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a defense of 'wellness' 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?

10.08.2025 21:34 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

survivorship bias and thrift store clothes👕 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.

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08.08.2025 16:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

survivorship bias and thrift store clothes👕 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.

07.08.2025 16:43 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

No, it isn't too late Letters from the bad boy of health and wellness media

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28.07.2025 21:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

No, it isn't too late Letters from the bad boy of health and wellness media

27.07.2025 21:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

how to work out in the heat, if you absolutely must 💦 The first rule of "working out when it's irredeemably hot" is "don't."

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12.07.2025 18:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

how to work out in the heat, if you absolutely must 💦 The first rule of "working out when it's irredeemably hot" is "don't."

11.07.2025 18:52 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Why every fitness influencer is a conservative jagoff They wouldn't be trying to claim it if it weren't actually the key to their ultimate destruction.

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30.06.2025 21:32 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Why every fitness influencer is a conservative jagoff They wouldn't be trying to claim it if it weren't actually the key to their ultimate destruction.

29.06.2025 21:31 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Taming the fickle beast of the push-up 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!

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27.06.2025 17:14 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Taming the fickle beast of the push-up 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!

26.06.2025 17:12 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

lifting is good for everyone, including pregnant people; fork found in kitchen 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!

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20.06.2025 16:25 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

lifting is good for everyone, including pregnant people; fork found in kitchen 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!

19.06.2025 16:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

'my body has radically changed; i need some encouragement' 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.

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16.06.2025 22:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

'my body has radically changed; i need some encouragement' 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.

15.06.2025 22:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Jacked! Sydney! Sweeney!: an object lesson in dreamer bulks Movement debt suggestions from your fellow readers; ditch the sleep tracker; shark movies. This is Link Letter 165!

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13.06.2025 17:12 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Jacked! Sydney! Sweeney!: an object lesson in dreamer bulks Movement debt suggestions from your fellow readers; ditch the sleep tracker; shark movies. This is Link Letter 165!

12.06.2025 17:11 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What is 'being old,' and what is just 'movement debt?' Against my will, I'm about to find out. Plus: stop with the cold plunges.

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06.06.2025 18:46 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What is 'being old,' and what is just 'movement debt?' Against my will, I'm about to find out. Plus: stop with the cold plunges.

05.06.2025 18:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

the perennial insecurity of the 'Pilates princess' 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."

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02.06.2025 21:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

the perennial insecurity of the 'Pilates princess' 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."

01.06.2025 21:43 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

A Physical Education: the photo album 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!

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30.05.2025 18:34 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

A Physical Education: the photo album 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!

29.05.2025 18:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

You only get one "random walk" Lorde returns to her body; sports without competition; "water-based cooking." This is Link Letter 162!

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23.05.2025 15:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You only get one "random walk" Lorde returns to her body; sports without competition; "water-based cooking." This is Link Letter 162!

22.05.2025 15:06 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Squats, Pain, Your Knees, and You What is pain, why there is pain, whether there must be pain, and how there can not be pain.

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19.05.2025 23:14 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Squats, Pain, Your Knees, and You What is pain, why there is pain, whether there must be pain, and how there can not be pain.

18.05.2025 23:13 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Literal strength, in literal numbers The antidote to loneliness; 45 women on the cost of working out [sic]; protect your brains from AI, seriously. This is Link Letter 161!

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16.05.2025 17:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Literal strength, in literal numbers The antidote to loneliness; 45 women on the cost of working out [sic]; protect your brains from AI, seriously. This is Link Letter 161!

15.05.2025 17:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Ode to a Converse sneaker 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!)

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09.05.2025 16:39 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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