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  • So, the rectum (poops last stop before freedom) is actually deep inside your pelvis as your colon makes the turn from the left side to the center, so your massage isn’t moving the poop out like squeezing a toothpaste tube. However, it lies close to some internal muscles like the iliacus which can put pressure on it if they’re stiff or inflamed (not unheard of in western society), and massaging them can get them to relax and relieve the pressure.

    You’re certainly not hurting anything with this, and since you’ve been doing it for so long, you may have developed a psychosomatic connection that might actually help your bowels do their work. It’s weird, but go right ahead massaging the shit out of yourself because it might help in some way.









  • You can happily do this with a leg press machine where the plate is solid with the mounts. It’s one piece and if it was going to tip over, it would do it as soon as you took the weights off the storage pegs. It’s one unit and does rely on symmetry. I do it all the time with myself and my clients without issue

    The Smith machine can be similarly loaded, but many have a mechanism that assumes the bar stays level. It will work, but you could prematurely wear the track, or jam it and break the machine or hurt yourself.

    If you’re working with a free bar, it’s advised that you don’t.


  • Got a M1 MB pro (the basic one) so I could write papers and do school work a few years ago. This year, I finally retired my big hackintosh rig for a M2 Max MB pro because I didn’t need a full size computer anymore and it was 10+ years old. Anyway, it’s kind of hard to tell the difference between the two. The M2 certainly does big tasks better, but my son uses the M1 all the time for music composition and it does a fabulous job. If you really need power, get the M2 pro or max, but only if you really need power. Otherwise an M1 will likely be fine. I read countless reviews and tests, and the M2 is supposedly 20%, but the extra GPU is what I went for because I needed 3 monitors (which is still not easy to get working), otherwise I would have saved the money and gone with an M1. Unless you need 3 monitors, then an M1 will be fine for the next 5 years.


  • I have lots because Colorado falls are roller coasters with temp.

    On “warm” 50⁰ days, I’m usually do a base layer of a Nike pro lycra shirt and shorts, then typical jersey and shorts with arm and knee warmers.

    On cooler days, same bases, but with a warmer jersey and maybe fleece knickers or tights. The fleece cycling gear is always smaller than the summer gear and stretches less as well, so I find it very uncomfortable. Maybe lycra booties, ear warmer and comfy gloves (love the head gloves from Costco).

    If I’m crazy and it’s under 20⁰, then a very warm capo jacket over a long sleeve base layer and 2 layers of tights sandwiching my shorts (or a unique pair of pearl izumi wind proof tights), warm pearl gloves, warm hat and neoprene booties. If I’m lucky, I’ll last an hour.