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Photo essay / Jan 17, 2023

Alcohol lowers your testosterone

A good reason not to drink beer, hard alcohol, cocktails, wine, whiskey, etc. Drinking alcohol is not manly. It is good for lowering your testosterone and increasing your estrogen. Note when you look at …

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Photo essay / Jan 17, 2023

How to become rich

Very easy. Don’t drink alcohol, don’t smoke weed. Also, don’t own a car, and if you are going to own a car, get it super cheap used, ideally a hand me down from a …

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Photo essay / Jan 16, 2023

Courtesy Ethics Philosophy

As a general guideline, to be courteous is a virtue. Think of the court courtesan. However, beyond this, no need to kowtow to others, or even be nice or kind.

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Photo essay / Jan 16, 2023

Courteous.

To be courteous is one of the ethics of Boy Scouts. I think it is a good one. To be courteous, or courtesy is always good. However, one doesn’t need to be “kind“ or …

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Photo essay / Jan 16, 2023

Via Negativa Force

People could force you to not do certain things, but people cannot force you to do something. For example, nobody could force you to wear a certain type of footwear, or even force you …

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Number one on Google for hypelifting Eric Kim
Photo essay / Jan 16, 2023

THE EASIEST WAY TO BECOME #1 ON GOOGLE

The way to become number one on Google is very easy and simple; easiest way is to innovate and pioneer a new concept, a new word choice or phrasing or concept that nobody has …

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Photo essay / Jan 16, 2023

PHYSIQUE?

Towards a greater physique: Why physique? Physique — because let us consider, how much money time and effort we waste on things for their physique. The physique of cars (car design), the physique of …

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Photo essay / Jan 16, 2023

SLEEVELESS

It seems the ideal is some sort of sleeveless shirt — less fabric to get in your way, but enough fabric to add another layer of protection for your shoulders when doing those insanely …

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Photo essay / Jan 16, 2023

MUSCLE IS THE SUPREME WEALTH

The feeling of waking up, and feeling your body and muscles bigger, fuller, and pressing into your (sized small) T-shirt. Feeling your biceps, and back, and wings getting bigger and more muscular, and even …

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atlas lift
Photo essay / Jan 16, 2023

How to Do the Atlas Lift

The general gist to do the Atlas Lift is simple: First, load up the bar, and put it on a rack level which is just a little bit lower than your full height. Then, …

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Photo essay / Jan 15, 2023

JUST FOCUS ON YOURSELF

Or like Kanye said — “I’m into my own dick.” Don’t chase women or girls, instead, just chase new strength personal records at the gym. 7 plates and beyond.

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Photo essay / Jan 15, 2023

ALWAYS EXPECT FOR THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.

Our Boy Scout’s motto: Always be prepared. When you’re traveling on the road, always travel with two phones. Also, applied this methodology of thinking about the worst case scenario, especially when it comes to …

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Photo essay / Jan 15, 2023

Gun Thoughts

Always have the gun on you, never in your backpack or bag. When you go to a wedding, ensure and ask the host whether it is a “gun free” wedding. Or ask the host …

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Photo essay / Jan 15, 2023

Why Arguments and Confrontations Are Good

It gives you the opportunity to actually exercise your skills and courage! Theory — Perhaps in life in order to further ourselves we should actually seek MORE conflict, MORE confronting and confrontations? STOICISM 101 …

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Photo essay / Jan 12, 2023

SMITE

Smitana—to cast, sling, hurl, throw, strike.

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