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
Ask A Swole Woman
Advice columns for paid subscribers of the newsletter.
Dec
01
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
17
Let math save your health sanity: the upper and lower bound
19 min read
Nov
03
The last time the government worked was when it tried to protect peanut butter
Fifty-plus years later, how are we still waiting for "innovation" and "informing the consumer" to pan out?
16 min read
Oct
20
Doming, coning, bracing, and Valsalva-ing: the part of lifting-while-pregnant everyone loves to argue about
15 min read
Oct
06
How to break out of wanting a 'ballerina body' (or any other 'body')
Making intrinsic goals, nuking algorithms, and adding feelings and sensations to the Feelings and Sensations Emporium.
11 min read
Sep
22
A primer for lifting while pregnant
Which is also, in large part, a scientific rebuke of all the shady warnings to women about exercising/lifting while pregnant. Man, people are so rude to women, and it's no different being pregnant! Doctors who say to avoid "breathing heavily," with no further detail: I smite thee!
18 min read
Sep
08
'When do I use the weight machines, and when do I use free weights?': part two
On allowing gravity itself to customize the handling of weight, according to your body.
17 min read
Aug
25
What exercise should I do so I can shoot a baby out of my hoo-hah as efficiently as possible?
The secret offerings of strength training vs. prenatal yoga and Pilates, Simmons' Law, and the almighty mystery of the pelvic floor.
14 min read
Jun
30
'Am I the one who is wrong??'
Swole Woman Court is in session on: crying in bench press; programming off body-weight percentages; uneven bodies; and whether DOMS should cause anxiety attacks.
15 min read