Mary O’Dwyer is the author of several books. Her latest is Hold it Sister available on www.Amazon.co.uk and on www.incostress.com  Read more about the amazing work of Mary helping women. www.holditsister.com

Below is what she has to say.

When I run workshops for women, fitness trainers and Physiotherapists, one routine test for participants is to feel what happens at their waist with strong coughing, then relate whether their pelvic floor lifts and holds or pushes down. Typically 50% of the participants relate their pelvic floor pushes down, instead of drawing up in response to the quick rise of intra abdominal pressure. This uncoordinated muscle action between the floor and abdominal muscles is likely to continue with lifting and exercise, further damaging pelvic floor muscle (PFM) control.  Some women display a faulty pattern where by they narrow their waist as they tighten their pelvic floor muscles, again increasing the intra-abdominal pressure.

It is critical to identify women who have PFM control problems before they begin an exercise program. Traditional abdominal programs, some group classes, weighted machines and high level core exercises overwhelm the ability of a weak, uncoordinated pelvic floor to control intra abdominal pressure rises. These women must first identify and exercise the correct pattern of pelvic floor, core and abdominal muscle tensioning, before exercise progresses.

Carol attended a recent workshop I gave for the fitness industry.  She is a very experienced fitness trainer, who recognised immediately her faulty ‘waist sucking’ pattern during exercise.  After a short session to help her relearn the correct pattern she managed to make fundamental changes by training her pelvic floor and core control without the sucking in.  She realised how important this was for her female clients and later wrote to me saying, 

‘For many gym members, the focus is on exercise classes, personal training sessions and their own strength and cardio exercise.  How important it is to teach awareness of core muscle control throughout the exercise movements rather than just counting repetitions. Women will control and prevent PFM damage when they recognise for themselves, when to rest and re-set, go from high impact to low impact, reduce the weight they’re lifting, drop back from running to walking, and so on to maintain core stability. PFM health will be promoted when women learn their mind-body connection, practice pelvic floor safe exercises and develop core stability before progressing to strengthening exercises. ‘

Carol now realises it is not only the ‘at risk’ group, but all women who will benefit from an awareness of potential problems to the female pelvic floor with exercise training.

Your 40s

You could be losing one percent of bone from your spine every year during this decade.  That’s why you need to be especially diligent.

Diet/Fitness  In addition to keeping up the calcium (still 1,000 mg), you should add weight training to your workouts, to help strengthen muscles around your bones.

Doctor visit  If you experience early menopause, get a bone-density test; you’re greater risk for osteoporosis than if you go through menopause at the average age (51).

Your 50s and beyond

Bone loss accelerates at menopause;  you can lose up to 20 percent of bone density in the first 5 to 7 years.

Diet/Fitness Your calcium requirements go up to 1,200 mg; add another serving of calcium-rich foods or an additional supplement.  If you  didn’t start weight training earlier, now’s the time.  Lifting even light weights will make you stronger and protected you against falls, a serious threat as you get older and sustain fractures more easily.

Doctor visit  Find out where you stand.  Ask about a bone-density test;  if your mineral stores are low, your doctor may suggest hormone-replacement therapy (estrogen) or raloxifene (brand name: Evista).  These can cut the risk of a fracture by 39 to 50 percent.  Other drugs that can help: alendronate sodium (Fosamax) and risedronate sodium (Actonel), which help build new bone. – Sally Katigbak

Okay, I’ve failed you all again. As much as I enjoyed my first pilates class, I never went back. I did pull off a brief stint at an ROTC training class, but quickly found that it was not a sustainable form of exercise for me – I was in constant pain for the next four days. I had to crawl up the stairs on my hands and knees. Yeah, it was bad.

So in the spirit of trying new things, I thought I’d take this opportunity to explore some other fitness options, just to mix it up a bit. Most gyms, clubs and campus fitness centers offer a wide array of classes. From cycling to hip-hop dance, yoga to hiking, these classes give wannabes like me the chance to try out new, more interactive forms of exercise. They also seem more fun than the basic strength-building options, and less intimidating to fitness newbies like me. Try one of these standard fitness classes first – then experiment with the more “wild” alternatives!

Cardio Kickboxing: According to my college’s wellness site, cardio kickboxing helps you “work up a sweat by kicking, blocking, and punching your way through class.” Kickboxing has the added benefit of learning basic self-defense techniques, but it also seems like classes would be really intense. It’s probably something to work up to, not necessarily the best choice for beginners.

