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I've long been a Stephen King fan, and IT was my first exposure to his writing. I found the immense paperback in a desk drawer one afternoon in Frankfurt, Germany when I was pulling guard duty at an Army Airfield. I remember being impressed with the character development early in the book, and how easily, …
I've been experimenting with adding carbohydrates back into my diet to see how I would feel, and more importantly, to see if it made me fat. I got so lean using a ketogenic diet, and it was pretty effortless, that I had convinced myself it was the lack of carbohydrates, and the fat adaptation that …
Conspiracy against the United States sound like a pretty bad crime. Add on a few more charges, that also sound pretty awful, like Conspiracy to Launder Money and being an Unregistered Agent of a Foreign Principal, and things look downright sleazy. My guess is that the President of the United States will now fire Special …
I trained full body, 6 days a week for 3 weeks and was lightly sore basically every day, but it was very manageable and not in the least debilitating. After 8 days without lifting, I am almost crippled from a full body workout. I will never again, intentionally, take that much time off.
A magnificent match up of facial hair takes center stage tonight in Houston. Dallas Keickel climbs the mound with his intimidating hedge: When the Dodgers take the field, Clayton Kershaw brings his long locks and matching whiskers to stare down Astros hitters: I am green with follicle envy.
You know, for the longest time I have used the remarkable medium called the blog incorrectly. I started blogging because I love to write and it gave me a place to do that. Then I got pleasure from making cool websites, picking themes and creating clever URLs. But then I was caught up in the …
I stopped watching the regular season shortly after the trade deadline when my Mets threw in the towel on the season. I love the game, but it's harder to watch when the games are meaningless. The Mets did not have a good season obviously, and it was hard to watch the guys get traded away. …
A recent study, albeit on rodents, adds to the increasing body of evidence around the total volume of work required to force a muscular hypertrophic adaptation in the body. The bodybuilding rats performed either 1, 3, 5, 10 or 20 sets of resistance exercise. Muscle samples were obtained and researchers found that 1 set did …
Goals are stupid things humans do. Short term, long term; doesn't matter. There are countless examples of goal-setting gone awry, and there are reasons for this that are hardwired in our brains from eons of evolution. Our brains are programmed to survive. New situations and challenges are a threat to survival, especially if they require …
Not training is really bad for my head. While I fully prepared for the Strategic Deconditioning, and was even contemplating pushing it to 14 days, last night I threw the whole plan in the trash and revamped a strength oriented training plan to start today! I slept better as a result, but while walking with …
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