Last week, Buzzfeed ran up one of its longer but curiously more profound lists entitled "37 Things You'll Regret When You're Old." Although littered with GIFs (as Buzzfeed tends to do), the actual list is worthy enough of attention.
In fact, I'm posting the list with my own commentary here as 37 Things You'll Regret At The End Of 2014. Because I don't think there's anything here I or anyone else...
Monday, December 23, 2013
Monday, December 9, 2013
My exact supplement routine (easy meal plan included)
A lot of people have asked what supplement routines I follow for fat loss and muscle gain. I have to say I’m flattered: while I’m not exactly fitness model stature (yet LOL), I have done a lot of work over the last year and lost a considerable amount of fat while maintaining and even building my muscle tone.
So, here it is...the whole routine (including what I eat and when). Just remember, none of...
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Jump off the Stress Express--Bring Back the Holiday Spirit with Family Christmas Traditions
Twas the week before Christmas and all though the house everything was in shambles. Too much to do and not enough time. More shopping to be done, presents to wrap, cookies to bake and decorating await. Oh the hustle and bustle, the extra work and the stress. Is it any wonder you feel like the Kranks?
If...
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Coming up for 2014
With a goal-oriented platform like The Man Sphere, you had to know I was eventually going to start blogging about 2014. There's only a month left of this year, after all!
One of the major stumbling points I've encountered over 2013 is time. There never seems to be quite enough, and so I'm resolving now, well in advance of the new year, to start managing my time better. My routine does get everything...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Finding and Leveraging Legitimate Opportunity Online
Yesterday I ran an experiment with an online operation called "The Task Pay." The test was simple: run traffic to the website, reach the "instant payment" threshold, and then see if they actually follow through.
The first challenge of legitimacy failed: the supposed pay scale is $5 for click referrals,...
Friday, September 20, 2013
4 Harmful Muscle-Building Myths Uncovered
If you’re serious about making a solid commitment to a muscle-building program, you need to be very careful of who you take advice from. Bodybuilding and fitness is literally a multi-billion dollar industry with new websites popping up every single day. Many of the so-called “experts” out there really don’t have a clue of what they’re talking about and are only motivated by pushing expensive pills,...
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Building Your Confidence in Dating Women
When it comes to dating (or even seducing) a woman, confidence is vital. Women often equate “self confidence” with the ability to be successful. While many men believe that women look for successful men because they’re likely to make more money, that’s simply not true.
While it’s a given, women actually look for successful men because they’re more likely to be satisfied. So you may be wondering...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
4 Essential Steps You Must Take To Succeed With Anything
There are 4 essential steps you must take if you want to succeed with any project. A project is anything that requires a plan. It can be simple like making a plan to go to a movie, or could be complicated like setting up an Internet business. But simple or not, if you want your project to succeed you need to take the these four steps:
Step 1 Picture the Purpose.
Before you start any project you...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
11 Tips to Making the Best Pork Ribs
Summer may be over, but there’s nothing like a great cookout in the brisk fall air! Here are 11 tips to making the best pork ribs of your late BBQ season (you can transfer some of these inside if you want to do them in the oven…but who says you can only fire up the grill in the summer?):
1. Purchase ribs that are evenly covered in meat. In other words, don’t buy a slab that is fatty on one...
Monday, September 16, 2013
Women We Love: Julia Mei
Julia Mei is a talented and ambitious young lady who’s always interested in new challenges. She was born in China, and raised in Canada; fluent in both English and Mandarin. She began her training in dance and piano when she was 4 and this eventually led to her vigorous training in the other...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
10 Easy Tips To Save Money On Your Home Heating Bills
With energy costs higher than they have ever been in recent history, it pays to find ways to save money on your home heating bills. Here are some tips that are easy, cost effective and will all add up to reduce your home heating bills by a significant amount! You don’t need to be Bob Villa either. Some take just a minute or two. Now is the time to start thinking about them, and even small changes...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
3 Great Coconut Shrimp Recipes
Summer is coming to a close, and that means the social season is just starting to heat up. If you're planning on hosting any game day parties, you'll need snacks. One of our favourites is coconut shrimp. If you love coconut shrimp, here are three different but very good coconut shrimp...
Monday, September 9, 2013
New kinds of ouchness...
Work sometimes provides interesting opportunities to hurt myself in various creative ways. A few weeks ago, we determined that an interesting approach to engaging audiences with our series would be to look at the martial arts aspect. This lead directly to me whacking myself in the head with a piece of wood.
