Link Letters

Free Friday newsletters with essays, links, analysis, commentary, and god-tier social media posts.
Aug
24
A victory over the dreaded suitcase in the overhead bin and "iPad guy"

A victory over the dreaded suitcase in the overhead bin and "iPad guy"

Celebrating our birthday. PLUS: Sustainable plant milks, Shallow Hal Gwyneth's body double, and is posture, in fact, overrated? This is Link Letter 97!
6 min read
Aug
17
I am the Swole Woman, and I speak for the traps

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!
8 min read
Jul
27
Oliver Sacks, big beefy lad

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!
6 min read
Jul
20
Reader, I tried reformer Pilates

Reader, I tried reformer Pilates

We're not so different, you and I. Plus: the lesbian lumberjack of the internet; husband meal; Cillian Murphy almond mom. This is Link Letter 94!
6 min read
Jul
13
Could Elon Musk train to beat Mark Zuckerberg in a cage match?

Could Elon Musk train to beat Mark Zuckerberg in a cage match?

How fast can someone get in shape? Plus: 'Girl dinner', and a very detailed video on what happens when you lift but don't eat. This is Link Letter 93!
7 min read
Jul
07
Offline edition: Snow in July

Offline edition: Snow in July

I understand forest bathing; Sturdy Girl Club; flat-chested Bronze Era lifters. This is Link Letter 92!
5 min read
Jun
23
It's a cool (shirt) summer

It's a cool (shirt) summer

Shirts for hot weather workouts; nutrition studies are not probably not for gen-pop nutrition guidance; Bryan Cranston lives to systematize. This is Link Letter 91!
5 min read
Jun
16
Quieting the dopamine mice in my brain

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!
10 min read
Jun
09
The weight-loss drug issues everyone refuses to talk about

The weight-loss drug issues everyone refuses to talk about

The three classic rhetorical blunders of talking about Ozempic; Arnold will miss the real-world gym when he is reunited with Joe Gold at the great Gold's Gym in the Sky; you take your "fearless girl" and you shove it! This is Link Letter 89.
6 min read
Jun
02
Don't rob a powerlifter

Don't rob a powerlifter

On being "the consuming woman"; the seesaw press; working out is not deeply fatphobic. This is Link Letter 88!
4 min read