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How To Find A Barber Worth Driving Past Three Others For

The right chair saves you five minutes every morning for a month. Here's how to audition one, and how to keep him once you've got him.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The first ninety days after a heart attack

Cardiac rehab is thirty-six sessions, a heart monitor and a nurse who won't let you cheat. Most men skip it. Don't be most men.

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Rewrite my résumé so it actually gets read

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GuideStyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20266 min

Short men should buy for the shoulders and hem the rest

Height isn't the problem. Rise, hem, jacket length and a tailor who picks up the phone are the whole fight.

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Hobbies6 min read

The Kitchen, the Score and Your First Night of Open Play

Pickleball takes about twenty minutes to learn and a decade to master. Sort out the paddle, the two-bounce rule and where to show up.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

Your cough hit week eight. Get the chest X-ray.

Most coughs that linger are boring and fixable. A few aren't. Here's the timeline, the red flags, and what actually happens at the appointment.

GuideGearWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Kids' Outdoor Clothes That Make It to the Third Kid

Snow pants don't die from cold. They die at the knee, the cuff elastic and the zipper pull, and you can buy against all three.

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GuideHealthCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

What to wear in the sauna and how long to stay

Shower first, sit on a towel, cap it around fifteen minutes. The rest of sauna etiquette is just not being the guy everybody remembers.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The heartburn you've had for two years isn't nothing

Antacids in the truck console, a pillow stack that doesn't work, and the questions worth asking before you refill the same prescription again.

GuideStyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20266 min

Sun hats that work and don't look like fishing gear

Measure your head, buy three inches of brim, hold the straw up to a light. Most of what makes a sun hat good has nothing to do with the label.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideGearWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Buy the safe for its steel, then decide where it lives

Most of what's printed on a gun safe box is marketing. Two or three numbers actually matter, and where you bolt it matters as much as what you bought.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

The thirty-second pulse check that catches a stroke risk early

An irregular heartbeat often feels like nothing at all. Learning to find it takes half a minute, and it's worth doing tonight.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideStyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

Cheap clothes give themselves away in four places

Fix the shoulder, the shine, the hem and the buttons, and nobody can tell what you paid. Everything else is just marketing.

GuideGearWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Size the generator for the fridge, not the whole house

Most people buy twice the generator they need and still wire it up in the one way that can kill somebody. Do the math first.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Fiber, water and the constipation signs that need a doctor

Most adults fix this with four changes and a week of patience. A few signs mean you stop guessing and call your doctor instead.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Men's Grooming5 min

Cracked winter hands, and the two minutes that fix them

Protect the Children6 min

Reporting what you saw when you're not sure it was anything

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

White coat blood pressure isn't the one that gets you

One of these two misreadings sends healthy guys home with pills. The other sends sick guys home with a handshake.

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Men's Grooming5 min read

Nose, Ears And Brows Take Four Minutes Every Other Week

The three spots your razor never touches, the tools that actually work, and the mistakes that leave you looking permanently startled.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

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