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I hope the history books written about this moment in American history — that Americans in our post-2024 coup society won’t be allowed to read, obviously — will mention that the people who stormed the Capitol were bragging about their talk show interviews on TikTok while they killed time before their slap-on-the-wrist prison sentences.
The Truth Behind Finland's "Catgirl" Prime Minster
www.garbageday.email
Anti-ageing is a disappointing pursuit. It has been since Ponce de Léon went searching for the Fountain of Youth and found Florida. There is no point at which the anti-ageing will have worked – when you look in the mirror and say, “I’ve done it! I’m anti-aged!” Once you buy into the concept of anti-ageing, you buy in forevermore.
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Jessica DeFino
The hook grip is a pronated (palms facing the lifter) grip in which the thumb is trapped between the bar and usually the first and second fingers, depending on hand size. For the pull of both the snatch and the clean, this method of gripping is an eventual necessity to maintain control of the barbell during the violent explosion of the second pull.
The Hook Grip: Why & How to Do It Correctly
catalystathletics.com
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