a vindication of the rights of strong pregnant women
TTFN! Plus: How Norwegian winners strength-train; why the pool makes you have to pee; send me mail! This is Link Letter 209!
She's A Beast
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A peek inside the sponcon sausage factory, part five
Peptides, collagen, and probiotics all want your eyeballs! Plus: the strongwoman who gave her husband uppies; algorithm manipulation; why your Christmas lights, ceiling fan, and dishwasher all suck. This is Link Letter 208!
'pregnancy will wreck my already-tenuous relationship with my body. what do I do?'
also: is it possible to have already done enough parenting for undeserving baby-adults for many, many lifetimes?
How many people are actually using GLP-1s?
[Tom Lehrer voice] New math. Plus: the difference between rest and idleness, how to climb a rope; "we see ourselves as temporarily unknown celebrities." This is Link Letter 207!
hear me out: it's okay to date your fellow gym members
How to cultivate a third space. (There are rules!) Plus: how to actually achieve failure; make a deadlift from scratch; 'eat more horse'??? This is Link Letter 206!
having it all is not the same as doing it all
Or, 'can I nurse a baby and get jacked at the same time?'
Insurance barely covers PT, but covers so much acupuncture and chiropractic; why?
Plus: "Yoked," not "yolked"; what the f does what I look like matter?; I laughed so much at this birding doc. This is Link Letter 205!
go the frick outside
What are you doing here, on your device? Plus: why it's hard to be ordinary; the dubious case for the "super walk"; scientific knowledge is ultimately first-personal. This is Link Letter 204!
a defense of doing nothing
The hardest thing some of us may do these days is sit at rest, in quiet contemplation.
the art of bending down
Childcare is free "primal movement." Plus: public park stones; an ACL recovery documentary; why are so many men being told they have low testosterone? This is Link Letter 203!
let’s have some type II fun
Plus: lifting grannies; psychedelics and motherhood; unfollow Stacy Sims, seriously. This is Link Letter 202!
Grab bag: lifting's effects on singing voice; 'rib flare'; pull-ups causing callus rips
Lifting can change your voice, but probably not in the way you think.
why can't anyone stop talking about protein?
It just [massages temples] it won't stop. Plus: raising the ultimate adventure dog; the study of pain; Lost Worlds of South America. This is Link Letter 201!
I am mother (again)
Plus: Bodybuilders are staffing nursing homes in Japan; stressed-out moms are a policy problem; kill the corporation in your pocket. This is Link Letter 200!
let there be 'mom bod'
"Everything out there seems to say, 'you can change your body, you just have to try harder!' But what if that's just plain untrue?"