It's the 2025 Birthday Subscription Sale!!

"These newsletters are undoing decades of programming that a lot of us have been through, and any time I open them, I feel a little bit happier. " —NPR

Subscribe now (30% off)

Latest

Jun
19
lifting is good for everyone, including pregnant people; fork found in kitchen

lifting is good for everyone, including pregnant people; fork found in kitchen

4 min read
Jun
15
'my body has radically changed; i need some encouragement'

'my body has radically changed; i need some encouragement'

13 min read
Jun
12
Jacked! Sydney! Sweeney!: a dreamer bulk breakdown

Jacked! Sydney! Sweeney!: a dreamer bulk breakdown

Movement debt suggestions from your fellow readers; ditch the sleep tracker; shark movies. This is Link Letter 165!
9 min read
Jun
05
a man wearing headphones sitting in a gym with his head bent wearing a "Brooklyn Beast' t shirt

What is 'being old,' and what is just 'movement debt?'

Against my will, I'm about to find out. Plus: stop with the cold plunges.
5 min read
Jun
01
the perennial insecurity of the 'Pilates princess'

the perennial insecurity of the 'Pilates princess'

13 min read
May
29
A Physical Education: the photo album

A Physical Education: the photo album

What internet advice is doing to our brains; what people with ear gauges' ears look like now; challenging Linda McMahon to a cage match. This is Link Letter 163!
12 min read
May
22
You only get one "random walk"

You only get one "random walk"

9 min read
May
18
Squats, Pain, Your Knees, and You

Squats, Pain, Your Knees, and You

10 min read
May
15
Literal strength, in literal numbers

Literal strength, in literal numbers

5 min read
May
08
Ode to a Converse sneaker

Ode to a Converse sneaker

Plus: the Royal Ballet lifts; why teen boys love Andrew Tate; Schrödinger's cat is in a superposition of in, and not in, this newsletter (you will have to open it to collapse the wave function). This is Link Letter 160 (I think?? I changed time zones and feel wild!)
5 min read