Sandbagging the workout
I subscribe to the Men's Health email newsletters mostly because the links invariably take me to articles illustrated with pictures of really good looking young men with their shirts off. Today's installment was about the sandbag workout. The idea is that lifting a sandbag works your muscles better because of the shifting nature of the sand makes it harder to get into a routine that you can cheat at. It reminded me of when I used to spend a good part of my day exercising by lifting and carrying squirming kids while balancing a big bag full of diapers, toys and cheerios.
I also like Men's Health because the articles that aren't about exercise are about techniques for pleasing a woman. I print those out and leave them around the house for my husband to find.
Hear ya. Could be the same reason why I run around the Lakes on the weekends. It doesn't matter to me if they're checking each other out, I'm just happy for the scenery.
I always had a vague sense that Men's Health articles were written in the same fantasyland as Cosmopolitan's. I assure you, there is no such thing as a sandbag workout. If it is performed at all, it is done by a Yeti who will be coming home to Mrs. Yeti wearing "a sheer top with no bra, made extra exciting by applying some rogue to the nipples" (an actual Cosmo tip, equally as ridiculous).
Of course it's fantasy land. And, really I guess it is the male version of Cosmo. I just like to look at the pictures...sort of opposite of men who get Playboy for the articles.
The female version of Playboy can't be Playgirl 'cause only gay men really like to look at pictures of naked young men, so what's the REAL female version of Playboy? The media product that strips the male gender down to only those qualities which have utility to the mating drive of the opposite sex? It would look something like Oprah and something like every romantic comedy movie ever made, but I really don't think it's been invented yet.
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