This guy does it right. Michael Pitt.

Anyone know which mens' hair styling products are good?

I generally just leave my hair au naturel, but my hair is quite long now and I think I need to use a little something to tame it.

Preferably, I'd like something which is fairly discreet and unnoticable, but strong enough in small quantities to style fairly thick, medium-long hair. I don't plan on doing anything too wild with it, I just want to give my hair a messy sort of look and take it against the natural direction of its growth.

try brylcreem, greatest mens hair product of all time, no 'foolin, there's a reason its been around for 100 years

>>269

Checked their site and it seems like they have lots of different products. Any idea which is best for hair which is fairly long and thick?

A few years back when I still used hair styling products, I would usually go with clay. It gave me a good amount of control over the style and didn't make my hair look oily. Wax didn't seem to work well for me, it made my hair look oily and didn't hold it very well either. I never liked hair gel, it set like a rock and made my hair look like plastic.

They offer two others aside from those though: paste and cream. I've never used those before, so I don't really know anything about them. Are they any good, or should I play it safe and go for the clay?

If your in the US this is what you want right here, $6-$7 at Walgreens but you can usually find it anywhere. If your in the UK just go with cream

I do too, when I catch myself I try to get up striaght. You could try doing some yoga?

lordosis or kyphosis?

Do you lift?

heres a couple of videos as a jumping off point

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WXdZRYPhYE&feature=g-user-u

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEwzyHeAlos&feature=g-user-u

basically; core exercises, posterior chain exercises, and rowing

PS: if you dont lift and dont want to lift, dumbell goblet squats and bentover rows would be a good place to start though

>I spend a lot of time at my computer since I have little else to do with my time
lies

SAGE has been used.

Deadlifts, and do it the proper way. Lift and once the bar reaches your knees you want to squeeze the life out of your glutes.

SAGE has been used.

Just.. dont dress or act like a douchebag. Then you'll just be a big and strong guy.
Sheesh.

do cardio and never lift a thing

Don't lift so much and stop eating so much

SAGE has been used.

swimming is a great way to tone up

SAGE has been used.

When I had long hair I would do a kind of samurai like top knot and it looked pretty good. I don't know how it would look on a blonde dude though.

Eventually I just said, "Fuck it," and shaved off all my hair.

>how can I change the style without permanently changing it?
Nothing you do to your hair is permanent because it grows back. You could shave your head and it wouldn't be permanent.

Unless you were suddenly overtaken by male pattern baldness within 6 months.

Why not tie it in a bun?

corn rows nigga!

brother, i used to have a long mane, i had troy polamalu hair, and i rocked it wild and out, in a tight bun, or in a pony tail thing. but then i donated it. short hair feels great. give it a thought. i was nervous and didn't want to, but i wouldn't go back.

slave bracelet, i think

>>198
It sounds so demeaning but it looks so classy. I love it.

SAGE has been used.

The best way to avoid injury is to exercise the muscles supporting the joint. I would take a small break to make sure you are not over exercising it and resume when you feel comfortable.

The best advice I can offer sir, is to take an Advil tablet before and after your work out. It could just be inflammation. Make sure it's ibuprofen (Advil), and not acetaminophen (Tylenol) or aspirin (Bayer). If it still hurts or the Advil doesn't do anything, it could be a deeper issue. If that's the case you may want to get it checked out. However, judging by what you've told us, I would suppose the doctors advice to be something like "Don't do leg curls over 60 lbs."

good luck

>>185

I should have added that I have previously injured this knee. I think it was about 8 years back doing leg extensions. Before I got to the full extension it just popped sideways. I never had it checked out, just limped around on crutches for a couple weeks until I could walk on it again.

>>186

The back of the knee is a tricky thing to exercise. Aside from leg curls I couldn't think of anything else to do.

>>187

Inflammation had crossed my mind from time to time. I'll try some ibuprofen and see if that calms it down. It's been looked at twice, once when I enlisted two years ago and again a little over a year ago, and both times was cleared as "stable." Although all they do is wiggle it around a little, not drop 60 pounds on my heel while I'm laying down. I guess common sense should tell me not to do more than 60 pounds, I just hate holding myself back like that when I know I should be moving up.

SAGE has been used.

How's your squat?

Going to say fish oil. IT helps reduce inflammation.

>>189
ooh yes, fish oil. I found a lot of my little joint tweaks alleviated when I started daily supplementing with the 3-6-9 omega oil.

>>131

Now that I look at this picture, I think it came out to be so that it's stretched vertically. Just a little disclaimer to you guys before you assume I've gained a large amount of weight in comparison.

>>132
Are these 1RM or sets of 3x5?
It's quite a strong squat. What's your routine at the moment?

Also, have you read Starting Strength? This will solve a lot of your problems and will give you cues to solve your deadlift problem and suggest stretches to fix your flexibility issues. The deadlift is primarily a leg/glute movement, and not a lower back one. You can't go wrong reading SS:http://vissoft6.org/031/starting+strength+3rd+ed+rapidshare.html


Dave Tate's 'So you think you can Squat' and Rippetoe's series of videos on the squat will help you work on your form.

