Ask A Swole Woman

Advice columns for paid subscribers of the newsletter.
Mar
07
Sunset on a beach

How to return to the real world from social media

Fitstagram and FitTok are dead... How to find people, plus books, podcasts, and fine, some websites and YouTube channels.
10 min read
Feb
09
Question grab bag: mystifying weight machines, deadlift exhaustion, and bloody shins

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

How to pick up anything and everything, without hurting your back

The best-kept secret that even beginner lifters know well.
10 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
17
I am trying to conceive; how should I work out?

I am trying to conceive; how should I work out?

19 min read
Nov
03
The last time the government worked was when it tried to protect peanut butter

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

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')

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

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

'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