by Didact | Jun 22, 2021 | fitness
Our good friend Dawn Pine sent over an interesting link the other day, from a website in India, of all places – seriously, he reads more from Indian news than I do – about why people who attend CrossFit gyms are quitting the fitness fad: It’s not just...
by Didact | Jul 11, 2020 | fitness, Uncategorized
There is an old quote from, I think, martial arts legend Bruce Lee which goes something like this: “Before I learned the art, a punch was just a punch, and a kick, just a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick, no longer a...
by Didact | Oct 19, 2019 | fitness, Uncategorized
I was going to save this clip for the usual set of Monday awesomeness, but it is simply too good not to show here. This is a really fascinating interview with Eddie Hall that explains how he was able to do the absolutely impossible and deadlift FIVE HUNDRED...
by Didact | Sep 17, 2019 | fitness, Uncategorized
Do YOU have what it takes to join Her Majesty’s Royal Marines? I’ll be very honest here: I sure as Hell couldn’t have passed that test, when I was 18. I was very fat and quite slow and my cardiovascular endurance was piss-poor. A year and a bit of...
by Didact | Sep 10, 2019 | fitness, gym idiots, Uncategorized
There has been a debate raging in lifting circles for many years about the difference between low-bar and high-bar squats. And, honestly, from the perspective of actual lifters – rather than spergy nerds wanking in forums for teh lulz – it’s...
by Didact | Sep 3, 2019 | fitness, gym idiots, Uncategorized
Longtime reader and friend of the blog Kapios asks an excellent question related to the severe and dreadful infestation of gym idiots that plagues pretty much every gym, anywhere: If you were a dictator what rules would you change about gyms? I know you mentioned...
by Didact | Aug 20, 2019 | fitness, Uncategorized
Longtime reader and friend of the blog Dire Badger had a rather thought-provoking comment pertaining to gym bros like Chris “FREDO!!!” Cuomo, and why quite a few of them end up turning into giant liberaltard douchenozzles: Think of getting swoll [sic] like...
by Didact | Jul 14, 2019 | fitness, Uncategorized
The USA women’s football team won the World Cup recently, and like pretty much everyone else here, I really couldn’t give a shit about that. In fact, one of my readers, with whom I am in fairly regular contact, told me a rather good joke related to them....
by Didact | Dec 18, 2018 | fitness, Uncategorized
Our friendly neighbourhood Gentleman Adventurer had some very interesting points to make about the need, or lack thereof, to do squats every single workout in his regular Sunday lifting thread: Now my initial reaction to this was a hearty rebuttal with moderate...
by Didact | Nov 10, 2018 | fitness, Uncategorized
The name of Ray Williams is apparently at least somewhat well known in the USA, at least for those who are familiar with and follow collegiate football. Since I do not follow gridiron in any meaningful way, I had no clue who he is until earlier this year. Then I saw...
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