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Jan
02
Screenshot of the follow-along Phase One workout video for LIFTOFF: Couch to Barbell

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'

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

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
Dec
05
An ode to a strong woman on Dancing With the Stars

An ode to a strong woman on Dancing With the Stars

Put Ilona Maher in the hall of fame (any of them, all of them); the last time I went to a Rainforest Cafe; LIFTOFF now in print form! This is Link Letter 155.
9 min read
Dec
01
Question grab bag: men who fast; strongwoman; sports bras for big boobs, part two

Question grab bag: men who fast; strongwoman; sports bras for big boobs, part two

Can fasting make you euphoric? Am I afraid of strongwoman? And what's a gal to do when her breasts start growing out of control?
9 min read
Nov
28
PLATESLAM 2024 cometh

PLATESLAM 2024 cometh

December 13, 14, and 15; ready your PRs! And then just a few reads. This is Link Letter 154!
3 min read
Nov
21
I can finally tell you about my book, A Physical Education

I can finally tell you about my book, A Physical Education

Paul Mescal with the truth on training history and junk volume; "am I addicted to running?"; the oldest forest in the world. This is Link Letter 153!
13 min read
Nov
17
Let math save your health sanity: the upper and lower bound

Let math save your health sanity: the upper and lower bound

19 min read
Nov
14
Guy on a bike passing a building facade in Brooklyn with lots of fall leaves

Offline edition: On resisting the optimization impulse

Choosing the beach path; why nothing you buy feels good anymore; time to get heroic. This is Link Letter 152!
9 min read