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 Dadaa! Links & Things:

• Percy Crawford compiled his list of the 10 least intimidating looking UFC fighters on fighttype.com.
• Another vegan body-builder: Avi Lehyani
• ZenHabits has some tips how to become a runner.

Have a nice weekend!

This week’s roundup is full of fun and great information for you. We wish you a nice weekend!

• Wanna see a pretty strange K1-fight? Tony Valente vs Takayuki Kohiruimaki
• Nice read on T-Nation: Mike Mahler Interview.
• It’s always good to question conventional wisdom: Drink Less Water?
• Mark’s articles are always a good read. So is his What Happens to Your Body When… You Carb Binge?
• …and be sure not to miss his Primal Blueprint.
• Via SttB: Top 17 Tips for Losing Body Fat.
• Via FlipCatch: Check out the root of tricking (and maybe capoeira?)
• If you ever had shin splints you may appreciate Mehdi’s advice on how to tread them.
• Maybe worth a look: Strong - The movie

• Check out this documentary: Human Weapon Savate Streetfighting 1/5. And feel free to share some comments about the fast, dirty and unscripted "final battle for survival". Thank God, they spared each others life.
• Living healthy 101: The Primal Blueprint.
• Via Lean & Hungry Fitness: Art DeVany on High Intensity Exercise Before Sports.
• A balanced article on the natural sweetener Stevia.
• "A man is willing to be defeated by the world. He’s willing to be taken down by circumstances beyond his control. But he refuses to be overwhelmed by his own self-doubt. He knows that when he stops trusting himself, he is surely lost. He’ll surrender to fate when necessary, but he won’t surrender to fear." Steve Pavlina on: How to Be a Man.
• Hyperstrike has done a good job with it’s exercise videos. So has Sports-DB.com.
• And for a lifelong motivation visit FightGeek’s post on Keeping Fit At Any Age.
• Michael David Smith’s suggestions for the mainstream media covering MMA.
• New issue: The Kettlebell Info Magazine.
• In desperate need of repair: 3 Quick Fixes for Your Squat.

• Learn to juggle: The Internet Juggling Database.
• A really impressive story: The transformation of Bartl.
• The 6 Least Plausible Jobs Held By Stephen Seagal Characters from cracked.com.
• This lady lost a lot: Video weight loss story.
• Carbohydrates or fat, which one is bad? Lyle McDonald is looking for an answer: part 1 & part 2.
• LHF pointed out to two nice readings: 1. Ross Enamait on kettlebells. 2. Anders Eriksson on how to Get the Most out of Strength Training.

How long have you been trying to lose some weight and cut your body mass? Are you one of those guys eating a carrot a day the whole week long, bingeing on sunday and yet not losing one gramme of fat? Or did you reach the well known weight loss plateau after weeks of successful dieting and training? Well, professional fitness coach John Alvino shares some secrets that may be very helpful to you:

Old school bodybuilder nutrition interrogation

Metabolic Confusion and Fat Loss - Part 1

Metabolic Confusion and Fat Loss - Part 2

Also see John Alvino’s sixpack exercises.