by Didact | Jun 5, 2016 | gym idiots, Uncategorized
Your local CrossFit box: where common sense, good form, and GAINS all go to die. I was out yesterday with some buddies from my martial arts school for a few beers, and the CrossFit Question came up. One of the guys is a pharmacist, and he told us that a lot of people...
by Didact | Apr 19, 2016 | gym idiots, Uncategorized
I was attending church services at the temple of the Iron God on Sunday, as usual, when I saw an ad from the Lizard Queen herself pop up on one of the TVs during a CNN commercial break. It had something or other about how there is “too much at stake”,...
by Didact | Apr 16, 2016 | gym idiots, Uncategorized
If you have it, get treated for it right away: If you’re lucky, your local treatment centre (also known as a “gym”) will have a therapy counsellor (also known as “that cranky powerlifter in the squat rack over there in the dimly lit back...
by Didact | Feb 11, 2016 | fat girl jihad, gym idiots, Uncategorized
It appears that the Buff Dudes seriously missed their true calling in life, and only just discovered the fact: If the BBC had actually produced something like this, I would almost consider the licence fee to be worth it. ALMOST. As it is, though, we had to wait...
by Didact | Feb 10, 2016 | gym idiots, Uncategorized
I want to be pissed off at Dom for telling the truth about powerlifting, but… I just can’t be angry at someone who so brilliantly manages to piss all over powerlifters everywhere: I don’t know what the funniest quote is: “That’s all...
by Didact | Feb 9, 2016 | gym idiots, Uncategorized
There are no words… I can’t quite tell what is the best (worst?) moment in that entire bunch: The dude wearing a PINK lifting belt (?!?!?) doing half-squats, dropping the bar, and then destroying a cheap squat rack in the process; The oblivious and...
by Didact | Jan 29, 2016 | gym idiots, Uncategorized
January is, of course, the least favourite month of every gym rat on the planet. This is when all of the noob lifters come in after making their New Year’s Resolutions to “lose weight” and “be healthy” and “look good”, etc....
by Didact | Jan 29, 2016 | gym idiots, Uncategorized
Just sit back and let your mind absorb the explosion of bro-ness: About the highest compliment that any comedian can be paid is that his material is almost as funny as the brilliant heavy metal mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap. That film is, hands down, the funniest...
by Didact | Jan 10, 2016 | gym idiots, Uncategorized
Infinite Elgintensity does his usual bang-up job of mocking CrossSh*t’s unforgivably cavalier attitude toward sanity and safety: Injuries from the Washed Up Loser Olympics (2015) by InfiniteElgintensity Wow. Just… wow. If you’ve ever wondered why I...
by Didact | Jan 6, 2016 | gym idiots, Uncategorized
For iron addicts like me, the absolute worst thing about coming back from a long and rather pleasant vacation is the fact that sooner or later, we have to get back into the gym and start working out again. This is a very painful and depressing experience, because...
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