My feeling on the issue of trolls, whether Russian via Facebook or domestic on Twitter, is that while it’s clearly a nefarious and loathsome act, our susceptibility to their influence merely shows what a gullible and lazy society we’ve become. I just don’t understand being swayed by inflammatory rhetoric from a total…

Whenever possible, avoid the Smith Machine for bench press, (or shoulder press, or squats, for that matter). It can serve as a last resort, but it fails on two counts. First, you disengage all of the stabilizing muscles required to balance a bar,  thereby letting the machine cheat for you. In other words, you can’t…

The Smith machine is the one where the bar is on a vertical (or slightly angled) track. It’s a handy option in a pinch, but it’s not ideal.

just one word of caution here - please do not exclusively hit the bench press for a month. Most Americans suffer from tight pecs and an underdeveloped thoracic (mid) back which leads to poor posture, chronic pain, etc. Bench Pressing (or doing push ups) too much can exacerbate this. It mostly stems from sitting at a…

The bag in the picture was $5, plus $4 for the wood pellets or sand (I tested with both). Maybe a dollar or two in amortized trash bag and duct tape costs. I slammed the bags around for a while to make sure wishful thinking was not a factor.

Yeah, I want to low-key call bullshit on the headline, because that wasn’t what happened. “Black Navy Sailor Shot and Killed By Man Attempting to Steal Car” would be accurate, and is still tragic, even though Attempted Thief doesn’t appear to have been acting out of racism, which is what I assumed had happened when I…

Too Many Cooks was one of those things that helped restore my faith in some parts of humanity, knowing that there are people who would come up with ideas like this and that there are other people who’d give them the resources to make it and allow it to be shared with others. I always felt like it was the kind of thing…

I don’t think you understand how Christianity works. Unlike Judaism, it doesn’t have a racial/ethnic component to it. You either practice Christianity and are a Christian or you don’t and you aren’t*. Being White has nothing to do with it.

“She was a punk”

I’m just so disappointed that this article didn’t begin “Avril Lavigne isn’t dead--she’s born again.” It was RIGHT THERE! 

I know that it’s always a matter of subjective taste and opinion, but it just astounds me that people continue to watch these reboots and regurgitated story lines so eagerly. Roseanne was a good show at the time it originally aired, and that’s it. No show ever benefits from a reboot - it’s just cultural laziness and…

One thing to note. The main image is great for grabbing your attention. But, if you look like that while actually lifting anything... stop, immediately.  You are trying to hurt yourself. 

This study basically contradicts what almost all established medicine, training experience, and basic biology have shown us for...well, as long as it’s been studied. Obviously, over-training is an issue that can lead to diminishing returns, but as many others have pointed out, 1 set simply does not equal 3 sets in…

“I just want to point something out: If you follow the rules, ‘ness’ implies that the SNES is pronounced ‘sness,’ 3DS is pronounced ‘three deess,’ and N64 is ‘nuh-sixty-four.’”

Sweet, you mean I can spend almost $30 on a glorified dowel rod that holds stuff I’m going to use to wipe up messes and then throw in the trash? Quick, someone find me a $40 toilet paper holder, while you’re at it!

Sweet, you mean I can spend almost $30 on a glorified dowel rod that holds stuff I’m going to use to wipe up messes …

Given the option, almost everyone’s a self-diagnosed synesthete, much in the way that popularizing the idea of gluten-sensitivity resulted in a massive, sudden spike in people with gluten issues being rampantly diagnosed. I think it’s important to distinguish between learned associations, innate connotations, and…

Me after reading this story

It’s a spurious claim at best, rife with countless variables, subjective interpretations, and no direct long-term data. Every 6 months, coffee is alternately vilified or vindicated in some “latest study shows” clickbait article, only to be overwritten again by the other opinion. To my understanding, the primary issue…

DIY is always my preferred way to go. For example, I DIY’d myself a TRX-clone that is functionally better than an actual TRX.

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