but I struggled for a long time with body image and restriction, partially inspired by her platform. To this day I still find her content triggering, and I avoid it at all costs. I appreciate educated and positive people who correct her misinformation and validate the folks who followed her programs and suffered for it.

I was on a mostly liquid diet (under strict doctors watch) for about a year and a half cuz I broke my jaw. And let me tell you I was miserable and my body was utterly destroyed. Luckily my jaw is mostly healed and with my doctors help my body was healed. But it is a scary time and a lot of work not just ordering juice from some website. It makes me sad that people promote or promote on accident that diet when I know first hand how hard it is and how terrible it is. I followed Cassie from grade 6 to grade 10 I struggled with an ED during all this time (not blaming her at all) but her videos fed into my ed and allowed me to validate what I was doing.

I haven’t been super die hard for Blogilates, but I’ve used her videos on and off and enjoyed her decently, so I was a little shocked to find Harry’s video saying all this. After watching it, it was very eye opening about not only Blogilates and other fitness influencers. I’m grateful for this knowledge and it leading me to Caroline Girvan who I wouldn’t have come across it if not for his video! I honestly hope Cassie and these other influences can figure everything out, but it was definitely a sign to step back.

Thank you so much for this video. It helped put into words why I was getting so upset & getting triggered over things she has been posting. All the comments I read on her videos & posts are so positive, so it’s a huge relief to know that people, educated people, are saying that this stuff is not okay. As someone with a history of an eating disorder, I finally unsubscribed from her. You are right, as someone with that big of a following, she has a responsibility to do better. I worry about the young teenager girls watching her content.

Also I’m sorry, but if one thinks this isn’t going to be the same EXACT thing as her last 90 day journey where “she did it for her”& then she cash grabbed it. Packaged it& sold it for profit. Then perhaps one would be a little naive.

Well said, Justina! I also followed Cassey when first exploring fitness options and wish the science-backed and publicly available information both you and Harry provide was available back then. Your videos have helped me unlearn so many disordered ways of looking at food and exercise.

the worst part is she doesn't take any suggestions/feedback/awareness from professional, educated, and experienced trainers and sends out aggressive messages back informing us that she's doing it her way. That's fucked up.

Ahhh you and Harry are my ‘go to’ s for anything fitness and uncovering fitness bs! Love your channels both so much 😄❤️

Nah, if I were her RD I wouldn't work with her unless she was also seeing a therapist. I discovered her in 2010 and while I do believe her *pilates* content was better (perhaps the bar is too low for her), her food outlook has always been troubling and how she responds to criticism hasn't changed. She hasn't grown at all and has played the victim for years. Thankfully, I outgrew her content very quickly. She was my introduction to fitness, but I feel sorry for those that still follow her and actually take her diet/fitness advice. Especially considering how many educated female influencers we have now compared to back then.

Okay so, I have a lot of thoughts about this. I am so glad you are talking about all of this, I have been waiting for your Blogilates video since I subscribed! I also got into fitness following Cassey as a teenager and, honestly, I had a lot of issues growing up that she did not help with. She has always been problematic and really made it difficult to break out of my own misguided ideas about health anf fitness the longer I watched her. I will always be grateful for starting my journey with her but I also feel like following her advice kinda held me back for years and reinforced a lot of negative ideas I had about myself. In terms of the 90 day plan, I totally agree is looking to sell it eventually. She has always been obsessed with toning and trimming/targeting fat and this is no different. Which is actually insane given her stats right now, in my opinion no fitness influencer needs to advertise "fat" or "weight" loss at 120lbs, she can do what she wants but the idea SHE still thinks she is "fat" at 120 hurt me trying to lose weight growing up. I am sad to see this is still going on. I know influencers do this though, if you are perpetually losing weight, you have a never ending supply of desperate customers. And I can see she will do her "personal" challenge, it will be a success and now that she "tested" it herself she will sell it back to her followers. This is the 28 day reset and PIIT Challenge all over again. I know, cause I bought it, and looking at her "new" and "personalized" meal plan, I have bought THE SAME PLAN like four times for various other challenges, routines or X day journeys before, always in the name of losing weight. It is so blatant and gross and sad that she is willing to take advantage of her followers that trust her and want actual help and guidance. I am so glad someone like you is pointing out how harmful this is and I am so glad I found your channel, your functional, no bullshit approach to fitness really keeps me grounded. Your content is straightforward and knowledgable, now I feel so much more informed when looking into a new routine or adjusting my nutrition needs. Thank you so so much, you have no idea how much I appreciate it and how much of a positive influence you have been on my journey

