BRO Teens — Guys

For guys 13 to 17. School, money, training, faith, girls, and becoming someone you respect.

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Your helmet's dirtier than your face

Sweat isn't what's breaking you out during the season. Friction, wet foam and ninety minutes of sitting there are.

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Your acne routine should take four minutes

Scrubbing harder is why your face stings. Do a few simple things twice a day, keep your hands off, and give it two months.

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You Can Learn a Hundred Skills This Year. Start With Six.

The full list is down the page. The part that decides whether you get through it's the twenty minutes you spend today.

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Getting hired for the summer starts in March

Most summer jobs are filled before school lets out. Apply early, walk in at the right hour, and say yes to the unglamorous one.

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How not to get hurt in your first year of lifting

Six habits that keep teenage lifters out of the physio's waiting room, including the one that takes four seconds a set.

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What is the best piece of advice your father ever gave you?

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Learn a trade while you're still in high school

You can leave graduation with a credential, a set of hours and a boss who knows your name. Most of it gets decided at scheduling.

GuideAde Fisher23 Sept 20266 min

What stops a bully, and what makes it worse

Most of it is decided in the three seconds after he says something, and by whether any adult knows this is happening.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

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Nobody picks a career off a list

You're not supposed to know yet. But there's work you can do this month that makes the answer show up faster.

GuideAde Fisher23 Sept 20266 min

Your first twelve weeks of lifting, done properly

An empty bar isn't a waste of time, and adding 20kg a week is how you end up sitting out the season with a sore back.

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Putting on size at seventeen when you're naturally thin

Small plates, three sessions a week, and more food than you think. What actually works, and the honest bit about how long it takes.

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GuideAde Fisher22 Sept 20266 min

Putting on size at seventeen without wasting two years

Lift heavy, eat properly, sleep, repeat for two years. The details matter less than most guys think, and the patience matters more.

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Starting to lift at sixteen without getting hurt

Almost nobody gets injured by lifting. They get injured by loading a movement they never actually learned.

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Which tool have you owned longest, and would you buy it again?

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Choose the subjects that are hardest to add back later

You don't need to know what you want to be. You do need to avoid the two or three choices that quietly cost you two years.

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Shop class, robotics, and the resume you build by accident

The clubs with tools in the room hand you something most students never get: proof you can actually do things. How to pick one and be the guy they keep.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

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Volunteer work worth giving up a Saturday for

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Take the boring job on the robotics team

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How to be useful on a team before you're any good

You can be the least skilled guy on the roster and still be one of the most valuable. That's a choice you make in the first two weeks.

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Volunteering that's worth giving up your Saturday for

One test separates the service that changes you from the kind that just fills a form: if you don't show up, does anything actually go wrong?

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