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[quote="Doughboy"]The warrior ethos is non-existent. [quote]

This is easily one of, if not the, stupidest statement ever made in the history of IGx.

While we're nerding-out on the subject of hoplite combat, a couple other books would supplement the recommendations already made-- Peter Connolly's works on Greece, Rome, and Hannibal. Some of his books are written for young adults, but all are excellently illustrated with respect to arms, armor, tr...

Imperial Grunts, Kaplan.
The Great Game, Peter Hopkirk. Easy, informative.

Turd Ferguson wrote:After living under Gen Order 1, even Buttwiper tastes incredible.

So true. I just picked up a selection of high gravity ales. Chilling them now and counting down the hours until I drink them all.

In its many forms, and especially when it contains alcohol, kicks maxumum ass.

Though the separation on initial openng is a bit annoying, when stateside I have switched over exclusively to almond butter, organic of course.

It kicks the collective ass of all peanut butters.

Ross Enamit's stuff is oriented towards the Ultra-GPP inclined and is scalable to the trainee. Furthermore, he is not an asshole or a cultist. In fact, he is very responsive over email and seems to be all around good guy. In the past, whenever one of my buddies was telling me about this cool Matt Fu...

All in all, the seminar was nearly 5 hours and probably some of the best money I've spent on this sport. He began with a short introduction and discussion about kettlebells in Russia. No Spetsnaz mysteries here, just casual history of the kettlebell as a fixture in strength contests held during city...

an update-- after quickly responding to my request, k2 shipped me new replacement bag, free of charge. (i like the fact that they use dhl to get stuff to you quickly.)

great customer service. trained with the new bag today and so far so good. i highly recommend their products.

mine broke the first time i worked out with it. i dropped it from my shoulder to the ground and it exploded. catastrophic structural failure. looking forward to them sending me a replacement though, as i like the design.