'My sport says I weigh too much'
Rock climbing, cycling, gymnastics, dance, and lots of other sports fixate on low body weight as the key to sports performance. Here comes the hammer
Ask A Swole Woman
Advice columns for paid subscribers of the newsletter.
The deal with Kayla Itsines
And the limits of saying you want to “help women."
What to do when the clothes are too small
The Torment Nexus of old clothes, the onslaught of the passage of time, and how to not feel bad about feeling bad.
On pushing yourself
Pain; achievement; embodiment; resilience; fat bears.
What it means when you hear "don't lift more than X pounds"
It probably doesn't mean "don't lift ever again, period." It also doesn't mean 10, 20, or 50 pounds is dangerous for everyone else.