Fat OR fit? Fat AND fit? Part 2: What’s “fit”? What’s “natural”?
Fitness is a quality that is context-dependent. Our notion of fitness (thanks to the work of Kenneth Cooper, father of the modern aerobic movement) is the marathon runner, the endurance athlete who is ultra lean, purged of any mass which is not directly responsible for propelling the body forward. “Fitness models” proliferate in the popular […]
Fat OR fit? Fat AND fit? Part 1: Fatness as a proxy
Can you be fat and fit? Let’s start by understanding why “fat” might be used as a proxy for “unfit” in the first place.
The Gospel of Sq’waht
Recently archaeologists made an amazing discovery. Buried amongst stone figurines of women with beauteous thighs was a sacred document. This document contained cosmic truths and wisdom which were intended to show the True Way to the worshipers of the Goddess of Sq’waht. I have faithfully reprinted those writings here.
Thanks for the mammaries: Exercise and your breasts
Just as you’ve probably heard all kinds of terms for breasts — jugs, tits, knockers, the girls, funbags, sweater meat — you’ve probably also heard all kinds of horror stories about breasts and exercise. Here’s the truth about breasts and exercise.
How to read a scientific study
Don’t be intimidated by the eggheads or the sciencey-sounding BS. Get in there and draw your own conclusions!
Brain workout: Books for the literate lifter
Smart talk on training. The hows, whys, and whos of working out.
Rant 49 September 2008: How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
If you are like most people, you are probably a failure, many times over. You have screwed up so many times from birth to this present moment that your cumulative idiocies could pile up to the moon – before themselves breaking away, clumping together, and forming a satellite of their own. But don’t be discouraged!
Old broads: the golden years of pumping iron
The other day I got an email from a woman who asked, “I’m 31. Is it too late to begin a fitness program?” Only in our youth-worshiping North American culture could such a question even be asked. In most other cultures in the world, the concept of aging equaling inactivity does not exist.
Above: Champion powerlifter and site reader Gayle busts out the biceps curl reps.
