Videos

What is Democracy Fitness?

Discover Democracy Fitness: ten democracy muscles, 30-minute training sessions and a growing community of trainers around the world.

Why ten democracy muscles?

Find out why democracy needs a balance of skills, from expressing opinions and taking action to listening, empathy and curiosity.

Why is the trainer important?

Learn how a Democracy Fitness trainer guides the exercises, creates a space to practise and helps participants learn from each other.

Why train for 30 minutes?

Explore why each Democracy Fitness session focuses on one muscle for 30 minutes, and how that makes training easier to fit into everyday life.

Anton Wang

Anton Wang from Denmark explores democracy as an everyday practice and how Democracy Fitness can bring democratic skills into work and daily life.

Elida Tveitdal

Elida Tveitdal from Norway shares how Democracy Fitness develops active listening, compromise and empathy, and brings hope for democratic participation.

Steph Toro

Steph Toro from Sweden explains how Democracy Fitness can build confidence and strengthen participatory democracy in civil society and government.

Vagn Kristensen

Vagn Kristensen from Denmark shares how Democracy Fitness inspired a library to train democratic skills with young people and the local community.

Yasuhito Morimoyo

Yasuhito Morimoyo from Japan explains why strengthening democratic skills matters and why Democracy Fitness could help more people in Japan.

Cihan Koral

Cihan Koral from Turkey explains why Democracy Fitness makes democratic skills accessible through short, practical sessions and training together.

Alice Gold

Alice Gold from the USA explains how Democracy Fitness offers practical techniques for understanding democracy and applying it to everyday life.