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To do the decline bench press, you’ll need a specialized decline bench that puts the back pad at about a 30-degree angle.  There’s no question that the decline bench press is an effective chest exercise. That said, it’s also controversial. Some people say that it’s much better than the flat bench press for building your lower chest muscles, which gives your chest a fuller, denser, more attractive look. Others claim that it’s no better than the flat bench press for building your chest, and is more likely to cause injuries.  Who’s right?  The truth is that the decline bench press...

Stay Healthy!  Well, I’m 12 days into the low iodine diet thing {and eating clean} and let’s just say I will be soooooo glad when I can eat real food {pie, bread, cheese} again {Saturday}. I’m just trying and stay busy so I don’t have to think about food. I found the salt free matzos though, so there’s that.  Weigh What I Weighed When We Got Married  {128 pounds} Weigh-ins are the first Sunday of each month. My April 4th weigh in was 133.4 My March 7th weigh in was 135.6 My February 7th weigh in was 137.3 My January...

Black LGBTQ books got a bump in June of 2020. With the George Floyd protests at their peak and Pride month still happening, lists of queer Black books to buy or preorder built up steam on social media. You Should See Me in a Crown, a Black YA F/F novel, was sold out everywhere. Unfortunately, this follows a pattern that Black and LGBTQ books often see: a peak during Black History Month or Pride month, but forgotten in between. Or, a hateful act will make the news, whether it’s police brutality or violent transphobia or a worrying new law, book...

s Not all love songs are romantic. Not all love songs are even happy. It all depends on your definition of the term. For every “My Girl” or “Your Song,” there’s at least one track with a nuanced take on the darker, more complicated sides of love — the drama of a long-term relationship, the fear of losing a partner, the void left in love’s wake. Many of those songs fall under the admittedly broad umbrella of “alt-rock.” So to mark Valentine’s Day, we decided to gather 50 of our favorite “love songs” in the genre — both conventional and...

Welcome to the PleinAir Podcast with Eric Rhoads – rated the #1 painting podcast in Feedspot’s 2021 list. In this episode Eric interviews Western artist John Coleman, who shares what, to him (and maybe to many successful artists), is the scariest thing in the world – it’s not what you think. Bonus! In this week’s Art Marketing Minute, Eric Rhoads, author of Make More Money Selling Your Art, answers the questions: “Do frames add value when selling a painting?” and “What’s a good way to get into a coffee shop with your art?” Listen to the PleinAir Podcast with Eric...