Feb
13
On being 'addicted' to exercise
The nuances of the recreational-pedestrian-highway-crossing-to-bird-watching pipeline.
6 min read
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Feb
09
Question grab bag: mystifying weight machines, deadlift exhaustion, and bloody shins
6 min read
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
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