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Another week’s links from the human Google Reader, although I have to confess that I was as sick as a dog last week with what felt like dysentery, so these are more entertainment than information.  If you are looking for highbrow reading material this week, I suggest you stop after the first few links.  That being said, there’s some seriously fun stuff in here…

• Tony and Bret Contreras have engaged in a mutual back-slapping session about how awesome they both are interviewed each other on their blogs recently (sorry, I just can’t resist the whole strike-through thing when talking about Tony).  You can read Bret’s interview of Tony here and Tony’s interview of Bret here (parts one and two).  As you might expect from these two, it’s all very breezy, fun and informative material.
• Jerry Brainium at IronManMagazine has written about Mike Mentzer’s techniques for training abdominals.  Mike viewed them apparently as any other muscle, to be trained infrequently and with heavy weight.  As I’m sure you are aware, most people train them in different ways, either by using a high reps and frequent approach or by using static holds for stability.  I must admit that I am a little confused about ab training.  I think there is probably quite a lot going on that I don’t understand.  There seems to be a difference in ab strength and core stability, which I can’t quite get my head around completely.  Anyway.  It’s a good read.     
• Sleeping really bothers me.  Not in the sleep apnea sense, you understand.  I probably resemble a powerlifter’s breakfast more than a real powerlifter (especially at the moment, given that I didn’t eat for five days last week).  No, sleeping bothers me because I spend time during the day sorting out my knots and posture using soft tissue work and then when I wake up again they have crunched back into a mess.  Mark Sisson has done a very interesting post on how to sleep properly.  I would add, though, that if Mark thinks that his pet doesn’t move around from time to time, he needs to spend more time looking.  My (adopted) cat, Jake, twists and turns as much as I do, for sure.
• Josh Hanagarne has launched a new blog, a strength blog called Strength Rules.  What’s more, he has graciously used a guest post written by yours truly to launch it with.  Please go and read about the future of fitness…
• Craig Pfisterer has done another strongman competition, the Cradle of Iron II Strongman Show.  He won this one and he’s done a great write up and video to boot.
• Aaron Friday has written about how impatient he is in his ususal inimitable style.  Just for the record, Aaron, I’m only 32 and you could have been describing me (apart from the ability to shoot, obviously).
• If you read my blog then I’m going to assume that you’re probably on the brighter side.  After all, it must take quite a bit of brain power to navigate some of my sentences.  That being said, note well what Kottke has to say about why intelligent people fail.  Too lazy to check out the link to see why?  Well, there’s your answer right there. 
• Read this amazing post at Methusaleh’s Pay Now Live Later site about the new craze that is sweeping the celebrity diet scene (making sure to read all the way to the end).  Be amazed, be astounded.  Be amused.
• This eye-catching advert for a second-hand Giant bicycle sale made me chuckle.  I had never thought of it quite like divorce before…

If you’re a long-standing reader, you’ll know that I have an (adopted) cat, called Jake.  Jake is a huge and quite shirty orange tom with a tendency to rip holes in things.  Watching this video made me think that if Jake had been the one in the box, there would have been blood everywhere…

And as I am a big fan of David Belle, here is a video of his that popped up on Mashable recently with a great soundtrack…