Watching this video and reading through the comments, I’ve had a huge moment of reflection on what Blogilates has been for me. I started using her workout videos back around 2012 (as a middle schooler yikes) and took what she said as the absolute informational truth. I became obsessed with working out to counteract the calories I was consuming, and I developed an ED where I would limit myself to no more than 1200 calories a day. After about a year and a half my family stepped in and got through to me that I had a problem, and in the process of putting weight back on for my own well-being I began to rely on binge eating to cope with my own emotional struggles. Anyways, all these years later I still struggle with body dysmorphia and my relationship with food, and I’m realizing only now that Blogilates and the rabbit hole it led me into were a huge component of that that I still need to heal from. I’m grateful for Cassey and how she helped me develop a passion for working out and putting aside time to move my body, but that’s about the only thing I want to retain any longer. I hope she can work things out for herself and recognize the harm she has (very likely unintentionally) caused so many people with misinformation and promoting unhealthy frames of perception.

I love your videos Justina! Thanks to you I found out about Sydney Cummings and I have now been following her daily for about 4 months. You, TFNL and MissFitAndNerdy are my fitness staples for information and tips. Thanks for everything you do ❤️ Edit: omg how could I have forgotten Natacha?? She is also one of the GOATs, alongside you 3 :)

Let me just say I never comment on anyone's videos. Ever. But after watching some of yours, I feel I need to do it. Thank you for calling out all the bullsh**t in this industry. As a former overweight person in my 30s almost 40s I feel I have been so misinformed by all these people. Anyways, all I want to say is thank you!!! Hugs from Transylvania and please keep doing what you're doing!

Thank you for this! I found out about her content just recently and almost thought about buying some of her products and trying her workout routines. I'm super glad KZfaq recommended this to me before I could go ahead and do so. At least she has motivated me to *start* becoming more healthy physically.

I appreciate this video and both your sensible comments about blogilates. I myself have had mixed emotions about her channel now too. I owe the entire beginning of my fitness journey to blogilates because I was finally able to be more consistent when I followed her calendars. Years later, I joined a CrossFit gym and since then I've been keeping up with weightlifting even with lockdown (thx dumbbells)... All with the consistency I learned from her hard work. But I see how her videos and how she has perpetuated toxic parts of diet/fitness culture, likely because she's also stuck in the culture.

YES!!!! Thanks for another great video Justina! I used to do Cassey's workouts with no results and then realized what a click baiter she is. Just because someone has millions of followers does not mean they know what they are doing. I agree 100% with everything you said in this video. Thank you for calling it out, because I feel very sorry for people that take what she says at face value. It is a waste of time and can also be very dangerous to some people. I agree totally that whenever someone calls out another person's misinformation or irresponsible behavior they get called a "hater". Thank you for having the guts to speak out and protect others! Keep it up!!!

I loved this video!!! It was so informative! Your content is helping me see negative signs within the fitness community so much. You are the only person I listen to now. ❤️

OMG I'm at an outpatient ED clinic- when I've relapsed is when I've been restricting to 1500 kcal. This is crazy. And absolutely no accountability just brushing others expressed concern off as people being 'haters'.

As someone who has suffered with an ED my whole life, Cassie's blog posts, to me, SCREAM "ana accountability." I steer clear of her content 😵‍💫

So glad to have come across this video- I started doing Cassey's calendar workouts as a way to build a habit of exercise (I think her pilates workouts are fun!), and then moved into strength training when my gym became available- so it's been kind of wild to see her doing a similar shift, but with a completely different model. I've been doing 3-4 exercises, 4 sets each, 8-10 reps, 4x a week. I keep it as simple as possible- warm up ~10 min very light cardio, 1 min rest between sets, 2 min rest between exercises, and stretch 15 min afterwards. And absolutely no meal plan!! Anything of the sort could easily trigger an eating disorder for me. I try to stick to intuitive eating as much as possible, I'm slowly learning how to honor my hunger and fullness signals. Definitely not functioning at a caloric deficit.... Anyways, I appreciate the time you put into this video, I feel very validated in my approach to strength training now 😅

