Feb
06
How to pick up anything and everything, without hurting your back
The best-kept secret that even beginner lifters know well.
10 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.
Jan
30
What even is a dumbbell?: Demystifying LIFTOFF Phase Two
And other questions about LIFTOFF: Phase Two.
7 min read
Jan
26
Body Building, part four: deconstructing/reconstructing body/mind
8 min read
Jan
23
Body Building, part three: A second adolescence
The first trimester.
8 min read
Jan
16
Protein sources and protein "sources," ranked
A visual, numbers-less guide for developing a constructive working knowledge of "protein" foods. Partially an assault on chickpeas.
6 min read
Jan
12
The She's A Beast StrongList of Important Things, 2024
Significant trends in health, body, movement, and how all those things are mediated by, dun-dun-dun, institutions of power.
10 min read
Jan
02
Starting 'LIFTOFF: Couch to Barbell' for the New Year? Let's talk Phase One
No one can tell you what your lifting experience is or will be, except you.
7 min read
Dec
22
Body Building, part two: 'Boldness by definition flouts the math that precedes it'
Thanks to the last few years of absolutely harrowing parenting coverage, I had nothing to fear in terms of being unpleasantly surprised.
5 min read
Dec
20
Body Building, part one: Basic fitness
The "can" versus the "want to" versus the "should" of having kids.
8 min read
Dec
11
The devil and Luigi Mangione
Luigi Mangione appeared to try everything for
chronic pain from a back injury that hampered his physical livelihood and dating life, and struggled to receive support even as he tried to provide it for others.
7 min read