How Prisoners Get So Muscular

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Authors Note: Having never been to prison, the following article is pure speculation. Enjoy. We've all seen pictures or videos of prisoners and marveled at their excellent physical development. While no one is jealous of their predicament, many of them have bodies that make most regular men envious. One question often posed is "How do prisoners get so … [Read more...]

Unconventional Advice for Young Men

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As a young man you have the whole world and an entire lifetime in front of you. Now is the time to take advantage. Of all the regrets you may have later in life, wasted time will be the most heartbreaking of them all. Do not follow the path that has been laid out for you, do not do as everyone else you know. Unless you are average. During your schooling you … [Read more...]

Is It Worth It?

Is your stuffy job worth it? Working 50 hours a week with people you hate just so you can make someone else rich? Are your two cars and the two car payments and the two insurance premiums worth it? Is your 30 year mortgage worth it? Are your yearly property taxes worth it? Is your 50 inch flat screen tv with 500 channels of indoctrination worth … [Read more...]

The Strong Silent Type

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If you say you are going to do something you had better follow through with it. When you do not follow through, the people whom you told of your plans will think "that's what I thought. He could never accomplish that." How many times have you heard a motormouth talk about all the things he was going to do and he never did any of it? When you don't tell … [Read more...]

Happy Fathers Day

I remember reading Larry Bird's auto-biography a while back and I have always remembered a quote from that book. It is something I will never forget and I will pass on to my family when the time comes. Forgive if the quote is inaccurate, it is from memory: "My Dad said that if anyone was ever picking on one of my brothers and I didn't step in to defend … [Read more...]

Why Diets Don’t Work

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Diets don't work. In other recent news: We Landed on the Moon. That diets don't work should be so stupidly obvious I feel like a moron even typing this, however, most people still really do believe that to lose weight you have to go on a diet and eat "diet food". That typical "diet food" actually makes people fat, even obese, in the first place won't … [Read more...]

Top 3 Rules for Getting into Shape

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1) Lifting is King Lifting weights is King when it comes to getting in shape. If you doubt this, walk into any local gym and check what the most fit people in the gym are doing. They aren't walking on a treadmill staring at a TV, they are in the weight room lifting away. Lifting increases your heart rate. Lifting builds muscle, muscle burns fat, muscle ups … [Read more...]

Finding the Time to Work Out

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"I would work out but I just can't seem to find the time." Sound familiar? What is really meant is "I would work out but I'm just not motivated enough." The time can always be found. It's as simple as turning off the TV, getting off the computer, turning off the video games, cancelling the trip to McDonalds and dragging yourself to the gym. Getting there … [Read more...]

Break Out of the Human Zoo

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I don't visit zoo's. Ever. Not because I don't like animals, on the contrary I like animals very much. I don't visit zoo's because I don't like seeing animals living in animal prison. The animals in zoo's always have broken spirits readily apparent in their vacant gaze. It's no fun seeing animals like, it's just sad. The same reason I don't visit zoo's is … [Read more...]

‘The Iron’ by Henry Rollins

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I believe that the definition of definition is reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. Completely. When I was young I had no sense of myself. All I was, was a product of all the fear and humiliation I suffered. Fear of my parents. The humiliation of teachers calling me "garbage can" and telling me I'd be … [Read more...]