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Your May workout kit is here. This month’s theme is Power Drive — and I want to talk for a second about why that word, power, matters so much after 50. If you’re reading this, getting stronger is probably one of your goals. Strength is how much force your muscles can produce. Power goes one…

I’ve got a recipe for you today… and it’s one that’s played a surprisingly big role in my life over the years. Which is funny, because it uses canned salmon. Wendy in the Woods is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Here’s why…

When I sat down to write this, I struggled to find an angle. Because girls and glutes at the gym are kind of a cliché at this point. And a lot of times, a fully ruched cliche. (Sort of like dudes, bench presses, biceps curls, and size schmedium shirts.) But if you’re a woman over…

A couple weeks ago I was building a sugar detox for a writing job I have, creating content for health and fitness coaches. The detox came out awesome, if I do say so myself. It was so awesome, I was tempted to follow the detox myself… especially since my sugar intake had crept up during…

April snuck up on me. Which is fitting, actually, because so did sugar. Somewhere between winter comfort food and general life-being-life, sugar worked its way back into my daily diet. This will come as no surprise to anyone who follows me on Facebook, where I recently posted about the amazing brownie trail mix I found…