contributing writer @wearemel, @ringer, & @splicetoday. seen in @theatlantic, @parisreview, &c. repped by @inkwellmgmt. co-host of @whatisleftpod 
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Come for the powerlifting, stay for the articles about powerlifting. Can you believe I got a PhD for this? Yes!
I remember when I burnt out on academia and there were these rumors swirlong that I spent all my time lifting weights and reading about muscle people and no time engaged in the gossip surrounding academia, the ring-kissing and brown-nosing of the hierarchy-obsessed elites
Guess what? The rumors were true!
I just really love lifting weights, and I always have. It has been one of the great joys of my life, and to keep improving at it late into my third decade is a real treat. A real treat, kiddos.
Wrestling and weightlifting aren't ways I've made a living, they've been my life
Of course, they've also helped me support my family in a way they couldn't if they were merely forgotten high school sports or unproductive nerd hobbies pursued obsessively to acquire trivial knowledge. I've found a way to subsidize my passions by writing about them for others
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