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2021-05-24 20:01:00 Sex Position: The Little Dipper

Benefits: “A great position that allows for clitoral stimulation with both your mouth and fingers,” says Kerner.

Technique: FYI, the partner on top will have sore triceps once you both finish. For the Little Dipper, the person on top uses either a bed, couch, or chair to hoist themselves over their partner. The person on bottom then inserts his penis into the top’s vagina or anus. The top then does tricep dips to move up and down on their partner’s penis. If done correctly, you should be in a T-shape formation.

Hot tip: Play with the top’s penis or clitoris for extra stimulation. Open / Comment

2021-05-24 00:26:48 These two Harrys are joined by Harry the husband and father, sitting in an interview room with Oprah. Now, four years into his own therapy journey, he eloquently articulates what so many people need to hear: no matter where you come from, we all pay a heavy price for keeping our struggles locked behind a mask. It’s clear that this project is part of Harry’s own healing, as he says early on: “The only way to free yourself and break out is to tell the truth.”
That’s all well and good, but why broadcast this to millions of people? What’s the difference between vulnerable truth telling and exploiting your pain for personal gain? Dr. Ken Duckworth, the medical director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and one of the experts featured on the show, puts it this way: “We don't need a series on heightened high blood pressure...You know, we've done a really good job in our country and preventing cardiovascular ailments. But of course, suicide, drug overdose, these are problems that we are not successful at as a country.” And, of course, part of the reason why is that most people won’t bat an eye about getting a prescription to lower their blood pressure, but share that you’re going to therapy or taking an SSRI? Forget about it. Open / Comment

2021-05-24 00:24:01 Seeing Prince Harry Deal with His Pain Is Good for Anyone Who's Struggling
That's pretty much all of us right now, which is why you need to watch 'The Me You Can't See.'

It’s difficult to communicate the complicated process by which a life event transforms into a trauma, where our best available coping strategies morph into mental health struggles. As a therapist and a writer, I also know how hard it is to capture the precise way in which pain transforms into recovery. As Lady Gaga, one of the participants in the show, says at one point, “the line is very thin.”

Yet, roughly 10 minutes into this series, which is co-created and produced by Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry and premiers on May 21, we’re given a montage that captures this process viscerally. We see Prince Harry the boy stoically holding his feelings in at his mother’s funeral alongside a more visibly anxious Harry as a young adult trying to go about his royal duties and keep his discomfort at bay, the burden of the mask more apparent now. Open / Comment

2021-05-21 22:23:00 Don't Blame Creatine for Hair Loss
It’s time for this hair loss myth to go down the drain.

If you don’t take creatine yourself, you probably know someone who does. The sports supplement rocketed to popularity after the 1992 Olympics, when British track star Linford Christie testified that it had helped him train for his gold-medal-winning 100-meter dash. Nearly 30 later, it’s still one of the most popular—and most studied—training supplements on the market. According to exercise physiologist Jose Antonio, PhD, of Nova Southeastern University, “Creatine’s been the subject of more than 500 scientific studies. No other food or dietary supplement has as much supportive data.”

Yet creatine remains a perpetual target for rumors and misconceptions. Among the most powerful: That creatine causes hair loss. Research remains ongoing, but “the current body of evidence does not indicate that creatine causes hair loss or baldness,” says Dr. Antonio.
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2021-05-21 09:30:19 Mark Wahlberg Gained 20 Pounds In 3 Weeks For Movie, Reveals New Look in Before & After Pics

The actor will portray a boxer-turned-priest in "Father Stu".

Mark Wahlberg suffers for his art. He goes hard at body transformations meant to suit various movie roles, rising early in the morning and working out nearly all day. Then there's the role he's working on now, that of a boxer who became a priest.

Wahlberg's form of self-torture for this one? Eating every damn thing in sight.

Terrible, right? Wahlberg posted before and after photos on his Insta to demonstrate what a difference just three weeks of packing on the calories made for the notably fit actor, captioning it, "From left photo 3 weeks ago to this, now.

Thing is, Wahlberg isn't even done packing on the pounds.

To make matters worse for other guys who might feel a little better about themselves on seeing a heavier Wahlberg, even 20 pounds up he still has a six-pack. Wahlberg's caption for the video above, however, indicates he isn't done yet. Open / Comment

2021-05-21 09:23:29 While Bjornsson's video and his success are inspiring, it's easy to forget that his career is absolutely locked up in his fitness and appearance so he is essentially doing his job. Most people can't do three gym sessions a day or afford nutritionist assistance in meal prep. Also, his size makes it easy to forget that at 32, he's still a young man.

