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How to Peak for a Powerlifting Meet After 50
There's a peaking program written by a 32-year-old strength coach somewhere on the internet that will absolutely destroy you.
By Aint Dead Yet MF4 months ago in Men
How Masters Powerlifters Should Train in the Off Season
Most powerlifters treat the off season like a problem to be endured. The meet is done. The adrenaline is gone. The tight peaking schedule is over. Now what?
By Aint Dead Yet MF4 months ago in Men
The Biscotti on the Desk: Why Old-School Loyalty Still Outruns Supply-Chain Algorithms
Arthur Whitman set the receiver back on the cradle and let his fingers rest on the edge of the desk for two seconds. Outside the window, Ohio snow was falling on the corrugated iron roof of the stamping shop, a fine, steady hiss like sandpaper on metal. He was seventy-three years old. He could tell the rhythm on the Krauss 315-ton press was slightly off: every ninth stroke, the return lagged by maybe three-tenths of a second. It was a good machine. Shipped from Stuttgart in 1987, older than his son.
By Jin4 months ago in Men
Why the Best International Teams Don't Run on Talent Alone
--- Early in my career, I watched a genuinely talented team fall apart on an international project that should have been straightforward. The people involved were smart, experienced, and technically capable. The market opportunity was real. The capital was in place. On paper, every ingredient for success was there.
By Scott Gelbard4 months ago in Men
The Advisory Board That Actually Helps (And How to Build One)
--- Most advisory boards are theater. A collection of impressive names on a website, assembled to signal credibility rather than generate it. The founders who built them were well-intentioned — they wanted smart people in their corner. But somewhere between the initial coffee meeting and the first formal session, the purpose got blurry, the structure got soft, and the advisory relationship calcified into something cordial and largely useless.
By Scott Gelbard4 months ago in Men
How to Build a Business That Thrives Through Geopolitical Uncertainty
--- In 2019, one of my clients — a mid-market distribution company operating across three continents — had what looked like a textbook international strategy. Diversified markets, strong supplier relationships, a clear roadmap for expansion into two new geographies. The following year, a global pandemic rewrote the rules. The year after that, supply chain disruption and geopolitical tensions reconfigured the trade relationships they'd spent a decade building.
By Scott Gelbard4 months ago in Men
THE MALE EGO: THE FIRST ADDICTION
Nobody asks the question. What if the first addiction wasn’t alcohol? What if it wasn’t heroin, pornography, gambling, shopping, power, money or sex?
By THE HONED CRONE4 months ago in Men
The Hidden Engineering Behind a Good Golf Polo. AI-Generated.
But spend time on a factory floor where these shirts are actually made, and the simplicity starts to look like the result of a lot of invisible decisions, not the absence of any.
By Benjamin4 months ago in Men
That Point In Life
You're not always going to like this, but it's an absolute truth about life. There come those times that are in your face. They're reminders that we're going to face something painful.
By Jason Morton4 months ago in Men
Jordan Hidalgo: Crafting Powerful Stories Through Film and Visual Storytelling. AI-Generated.
Jordan Hidalgo directs and produces commercials, documentaries, branded content, and narrative films. His commercial clients include Lamborghini, Lexus, Captain Morgan, Chase, Purina, Bleacher Report, and the New York Jets. His short film Superstar played more than 40 festivals across the United States and picked up multiple awards and nominations along the way.
By Karen Perry4 months ago in Men
Sunset's Inching Closer
Final Sunsets Shouldn't Be Known About Sadly, some things, no matter how special, are doomed to end. That's the reality of life. Things that you love will stop being, and people who matter will stop knowing what you really went through. Ultimately, for the majority, you die alone.
By Jason Morton4 months ago in Men
An Accident on The Motorcycle
No, hubby doesn't wear a helmet. Well, he will when it is cold. I asked him if he had one on. I was surprised when his look was like of course he had one on.
By Denise E Lindquist4 months ago in Men