The Unbearable Lightness of Lightness - AnnaLeptikon
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Faith in Iron: Why the Value of Lifting Only Reveals Itself After You Leap
I miss it so much. Over the summer, I was forced into an involuntary break from the gym due to surgical complications. And I’ve been closely observing the effects it had on me. I mean, I had to. As expected, I lost muscle mass, gained fat, look worse, and feel worse. I suspect that much of my diminished appearance stems less from the physical changes themselves than from the way I feel just so much worse, and healthy people pick up on this immediately. While I normally calculate the rate of muscle gained or fat lost, the mind now turns to its dark inverse: the rate of fat gained, the rate…
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