Step: For fitness traditionalists, step classes offer a no-nonsense approach to building and toning your muscles. You’ll increase your endurance by learning basic choreography to fun, energizing music. And because most gyms and clubs offer multiple levels of step classes, step is a great activity for those of us looking for a specific fitness track to follow.

Water Aerobics: These classes focus on building endurance and toning muscles. Unlike other fitness options, though, the water component creates a no-impact environment (which means anyone can do it). Most water aerobics classes take place in the shallow end of the pool, so you don’t need to be a strong swimmer to get involved. But for those looking for an added challenge, many gyms and pools offer a deep water alternative.

After browsing my list of options, water aerobics seems like it would be a great fit. Feeling sore after exercising gives me another excuse to avoid going to the gym, but water aerobics is a low-impact activity that seems like a lot of fun. I’ll try it out and let you know how it goes.

What types of fitness classes have you attended? Which ones would you recommend?

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enjoying chapter 4 of Human anatomy and physiology! esp. the lab!

mammal striated muscle under 400x magnification

smooth muscle under 100x magnification

human bone under 400x magnification

enjoying it…wooh..i had a hard time taking those pics.eh!

TRENDY SHOES: Behind the looks, there lies a long-term problem such as clawed toes, calluses, heel and knee pain

Trendy shoes are the latest fashion for teenagers who just can’t resist grabbing a pair, but British experts have warned these stylish footwears could cause severe body pain in the future.

For parents, these shoes look pretty sensible as most have little or no heel, for instance, and they often have rubber soles. But behind the looks, there lies a long-term problems such as clawed toes, calluses, heel and knee pain, the experts said.

“You have one pair of feet and need them for life, and yet teenagers today are wearing shoes which don’t support or protect them,” said Emma Supple, podiatrist at Supplefeet in North London.

“We now have a whole generation who will run into huge health problems because of their footwear,” she was quoted as saying by ‘The Daily Mail’

Mike O’Neill, consultant podiatrist at the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists, said, “Teenage girls in particular are storing up massive problems because the shoes they are wearing are often too flat and unsupportive.”

According to the experts, teenagers are particularly vulnerable because foot bones continue to grow through adolescence – the bones are still soft so can be forced into unnatural shapes, rather like foot-binding in ancient China.

This changes their gait, leading to problems all the way up their skeleton, such as knee, hip and back pain. And as this generation is likely to live longer than previous ones, that could mean decades of discomfort, they said.

They pointed out that popular shoes with flat and elasticised sides don’t offer enough support for the foot, causing stain in arches, ligaments and muscles.

As the body’s weight shifts, the abnormal loading of pressure can lead to cramping pain in the foot, they said.

And because the foot is unstable, problems can then develop in the muscles and bones of the foot and extend up the leg into the spine, explains Neil Nevitt, podiatry team leader at Liverpool Primary Care Trust.

Another problem is heel pain. “You need a bit of shock absorption in heels,” explains Mike O’Neill. “But many of these shoes are so flat that the heel is raised 5 mm at most. The heel, which strikes the ground first, also becomes damaged and painful.” Mike added.

50 Cent quand même tu connais ? Oui oui, ses clips bling bling, son film “Get Rich Or Die Tryin”, ses beefs avec The Game, Rick Ross ou plus récemment Jay-Z, le G-Unit, le rap new yorkais quoi. Bon, il a sorti “Before I Self Destruct” (BISD pour les intimes), son 4ème album, et les chiffres viennent de tomber, il a vendu 150 000 opus en première semaine. Moyen, très moyen. Il a donné un concert gratuit lundi soir à New York…parce que faut l’dire, notre rappeur est en manque de vitesse et il doit bien redonner aux fans un peu de substance pour qu’ils reprennent confiance en lui…  Tu penses bien que si j’en parle, c’est que j’y suis allée. Non pas que j’aime spécialement ce qu’il fait mais voilà, ça reste un géant du rap, je ne l’avais jamais vu sur scène, et surtout, c’était gratuit. Et le gratuit à New York, on AIME ! Je me suis donc tapée un petit concert de “musique hip hop” (comme dirait ma maman) pour commencer la semaine. 50 + 0$ + New York = ghetto assuré ! Ahaha !

