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“Boyfriends and husbands are learning the hard way that their female companions are not going to 7 a.m. classes just to stretch. Gym bros accustomed to bench-presses and burpees swagger into serene studios expecting to spend 50 minutes doing light exercises with toy dumbbells. Many severely underestimate the difficulty of Pilates or its high-intensity offshoots, which are built on low-impact movements that prioritize core strength, posture and slow burn. They leave broken men—much to their partners’ delight.” I only have the guts to link to this story because my pilates teacher is out of town this week. We don’t call her The Monster for nothing. WSJ (Gift Article): Gym Bros Are Going to Pilates—and Leaving Shaking Like a Chihuahua.

+ And from the animal world, we’ve got the Winners of the Bird Photographer of the Year 2026, and Fat Bear Week (actually, that name works pretty well in my house when my pilates teacher is out of town).