Why I write this I started The Beachside Reader because most of what passes for fitness writing is downstream of supplement marketing, gym chains, or social-media engagement metrics. None of those things are aligned with the reader. I wanted to write the kind of plain-English summaries I wish existed when my friends and family asked me real questions about their training, sleep, or recovery. Every article cites real research. Every claim has a study behind it (or it’s flagged as a guess). When the evidence is thin, the article says so, even when that costs us affiliate revenue. The model is simple: be the source you trust enough to forward to your mom. Get in touch Story tips, citation corrections, factual disagreements, and reader questions all go to the same inbox: buncetimothy@gmai...