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Ask A Swole Woman

Advice columns for paid subscribers of the newsletter.
Jan
28
The "big rocks" method of learning to track food

The "big rocks" method of learning to track food

15 min read
Jan
14
Collagen sits on a throne of lies

Collagen sits on a throne of lies

Or, how the supplement industry took meat garbage and turned it into a 9-billion-dollar business.
15 min read
Dec
31
If I lift, can I keep all my body fat?

If I lift, can I keep all my body fat?

Can you? Yes. *May* you? Also yes.
13 min read
Dec
10
Headlines saying that carbs can raise and lowre your risk for diabetes, confused, so am I

If I'm dieting for my health (I think?) should I give it up for strength training?

Time for a Tombstone of science journalism on the random little diet rules we follow "for our health."
17 min read
Nov
26
Do my workouts have to be 'hardcore'?

Do my workouts have to be 'hardcore'?

Why exercising isn't a waste of time if you're not always going hard.
7 min read
Nov
23
'Does nothing taste as good as skinny feels?'

'Does nothing taste as good as skinny feels?'

'My friend keeps saying this and it hurts my feelings; what do I do?'
8 min read
Nov
12
Everything I bought for my home gym (both times)

Everything I bought for my home gym (both times)

How I arrived at a good set of home gym stuff that even lives outdoors.
19 min read
Oct
29
Tools and practices for writing a book these days

Tools and practices for writing a book these days

A bunch of stuff that helped me do a big project with no natural ability to focus or achieve on a consistent basis, while beset on all side by attention thieves.
11 min read
Oct
15
birth control methods including ring, pill, iud

'Going off my birth control has made me a hormone conspiracy theorist'

10 min read
Oct
01
I was wrong about non-alcoholic beer

I was wrong about non-alcoholic beer

My fellow soda haters, the sun rises on our time.
12 min read