Au lendemain de sa prestation à L.A pour les “Americain Music Awards” et à la veille de son départ pour Paris, 50 aka The Travelin’ Man a donné un concert MySpace à guichet fermé (puisque gratuit) dans sa hometown, New York City. Mais crois pas que c’était easy ! A 20h30, le Meat Packing District avait des allures de ghetto du Queens. Bizarrement, tout le monde était habillé pareil dans la file d’attente. Hoodie, capuche sur la tête, et Tim ou Nike (prononcer [Naïki] pour faire cainri) boots aux pieds pour les messieurs. Les meufs, fidèles à elles-même ont trouvé de bon goût de mettre leurs tenues de stars du X en déficit, avec une coupe à 500 E et des bottes à 1000 E. C’était pas joli joli. Et puis c’était la guerre pour arriver jusqu’à la porte d’entrée ! Limite, te faire fouiller par une femme mi-homme mi-autre-chose à la fin de cette attente avait des allures de bonheur. Bref, tu l’auras compris, fallait être motivé pour voir 50 aux pectoraux d’acier sur scène. Je l’étais pas tellement, mais je ne rentrerai pas dans les détails. Une fois à l’intérieur, je file à l’étage, table, resto et espace vital. Et je pousse le bouchon en m’offrant une mousse au chocolat blanc et couli de framboise. J’t’avoue que j’étais étonnée de voir un dessert appétissant sur une carte à NYC. Généralement au mieux t’as un cheesecake, sinon c’est du gâteau à la crème immonde avec 5 couches de génoise sans goût. J’aime trop la bouffe sucrée pour tolérer ça donc je n’prends plus de dessert depuis que je vis ici. Mais là, qui l’eût cru, c’était bon !

Monsieur le DJ d’Hot 97 nous ambiançait pendant l’attente et la salle se remplissait au compte goutte. Pas étonnant, vu le temps de la fouille pour chaque personne. A 22h, le DJ nous crie “If you’re ready for 50 Cent make some noise right now”. Ok, on fait du bruit, on y croit. Puis non en fait, il part en dédicace “Rest in Peace”. Vu qu’y a pas mal de morts dans le hip hop, on n’a pas fini. Aller hop, ODB, Big Pun, 2Pac, Biggie, etc… Puis il fait un shout out à tous les boroughs de New York. Tu penses bien que la foule se donne à fond quand il cite le Queens. Enfin, il enchaîne avec un big up à tous ses « weed smokers » et ses « alcoholic ». J’adore les concerts hip hop, l’ambiance est tellement…saine ! Ah bah voilà, Whoo Kid prend les platines alors que la batterie de mon appareil photo me lâche. Damn it. Le truc m’a déjà fait le coup. Moi qui voulait prendre des tofs du torse de 50 pour les agrandir et m’en faire des posters. Raté… La star du G-Unit daigne finalement entrer sur scène, T-shirt blanc moulant, casquette NY, Timberland aux pieds. Le même look que ses fans quoi. Il commence avec « I Run New York ». J’me dis heureusement que Jay-Z est pas dans la salle. Il l’aurait pris perso. Tony Yayo et Lloyd Banks sont là aussi. Tout est réuni pour une parfaite soirée G-Unit bien ghetto. Mais c’était pas mal quand même, j’étais agréablement surprise, j’me suis même mise à bouger les pieds sur “Baby By Me” en fredonnant le refrain par cœur « Have a baby by me, baby, be a millionaire ». De la chanson de michto dans toute sa splendeur. J’comprends mieux maintenant le pourquoi des tenues des femelles autour de moi. Elles veulent être millionnaires et vont surement aller faire la queue près de sa loge ! D’ailleurs à côté de moi j’ai 2 drôles de phénomènes. A gauche, j’ai la meuf sur pilotis qui a décidé de mettre ses mains à sa taille et de bouger de droite à gauche pour irriter ses voisines avec ses coudes. Donc toutes les 2 secondes je me prends un frôlement de coude par billoute. Relou. Dans une salle où respirer n’est pas facile, elle, elle est tous coudes dehors à gigoter ! A droite, j’ai une groupie sautante. Elle filme. Mais elle saute en même temps. Et si mes calcules sont bons, filmer et sauter c’est pas une bonne idée. J’ai peur pour le résultat de sa vidéo Youtube. Mais comme disent les inconnus, cela ne nous regarde pas !

