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Give that man a see-gar! It's Philip, who does really nice work himself.

I really enjoyed that one, Shawn. As I commented on your blog, ITA was a great mag in its day. Can't wait to see more!

Ack! So fucking awesome, all of it. If things don't work out with Conn, hit up Spotlight and try to get something from Bob Roberts. OR holler at Bryan Burk at Darkhorse! Good luck, my friend.

He just had to go below your waistline so that everything you wear will be painful for the next three days, didn't he? Enjoy that. ;) You've amassed quite the collection, my man. You have excellent taste.

Crux of the biscuit!

Hello there, @rossypaull. Please tell us more.

Very nice! I trained hung ga for 8 years.

Right on! Did Bailey do that dagger? Looks so good, man. And nice baby beard you're workin' on. ;)

Yep! As I've been working on my squat form, I notice that, especially with a band around my knees, I really feel myself pushing the outer edges of my feet. Really spreading the floor. I hope it all gets burned into my brain so I can do it automatically.

I love Chris O'Donnell's stuff so much. Your arm is no exception.

Very nice, @bongsau. I'm guessing from your user name that you practice Wing Chun or Hung Ga?

Because you had less than 10 posts, you weren't able to embed images or post links. I saw that your post was moderated, so I approved it.

Wow, that is incredibly detailed!

That's one hell of an introduction! Welcome. Now, when do we get to see your tattoos? And who's doing your backpiece?

Dude. Dude. I swear, @Iwar, if I didn't like you so much, I'd hate you.

Phooooooootoooooooooos! Please. Sounds like an awesome trip already!

Do you bench with a wide grip? That's been known to cause shoulder pain in some people. I never experienced it myself, but I switched to a narrower bench grip 1) to prevent shoulder pain and 2) because I had some serious elbow pain.

Yep! Jeff is awesome. Need more proof? Watch this: Jeff Cribb Tattoo Artist Interview Video

Please consider letting this--and possibly many other things--go.

Depending on form, the regular squat can definitely hit the quads, too. In fact, because my form was a bit off (I wasn't on my heels as much as I should've been), my squats were very quad dominant. The result is that my quads grew. But a few months back, I started to notice some pain in my left knee. Right below my knee, actually. With the help of a doctor friend, I narrowed it down to my peroneus longus, one of the muscles that runs along the shin. I videotaped my squats so I could show a friend who's knowledgeable about these things, and he pointed out that my left knee caves in on the concentric portion of the squat. That was the cause of my pain, but what was the cause of the knee cave? He pointed out that it was a lack of hip mobility and strength, as well as weakness in the adductors and glutes. So now, in an effort to fix all this stuff, I'm doing some very painful hip stretches that I obviously need to do, X-band walks, super light box squats, do squats with next to no added weight with a band around my knees to physically cue "knees out," and just focus on form in general. I'm starting to "feel" the correct form, which is the point, so I hope my squats improve when I get back to doing them. I'm really, really looking forward to putting actual weight on my back again, but I need to fix this stuff now before it gets worse. Sorry for the ramble, but maybe some of you will find it helpful. Form, form, form!

Stoked for you, my man! I've been waiting for this blog to appear.

Welcome, Omar! Sounds like you don't need any help finding great artists.

Thanks so much, Stewart! I'll let him know.

Yeah, he's actually considering Tamara. She does some very cool shit, for sure. And I should've mentioned this earlier, but he's only looking for black and gray. Told ya he was picky!