A Physical Education by Casey Johnston outlines her transformation through weight lifting. Moving away from joyless distance running, Johnston embraces strength training, which she describes as a means to promote both physical and mental growth. The book provides a mix of memoir, scientific analysis, and critiques of diet culture. It highlights how her perception of self-worth evolved alongside physical strength, advocating that strength training can unite the mind and body positively, in contrast to the restrictive narratives often found in diet culture.
Casey Johnston's new book, A Physical Education, tells a before-and-after story, too—one not of shrinkage but of growth, physical and otherwise.
Strength training, in Johnston's telling, reframes both body and mind. Before lifting, I knew all the contours of treating myself like a deceitful degenerate.
After lifting, all of the parts of myself that had been fighting each other had become united in the holy cause of getting strong as hell.
The book is not a how-to, but more of a why-to: Johnston traces her journey from joyless distance running to the revelation of weight lifting.
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