Jun
30
Swole Woman Classic: Can a personal trainer touch you without permission?
Gym etiquette, and the men who want to correct your form.
6 min read
Casey Johnston
Writer and sole proprietor of the She's A Beast newsletter about being strong (physically, mentally, emotionally). As few reps as possible.
Jun
25
How to fuck around in the gym
12 min read
Jun
23
It's a cool (shirt) summer
Shirts for hot weather workouts; nutrition studies are not probably not for gen-pop nutrition guidance; Bryan Cranston lives to systematize. This is Link Letter 91!
5 min read
Jun
16
Quieting the dopamine mice in my brain
"Person who doesn't wear a watch"; a Pilates instructor and Henry Rollins on adding strength training to their lives; sucralose isn't giving you cancer. This is Link Letter 90!
10 min read
Jun
11
What everyone got wrong about "eat less to live longer"
A journey into the dark heart of late 2000s scientific research, magazine reporting, and the Calorie Restriction Society.
11 min read
Jun
09
The weight-loss drug issues everyone refuses to talk about
The three classic rhetorical blunders of talking about Ozempic; Arnold will miss the real-world gym when he is reunited with Joe Gold at the great Gold's Gym in the Sky; you take your "fearless girl" and you shove it! This is Link Letter 89.
6 min read
Jun
02
Don't rob a powerlifter
On being "the consuming woman"; the seesaw press; working out is not deeply fatphobic. This is Link Letter 88!
4 min read
May
29
On squatting 400 pounds at seven months pregnant
A Q&A with powerlifter Lucie Martinsdóttir.
17 min read
May
26
To be a surfer girl in the 90s
Beachbody is about to define "no gain no pain"; guys are popping testosterone like multivitamins; muscles give marching orders to the rest of your body. This is Link Letter 87!
7 min read
May
19
Fake weights for my sham friends, champagne for my real friends
Lizzo isn't trying to be thin; sodium's "Reputation" tour [MSG's version]; eustress. This is Link Letter 86!
5 min read