Cardio has fallen; strength training is the new gold standard for “exercise you must do”
Plus: walking backwards out of hell; how to escape the pull of Andrew Tate; the dawn of the 'Tenet' understander. This is Link Letter 118!
To reclaim and redefine "salad" (emotionally, at least)
Plus: Slouching towards Equinox; Christopher Nolan faced by a Peloton instructor; a package on quitting. This is Link Letter 117!
The uselessness is the point: A resolution for play
If it doesn't pay, we are getting warmer. Plus: Alan Ritchson of Reacher uses T; a celebration of junk miles; men want butts (and not like that). This is Link Letter 116!
The She's A Beast StrongList of Important Things, 2023
Significant trends in health, body, movement, and how all those things are mediated by, dun-dun-dun, institutions of power.
If the teen was taking Ozempic 'for her health,' shouldn't she have been unhealthy?
It's not New Year's yet; there's still time! Plus: a bodybuilder thriller trailer; "good" tired; year-end lists. This is Link Letter 114!
The two things everyone gets wrong when they start to lift
It's not the cold plunge. Plus: Savoring food, millennial motherhood, and PLATESLAM STARTS TOMORROW ! This is Link Letter 113!
The strength of Taylor Swift
A critical analysis/close read of Taylor's relationship with eating and working out. Plus: It's never too late to build muscle; a Murphy-bed-style gym; an online-clothing-scammers explainer. This is Link Letter 112!
How to successfully navigate our yearly workout flop era
A spectrum of lesser workouts, plus: Big Egg caught with price-fixing egg on its face; strength training is about failure; Paul Rudd's Antman diet was 'horrible.' This is Link Letter 111! (Make a wish!)
A guide to freely interpreting "PRs": Announcing PLATESLAM 2023
Our national lifting holiday approaches. Plus: our last remaining mentally hinged member of society; becoming an outdoorswoman; meditation startups. This is Link Letter 109!
The math of meat
A guide to measuring protein, plus: rebranding "off season" for runners, gyms banning filming, the best breakfast cereals. This is Link Letter 108!
