What is it about sets of three?
Except when you have to do five. Plus: the swole women of Sparta; Tracy Anderson's "cutthroat empire"; skip the long run. This is Link Letter 73!
Fact-checking the New York Times’s core workout
Plus: The hour 'twixt "babe" and "hag"; I for one welcome our now new protein franken-animal overlords; the teens are drinking "borg." This is Link Letter 72!
What makes lifting scare-quotes "dangerous" for anyone, not just older people
Squats are good for your knees, presses are good for your shoulders, deadlifts are good for your back. We are just not used to thinking about working out in all the ways we need to.
The "Run Fast/Squat Heavy" diaries
Plus: haunches, "almond moms," an extremely through benching guide, and Mounjaro. This is Link Letter 71!
Week 1: Run Fast/Squat Heavy
The purity of being bad at something, alone.