Japan's most legendary writer who freaking loved to lift
A bit of Mishima's 'Sun and Steel,' plus: vegan diets x bone health x lifting; the lost lifting stones of Ireland; don't skip isolateral legs. This is Link Letter 99!
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I am the Swole Woman, and I speak for the traps
I speak for the traps, the traps that have no tongues. Plus: the limits of human perfection, berberine, the socialist gym rats who protected Abraham Lincoln. We're back! This is Links 96!
Oliver Sacks, big beefy lad
The doctor who loved bro-ing down, plus: the powerlifter who started at 71; Ilana Glazer on becoming jacked; training for the time-poor. This is Link Letter 95!
Quieting the dopamine mice in my brain
"Person who doesn't wear a watch"; a Pilates instructor and Henry Rollins on adding strength training to their lives; sucralose isn't giving you cancer. This is Link Letter 90!
Don't rob a powerlifter
On being "the consuming woman"; the seesaw press; working out is not deeply fatphobic. This is Link Letter 88!
To be a surfer girl in the 90s
Beachbody is about to define "no gain no pain"; guys are popping testosterone like multivitamins; muscles give marching orders to the rest of your body. This is Link Letter 87!
The time U.S. soldiers put on a drag show
Deficit Zercher landmine curtsy squats with knee lift; the Finnish secret to happiness; why we love to spin til we fall down. This is Link Letter 80!