Excessive lordotic curving can be caused by sitting on your ass all day. Read BB.com's 'Neaderthal No More' articles. Whenever you stand, squeeze your asscheeks together.


http://www.t-nation.com/article/performance_training/neanderthal_no_more_part_iv&cr=

>>134

The numbers you see are derived from my Starting Strength routine of 3x5.

I have read through a copy of the original book a couple of times, although it looks like there have been quite a few parts that managed to go in one ear and out the other.

I'll make sure to study the videos and emulate what's been shown. Also, the link regarding lordosis seems a great deal of help for someone like me. Thank you for your recommendations.

When I first started off, I had the a slight lordosis as well. I didn't know what it was at the time. I just knew that, as I got off my ass and became more active, my low back posture was some how wrong. I stood with my ass out and up.

I constantly, all day in the office or whenever I noticed it, reminded my self to; squeeze my ass, tighten my gut, and lead with my dick. Eventually this got habitualized and my posture improved. Doing this will also throw your shoulders back and make you look more confident.

This applies to the squat as well. take a deep breath and hold it of course, thats in the book. But, before you drop into the hole, squeeze your sphincter, tighten your abs. Then as you come out of the hole, make sure your still squeezing your ass, and jut your hips up and sort of forward. In a diagonallly fashion. This is the Hip Drive you are looking for. its sort of leading with your dick again. I shout in my head, HIP DRIVE!!! The squat is a very hips oriented movment, coach Rip would say something like "The hips are the main lever action of the squat" I believe. This focus on the hips will also force your chest out and up as well.

hope that makes sense and is helpful.

HIP DRIVE!!!!

>>182 here
I watched a video today that is pretty related to lordosis and squats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zq_nM5H3bk&feature=relmfu

SAGE has been used.

rude

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bears make everything awesome.

if only this weren't white and guaranteed to become see trough in water...

SAGE has been used.

This is my average day, the breakfast stays pretty much the same, only takes 10-15 minutes to make. The lunch is a "tv dinner" microwave meal and a weight gainer shake, doesn't get any easier than that. The carbs and the veg at dinner may change but not really. I switch the quinoa with brown rice; and the fresh brocolli with frozen mixed veg, kale, spinach, whatever. Dinner only takes 25 mIn, that is how long it takes for the meat to bake at 425. While the meats in the oven I make the starch and veg. Nothing like a big bowl of cottage cheese/peanut butter/honey for desert, right before bed omnomnom

Lift Days
Throw in my pre workout meal (usually whole wheat English Muffin w/ natty peanut butter and a protien shake), a post workout shake,

Drive Thru
the occasional chicken nuggets at the drive thru (no fries or soda, yecchhh), chicken salads, Chipotle burrito, and bulking burgers and Im good to go

Edited to add in sporadic fruits: I stick with apples, oranges and bananas. I shoot for two or three a day, usually get at least one serving lol.

Too many grain carbs not enough saturated animal fat. IMO
My Reasoning:
Muscle growth is triggered both locally (intra muscular) and externally (Extramuscular/hormones)
Hormone production particularly testosterone and adrenaline require these fats.
If you can't produce the external conditions which trigger muscle creation/growth you won't grow as quickly.

Muscle creation is a slow process you need long term energy as well. Calorie wise takes approx 4000 kCal to build 1lb of muscle. Simple sugars from carbs are used too quickly by the body and are stored in fat rather than muscle w/o immediate local stimulation. Fats digest much more slowly.
Structurally it makes sense as well cells are basically complex lipid bubbles built to store protein chains. Fats and protein are the bricks and mortar of the body. Sugars are more like the a/c

Personally I dont really see anything here that stands out. It feela way mire winter than spring

Obama and Romney ware Brooks as did most presidents.

Dress like the 1%

A man that is not able to wear a non iron Brooks shirt in America is doing it wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WxDrVUrSvI

Show that you love her, buy her something.

High reps/low weights. You also want to increase your sets and decrease your cooling down periods. In essence- you're burning calories more so than if you were burning your muscle up so that it heals better.
Don't deny yourself good fats. Cutting or not, fish is always good on your plate. Cashews tend to be fatty (the good kind), so I eat them in the AM. Chicken and salad with little or not dressing is the perfect meal, but that doesn't mean you can't have an 85/15 (lean/fat) burger with some steamed carrots on the side.
Something I did wrong last spring was that I ate nothing, but greens and little bits of meat. That was cool and all, but I should've tried to get some more grains/oats. And I shouldn't have overdone it all at once. It left me feeling like hell for months afterwards.
Don't be a nazi, but start to eat things you need rather than want right now and you'll be good for summer

>>90
thx a lot friend

Some autist called Joker deleted half the site because someone on IRC called him weird.

Also: >>2

SAGE has been used.