“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 perils of dating a gym bunny

Tim Muriello from www.illpumpyouup.com (a fitness supplement and advice site for bodybuilders) has some rather amusing advice for men who think that the idea of dating a fitness-obsessed woman is a Good Idea: As if that wasn’t amusing/silly enough, there’s...

No sacrifice, no victory

It occurred to me the other day that many of the men that we admire or respect could, in many ways, be considered bat-s*** insane by “normal” standards. Take powerlifters, for instance. Are powerlifters crazy? Is there something wrong with us because we...

Natties and juicers

One of the most popular posts that I have ever written concerns the use of anabolic steroids and other performance enhancers to achieve gains and strength and body composition results that would otherwise be impossible for natural lifters like me. In that post, I...

Blitzkrieg

Jesus Double Facepalm: That is how badly you FAIL “Lightning war” is quite simply the only way to describe what Germany did to Brazil yesterday. Now normally I could not give a toss about this odd sport named “football”- something that you...

Kill bullshido with fire

If ever you needed a good reason to hate bullshido, I’ve found at least two. Via Cage Potato: Remember when we said nobody on Martial Arts Fail of the Week could possibly be worse than Ashida Kim?  We might’ve been wrong. ...

How not to be butthurt

If someone talks smack about you, and you don’t like what he says, the absolute dumbest way you can go about proving that you really, honestly, totally couldn’t care less what the guy had to say is to act like Elliot Hulse did when someone else had...

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 real point of deadlifting

Yeah, I know, it’s baby weight. And no doubt she bought those gloves because they match her purse… I love deadlifting. It is my single favourite exercise, and I genuinely look forward to my long Sunday workout sessions in the gym where I always try to...