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Ladies who lift: Women, exercise and power

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From Jazzercise to yoga studios, women’s fitness has become both an identity and big business. Journalist Danielle Friedman joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how getting in shape morphed from simply being a beauty tool to a force for physical and emotional well-being, and what that says about feminism. Her book is called “Let’s Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World.”