Take a deep breath. Really hit the back walls of your lungs
Orlando Bloom's cheater curls, the guy who started Hawaiian Tropic, and Playgrounds by West Elm x Restoration Hardware. This is Links 43!
How to get arms like Natalie Portman
I've wanted to write a piece like this for a long time, but, you know, real. Plus: Normal Gossip, carrying your kids to safety, and the Daily Harvest food-poisoning scandal. This is Links 42!
Eight things I've learned from eight years of lifting
Plus: Much-sought-after commentary on Meek Mill's overhead press, an r/theydidthemath on Atlas stones, and hammies for the mammies. This is Links 41!
The magic protein ratio
Or as I call it, the 1% milk rule. Also: embracing post-competition emptiness, lifting in a barn, and the 'Life is Good' guy. This is Links 40!
I just do things scared
My take on the She-Hulk trailer, the swimmers' body fallacy, the myth of "constant tension," and TOO MUCH more (open in tab!). This is Links 39.
What if it takes a long time until I get a snack?
Hilary Duff is lifting weights; "greens" and "reds" powders turn out to be fake; and Joe Rogan's dwindling fandom is in dire straits. That rhymed, this is Links 38!
Laughing along with your friend's fat jokes in the paper of record
Plus: romanticizing your life, scapular pushups, a growing Kayla Itsines backlash, and more. This is Links 37!
I'm just trying to have a body
And everyone's having an impossible time being okay with that! Additionally, Kim K, IPF Worlds is gonna hit, and the L**** K***. Links 36!
Honey, use those legs. If he dies he dies
Additionally: the Crossfit Survivor Games, the dearth of beginner workout content, lipo-etched abs exposed, and more. Welcome to Links 35!
Okay: Blogilates' muscle-building journey DID have some good lessons (part two)
Whether she actually saw them, we'll never know. Plus: intermittent fasting has no "biological benefits," people are over Peloton, and Natalie Portman has guns. This is Links 34!
