Christian’s Reviews > A Physical Education: How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting > Status Update
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...what calories did; where my muscle was, how much of it I had; even what the point of exercise was. My unified theory of how these things fit together had never stuck. But there were dark matters and energies I had yet to discover that had pushed and pulled and dragged me around, manipulating the relationships between all of these things, impossible to see but whose effects were undeniable.
— Aug 10, 2026 10:48AM
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A big reason that we believe women are "worse" at strength is the fact that "strength" is defined by what men do well, or are cultured to do well, versus what women can do better if given the chance.
— Sep 22, 2026 06:49PM
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'The so-called dominant classes . . . especially those like my friends and myself, richer in fancy degrees than in actual dollars—tend to express dominance through strenuous aerobic sports that display moral character, self-control, and self-development, rather than physical dominance.'
— Aug 18, 2026 06:56AM
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Instead of lurching over and bending at the waist to pick something up from the ground, suddenly I was squatting down without even noticing. Deftly pouring the cat litter was one thing, but it wasn't long before I could contort my body close to the giant 40-pound box of litter, wrapping myself around it between my spring-loaded legs, and pick it up without dragging on my lower back muscles.
— Aug 16, 2026 09:38AM