Joy is an act of resistance; the dreaded Joe Pilates; a word of encouragement. This is Link Letter 171!| She's A Beast
Dealing with injury, part three, How to be okay with starting all over again, part three, and a close study of the movie 'Rudy.'| She's A Beast
The (curable) reason you can't stay awake after the gym. Plus: Barbara Ehrenreich on why fitness is good; how to find the best coffee anywhere; the number one sign a man is attracted to you. This is Link Letter 170!| She's A Beast
Real emails from brand reps who "love my posts and content, and are wondering if we can collab."| She's A Beast
Lifestyle issues fall into the gap between medical care and our (constructed) work-leisure dichotomy, which drives a wedge between us and our physical selves. After the 'wellness industry' has caused so many of us so much grief, why bother to pursue self-care?| She's A Beast
Not all is as it seems. Plus: no one does sit-ups anymore; cancer overtreatment; collapse life-improvement. We're back! This is Link Letter 168.| She's A Beast
Bulking was one of the best gifts I've ever given myself.| She's A Beast
Also: The very first excerpt, published by The Cut, and tomorrow is the big day!| She's A Beast
They wouldn't be trying to claim it if it weren't actually the key to their ultimate destruction.| She's A Beast
Push-ups are too hard and no one does them right. There; I said it. Plus: Go have a wandering day; hiking with the Lorax of Shawnee Forest; how bodybuilding, terrorism, and imperialism infiltrated fantasy. This is Link Letter 167!| She's A Beast
Plus: do you really 'not get angry'?; why can I fall asleep on my couch but not my bed?; the first longevity grifter. This is Link Letter 166!| She's A Beast
You are a new you who brings new strengths, experience, and wisdom to this thing you used to do. You just have not yet had the opportunity to see how those new strengths play out.| She's A Beast
Advice columns for paid subscribers of the newsletter.| She's A Beast
Movement debt suggestions from your fellow readers; ditch the sleep tracker; shark movies. This is Link Letter 165!| She's A Beast
Against my will, I'm about to find out. Plus: stop with the cold plunges.| She's A Beast
I COULD go around saying Pilates is dangerous, just as certain people go around saying "Pilates is all the strength training anyone ever needs to do."| She's A Beast
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!| She's A Beast
Lorde returns to her body; sports without competition; "water-based cooking." This is Link Letter 162!| She's A Beast
What is pain, why there is pain, whether there must be pain, and how there can not be pain.| She's A Beast
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!)| She's A Beast
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!| She's A Beast
A motivational pep talk for these unprecedented times.| She's A Beast
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.| She's A Beast
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.| She's A Beast
'How can I learn to be content in my body being stronger and healthier, but not as small as I'd like it to be/have been conditioned to want it to be?'| She's A Beast
The futility of a constant debate about an extreme minority of people, plus: time to move beyond this protein rule; fat doesn't deserve its bad rap; powerlifting made me a better writer. This is Link Letter 156!| She's A Beast
In Jan 2024, I gave my smartphone a lobotomy. Here's the how and the results.| She's A Beast
Fitstagram and FitTok are dead... How to find people, plus books, podcasts, and fine, some websites and YouTube channels.| She's A Beast
Breaking the phone habit and having my own experience.| She's A Beast
Reviewing the particulars of Intuitive Eating, the 4th Edition, "gentle nutrition," and how these things can (or can't) square with getting stronger.| She's A Beast
And other questions about LIFTOFF: Phase Two.| She's A Beast
A visual, numbers-less guide for developing a constructive working knowledge of "protein" foods. Partially an assault on chickpeas.| She's A Beast
No one can tell you what your lifting experience is or will be, except you.| She's A Beast