The uselessness is the point: A resolution for play
If it doesn't pay, we are getting warmer. Plus: Alan Ritchson of Reacher uses T; a celebration of junk miles; men want butts (and not like that). This is Link Letter 116!
If I lift, can I keep all my body fat?
Can you? Yes. *May* you? Also yes.
The She's A Beast StrongList of Important Things, 2023
Significant trends in health, body, movement, and how all those things are mediated by, dun-dun-dun, institutions of power.
If the teen was taking Ozempic 'for her health,' shouldn't she have been unhealthy?
It's not New Year's yet; there's still time! Plus: a bodybuilder thriller trailer; "good" tired; year-end lists. This is Link Letter 114!
The two things everyone gets wrong when they start to lift
It's not the cold plunge. Plus: Savoring food, millennial motherhood, and PLATESLAM STARTS TOMORROW ! This is Link Letter 113!
If I'm dieting for my health (I think?) should I give it up for strength training?
Time for a Tombstone of science journalism on the random little diet rules we follow "for our health."
The strength of Taylor Swift
A critical analysis/close read of Taylor's relationship with eating and working out. Plus: It's never too late to build muscle; a Murphy-bed-style gym; an online-clothing-scammers explainer. This is Link Letter 112!
How to successfully navigate our yearly workout flop era
A spectrum of lesser workouts, plus: Big Egg caught with price-fixing egg on its face; strength training is about failure; Paul Rudd's Antman diet was 'horrible.' This is Link Letter 111! (Make a wish!)
Do my workouts have to be 'hardcore'?
Why exercising isn't a waste of time if you're not always going hard.
'Does nothing taste as good as skinny feels?'
'My friend keeps saying this and it hurts my feelings; what do I do?'
