So-called "swoletariats" are exercising for the resistance. There’s a lot of fitness content in conservative manosphere circles – that’s not new – but now, there are also fitness influencers who call themselves the “swoletariat.” That’s a combination of the word “swole,” meaning buff, and “proletariat,” meaning the working class — the swoletariat are people whose fitness regimens connect to leftist politics. NPR's Life Kit producer <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1083758522/margaret-cirino"target="_blank" >Margaret Cirino</a> shares her reporting with Brittany on the history of leftist fitness – and why she’s seeing the swoletariat picking up steam on social media. Want to know more about fitness and health? Check out these episodes:<a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/01/16/nx-s1-5677307/the-difference-between-losing-weight-being-healthy"target="_blank" >The difference between losing weight & being "healthy"</a><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/12/31/nx-s1-5652173/is-wellness-the-answer-to-your-problems"target="_blank" >Beware the Wellness Industrial Complex!</a><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/12/29/nx-s1-5653652/is-it-wrong-to-want-to-be-thin"target="_blank" >The privilege of being "skinny"</a> Support Public Media. <a href="https://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" >Join NPR Plus.</a> Follow Brittany on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bmluse/?hl=en"target="_blank" >@bmluse</a> For handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR’s Pod Club newsletter at <a href="https://www.npr.org/podclub"target="_blank" >npr.org/podclub</a>. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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