Link Letters

Free Friday newsletters with essays, links, analysis, commentary, and god-tier social media posts.
Jun
12
Jacked! Sydney! Sweeney!: a dreamer bulk breakdown

Jacked! Sydney! Sweeney!: a dreamer bulk breakdown

Movement debt suggestions from your fellow readers; ditch the sleep tracker; shark movies. This is Link Letter 165!
9 min read
Jun
05
a man wearing headphones sitting in a gym with his head bent wearing a "Brooklyn Beast' t shirt

What is 'being old,' and what is just 'movement debt?'

Against my will, I'm about to find out. Plus: stop with the cold plunges.
5 min read
May
29
A Physical Education: the photo album

A Physical Education: the photo album

What internet advice is doing to our brains; what people with ear gauges' ears look like now; challenging Linda McMahon to a cage match. This is Link Letter 163!
12 min read
May
22
You only get one "random walk"

You only get one "random walk"

9 min read
May
15
Literal strength, in literal numbers

Literal strength, in literal numbers

5 min read
May
08
Ode to a Converse sneaker

Ode to a Converse sneaker

Plus: the Royal Ballet lifts; why teen boys love Andrew Tate; Schrödinger's cat is in a superposition of in, and not in, this newsletter (you will have to open it to collapse the wave function). This is Link Letter 160 (I think?? I changed time zones and feel wild!)
5 min read
May
01
on loving the questions, and the radical act of unfolding🧺

on loving the questions, and the radical act of unfolding🧺

Plus: "I was not good at sports because I would not do sports"; one man's "before" and "after" broke the internet; LAST CHANCE TO PRE-ORDER A PHYSICAL EDUCATION! This is Link Letter 160!
7 min read
Apr
24
How to do a maintenance phase

How to do a maintenance phase

10 min read
Apr
17
The physical education of Sylvia Plath

The physical education of Sylvia Plath

Sylvia was crossing up fools on the basketball court, plus: a full-on mobility program; how brain-muscle crosstalk delays ageing; "I wish someone would have a competition for Mrs. Nothing!" This is Link Letter 158.
8 min read
Apr
10
A photo of The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

'The Zen of Sports' in The Artist's Way

That's right: The Artist's Way endorses a little physical activity. Plus: the 'cereal mullet'; a citizen's guide to resistance; consider a second MMR shot. This is Link Letter 157.
11 min read