"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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Just tried snatches for the first time

wheelin&dealin

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I like the "old skool" olympic lifts. There's nothing better than doing snatches & cleans in a workout... NOTHING!!!

Anybody else do these?

Apparently they are the best exercises an athlete can do.
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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atomsk

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huh? I havent heard of that. Can you describe the exercise?
 

prosemont

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Cleans and deadlifts are AWESOME exercises. You will build
your core strength doing these which for some reason just makes you stronger in every other exercise you do. I think they also make your muscle thicker or denser if that makes sense -- all good.

I actually prefer deadlifts because there is less movement and I worry about injury when I do cleans. And, obviously, you can pile on more weight with deadlifts than cleans. I never do snatches (although I'm a huge fan of snatch in general) again because there is too much movement and I'm worried about back injury even though I've never injured my back. It just feels like I might when I do snatches.
 

ceekay

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yep, I do a lot of snatches and power cleans in the weights portion of my training
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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DJ Girevik

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They're awesome. Right now though I'm not doing either, I'm only doing grind exercise routines (chins, dips, squats) and kettlebells, and workouts with a 100 pound medicine ball.
 

The Great Juan

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Power cleans are definately up there with squats and deadlifts for sure, they will not only build you a great looking body, but will also give you fantastic strength in the future. It is no surprise that all three are events in the world strongest man competitions.
 

swigue

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If you just tried the snatch for the first time, you're not much of a DJ are you?
 
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