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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.

GuideGearDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Buy the GMRS license before you buy the radio

The blister pack says 36 miles. You'll get about one. What the license actually buys you, and when the cheap pair is genuinely enough.

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Two Habits At Twenty-Five, One Face At Fifty

Almost everything on the skin care shelf is optional. These two aren't, and one of them runs about fifteen bucks at the drugstore.

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Take the week off before your body takes it for you

Your warmup feels heavy, you're waking at 3 a.m. and your fuse is short at home. That's a deload week knocking, and ignoring it costs a month.

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GuideGearWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

The axe you need and the hatchet you probably don't

Most guys buy the small one first and swing it the fewest times. Here's how to pick the right length, and what a cheap head really costs you.

GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Your lather is too dry and that's why the shave hurts

Brush, soap, thirty degrees, no pressure. The real fix for razor burn is water, and most men are using about a third of what they need.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

How to keep training when you've got 40 minutes and two kids

Three short sessions a week, five movements, and a deload you didn't plan. The program that survives a sick toddler is the one that works.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideGearWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

The cheap earplugs beat the expensive muffs you didn't wear

Foam plugs cost pennies and outperform most muffs if you roll them right. Everything else in the hearing and eye protection aisle is about whether you'll actually use it.

GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Most dry, flaky skin is the soap, not the weather

Two swaps, ninety seconds a morning, and the flaking on your cheeks is gone in about two weeks.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Your ACL is torn and the next nine months are quad work

What actually happens between the pop and the day you play again, and how to do the rehab when you've got a job, a mortgage and kids who need rides.

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GuideWoodworkingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Build your first forge from a brake drum and a hair dryer

You don't need an anvil, a chimney or a shop. You need fire, air, a hammer and a chunk of steel to hit against.

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

When Everything Stings, Cut Down To Three Products

Most sensitive skin isn't allergic to much. It's reacting to a shelf full of stuff it never needed in the first place.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The meniscus tear that needs surgery and the one that doesn't

One of these gets you an operation this month. The other gets you twelve weeks of boring leg work and a knee that ends up fine.

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GuideGearWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Store the water first, filter it second

Most storm water plans fail on volume, not purity. Do the gallon math, buy the boring jugs, and keep a filter for the days you didn't plan for.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

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The Retinoid Goes On Tonight, The Sunscreen Goes On Tomorrow

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Three hard sessions a week is the whole program after forty

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GuideWoodworkingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Make Your First Knife From a Blank Without a Forge

Skip the anvil and the coal. A hardened steel blank, a few files and one weekend gets you a knife you'll actually carry.

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The Three Numbers Stamped Inside Your Glasses

Face shape charts are a tiebreaker at best. The fit numbers printed on the temple arm are the real answer, and the pair you own already tells you yours.

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