It’s also worth noting that January is a busy month on a fitness blog, even if we’re not a “new year, new you” sort of blog. We love you just the way you are. Welcome new readers!
(To be clear , these aren’t the most-read posts in 2025. They’re the posts from 2025 that were read the most. For all time most read in 2025, check out this post!)
The most read post this month was our group review of Nyad on Netflix. It was a sickly weekend but a lovely one with Sarah and me visiting Catherine in Boston. We recommend the movie and we also recommend catching up with old friends over Middle Eastern food, throat lozenges, walks around Walden Pond, and meeting new babies for the first time…New England autumn is awfully lovely.
Alison Conway ran the NYC marathon and then blogged about it for us. Her post which touched on running, but also on the subway and community and connections, was the second most read post in November. Did you miss it? You should go read it!
Sam’s relatively skinny Zwift avatar in Team TFC kit in yellow and black, riding a bright pink neon Tron bike
Tracy’s 2013 (!) post The Shape of an Athlete is also on the theme of the diversity of athletic bodies and it’s still rocking along, this month as our fourth most read post.
I think Christine’s post on finishing 2023 soft struck a note with many of us around the blog. I loved it. I needed. Thanks Christine. It’s a great message. And it was the fifth most read post in November.
Search for “soft” on the image library website Scopio and this is one of your choices. Three grey kittens curled together on a pink carpet. Photo by Elsa Sadiez on Scopio
This month’s top ten list is a mixture of the old and the new. Tracy’s post on the Shape of an Athlete, and Cate’s post on menstruating at 53, are perennial faves. Ditto for the NYT 6-minute workout commentary and the yoga poses Catherine simply can’t do (which is still true, btw). And, of course, Tracy’s post on Why diet culture harms us.
New top tens just out this month include #4, 5, 6, 8 and 9. You might check them out if you missed them.
What’s new for November? Well, stay tuned and see…
Catherine wrote about the Dalai Lama sticking his tongue out. She was writing about mediation but I guess people searching key terms related to the recent controversy found her post. This was our most read post in April.
Catherine’s 2017 post on the Sit rise test and what it does and doesn’t show is having a bit of a moment as the sit rise test is in the fitness news again. It’s our third most read post this month.
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In 2019 Catherine wrote about yoga poses she can’t do and what she does instead. Yoga poses was the fourth most read post on the blog in April.
Five
The first of the most read posts that was written this year, Mina’s Sweating like a whore was our 5th most read post.
Six
In 2017 Michelle blogged bout her changing relationship with her FitBit. Walking 20k steps a day was our 6th most read post in April.
Seven
Tracy’s 2013 post The shape of an athlete was the 7th most read post in April. I still love that post too!
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And in other Tracy news, she also blogged about her new project. Tracy’s new blog was our 8th most read post.
Nine
Pain and the human playground was a short review I wrote about a show about endurance athletes and their limits. It was the 9th most read post in April.
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And last but not least, the 10th most read post was one of the latest installments in my ongoing saga of knee surgery and recovery, Knee surgery recovery second time around.
