Strength and Honor

Video: How to Develop Your 60-Second Elevator Pitch

Video: Pushup Technique and Variations

Video: Want Strength? Pay the Price.

This guy is strong. Want to be like him? Work this hard for just one day. Then repeat for several years.

Video: Rocky Balboa Lays It Out For Us

New Download: Lysis

A dialogue of Plato on the nature of friendship. Download here.

Video: Al Pacino Locker Room Pep Talk

The Beer Gut and the Testosterone Man

In a classic piece of T-Nation prose, Chris Shugart lays out his reaction to the Bobs of the world:

"Oh," Bob finally says, "I heard you were, like, one of those bodybuilder guys or something. So, what's that like, you know, working out every day and stuff? I just don't have time to lift weights all day, but I have been meaning to get rid of this beer belly." He takes another sip of beer. "What do you suggest?" Sip.

But Bob just can't find the time to work out for several hours every day. Boo hoo.

"We like to watch 'normal' people like you tell us about how they can't get in shape. We smile and nod sympathetically like we feel your pain, but actually, we're thinking that you're a pathetic piece of shit that needs to grow a spine and join a gym.

Read the entire article over at T-Nation.

Video: Squat Rx #21 ("Sit Back")

Video: Hardcore Training

The Real Grinch Who Stole Christmas

"Brazen Careerist" Penelope Trunk believes Christmas doesn't belong at work because it hurts the feelings of Jews.

I know that you guys have a lot to say about Christmas, not just because of the comments these posts receive, but also because over the years I have found that for the most part, Christians comment publicly, and Jews send private emails to me.

And this is, of course, the root of the problem. Christmas is totally Christian and totally religious and the Christians love to debate this point and the Jews think it is absolutely not debatable but the Jews never speak up because we feel we are just lucky to be where we are in the United States � doing very well, in general � given our history of being economically and culturally trampled for most of the last 2000 years.

But she feels that being special is just as important as fitting in. Being special means that you thrive within your own culture and traditions. But only she gets to do that: not people who celebrate Christmas. And how does this fit in with her emphasis on being liked for career advancement?

But since Ms. Trunk doesn't have much intellectual firepower anyway, let's let Larry and Cable Guy respond to her: