Mens Guide To Entertainment, Fitness, Fine Living, and Becoming A Finished Man
Health & Fitness
Whether you’re too skinny, overweight, or simply have an interest in the latest and greatest medical breakthroughs and technologies, the Health & Fitness category is the place for you. Most of us have an unhealthy obsession with muscle-bound weight-lifters as well as breakthroughs in human augmentation, so if any of that interests you, enjoy the bounty that this category has to offer. You know, I could really use a pair of metal legs. It’s a risky operation, but well worth it.
With the holiday season behind us, most of us have probably put on a few extra pounds from drinking eggnog, eating chocolate, and drinking “holiday alcohol”. The time has now come to get in shape before summer’s here and the Electronic Paddler seems to be a sweet little exercise cycle that won’t take much room and is quite affordable.
The Electronic Paddler is priced at $159.99 and comes in a compact size measuring 13” L x 16” W x 14” H and weighs only 12.8 pounds. With the compact size, it’s easy to carry around and making it possible to continue reading →
A few months ago I left my job to do some traveling, and to focus my time on making Unfinished Man the best men’s website on the internet. As I’m sure you can imagine, taking a break from work can be an incredibly worthwhile experience. If you have the means to do so, I highly recommend it. Being unemployed comes with a few drawbacks, though, and the one I want to talk about is a relatively obscure concept that I like to call “leaving the fucking house”.
If you’ve ever been off work for any length of time, be it due to lack of employment or simply because you’re self employed, perhaps you can relate when I suggest that it takes an exceptional amount of mental fortitude to force yourself to leave the house sometimes. One day turns into many days, and eventually continue reading →
Over the past year I’ve read numerous articles and research papers purporting the benefits of taking cold showers, and in particular their ability to raise testosterone in men. As many of you have probably read or heard through word of mouth, testosterone levels in men are dropping significantly with each passing decade, and the effects are devastating; slowed healing, less muscle, and lowered libido are just a few of the ailments associated with decreased testosterone, and I imagine that the list will continue to grow as more studies are conducted.
So the question is, would a shot at increased testosterone really be enough to convince a person to freeze their ass off each morning in the shower? For me it wasn’t. It took a particular chapter in continue reading →
A few months ago, I left my job to work on Unfinished Man full time. This extra time gave me an opportunity to really sit back and reflect on my life, and decide what’s important to me. One area I thought a lot about was my friendships. I knew that I had good friends, but I didn’t really know what made them good friends. In typical organizational-freak-manner, I started to write a list. I wrote out all the qualities that I felt were important to me in a friendship. A week later I was satisfied with what I wrote, saved it, and mostly forgot about it… until last night. continue reading →
We’ve done a lot of giveaways over the last few months here on Unfinished Man. We’ve given out video games, an Iphone, a shaving kit, and today we’re giving away something a little bit different. If you’re a regular reader, you probably noticed that I’ve posted quite a few Parkour videos over the years. I have a bit of a hard-on for both Parkour and shoes, and that’s why I’m excited to be giving away two pairs of the brand new Ko Gen 2 Parkour shoes from Know Obstacles, the official store of the World Freerunning Parkour Association. I know, it’s a real mouthful, but continue reading →
You know, I have a sneaking suspicion that Red Bull sponsored this video. I’m not quite sure why, but perhaps once you’ve watched it, you’ll see what I mean. Parkour athlete and Prince Charles look-alike Ryan Doyle is the star of the show in this video, and though I don’t find any of his Parkour moves particularly impressive, the scenery is absolutely stunning and reminds me of many of the cities you visit in Assassin’s Creed. Given the slow motion shots of birds fluttering around, perhaps that’s what he had in mind. Now we just need Ryan diving off a building into a stack of hay while an eagle scream sound plays. continue reading →
What you see above is the type of playground that was common before the 1990s – the type of playground that is both awesome, and able to harm children in many grizzly ways – a feature which makes it doubly awesome. In the last 20 years, parents have lobbied to crack down on these so-called “dangerous” playgrounds because of their fear of harm coming to their lame-ass kids. Apparently modern parents think it’s a bad thing for their sons and daughters to come home with gaping animal wounds, or broken bones, and that’s where I say they’re wrong. continue reading →
The lengths that some people go to lose a few pounds of weight never ceases to amaze me. There was a time when a person would decide that they’re overweight and actually, you know… lift some weights, or eat less, or go play a sport. Now the world is full of crash diets, and tape-worm filled pills, and insidious exercise machines such as the shake-weight. But fear not, because now there’s a new way to lose weight using the power of horse movements! Yes, you read that correctly – horses. People wander around a gymnasium cantering and trotting and otherwise acting like a horse. I can’t decide whether to laugh or cry. I’m glad that people are getting off their ass to actually exercise, but horses… really? Watch the video and decide for yourself. continue reading →
Well, today is Tuesday June 21, 2011 and that means two things. First of all, it has been exactly 17 months since my Invisalign treatment started. And secondly, it’s the first day of summer! But this article is not about summer unfortunately, it’s about my Invisalign treatment.
I initially did a six month report which can be found here. When my orthodontist told it was going to be 18 months, I was pretty excited but I’m now learning that the 18 months which as mentioned to me was an approximate time frame. I’m not too upset though as I know the end is very near…sort of. I still have to deal with the retainers once my teeth are positioned into their final resting place. One thing that did change in the last six months besides the awesome progress was the fact that I could now change my aligners every 10 days instead of the original 14 days. That actually helped speed up some of the movement of my teeth. continue reading →
It’s been over a week since I’ve written an article for Unfinished Man, and though I would love to say that it’s because I was traveling around the world, drinking exotic drinks and soaking up rays, the real reason is far less impressive. I came down with a bad case of tonsillitis, and more specifically, Tonsillitis of the bacterial variety. Now, You’ve probably heard of tonsillitis and thought to yourself ”oh right, that kind of cold that children get that gives them an extra sore throat.”. When I went to the doctor to find out why my throat was bothering me, and found out that it was only Tonsillitis, I thought much the same thing.” No problem, I’ll be fine after a few days of antibiotics! ” Boy was I ever wrong.
It all started a few weeks ago after a particularly gruelling session at the gym. My neck felt a bit sore from squatting (or so I thought) and the next day I had a pounding headache. This on its own wouldn’t be too surprising if not for the fact that this headache ended up lasting over a week, and included a low-grade fever as well. Now, at this point I probably should have continue reading →