Après 15 minutes de concert et quelques hits interprétés en accéléré, 50 décide que son show sera un remake de “Piège en Eaux Troubles”. Il se met à balancer des litres d’eau sur ses fans. Ça devait être relou pour eux parce qu’il faisait même pas chaud quoi. Et Yayo, Banks et les 15 autres jeunes qui sont sur scène le font aussi. J’ai pas compris, mais j’étais très contente d’être à l’étage… Puis, petit moment clé : « Where’s my nigga at? » demande 50. Il s’agit duquel selon toi ? De Beanie Sigel bien sur, la nouvelle recrue du G-Unit qui a bavé sur Jay-Z y a quelques semaines. Les ennemis de tes ennemis sont tes amis, hein 50 ? Un peu plus tard, il regarde dans la foule et lâche sur un ton ironique, « Tiens je vois des visages familiers ». Il parle des flics. Il les cherche du regard un peu après sans les trouver, et nous dit finalement de faire attention, “nous sommes observés par la hip hop police”. Wow… Ça c’était une minute digne d’un film. Puis il enchaîne avec des vieux morceaux,  “P.I.M.P” (Il troque sa casquette contre un chapeau de pimp), “This Is How We Do”, “Hate It Or Love It”, “Just A Lil Bit”, “Candy Shop”, “Magic Stick”. Putain il en a des hits l’enfoiré. A 23h, les mecs de MySpace montent sur scène sans gêne pour enlever les kakémonos. Ça sent la fin. Ah bah oui, c’est la fin. Un peu brutale quand même. Merci,  au revoir.

Depuis l’événement, Fifty a été déporté dans votre (mon) pays, donc c’est vous qui allez vous en taper une bonne couche. Ça vaut le coup de le voir sur scène si tu es en manque de vibe ghetto. J’attends des retours sur le show du 27 à Paris les copains. En attendant, révise ton refrain “Have a baby by me baby, be a millionaire, have a baby by me…” Cheers !

50 Cent feat. Ne-Yo – Baby By Me

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When you hurt your arm, leg, or back, the first thing you’d often notice is that ones’ range of motion tends to decrease.   It hurts to move, or your muscles feel achy. Despite this pain previous  medical research has no solid explanation for the fact that despite pain and obvious torn/ damaged muscles, individuals are still able to perform tasks with the same amounts of force as an individual who is not in pain.  Researchers recently have hypothesised that individuals who are experiencing deep tissue pain, in fact recruit more muscles to help out the torn/ damaged muscle do its task.   This might seem painfully obvious but it is not.  Up until this point the current theory/ model of muscle recruitment during pain stated that muscle groups take from other limbs or major muscles to help get a task completed.  Lets dive a bit further into this issue and I”ll attempt to lay it out nice and simple.

First off we need to understand what a functional motor unit is, in order to understand how this works.  For the purpose of simplicity we will use the bicep as our model muscle in the following explanations.  As you may know muscles have the ability to flex and relax.  Simply put a muscle is in fact a bundle of fibers which each act independently to add to a larger whole.  The reason you can flex your arm and wave vs. flex your arm to lift a weight is that the more labor, force your body needs , the more motor units are recruited to get the job done.  The neat thing is these muscle fibers actually recruit in an orderly fashion from smaller to larger.

So what happens when you’ve torn a muscle or injured a limb?  Say you need to get a task done but your injured.  How do your muscles deal with this situation?  Researchers set out to answer this exact question.  They did this by getting a patient pool of volunteers who let them inject 5% saline solution into the subcutaneous fat of their forearms and their triceps.  These researchers then looked at the electrical levels of the neurons that innervate each functional motor unit and took recordings from these while their patients were asked to perform tasks with a given force.  These neurons that innervate each motor unit, control the muscles flexion and relaxation abilities.  When a task is performed a certain electrical charge can be measured of each one and with some sophisticated software researchers can tell how many individual units exist and which ones in particular are being recruited.

Diagram of the quadricep muscle

When all was said and done they were astonished.  What they found was that the current model of motor unit recruitment during pain was in fact wrong! As they predicted,  muscle groups that were undergoing deep tissue pain in did in fact show the same electrical activity as normal muscles.  They also were able to generate force just like a non injured muscle could.  However, what they didn’t expect was that the muscles were actually recruiting in a different order than the normal recruitment order from smallest to largest.  This basically means that when your injured your brain knows to switch which muscle unit it chooses to help you get a task done, rather than always recruiting them in the same pattern and order.  This has huge implications for studies on pain and how the human body is able to cope with injury.

