“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

The Gamma and the bench press

McRapey* recently took to his Twitter feed to congratulate his daughter on her weightlifting achievements. Nothing wrong with that, clearly- but then he went and did something very stupid indeed: This, of course, inevitably caused the rest of us who aren’t a...

Midget-punching

[I had several different titles in mind for this one, ranging from “How to Push a Girl’s Buttons: Sparring Edition”, to “Punching Girls in the Face”, to my personal favourite alternative, “Didact Beats Up Short Chick, Hilarity...

Gear up

If you’re just starting out with lifting properly, you might find yourself somewhat confused about the gear you need for lifting properly. And I don’t blame you on that front. What with the explosive growth of CrossFit over the last few years, the number...

The wisdom of Bas Rutten

If you’re not familiar with the world of Mixed Martial Arts competition, then the name “Bas Rutten” won’t mean a single damn thing to you. For those of you who practice martial arts and enjoy watching grown men beat the ever-lovin’...

“BANZAI, MOTHERF***ERS!!!”

A bit over a year ago I wrote a post about the nature and destructiveness of fear. For deep introverts, nothing is more effective at holding us back from becoming the men that we were meant to be. Nothing is more destructive to our normally unshakeable inner strength...

“The MAYOR of Snap City”

On the back of my thoughts about CrossFitcomes very sad news about a trainer named Kevin Ogar who suffered a horrible injury while performing a snatch: A Colorado CrossFit athlete was performing a routine lift during a competition in Southern California over the...

The CrossFit question

I’ve long advocated personal fitness and strength training as the single best way to build strength and muscle. It may surprise some to learn, though, that I’m actually fairly agnostic about the precise method used to build strength and power. I...

Fat-shaming is entirely justified

Maria Kang,the MILF who pissed off a bunch of land whales and shoggothsby asking a very simple question, landed herself in yet more hot water recently bypointing out that fatassitude is a sign of poor health (WARNING: youwill require eye bleach for some...

You need a dose of Bro Science

This is possibly the funniest episode of Bro Science I’ve seen yet: This is a particularly good one considering that 7 hours ago, I was in the gym watching this bone-thin Asian chick in the Smith machine pretending that those ridiculous half-squats she was doing...

Form Versus Function

That’s the true difference between bodybuilders and powerlifters: This is taken straight from the StrongLifts Facebook page, which I think is publicly accessible (and that’s the only reason why I can get this pic). It illustrates perfectly the difference...