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Top Ten Posts in 2023 Written in 2023!

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Earlier we published a list of the most read posts in 2023 but many of those were written in years past. Here’s a list of the top 2023 posts written in 2023.

Rest in power fit feminist, friend, philosopher, fashionista, fellow dog walker, and yogi Cate Hundleby (Sam)

The Dalai Lama sticks his tongue out often, and other lessons from his Happiness Challenge (Catherine)

Meet our newest sports hero: Jolien Boumkwo, Belgian shot-putter and substitute hurdler (Catherine)

Saturday Night with Nyad (Sam, Sarah, Catherine)

Exploring the World of YouTube Trainers (Tracy)

Does a Diagnosis Change Who I Am? (Mina)

My Fit Feminism is a Fraud (Mina)

“If your goal is to be a kick-ass 90-year-old, you can’t settle for being an ‘average’ 50-year-old” (Sam)

Leggings are out but who cares? (Sam)

New York, New York! (Alison)

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Top thirteen (!?) posts in December 2023, #ICYMI

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Editor’s note: I know it’s usually the top ten but I lost track and kept going. Possibly chocolates and seasonal music were involved. Oh, Christmas!

“If your goal is to be a kick-ass 90-year-old, you can’t settle for being an ‘average’ 50-year-old” Sam blogs about turning 60 and what she needs to do to get ready!

The Unbearable Lightness of Brie Larson by frequent guest, that west coast runner and fit feminist, Alison Conway.

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Photo by Cats Coming on Pexels.com. Orange Pie.

From 2013, it’s Tracy’s The Shape of an Athlete.

Join us in working out 224 times in 2024?

Sam writes, Leggings are out,, but who cares?

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Leggings. Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com

Cate is also pondering turning 60.

60! Photo by NIPYATA! on Unsplash

Gender and shoulder health by Diane

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Shoulder. Photo by Luis Quintero on Pexels.com

More than 8 months out since my last knee surgery: Here’s 8 things that have changed

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Knees.

Cate’s classic, I’m 53 and a half and I’m still menstruating: is this a good thing?

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Tracy dives into the EPIC program

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Four podcast episodes to keep you company while traveling (even if to the grocery store)

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We’re here, trying to offer words of quiet, calm encouragement in the midst of diet frenzy fitness culture

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Yoga poses I simply can’t do, and what I do instead

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Top Ten August 2023 Posts, #ICYMI

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  1. Rest in power fit feminist, friend, philosopher, fashionista, fellow dog walker, and yogi Cate Hundleby
  2. In 2020 Sam blogged about the lack of representation of larger women’s bodies in fitness images. See Where are the muscular, larger women’s bodies?. It was the second most read post in August.
  3. Cate’s still menstruating post was the third most read post in July.
  4. Catherine’s post Don’t try this at home: What to make of teeny-weeny fitness studies was our fourth most read post.
  5. Tracy’s 2013 post The shape of an athlete was the 5th most read post in August.
  6. In 2019 Catherine wrote about yoga poses she can’t do and what she does instead. Yoga poses was the sixth most read post on the blog in August.
  7. Mina’s moving post How Do I Keep Moving Through Uncertainty? was seventh.
  8. I love it when guest posts make the Top Ten list. 3 things I hate(d) about running by guest blogger Stacey Ritz was our 8th most read post.
  9. Another guest post in the Top Ten list is Movement in Transition by Alex Boross-Harmer. It was our 9th most read post. Here’s hoping Alex and Stacey blog for us again!
  10. Our tenth most read post was Stacey’s earlier guest post, Running does not have to be an achievement journey.
Stacey’s post-5K.jpg:  “Sinking my teeth into the race’s namesake after the finish.
(alt-text: a woman wearing a blue hat taking the first bite of a butter tart)“

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Top Ten Posts in July 2021, #ICYMI

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  1. Cate on On “cancelling” Canada Day

2. At 53 1/2 Cate was still menstruating and her post about it is always on our top ten list.

3. Catherine asks What’s wrong with “Rearranging your Post-Pandemic ‘Friendscape’

4. Styling your hair while fat advice from Catherine

5. Serena speaks up: “It’s never been easy…but I think of the next girl” Tracy’s older post

6. Catherine also hopes that The Biggest Loser won’t be renewed for another season.

7. When a Long Hike Becomes an Ultra Hike: How Fear and Strength Make Friends, writes Mina

8. Crotch shots, upskirts, sports reporting, and the objectification of female athletes’ bodies, Sam’s older post

9. All people vary in size? Really? Shocking!, Sam’s newer post

10. Structural racism in sport: the 2021 edition, writes Martha

The word “JULY” in white on a black background. Photo by Glen Carrie on Unsplash.
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Top ten posts in February, #icymi

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1. Women’s bodies, racism, football, and being a babe after 50

Sam’s post on J.Lo and Shakira and the wonder that was their halftime show. Also some stern words about all the criticism they received and continue to receive for it.

2. Turquoise, berry, and lime, oh my

Guest blogger Chloe Wall on the limited range of non-pink colours for women’s athletic wear.

3. Harley Quinn’s Fantabulously Emancipating Egg Sandwich

Quill Kukla guest blogs about their thoughts about women, agency, and eating delicious food in the movie “Birds of Prey.”

4. US report predicts 50% obesity rate by 2030: some takeaways

Catherine gives us her analysis of the report that’s in the news and gives her views about what the real take aways ought to be.

5. Walking 10,000 steps a day won’t help you lose weight, but who would have thought that it would?

A study showed that walking lots won’t help first year university students lose weight. Walking lots did help them with stress and emotional well-being. Guess which thing got reported about? Sam was not happy but also not surprised.

6. “Motion is lotion”: why you should move when you’re sore

Cate on why moving is better when you’re hurt or injured.

7. I’m 53 and a half and I’m still menstruating: is this a good thing?

Cate’s 2018 post keeps on trucking on.

8. Burpees are bad for you? Wait? What?

Fitness trends change. Sam reports that burpees, once hot, are now not.

9. Nevertheless, she deadlifted 200lb

Cate’s 55th birthday reflections.

10. Bike seats, speed, and sexual depravity

Sam’s 2013 (!) post made it into the top ten by attracting a bunch of guys from a sub-reddit who were discussing sexual satisfaction and women who spend too much (?) time riding horses. (Their comments here prompted us deciding to turn off comments on old posts.)

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Top Ten Posts in May, #ICYMI

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  1. Women, sport and sex tests: Why Caster Semenya matters a great deal
  2. On vibrators as athletic trophies, or when a prize is not a prize
  3. Sam gets told “get off the road fat bitch”
  4. I’m 53 and a 1/2 and I’m still menstruating
  5. The Latest Weird Thing About a Stiff Neck
  6. Crotch shots, upskirts, sports reporting, and the objectification of female athletes’ bodies
  7. Harassment is not a compliment (Guest post)
  8. The humbling moment when you go back to lifting weights
  9. CrossFit and Women’s Bodies
  10. End Game strikes some wrong notes for size acceptance
Image description: A calendar that says “May” on a green wall. Photo by Maddi Bazzocco on Unsplash .