Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Powder Your Muscles

Once the niche elixir of powerlifting bros, gulping down a Muscle Milk or three is now part of a "healthy, active lifestyle" — whatever that means.
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IT'S ALL ABOUT THE ESSENTIALS
SHAKING UP OUR DIETS
How Protein Conquered America
eater.com
Once the niche elixir of powerlifting bros, gulping down a Muscle Milk or three is now part of a "healthy, active lifestyle" — whatever that means.
SEEPING SICKNESS
Rural America's Drinking-Water Crisis
newrepublic.com
Millions of rural Americans are subject to unhealthy and sometimes illegal levels of contaminants in their drinking water, whether from agriculture, or coal, or plain old bad pipes.
THE SCIENTIFIC TERM IS 'A SHIT TON'
How Many Calories Olympians Eat
vox.com
To calibrate the correct amount of calories, sports nutritionists need to calculate how hard the athletes are training, how much energy they are likely to burn — and also how heavy or light they need to be for competition.
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MORE ISN'T ALWAYS BETTER
GETTING A GRIP ON IT
The Wonderfully Empty World Of 'Shadow Of The Colossus'
theoutline.com
Before gigantic video games with too many things to do were the industry norm, the newly remastered PS2 classic offered a stark, haunting landscape.
PLENTY OF FISHERMEN IN THE SEA
My Quest To Understand Why Bumble Is Full Of Guys With Fish Photos
thecut.com
An investigation into the fishermen of dating apps.
CRASHING AND FREEZING
Which Winter Olympic Sports See The Most Wipeouts?
fivethirtyeight.com
Skeleton may look terrifying, but it's got nothing on skiing.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
AN APT METAPHOR FOR OUR PLANET
Guy Makes A Huge Sphere Out Of Matches And Then Sets It On Fire Because The Internet Is Awesome Sometimes
digg.com
It's not every day we're blessed with a YouTube stunt this beautiful and this brazen.
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The New Ways To Carry Your Cash
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We breakdown our favorite wallets, because it's time to break up with the leather brick in your back pocket.
It's Wednesday. Consider the first half of the week thoroughly charred.