Link Letters

Free Friday newsletters with essays, links, analysis, commentary, and god-tier social media posts.
Oct
01
Everyone is wrong about obesity, researchers recently decided

Everyone is wrong about obesity, researchers recently decided

Links #5: a Bulgarian split squats trick, how to throw a punch with long nails, sauna suits, and "the jeans I wore at age 21."
7 min read
Sep
24
Protein Oatmeal v2.0: Mush Reloaded

Protein Oatmeal v2.0: Mush Reloaded

Finally explaining, in one place, all the ways I get 35-40g of protein in for breakfast.
11 min read
Sep
17
Instagram is essentially a weight-loss app, and Facebook is loving that for it

Instagram is essentially a weight-loss app, and Facebook is loving that for it

Plus: Why 'The Glute Guy' is canceled, how to get your pull-up, and more.
10 min read
Sep
12
Why it's hard to make fitness goals (and how to make it easier)

Why it's hard to make fitness goals (and how to make it easier)

And why it's so hard to talk about it with your friends.
11 min read
Sep
06
The myths of bodyweight training, part 3

The myths of bodyweight training, part 3

Or, why it's hard to be hot without being strong (and why it's a mistake to want to be hot in the first place)
10 min read
Aug
29
Why pay Noom's prices when any celebrity's Instagram will give you the same questionable advice for free?

Why pay Noom's prices when any celebrity's Instagram will give you the same questionable advice for free?

Plus: Boohoo ended for body positivity by a "body positive" influencer, and old school lifting is juuust fine.
7 min read