OK, it was a staff, and yes I have training, and yes I got sloppy. That's all beside the...
Women We Love: Amanda Ranger
With a flair for dramatic images and a boundless energy for her work, Amanda (Amandy) Ranger has leaped up the social media mountain and attained a following and a fandom that is rapidly accelerating. A social worker by trade, her passion for her chosen occupation reflects her personal drive...
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Who will grace the cover of The Man Sphere's 2013 Women We Love Dating Compilation?
As we get ready to close out 2013, we’ve once again collected the dating advice from all the amazing Women We Love interviews over the past year. The trouble is, we can’t decide who should be featured on the cover! So cast your vote and help us out. Voting ends Sept. 30.
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Men We Admire: Denis Theriault
Canadian Actor Denis Theriault stars in comedic drama All the Wrong Reasons, premiering Sunday, September 8, 2013 at 6:45 PM at Scotiabank Theatre (259 Richmond St. W.) in Auditorium One during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). An additional screening will take place Monday, September 9, 2013 at 10 PM at Scotiabank Theatre’s Auditorium 10.
All the Wrong Reasons...
Friday, August 30, 2013
Women We Love: Trenna Keating
Canadian actress Trenna Keating stars as Doc Yewll on SyFy and Showcase’s new hit series Defiance airing Monday evenings at 9 PM on SyFy and 10 PM on Showcase.
With dangerous clashes between humans and aliens, military scavengers and other treacherous visitors, Defiance is a refugee camp left...
Thursday, August 15, 2013
My first-ever progress pic (and ignoring naysayers)
Last night I was culling my wardrobe.
The process is a necessary one when you're losing weight. At each stage you toss out the size that no longer fits. It cleanses you, makes room for clothes that are suited to the new version of you. And it burns the ships.
I can't tell you how many times in the...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Summer Time Training
Well, the stats are in. Although I haven't gained significant muscle mass (by measure), my weight has come down to 180 lbs., and my waist down to 35 inches (that's a loss of 12 lbs. and 2 inches). If we're using the Golden Ratio, I do need to cut 2-3 more inches from my waist, but so far I'm liking the results.
That was on the first 12-week AGR program, geared only towards losing fat. What didn't work...
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Rackin' frackin' hackin'...
So, regular readers may have noticed there's been a definite slow down in the posting routine at The Man Sphere in the last couple of months.
It turns out the template we were using on the site had actually suffered from a fairly intrusive hack. Now, what happened was the hackers somehow got into the template files and added a whole bunch of invisible URLs to the home page. These URLs would...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Five New Products on The Man Sphere
It's been a really hectic couple of weeks. Last week I was on holidays from work, so I took the time to get The Man Sphere tweaked up a bit with some new articles (published this week), along with putting the finishing touches through my affiliate network on the launch of the TMS Metabolic Nightmare.
In addition, I really put the hammer down on my diet and workout programs in preparation for...
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
The strange lives of bass
Some of you might know that I work at a small, out of the way animation studio in the country. Right outside my window is a beautiful vista, complete with a nicely stocked bass pond.
Watching the birds and following the signs of spring as they've gradually unfurled has been a great distraction over the last couple of weeks, and now that the weather is finally becoming reliably warm getting out for...
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Just one more exercise...
As I sat there, already exhausted, I looked at the clock.
6:07. I'd been at this shit since 5:30.
I looked at the chart again. I couldn't even fathom the ridiculousness of doing that circuit again. The protocol called for one more time, but my brain, fogged with sweat and oxygen and fatigue and the...
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Excuses, anyone?
I'm great at procrastinating.
There, I said it. But the fact that I said it is the important part, because it means I recognize that weakness in myself and I'm able to make a point of avoiding it. What I don't do -- or try to avoid doing -- is make excuses that enable my procrastination.
Except when it comes to housework...but that's another post.
Yesterday I got stuck waiting for a train,...
Monday, April 15, 2013
Progress in the workout...but...
This morning I gunned through the entire circuit workout, which is an accomplishment in and of itself. I'm not totally out of shape, but those long circuit sets are a killer if you're not used to more than 30 minutes of work, so I'm really pleased that I was able to push through.The secret is going in shorter bursts. I don't think "21 reps" ...I think, "give me 4. OK...4 more. OK, now three plus two..."...
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