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The future of Ultraphysical

I’m very proud of the many essays and articles featured on Ultraphysical.

Mar 6 •

October 2024

Not So Peachy Kean

I’m riding the fire engine today.

Oct 4, 2024 •

Narcissism and the green ribbon of irrelevancy

An early memory of my childhood in suburbia was having to reluctantly attend summer recreation with throngs of hundreds of other eleven- and…

Oct 1, 2024 •

September 2024

The Professionalization of the Olympics has made them better

Yet again, the United States took home the highest number of bronze and silver medals in the Summer Olympics.

Sep 20, 2024 •

The Narrow Straits

Last summer I was doing pull-ups at the gym of where I used to work, when I felt a sudden pain surface somewhere between the left side of my scapula and…

Sep 13, 2024 •

July 2024

What Our Contributors Are Reading This Summer

In between sets

Jul 19, 2024 •

The Ultraphysical Newsletter, #1

Thank you for your support!

Jul 13, 2024 •

June 2024

Golden Aged Fallacies: a Response to Stangler

R. McKay Stangler’s fine essay, “Fitness in the Age of Cultural Disunity” addresses what he views as a source of divisiveness in our country. Since he…

Jun 21, 2024 •

Fitness in the Age of Cultural Disunity

What is a “fit” person?

Jun 13, 2024 •

R. McKay Stangler

May 2024

The Trial of Long-Distance Running

The Good and the Terrible

May 24, 2024 •

A dialogue with our past

I once believed, and perhaps a part of me still does, that strength and physical aesthetics is a matter of inputs and outputs: a given expenditure of…

May 13, 2024 •

April 2024

The Eternal Aesthetics of Youth

A few months ago, days ahead of my 45th birthday, I reflexively clicked on a suggested post in my Instagram feed. “She looks like me – in a good way,” I…

Apr 15, 2024 •

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela

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