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The rise is why your pants keep sliding under your belly

Fix the waistband first, then the shirt hem, and a midsection stops running the whole outfit.

$Shin splints or a stress fracture, and how to tell them apart$

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

Shin splints or a stress fracture, and how to tell them apart

One hurts along a stretch of bone and warms up as you run. The other hurts on a spot the size of a dime and gets worse. Learn the difference before you lose a season.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The Beard Itch Peaks Around Day Ten, Then It Quits

Ninety seconds a morning and three cheap things fix the worst month of growing a beard. Most men quit right before it ends.

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Your trouser hem is probably an inch off, and it shows

Break isn't a style opinion, it's a measurement. Get the back hem and the leg opening right and the front takes care of itself.

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GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Pour more olive oil than feels right and the rest gets cheap

Mediterranean eating isn't branzino and pine nuts. It's a tin of oil, a pot of beans cooked past creamy, and knowing what to leave in the cart.

GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Shine By Noon Is A Product Problem, Not A Washing Problem

Oil isn't dirt, and scrubbing it off at 7 a.m. is why your forehead is a mirror by lunch. Ninety seconds, three products, one habit.

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GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Build a whole wardrobe for five hundred dollars, line by line

Eleven purchases, one tailoring budget, and the order to buy them in if you only have a hundred bucks this month.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Stretching feels great and it won't save your hamstring

Thirty seconds of toe-touching has never prevented a tear. Strength, a real warm-up and sane load management do. Stretching still earns six minutes a day.

GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Round face, long face, square jaw, three different beards

Your beard's shape is decided by two lines, and most men cut both of them in the wrong place.

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GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 23, 20265 min

Salt your beans before you cook them, not after

Bland, split, chalky beans and gummy brown rice all come from the same handful of mistakes. Fix those and the pot gets good.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Tell a groin pull from a sports hernia before you play again

Three different injuries feel identical at the top of your thigh. The self-checks that separate them, and the eight weeks that stop the rerun next season.

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