What to think about when you think about lifting
A translation from the Latin (cardio), plus: a staggering accessory movement compendium; posture-correcting bras; in defense of the uneventful vacation. This is Link Letter 119!
Cardio has fallen; strength training is the new gold standard for “exercise you must do”
Plus: walking backwards out of hell; how to escape the pull of Andrew Tate; the dawn of the 'Tenet' understander. This is Link Letter 118!
Collagen sits on a throne of lies
Or, how the supplement industry took meat garbage and turned it into a 9-billion-dollar business.
To reclaim and redefine "salad" (emotionally, at least)
Plus: Slouching towards Equinox; Christopher Nolan faced by a Peloton instructor; a package on quitting. This is Link Letter 117!
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."
