The Most Popular She's A Beast Posts
How to eat like a big beautiful horse
I’ve been on the “eating more” grind for years now; here is every tip I’ve fought to learn along the way.

How to feel like a big beautiful horse
I want buns of steel, but also buns of cinnamon. Capitalism tells me I should have both, but can have neither. You may ask the buns one question.

Let’s take down the “hormone-balancing/cycle-syncing workout/diet” scam
Plus: ENTER MARY, accountability coaches find a new direction, the Barkley Marathon. This is Link Letter 63!

The “big rocks” method of learning to track food
This one is for the protein strivers.

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.

It actually DOES matter that you lift heavy weights
Building size vs. strength, plus: the Big Beautiful Horse Shirt; how to stop hating salads; a very brief ode to the $9 half-gallon water jug. This is Links 48!

The strength of Taylor Swift
A critical analysis/close read of Taylor’s relationship with eating and working out. Plus: It’s never too late to build muscle; a Murphy-bed-style gym; an online-clothing-scammers explainer. This is Link Letter 112!

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.

Time to put the 1200-calorie diet in the grave
Instead, let us focus on leg days, strongman, our favorite Jamaican restaurant; anything else. This is Links 22!

The strength you build is yours: the evidence for ‘muscle memory’
Plus: the conservatives are struggling, how to overcome weak points, and more. This is Links #19.

The weight-loss drug issues everyone refuses to talk about
So sayeth our lord Eric Andre. Plus: the three classic rhetorical Ozempic blunders; Arnold will miss the real-world gym when he is reunited with Joe Gold at the great Gold’s Gym in the Sky; you take your “fearless girl” and you shove it! This is Link Letter 89.

The bravest thing I’ve ever done: running without a bra
Can I accept the body part that literally no one else can? Plus: women benefit from strength training more than men; childhoods turned into content; the Swedes know how to be outdoors. This is Link Letter 126!

Offline edition: in which I finally get wellness-scammed
They caught them the cowgirl that ain’t never been caught. Plus: The Dress of the Liftcord; the case for a paper fitness journal; childlike wonder. This is Link Letter 123! (Make a wish!)
The myths of bodyweight training, part 3
Or, why it’s hard to be hot without being strong (and why it’s a mistake to want to be hot in the first place)

All the artist girlies are deadlifting
How to learn to deadlift, plus: a new destination mega-gym, whether all our protein is killing the environment, and the joy of stretching. This is Links 47!

