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Why I wish I started lifting in my teens

Plus: The best back-muscle photos SI:Swimsuit has ever printed; you seem depressed, have you tried yoga?; dialectical behavior therapy and its discontents. This is Link Letter 41!
Why I wish I started lifting in my teens
Spot the Casey Johnston, 2003 (21 years ago!). Paid subscribers, if you have old high school sports photos, please share them in the Liftcord!!

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