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hak

hak has written 319 posts for The Outdoor Journey

Is it finally OK to call someone fat?

My family was recently at a pool party to celebrate the end of my daughter’s first soccer season. As I looked around at the kids frolicking in the pool, I was shocked to see that out of the dozen or so girls on the team, 10 were obese. I’m not talking about having a little extra baby fat, I’m talking double-fisted Twinkie-eating-hand-me-another-grape-soda-mom kind of fat. Lest you think me a physique snob, my wife, who is very sensitive about these matters, was the one who pointed out that one girl looked like she was pregnant. When are parents going to stop killing their children?

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The best fitness video of all time

Stand by for the best, most effective, fitness routine I have ever seen.
Simply wicked!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyirLwMxrNs

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Medical Terms 101: CBT

In my ongoing effort to make this online project as educational as possible, from time to time I will expose you to some new vocabulary. Of course, don’t expect anything highbrow. Today’s word is CBT. It’s medical slang for Chronic Biscuit Toxicity or Chronic Burger Toxicity…i.e, the patient is really fat.
Doctors seem to be […]

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Drunk driver plows into bike racers (graphic)

Jesse Campos, the driver of the automobile pictured here, decided to get liquored up, get behind the wheel of his car and fell asleep. Unfortunately, he did so at the same time a road race was going on and he careened across the center line and wreaked havoc on a bike race in Mexico.

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REVIEW: So you want to train for your first triathlon

After interviewing Rachel Cosgrove (click here to read part I and part II) about how she balances her training for two very physiologically diverse sports (powerlifting and triathlon), I became a fan of her methodology, philosophy and overall approach to multisports. She was gracious enough to send me a copy of the book she co-authored with Erika Lilley, “So you want to train for your first triathlon” to review.

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