The Myth of Weightlifting and 'Getting Swole'

The Gear Patrol Podcast

Casey Johnston's Substack newsletter, "She's a Beast," the merits of Amazon's new Halo View fitness tracker, and a discussion of the Rivian R1T.

Episode Navigation:

05:02 – Casey Johnston, author of She's a Beast

34:37 – Amazon Halo View, Halo Fitness, and Halo Nutrition

47:03 – Reactions to... Reviews of the Rivian R1T

Featured and Related:

• She's a Beast: a Swole Woman's Newsletter
• Casey Johnston on Twitter
• Casey Johnston on Instagram
• Archive of "Ask a Swole Woman" Column – VICE
• Recent She's a Beast newsletters:
  • The myths of bodyweight training, part 3
  • Instagram is essentially a weight-loss app, and Facebook is loving that for it
  • Protein Oatmeal v2.0: Mush Reloaded
  • Where to Even Begin With At-Home Workouts, and How to Keep Going
• Everything Amazon Announced at Today's Big Hardware Event – Gear Patrol
• Amazon reveals Halo Fitness and Halo Nutrition programs for Halo subscribers – Tech Crunch
• Amazon announces new wearable and services to try to make you fitter – The Verge
• Do Fitness Trackers Actually Help You Get Fit? What the Science Says – Men's Journal
• Science Says Fitness Trackers Don't Work. Wear One Anyway – WIRED
• Should I buy a fitness tracker? – Tech Radar
• Amazon's New Fitness Tracker Is Basically a Fitbit – Gizmodo
• Amazon Halo View vs. Fitbit Inspire 2: How the new fitness band stacks up against Fitbit's affordable tracker – CNET
• Amazon's Halo Fitness service could give Apple Fitness Plus some competition – CNET
• Amazon's biggest innovation is being cheap – Engadget
• Leaked Documents Show How Amazon’s Astro Robot Tracks Everything You Do – Motherboard/VICE
• The Rivian R1T Is Everything You Hoped It Would Be – Gear Patrol
• Rivian R1T Launch Edition driven: Full-electric pickup hits the trail (video) – Roadshow
• 2022 Rivian R1T first drive review: Electric pickup tackles the trail – Roadshow
• First drive: Rivian delivers the electric truck we’ve been waiting for – TechCrunch
• The Rivian R1T Proves That the Perfect Off-Roader Is Electric – Road & Track
• Rivian is coming. Here’s why it matters – E&E News
• Electric Pickup Trucks Are Coming: Who will buy them? – KBB
• Automakers Are Going All In on Electric Pickups. Will Anyone Buy Them? – TIME
• Automakers embrace electric vehicles. But what about buyers? – AP
• Rivian files to go public at up to a reported $80 billion valuation – The Verge