Finance gets fit, and everyone reaps the benefits

This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on [Bloomberg]( This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on web readership. [Why Everyone in Finance Is Getting Ripped]( — Chris Bryant Goldman banker Graham Ambrose performing a squat. Courtesy of Graham Ambrose Graham Ambrose has never felt stronger. He can barbell back-squat 320 pounds for four sets of six repetitions and bench-press more than 220 pounds for a single rep. His friends and colleagues notice that his clothes fit tighter, and he’s fond of posting mirror selfies on [Instagram](. But Ambrose isn’t a Gen Z attention-seeker: The 55-year-old is a managing director at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The London-based equity franchise sales specialist also [has his own podcast](, where he waxes lyrical about the benefits of picking up heavy things alongside his personal trainer, who calls him “G-Dog.” A Goldman MD is not exactly a man of the people, but many will find Ambrose’s fitness experience more relatable than that of influencers in their 20s who don’t have as many work and family commitments. His message is one that finance workers absolutely need to hear, and it couldn’t come at a better time. Read the [whole thing]( for free. [Elon Musk’s Tesla Bait-and-Switch Is Getting Old]( — Liam Denning [China, Russia and Iran Are Reviving the Age of Empires]( — Hal Brands [Elon Wants His Money Back]( — Matt Levine [Iran’s Missile Barrage Was an Error Israel Can Gain From]( — Marc Champion [Record Rainfall in Dubai? Blame Climate Change, Not Cloud Seeding]( — Lara Williams [Donald Trump Seems Well Aware He’s in Legal Peril]( — Timothy L. O’Brien [Singapore Is Facing a Dangerous World Without Lee]( — Karishma Vaswani [Sarah Huckabee Sanders Gets Her Trump On]( — Francis Wilkinson [Ludwig von Mises Is Latin America’s Leading Economist]( — Tyler Cowen More From Bloomberg Opinion Here’s what we’ve been listening to and watching this week. - X Broadcast: What’s next for the Middle East after [Iran’s retaliatory attack against Israel](? Timothy L. O’Brien, Andreas Kluth and Marc Champion break it down. - Please send Nia-Malika Henderson’s TikTok to [Republicans who don't like Trump](. - Episode 2 of Matt Levine’s [Money Stuff: The Podcast]( is out now. This week: Jane Street’s lawsuit against Millennium, the enjoyment or non-enjoyment of gardening leave, doping in dressage and more. Follow Us Like getting this newsletter? [Subscribe to Bloomberg.com]( for unlimited access to trusted, data-driven journalism and subscriber-only insights. Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can’t find anywhere else. [Learn more](. Want to sponsor this newsletter? [Get in touch here](. You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Opinion Today newsletter. If a friend forwarded you this message, [sign up here]( to get it in your inbox. [Unsubscribe]( [Bloomberg.com]( [Contact Us]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022 [Ads Powered By Liveintent]( [Ad Choices](