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!
You can hide your stress from anything except your weights
Plus: the workout I do when life has me by the throat, women peeing when they lift, and tampon books. Links 31!
Why elite athletes can't help you with becoming great
Plus: Bigorexia, the most enduring scam in fitness history, and a PED-less (maybe?) Batman physique. This is Links 28!
The strength you build is yours, even if you don't do it forever: the evidence for 'muscle memory'
Plus: The conservatives are struggling, how to overcome weak points, and more. This is Links #19.
The beauty of periodization
You can hear it in the silence; a 550-pound beltless deadlift PR; a new Biggest Loser finding; and Morpheus never lands this move. It's Links 16.
The singular joy of a rep, or what we have to learn from the bros
And Links #9, including: the TikTok-viral 12/3/30 method, LeBron on a climbing machine, deepening your squat, and more.
The art, science, theory, and practice of perceiving yourself
Plus: protein cookie dough, the program I'm doing, my dads The Rock and Vin Diesel are fighting, and more.
What to do when the "what if I just... didn't?" question enters your brain
Links #6: An elite marathoner has to keep being a mom?? And #30secondsofpullups.
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.