Unless you're 7'0" and 500 lbs, The Mountain probably isn't a good role model for how to take off weight and gain definition.

However entertaining it might be to watch Bjornsson go through his day (and between his affable personality and appealing family it really is a fun video) when it comes to fitness and weight loss, everyone's mileage varies.

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2021-05-21 09:22:45



He also likely got damn tired of eating all the time, a requirement for strongman competitors in active training. Bjornsson, as he mentioned in the caption above, did indeed post an 18-minute video detailing his day on Youtube, and even on a diet he's eating enough for two normal-sized (5'10" - 6'0") men at every meal. It's just that he used to eat for five.

Still, even if Bjornsson's massive breakfast -- which includes lots of eggs and what looks like a jug of yogurt -- might make another man want to lay down for a nap, he has clearly gained a lot of energy and speed, looking surprisingly light on his feet in the video above. Open / Comment

2021-05-21 09:21:54 'The Mountain' From 'Game of Thrones' Reveals Stunning 110 Pound Weight Loss
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From mountain to mole hill?

Hafthor Bjornsson, best known as "The Mountain" from Game of Thrones, has also long been one of the strongest -- if not the strongest -- men in the world. In fact, he is the first person to ever win the Arnold [Schwarzenegger] Strongman Classic, Europe's Strongest Man and World's Strongest Man in a single year.

Even true strongmen eventually move on from the sport. Bjornsson recently showed off a 110-lb weight loss (451 lbs to 341) and announced he was retiring from Strongman competitions. Standing 6'9" Bjornsson is still probably one of the most dangerously mighty humans on the planet, but it seems like the huge Icelandic actor is looking at his health differently. Following in the newly slimmed-down footsteps of rapper and TV chef Action Bronson and actor-turned-fitness influencer Ethan Suplee, The Mountain is taking fitness seriously. Open / Comment

2021-05-21 09:15:40 Booze can even help! That's great. But wait, the Times has more on this very important topic:

Heavy alcohol consumption, on the other hand, particularly over the long term, can suppress the immune system and potentially interfere with your vaccine response, experts say.

Since it can take weeks after a Covid shot for the body to generate protective levels of antibodies against the novel coronavirus, anything that interferes with the immune response would be cause for concern.

Speaking to the Times, Center for Virus Research at the University of California, Irvine director Ilhem Messaoudi said that for "moderate" drinkers, "there’s no risk of having a drink around the time of your vaccine."

However, Messaoudi said, the thoroughly vaccinated should "be very cognizant of what moderate drinking really means. It’s dangerous to drink large amounts of alcohol because the effects on all biological systems, including the immune system, are pretty severe and they occur pretty quickly after you get out of that moderate zone."

This means that really tying one on, which of course experts say is unsafe to do on a regular basis anyway, can also end up having what amounts to a neutralizing effect on the immune system. The Times goes on to note experiments with rhesus monkeys in which the primates that most enjoyed their hooch had, in Dr. Messaoudi's words, an "almost a nonexistent immune response."

It's about having too much of a good thing, in the end. Multiple studies of moderate alcohol consumption through the years have repeatedly found it reduces signs of inflammation in the bloodstream. Going on benders, however, produces weak immune responses to infections.

So once you've had that second shot, feel free to party, but be vigilant, don't overdo it, and stay hydrated. Open / Comment

2021-05-21 09:14:58 Here's How Much You Should Actually Drink After Your Second COVID-19 Vaccine Shot

It's a well-known phenomenon by now: For a lot of people, that second shot of COVID-19 vaccine can bring a flood of the kind of emotions only experienced by anyone who has spent more than a year worried about a deadly virus circling the globe.

That can mean tears of relief as well as a need for serious partying. Turns out if you get that last shot of the Pfizer or Moderna and want to throw down with shots of a different kind, that's perfectly safe--within reason, that is.

The New York Times addressed this subject in an article published Tuesday, "Can You Have Alcohol After the Covid Vaccine?"

There is no evidence that having a drink or two can render any of the current Covid vaccines less effective. Some studies have even found that over the longer term, small or moderate amounts of alcohol might actually benefit the immune system by reducing inflammation. Open / Comment