As always love your videos. They ground me in reality. I never followed any crazy diets or meal plans, etc but I know people who do. I have a friend who drinks “spicy water” every morning thinking it will detox her and help her burn fat. I keep my mouth shut but it pisses me off!! I know people who do cleanses too and it’s like mind blowing that they think juicing for a month is healthy!!!! And thank you for pointing out that the only way to detox your body is with a functioning liver and kidneys. NOT thru detox tea, or juicing, or anything else!!! RANT OVER!! Love ya girl

Commenting because this video needs all the support it can get. If I had seen this 8 or 9 years ago my journey could have been so different!

With that kind of timetable😱I really think she is being hard on herself. This was brilliant. In fact team fornever lean and yourself are the ones I always go to for advice - I have learnt a lot from both of you.

Idk about her personal content but her clothing line is amazing!

I love Harry and I love you JE 🙌 And more than once I’ve thought to myself that Justina and Harry in a video together would be killer 🔥You may not agree on everything but between you, you are enlightening a lot of people because you both bring perspective into the health debate as well as humour. Yay! 🥳🙌♥️ (ps. I agree on the hat by the way 😅).

I’ve never done anything Casey has promoted but as someone who’s very into nutrition, science and training she’s working twice as hard to do something she can easily do with a slight bulk and compound movement weight training. I’d be firing that RD if I was given 1500 calories. I’m 5’1” and 105 pounds for reference - I’m working on building muscle and I need over 1800 calories to build. She probably needs closer to 2400-2600 calories with her stats! She’s in a severe deficit and will probably wind up with a worsened relationship with her food and an injury from lack of food/nutrients. Only way to get a flat belly is to work hard in the gym, avoid food intolerances and eat a sustainable diet.

I feel like this is such a perfect demonstration of where we're actually at in terms of body positivity/acceptance/moving away from diet culture. As you stated - essentially if she was *actually* going to try to gain muscle, especially if she's attempting to see a difference in 90 days, she would have to be in a caloric surplus - meaning, she would have to put on the requisite body fat in order to be building that new muscle tissue. She's never going to willingly do that - and I don't think we're moving towards seeing any influencers actually doing that unless their brand is to be in actual body building competitions where they have to do a real bulk in order to compete. The reason for this? We still, as a society, generally only accept 3 types of bodies - the extreme perfection/idealization/out of reach body, the relatable thin body, or the EXTREME body on the other end of the spectrum. Cassie in may ways, is a reflection of the current state of things, more so than she is influencing the current trends - not to absolve her of all responsibility, but her BUSINESS is her body, and she has to BE what SELLS/is popular. She is reflecting back to us what we want and value. That's capitalism. She has the perfect 'relatable thin' physique and always has. She doesn't have six pack abs and a thigh gap, but she DOES have what is for most people, still an unattainable level of leanness - she isn't 'average' by any stretch of the imagination, and MOST people ARE average. She doesn't feel intimidating because again, she's not on the extreme end of things, but she still represents that attainable aspirational self/body - we can see ourselves becoming her if we just tried a little harder, because she's not THAT extreme right? When again, in reality, most people are never going to look like her, have the access to nutrition that she does, have access to the time to work out the way she does, have access to the other beauty treatments she does and so on. If she were to actually follow a plan that would enable her to put on significant muscle in 90 days, she would have to move herself out of the relatable lean category, closer to the 'normal' or average category - and that just doesn't sell. Even if it's just for a short period of time, it would be terrible for business because at the end of the day, we don't want to see ourselves in our influencers. We want an extreme, or an aspirational better. We don't want a medium. I think this is a big thing. We don't actually wants influencers who look like us, who are like us, who live like us. There's no market for normal. Just my two cents.

