“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.”

What’s Holding You Back?

Recent events got me thinking about why so many people have so much trouble getting what they want out of life. I’m sure you’ve seen this plenty of times- and you’re probably guilty of it yourself: someone sets a goal, decides that he wants to do...

This Is Your Life on Steroids…

A couple of prominent Manosphere bloggers- Danger & Play and Bold & Determined, to be specific- have posted in the past about the benefits of steroid use for becoming big. Now before anyone gets the wrong idea, I want to make this very clear: I am NOT saying...

Two Years of Powerlifting

I had intended to spend some time writing this weekend and putting thoughts to paper (so to speak), but as usual, I got lazy and decided to enjoy the summer sunshine and sleeping on my couch instead. I’m rather hoping to change that trend this week, now that...

Be a Man: Martial Arts

In between dealing with pissy women at work, things going somewhat pear-shaped at home, and the bonkers weather we’ve been having up in the Northeast recently, it’s not been easy to find time to write on the subject of manliness, but that has finally...

Gym Etiquette 101

One of the first things that anyone who goes regularly to any gym to work out with heavy weights needs to learn is simple gym etiquette. I can’t quite believe that there are people who go to the same gyms that I do who don’t get this, but the reality is...

Gym Idiots, YouTube Edition!

Someone out there has done us all a tremendous public service by compiling this truly hilarious collection of gym idiots doing what gym idiots do- making themselves look stupid, and making the rest of us collapse with laughter in the process. Enjoy! Share this: Share...

Deadlifting 101

(Note: in this week’s edition of Weekend Linkage, there is a video of one particularly stupid assclown deadlifting with truly horrible form. That video annoyed me so much that I just had to write this. If you ever find yourself working out in the same gym as me,...

There Are No Words…

Gym idiots: the only people you can legally mock these days and get away with it. For your amusement and shock, here are several videos of gym idiots doing incredibly stupid things: And as for my well-advertised loathing of those jackasses who curl in the squat rack,...

Never Use a Smith Machine

Martin Berkhan’s classic post on F***arounditis is worth going back to read over and over again, and I’ve been doing just that recently. His comments on gym-goers who refuse to learn how to lift properly spurred me into writing on a topic that I’ve...