The motor unit as seen coming from the spine out to the muscle groups

Hey Blog-o-Sphere,

It’s me, Matt.  Welcome to my blog.  I’ll be posting thoughts and thought-provoking questions as they come to me.  Come back often for my latest musings and feel free to share your comments with me.

First musing:

My car is broke.  Should I carry it to a mechanic or should I carry it over to a used car lot and trade it for something else?

Given(s): Distance is not a factor with my inhuman muscular endurance.

Muse with me,

matt

Last Thursday evening my husband drove us to a nearby fitness center to sign us up.  I was relieved to see “normal” people working out.  You know, middle-aged out-of-shape people trying to stave off a heart-attack.  There were no tan buff bodies trying to find a date.  This was the perfect place for us!   We signed up, got our membership number and we began our journey toward physical fitness.

We began with some cardio…I liked the elliptical for the smooth motion…not so hard on my body as jogging.  Then we moved on to some bike riding and then the weights.  I liked the weights.  I liked feeling my muscles working in the areas that I know have been my problem areas: the areas that tend to make my neck unable to look up all the way or tilt from side-to-side.  It was easy to identify which machines to use since they have nice little pictures on the sides showing which muscles it will work.  I walked around identifying all the ones that will strengthen my shoulder and back since I know this is what my physical therapists would want and then for vanities sake, I found the machine that will help me defy gravity and lift my glutes!    Well, I had to have some fun in there somewhere!

Now, for the strong coffee…  Are we exercising our faith?  Are we putting our faith to good use or allowing atrophy to take place?  Are we reading our Bibles so we can strengthen our faith?  Are we exercising our relationship with the Lord by praying?  Are we encouraging others to exercise their spiritual muscles so their faith will be strong?  If all we are concerned about is our physical bodies we will be poorly prepared for “the day of battle.”  Our biceps and quads will not help us when what wrestle against is spiritual.  Our faith needs to be worked out on the treadmill of life so we can endure and win the prize at the end of our race (Heb 12:1-3).  Reaching toward that eternal prize is a worthy goal and when we become weary we need look toward it.  Holding up the shield of faith works some serious muscles and is necessary to stop the fiery darts from hitting us.  Wielding the sword of the Spirit takes training and precision…picture mighty warriors swinging a big heavy gleaming sword.  Now replace the picture of Mel Gibson in Braveheart with you!  You have to be that warrior swinging the sword, fighting off the enemy.  Yes, you can.  You won’t be fainthearted when you know you are prepared because you have been exercising your faith muscles.

1 Timothy 4: ⁷ Do not waste time arguing over godless ideas and old wives’ tales. Instead, train yourself to be godly. ⁸ “Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.” ⁹ This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it.

You have heard me speak about training the body as a “whole” or a unit. Another way to put it is “MUSCLE BALANCE” or the principle of opposition, which leads to muscle balance.

Here are some simple key points to keep in mind in working toward muscle balance:

- Exercise routines must be designed to develop this balance, it doesn’t happen by itself
- Muscle balance is developed by exercising “paired muscles”
- Paired muscles are muscles that have opposing functions and are found on opposite sides of the joint.

• Example:  If you want to stabilize the pelvic girdle, which provides the foundation for all other movements, the muscle on both sides of the pelvis (flexors and extensors) will have to be strengthened. An imbalance between the flexors and extensors is a common problem and is usually followed by what is known as “compensatory shift” in the joints above or below the hips. Such a shift may manifest as poor posture or not using the proper body mechanics.  These deviations are just another way of your body adapting to the muscle imbalance of the muscles in the hip area.
• Another simple example of paired muscles would be biceps (front of the upper arm) and triceps (back of the upper arm) or the quadriceps (front of the upper leg) and hamstrings (back of the upper leg).

- If you workout the biceps you will also need to give equal attention to the triceps to create balance in the muscles so there is even tension on both sides of the joint (elbow and shoulder).

- If you are working out the chest and front deltoids you will also need to exercise the opposing muscle in the upper back (rhomboids, trapezius [middle], and rear deltoids), or you will develop an uneven pull on your shoulders and create upper back and neck problems.  The problems that develop in the upper back and neck are many times due to a muscle imbalance.