OMG When you talked about putting ideas in someones head while also telling it is a bad idea I immediately thought of when I was around 12 and my best friend at the time was concerned on my eating etc. She told she would be super mad if I would do something that her sister had done. I probably never thought about it until then. It sticked in my head, first I was too afraid for it, but I started to destroy my body with it 4 years later.Took me 8 years to stop. I am not gonna say what is was, because I do not want someone reading this and then going to do the same. Thank you for explaining that so clearly. It does make so much sense, but still never really thought about it that way

I’ve been wanting to watch more channels and more perspectives about Cassey because I didn’t want my opinion to be only influenced by Harry; so I really appreciate this video, and how truthful it is. I also appreciate your slightly different approach than Harry. I agree at the end here that I feel for her if she is genuinely confused and I wish her the best. But she NEEDS to be aware (or, if she, she needs to care more) of the harmful information she is spreading, because honestly without these videos and Harry’s, I wouldn’t realize what has been going on.

I was really curious to hear your viewpoints on blogilates' 90 days program and boy you did not disappoint! (i was creepily waiting since you revealed it on Instagram stories👀). Plus Harry, yas I love watching both of you and making a informed decision or just become more educated. So thank you for that! 😊 Plus love the bucket hat and sweater ♥️

Yes! Harry is excellent. How he keeps a straight face while watching so many crap workouts is awesome! Love that you're both calling out these influencers.

I'm so glad that nowadays there are channels like yours or Harrys and i wish both of you grow a large following. I'm 27 now so i was in my Teens in the 00's and back then there just wasn't any information available. I only learned that rubbing thighs is a normal thing even for many normal weight woman due to the bone structure when i was about 20 because in every movie i ever saw the girls would have a thigh gap. But i still think it's very concerning how much BS is floating around for young people on the internet! So thank you for what you are doing 💜

I have been working out at home since the beginning of the pandemic and I'm not planning to come back to the fitness club. I still don't know enough about workouts etc., but thanks to you and people like Harry I know I can learn a lot and still take pleasure in working out 😊

I love this so much. Thanks for touching on the ED stuff (I, too, have a distinct memory of discovering different ways to fuel my own ED through health class, tabloids, etc. Also a distinct memory of doing that bullshit lemonade detox, because Beyonce did it 🤷🏻‍♀️). I'm a 30 year old who still struggles with those old mindsets on my own journey to be healthy, and I can't tell ya how much I appreciate this video. (Also, brb, SCREAMING at the 1500 calories thing)

I started doing Casey’s workouts when I began my exercise journey. I was new to fitness and really believed I could build muscle as she was telling me. I quickly got bored of her videos and moved in to other KZfaq creators like Caroline Girvan and now as well Yoga by Adrienne. I also asked others in the industry for the best method to build muscle. But I’m not 18 so maybe I knew to keep asking questions when I didn’t see results. But if I was younger I can see how easy it is to believe what Casey says and think it will work. Thank you for your video. Great video!

Within the past couple of years I left a fitness influencer community and have been slowly trying to teach myself not to restrict foods that aren't "clean", not avoid high sugar fruit like a banana (for realz) and over exercise to lose weight to win an eight week competition run by the influencer. You don't realize how bad it is when you're happy and losing weight until you take a step back and see what you are doing to yourself and why you are making weird rules for yourself and doing dumb exercise that you hate but the influencer always throws in the workouts. So thank you for speaking on why certain things are bad in the fitness influencer world! It's channels like yours that have helped me try to be healthy again and in a slow, successful way that is doable for life.

I wish I would’ve had somebody like you in my life back in my 20s. I am 55 but in and throughout my 20s and part of my 30s I was bulimic. Very body conscious, very obsessed with exercise. Got into teaching Group fitness. As a Christian I’ve learned to balance things out and that God can use everything for our good and his glory. I’m pleased that I clicked on your one video that popped up , where you talk about barre workouts. I am just getting into it, so good talking points. Thank you from someone who isn’t in your generation, and I always appreciate younger people’s insight, especially this topic. Oh, and did follow Cassie often on for the past several years. But not so much anymore.

