Offline edition: On resisting the optimization impulse
Choosing the beach path; why nothing you buy feels good anymore; time to get heroic. This is Link Letter 152!
Insist upon your humanity
Our humanity is what they attack, precisely because it’s threatening and powerful. Stay dangerous.
The 'core workout' is a scam and it's time to stop
The core workout purveyors know what they are doing. Plus: fasted exercise is not better; culture is stuck; walk backwards up a hill and pause mysteriously every once in a while for the most effective cardio. This is Link Letter 149!
A bunch of my favorite bulking recipes, because 'tis the season
JACKED! SYDNEY! SWEENEY!; the revenge of the exercise snack; Japanese sleeper train reviews. This is Link Letter 148!
What everyone is getting wrong about 'eat less to live longer,' again
And it's not just that they're talking about mice (though that is part of it). Plus: we found the brain's garbage collection system; the compounded GLP-1 crackdown; a really good baked potato. This is Link Letter 147!
What is so wrong with wanting a 'ballerina body'?
If you're going to be trying to get a ballerina body, I'd rather you do it in the house. Plus: Wim Hof is a monster, allegedly; the "gender exercise gap"'; the joy of foraging. This is Link Letter 146!
'Character Limit' author Kate Conger on how lifting helped her write
Bro'ing down to benefit the mind. Plus: protein popsicles, the compositional difference of belly fat in folks who exercise, [BBC voice] pensioners, falling. This is Link Letter 144!
Why can’t a human body go to Mars? I’m glad you asked
If we sent Elon Musk, though, that'd be just fine. Plus: it's not "core strength," it's shoulder stability; Violet Beauregarde's body roundness index; the Paper Mate Flair conspiracy. This is Link Letter 143 (awww).
