Articles: 75
16 Sep 2025, 16:54
Life
15 Sep 2025, 17:09
The emails are unhinged. Plus: Japanese-style 7-Elevens coming to America; micro-adventures; Roblox is literally disgusting. This is Link Letter 173!
08 Sep 2025, 17:07
A new artist girlie who deadlifts; "everyone used to drink raw milk!" no they didn't; bring back the public pay phone. This is Link Letter 172!
07 Sep 2025, 21:28
How to defeat your mom's outdated notions about exercise and nutrition, part two.
25 Aug 2025, 17:38
Joy is an act of resistance; the dreaded Joe Pilates; a word of encouragement. This is Link Letter 171!
24 Aug 2025, 21:34
Dealing with injury, part three, How to be okay with starting all over again, part three, and a close study of the movie 'Rudy.'
18 Aug 2025, 17:16
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!
11 Aug 2025, 16:35
Real emails from brand reps who "love my posts and content, and are wondering if we can collab."
10 Aug 2025, 21:31
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?
07 Aug 2025, 16:38
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.
27 Jul 2025, 21:53
10 Jul 2025, 15:32
The first rule of "working out when it's irredeemably hot" is "don't."
29 Jun 2025, 21:30
They wouldn't be trying to claim it if it weren't actually the key to their ultimate destruction.
26 Jun 2025, 17:08
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!
19 Jun 2025, 16:23
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!
15 Jun 2025, 22:42
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.
12 Jun 2025, 17:08
Movement debt suggestions from your fellow readers; ditch the sleep tracker; shark movies. This is Link Letter 165!
05 Jun 2025, 18:42
Against my will, I'm about to find out. Plus: stop with the cold plunges.
01 Jun 2025, 21:39
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."
29 May 2025, 18:30
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!
22 May 2025, 15:04
Lorde returns to her body; sports without competition; "water-based cooking." This is Link Letter 162!
18 May 2025, 23:11
What is pain, why there is pain, whether there must be pain, and how there can not be pain.
15 May 2025, 17:09
The antidote to loneliness; 45 women on the cost of working out [sic]; protect your brains from AI, seriously. This is Link Letter 161!
08 May 2025, 16:36
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!)
05 May 2025, 15:40
Also: The very first excerpt, published by The Cut, and tomorrow is the big day!
04 May 2025, 21:34
On mean clothes, and cutting without tracking.
01 May 2025, 18:32
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!
28 Apr 2025, 19:05
Give a much-needed massage to old books, new books, long books, short books, hardcovers, paperbacks, and they will thank you.
24 Apr 2025, 19:02
Plus: A hot 'A Physical Education' deal + reader reviews; death to the hip thrust; *gyms might never be the same*. This is Link Letter 159!
20 Apr 2025, 21:47
A motivational pep talk for these unprecedented times.
17 Apr 2025, 19:24
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.
10 Apr 2025, 17:20
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.