I need an edit of you wearing a tinfoil hat at 6:25 😂 But in all seriousness, thank you for being a voice of reason in an industry filled with clickbait and misinformation. As a 25 year old who struggles with my own body image, it is so comforting to see positive influences like you who address healthy mindsets as well as provide resources to professionals that can explain in more detail. I used to think I was weak when I couldn’t finish Cassey’s 4 videos per day workout regimens on top of eating her restrictive diets…but ever since I found your channel and learned about functional fitness, I love exercising and moving again ❤️

Thank you! This was helpful. As someone who just watched her 15 min arm workouts and butt workouts, I didn’t know about all of these other unresponsive videos! I do like her videos mostly because she talks during them all and does them with us live, which really makes the time go by faster. I wish more creators would do this. However, fantastic to learn more about these creators and how they can be problematic

I really appreciate this video. I loved Cassey when I was in my early twenties and after some time realized I was fixated on attaining her body structure but I’m not even close to being built like her and it eventually I realized I was fighting a losing battle. I love her personality but her energy and really enjoyed her videos once upon a time but now I’ve started lifting weights and have found it enjoyable to focus on the numbers I can reach while lifting rather than what shows up on the scale. That being said, I got excited to see her 90 day muscle journey and was super stressed to see what she was planning on doing. And the fact that she just keeps pointing the fingers back and bemoaning her haters has made me really concerned for her. I genuinely hope she’s ok but every time I see her stuff now I think she’s just heading to a breakdown. I really hope I’m wrong but it was nice to see someone call it out, honestly didn’t realize anyone had before.

Great video! I love the content both you and Harry/Team fornever lean put out there. Thank you for continuing to share your educated opinions with us and for calling out a lot of the BS that is spread online so irresponsibly by some of these 'fitness influencers'.

There is something about her that makes you believe her. I looked at that plan and for a split second i thought i should be doing her 90 day plan. I have to keep watching videos like these and remind myself that this wont be happy or looking the way i want if i follow this. So i think you correct in that she has to understand the gravity of her influence even with disclaimers.

She recently had “experts” weigh in on her website and make their own articles. And I kid you not, I read an article about how to vacation that was pure diet culture fuel!! Talked about taking protein powder with you and squeezing in workouts while on vacation and taking flavored drops with you so you can just order a seltzer with vodka and have a low calorie version of a “cocktail”. My head was spinning!! This wasn’t even written by her but by one of her supposed “expert” friends!! It was so disordered! Like damn!! Go on vacation and just ENJOY!! I feel like the last time she did that was on her honeymoon to Hawaii and she complained about how she gained all this weight when she came back! Then did a three day juice cleanse!! But then she’ll turn around and say it’s not about the weight and appearance but feeling/being strong. She recently went on a mini-moon and said herself in the post she didn’t stop working while on it! Like girl you are going to burn yourself out! And if you are, don’t make that the example for others to follow! I just get so annoyed watching her recently with all her diet “but not a diet” advice

I’m glad you did this video! I really agree with everything you said. As soon as I looked at the plan, the calories stood out to me as being way, way too low, but you’re right that it’s also really surprising how much volume there is. Whenever I look at plans by known CPTs in their field, I always notice how the volume is a lot lower than the plans I would make for myself. Her plan looks like one I would have done. And what you said about it being similar to the sort of rigid plan someone doing a bikini contest would do is so true. I saw that she says she is eating enough calories for her body, but honestly even if that’s true it’s not just the calories that look wrong here, and you’re completely right that it’s not a sustainable plan. I really agree with everything you said about wishing she hadn’t posted it or the meal plan. I also really appreciate when fitness influencers don’t share their weight because I do think it’s really toxic for young girls who are trying to fit a certain look and don’t really have perspective yet on their body relative to the images they see around them. You really put into words why this kind of stuff rubs me the wrong way even when she says it’s just for her and not for anyone else.

Loved the video and your thoughts! I am in a much better place with my body and with food but I can totally agree that if back then I was consuming her content I'd have a much harder time finding sustainability in this lifestyle

It's so scary to know someone who clearly has history of disordered mind set (and currently ) can have such a big following and continue to promote it for others. Just like you said, she knows no matter how much she says "this is what works for me, maybe not for you" people will still try if they look up to her. I question if she even has a conscience or if it's not as loud compared to the sound of the money being made. Also if I were the RD she is mentioning, I'd be a bit embarrassed. There's no way those numbers were accurate and I have to question what she really told the RD about what her goals are .