As you can see, muscle balance is a key component to fitness. This is why there is such an importance in having a personal trainer.  Even people with years of experience in the gym and other forms of exercise need a personal trainer. I see it every day in the gym.  People I know have been working-out for a long time come up to me and ask what they can do for various painful problems they are experiencing in their necks, upper back, shoulders or lower back and hips.

Understanding anatomy, body mechanics and the musculoskeletal system is a full time job.

My best advice for your fitness plan, “get professional help from a Personal Trainer”.

Keep moving the Wright Way, it only gets better!

Thanks, WW

There’s no masculinization to see here. Move along. Or she’ll kick your ass.

Those implants are the silicone icing on a steroidal cake.

Mmm. The soft touch of a women. Right before she breaks your neck.

Someone recently asked me a question about the seemingly confusing use of terminology that we use to clinically describe musculature. Do we describe muscles as tight or loose? Weak or strong? How about inhibited or facilitated?
What do these terms mean? And how do they relate to each other?

Comments???

Joe

Here is a video of a teacher going over the face muscles on a real cadaver (might be ethically questionable but it is pretty helpful if your trying to visualize these things) She has a strong russian accent but it is in english.

* this video requires you to login to youtube

• Here is my Facial Skeletal Muscle flash card set from flashcarddb.com

Ok here is my self exam drawing drawn FROM MEMORY (so might be vague) The close-ups are for identifying the letters/numbers.

Ok so Letters are on the Anterior Side of the Head:

• A – Mentalis
• B – Orbicularis Oris
• C – Temporalis
• D – Obicularis Oculi
• E – Epicranius Frontalis
• F – Masseter
• G – Digastic – anterior belly  (right side is reflected)
• H – sternocleidomastoid
• I – Platysma
• J – Zygomaticus Major
• K – Risorius
• L – Mylohyoid
• M – Hyoglossus
• N – Buccinator
• O – Digastic: Posterior Belly
• P – Stylohyoid
• Q, 2 – omohyoid
• R- Sternohyoid
• S- Sternothyroid
• T- Thyrohyoid
• U – Geniohyoid
• V- Genioglossus

Posterior Side

1. Epicranius Occipitalis
2. Omohyoid (Q)
3. Splenius Capitis
4. Longissimus Capitis
5. Semispinalis Capitis

Αλλά εμείς μόνο με τον Σάσα!

Και για να ακριβολογούμε με τον Johann Urb που παίζει στο 2012 το ρόλο του super duper wow hot ρώσου μπράβου – πιλότου Sasha που κακό χρόνο να χουν οι σεναριογράφοι πεθαίνει άδοξα πριν προλάβουμε να δούμε κάτι από όλα αυτα που φανταζόμαστε ότι εχει. Δυστυχώς ο 32χρονος Εσθονός με καταγωγή από το όχι και τόσο, αν και για πάρτη του αναθεωρώ, Ταλίν είναι παντρεμένος από το 2007 με μια καμήλα επ’ ονόματι Erin Axtell η οποία προφανώς και χαίρεται τη βαρβατίλα και την καύλα που αναδύει ο σύζυγος. Και στα δικά σας παληκάρια…μ’ ένα καλό παιδί σαν τον Johann.

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Taylor Lautner, maybe a werewolf in the most popular vampire movie of the season but he is definitely the breakout star.  His Hollywood hunk good looks  that has been the biggest driving force eclipsing even the popular characters of the series Bella and Edward.

He plays Jacob Black,  who is in love with Bella, but is in the tribe of werewolves .  This makes for the compelling push and pull between the enmity that exist between the vampires and werewolves.

Interestingly enough, it has become a marketeer’s dream for the film, since Lautner’s fan base has grown and pitted him against the popular Robert Pattinson.  This has made the feverish hunger for the opening of the movie “The Twilight Saga New Moon“  even more epic.

Lautner’s star is on the rise and, by all indications, is going to surpass Pattinson who has not seemed as accessible to the fans.

Taylor Lautner

Taylor Lautner

Taylor Lautner

Taylor Lautner

These guys would kick sand in your face, if their legs could actually make a kicking action like normal people’s.

Enjoy. Or throw up. Whatever.

Tits you can rest your chin on. Impressive.

You know that warning sign at the garage airhose: “Not for inflating bicycle tyres or inflatable toys”? Well, it says nothing about shoving it into your belly button and seeing what happens.

Half man, half over-stuffed sausage.

I don’t know what you’re looking for. The steroids got rid of those ages ago.

Greg Valentino. Proof that OCD can come in so many forms.