Subscribed solely because you recognize that you need an RD credential to sell meal plans/give nutrition advice. THANK YOU!!!!!

Hi Justina, I wanted to say I love your videos! I found your channel a few weeks ago and they have helped me start to improve my relationship with food. I first watched one of your meal plan videos and it helped me realize what I needed to do to make better decisions when it came to my diet. I also love how you point out how young girls look up to a lot of influencers because I'm 16 now but when I was 14 I started my fitness journey after over a year of medical complications. I now make meal plan a part of my Sunday routine so every Sunday night, I pop on a few of your videos and make myself a bunch of options for the week. Anyways, I love your content and I look forward to whats next!

I really love your videos. This has been very educational, although to be fair, the more I watch you and some other trustworthy sources, I feel I now can spot a lot of misinformation myself or at least question ideas and people more. I am so pleased to see this increase in educational fitness videos in general (or maybe I'm just new to the game) I hope it will grow even wider and people can make better choices and learn. Thanks for your contribution to a more educated world :)))

I agree with you so much on this especially two specific points. First up I am a Registered Dietitian with a clinical background and I love the fact that you said our kidneys and livers detox for us. Science! Secondly on the whole I tried this but disclaimer don't you try it is so confusing. My current job is with college students and so many of them are confused on what to eat and I don't blame them! I try to break it down for them (based on science) just like I am sure you do. Keep on keeping on Justina!

Love this. Also I love Harry's content. So having you both in one video is perfect. 😁🤭

in the past year and a half i’ve done a lot of work on body image and intuitive eating, and i got back into strength training in april 2021 after taking some time off. i’m not training for any image specific goals but lemme tell ya: the increase in muscle size just from EATING a LOT (but not beyond my body’s cues in any type of forcefeeding bulking way, and also working to prioritize protein and carbs to support my activity) has been wilder than i could have ever dreamed when i was doing bodybuilding style training but was afraid to be in a surplus and afraid to get bigger. 3 months is way too short of a time, in my opinion, to see super meaningful gains since you can ride the newbie gain train for like a year. i’m on month 8-ish of consistent training and i started with a focus in powerlifting, then my training looked closer to functional hypertrophy, and now i’m doing olympic weightlifting training that combines rep schemes all the way from 2-12 reps in different movements. personally, the most dramatic shifts in my body composition have been in the last month or two. i don’t know why this dramatic life altering shift with strength training is supposed to be happening in 3 months with Cassey. that’s like, the time it takes to get into a decent groove and troubleshoot whatever’s been going weird since the start.

you articulated that point about putting ideas in someone's head really well, in a way that I've been trying to for a while now. I see a lot of these videos from non-fitness influencers as well where they're like 'i tried this diet' and in the video they say how miserable hungry weak they feel and why you shouldn't do it. But they're often also like, yeah I lost weight, or they clearly conform to a body standard that many people are trying to achieve, and regardless of how shitty they felt on the diet people will be motivated to try it. It's why I never tell people how much I weighed during my ED or the sneaky little tricks I did because I don't want to inadvertently encourage anyone.

I love this video because it's a good reminder that it's ok to change your mind about a person, an idea, a lifestyle etc. It's ok.

You know? I feel for her because I know what it feels like to be miss informed and thinking you are right. I went through my whole fitness/eating disorder stage and I am glad I am not there anymore and that's behind me. I am glad there's people like you and this other guy (not sure of his credentials) that are professionals or certified and letting the rest of us know this is not right. I mean, back when I was a teenager in the 90s, I did so much wrong to my body and I think it's actually unconsciously terrified and traumatized that if I skip a meal or not eat enough or if I eat too much junk food or not drink enough water, or I over eat, I literally get sick, like I star shaking or freak out and get migraines. I mean it could be that I am triggering my migraines through that behavior, but if I was ignorant like I was back then, I would probably try to copy her to lose weight and be skinny. Thank you for pointing out her unhealthy behavior and I hope other teens or ignorant people do not follow it. Thank you for this video😘.

I absolutely love the passion you have making your videos it shows how much you really care❤️

Thank you for this! I have been saying this about her for a long time abs and I felt alone in my feelings. I'm glad others can also see her terrible contribution to diet culture.

Thanks for the analysis! I feel a little more justified as to why some of her content was making my ED flare up and I thought it was maybe just me.

I used to do Casseys workouts and they really worked for me, my fitness and my relationship with my body. That’s me personally tho, and I understand differing opinions.

I absolutely LOVE Harry with TFNL. I love that you are channeling his hats and helping form a healthier view on food and exercise.

I’m glad people like you and TFNL and other channels like yours who are working hard to clarify all this misinformation that exists in the fitness industry, literally all the wrong and uneducated people become famous for no reason and its just sad

This video was sooooo satisfying. I can’t believe she’s really making this stuff public

I had ED when I was working out with blogilates. She says she doesn't diet but she then does juice diet, no carb etc. Literally promotes body dysmorphia.

Hi. Honestly this is the first time I watch one of your videos and I really liked it. As you said, your goal is to create awareness and well you did it. I am agree with you, sometimes you just need a workout you like and stick to it but we need to keep on mind the scientific approach. Watching from the Dominican Republic

Love you and Harry spreading the needed knowledge to people to make their informed decisions about health and workout Loved the video...also you calling yourself out...that's the kind of attitude brings me back to your channel... We all human and can make mistakes but if we learn from it...nothing better than that... I had the same exact thoughts reading her program guide..that's its a fat loss program and not muscle gain program...

Loved every second of this video. So, I'm a runner, I run a minimum of 40 miles a week, it's my thing. When I saw Cassey was eating 1500 cals and running everyday before strength......um.....good luck girl. I do strength 5× a week, but it's to support my running and for enjoyment (sometimes, lol). While I've built some muscle, it's just not gonna happen even though I eat way more calories than Cassey. I totally agree with you when you say it's a fat loss plan disguised as a strength plan. While I don't have an eating disorder, I do have food issues and find her super detailed plans very triggering. I am 36 years old....so I can't imagine what a 19 year old girl feels like reading her stuff. Cassey is a dang adult, but she has a high school/college age following, what she posts feels irresponsible. Final note, if her workouts are so freakin effective, how come she never includes them in her journeys? Adding an edit: I wanted to add that I absolutely love how you are not afraid to admit that you don't know something, and that you'll respond to questions in the comments by saying you're not certified to answer. Really appreciate it!

It was the recent picture of her wearing a dress she could fit in a year before and it completely ripping that did it for me. On a personal level, having gone from having no muscle to gaining 20 lbs really fast (Army) and not fitting into my ‘skinny clothes’ it was traumatic. But Cassie is *intentionally* trying to gain muscle. So she would have to know her old clothes would probably not fit. Seeing someone who is intentionally trying to gain muscle do that seems very...disordered. It also isn’t a very good in promoting effective muscle gain for people, mainly women, who won’t train their muscles because they think they’ll get bulky and not ‘skinny’. But I wasn’t trying to do it.

9:53 that sentence right there made me pause the video and subscribe to you. I’m so glad I came across your channel Justine, keep up the good work!

Great shout-out, Justina ❤️! Nice that you included Harry also. He commented on Blogilates's workout plan - mentioned similar problems as you did here. I was blessed to find Sydney before I dug deep into Blogilates... Her content seems so triggering 🥺. I am so happy I did not end on that path... I have tendencies of EDs. I still struggle with my body image... So content like Blogolates's can be very sensitive. I saved many of her videos for a later watch a long time ago, but recently decided to remove them. Content like yours and Harry's just confirmed my feelings regarding her... I just hope such content does not affect too many young people. And I hope she gets to understand her impact and also finds her true path. I can tell she has a difficult relationship with her body and herself 🥺 and I know from experience that is not a nice place to be at....

I gasped out loud at 1500 calories a day!!!! Literally doing my meal prep for the week, have the video on in the background, and my neck snapped around with a huge “GASP!?!??”

LOL I love how you wore the hat and it's the one video where Harry doesn't haha, thanks for the great blogilates breakdown!

i love your content! im a brand new subscriber but I think the information you're sharing is so important so I hope your channel continues to grow so you can get this info out

This was so informative! I hope it will reach a lot of people so they get a better idea of what a healthy meal and workout plan looks - and what it does not look like 👍🏼