In this video by knot tying collective Tying it All Together, you'll learn how to create a wide Solomon bar knot, which is composed of two differently colored ropes that brush against each other in near parallel formation. This is a great knot to tie if you want to create a c ...more
Learn how to do single palm-up inverted pull ups on a Smith machine. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits You get to keep your feet on the floor for this modification of the classic pull-up, but it's plenty hard even so. Positioning the pull-up bar low, ...more
Learn how to do neutral grip pull ups. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits People who are concerned that they lack the upper body strength often avoid this exercise at the gym, but there’s no need. You can start out by using the Gravitron machine, which ...more
Learn how to do high bar alternate knee cross ups. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Give your oblique abdominals an intense workout as you lift up from a hanging position and touch your knees to your elbows. Muscles Worked Abdominals (obliques) Sta ...more
This classic, simple exercise from Men's Health is a great way to start building your body resistance. The video also gives great tips for your chest-toning progression. Grab parallel dip bars and use your legs to boost yourself up so your arms are straight and all the weight ...more
Learn how to do Gravitron speed pull ups with a neutral grip. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits The Gravitron machine is excellent for pull-ups because it provides you with the support to do pull-ups while maintaining proper form, allowing you to max ...more
Learn how to master the Rubik's Cube puzzle... watch this video tutorial to see how to solve the Rubik's Cube in under one minute. You don't have to be a genius to accomplish solving the 3x3 Classic Rubiks Cube. Part 1: Intro -- The Relative Cross Part 2: F2L (First Two Laye ...more
Learn how to do chest focused Gravitron dips. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Tricep dips and pull-ups are both great strength-training exercises, but many people without a lot of upper-body strength can't maintain proper form or do enough of them t ...more
Whether you've just bought a brand new shiny surfboard, or your current wax job is a grimy, slick mess, here's how to get that perfect grip so you don't slip off. You Will Need * A surfboard * A wax scraper * A wax comb * One bar of base coat wax * One bar of top coat wax * A ...more
The use of chains as a strength training aid has become increasingly popular over recent years. Chains are used for accommodating resistance; a technique that involves creating maximal tension throughout a full range of motion. Typically, a person is stronger at certain point ...more
This video shows how to change the advanced settings to make Firefox faster on Mac and PC. Firefox with it's default settings is a bit slower while accessing web pages and loading them. To make it faster, there is a way which is shown in this video. To do this open your Firefo ...more
Good mornings are used primarily to work the lower back muscles. The hamstrings and gluteus muscles are also involved in the movement. This exercise is not without controversy. Some maintain that good mornings can lead to lower back injuries. While this might be true in rare ...more
This video tutorial is going to show you how to steady your shots with a homemade fig rig. The camera is mounted right in the middle of the top bar and it uses the iron as the balancing mechanism. The official fig rig is about $300. But, the one shown in the video will cost yo ...more
Impress your friends by actually knowing what to do with those darts—other than winging them toward the wall—next time you're at a bar. You Will Need * A dart board * At least 3 darts * 2-5 players * A dart board * At least 3 darts * 2-5 players Step 1: Find a dart board Go ...more
Learn how to do basic gymnastics moves and routines for beginners in this free online video lesson, including the parallel bars, balance beam, vault, floor exercises, and various tumbling exercises. Part 1 of 15 - How to Use gymnastics moves and routines for beginners. Use gym ...more
Don't let that stuck drawer aggravate you on a daily basis; find the problem and fix it once and for all. Step 1: Remove the drawer Remove the drawer. Pull it out until it stops, then lift up the end and pull it a little bit more. This should release the drawer from its glid ...more
Try adding some weighted bar exercises to your workout routine to not only strengthen you arms but to increase your core and back strength as well. Use heavier weights to build larger muscles and more reps at a lighter weight for lean strong muscle. Using a weighted bar is gr ...more
There's been a lot of fanfare as iOS 12 rolls out, and as an Android owner, you might be feeling left out. There's no need to feel that way, though. You don't have to choose between running out to get a new iPhone or being stuck with only your Android's features — at least whe ...more
Star Wars season is definitely upon us. No matter where you turn, you can't go a day without being bombarded by merchandising and co-branding advertisements that attempt to draw a parallel between some character from a galaxy far, far away and a galactic cruiser like the Dodge ...more
Now that Lego Movie 2, a film about an imaginary world made of plastic bricks existing parallel to the real world, is in theaters, it's the perfect time to shop for Lego apparel at a store modeled after that world. As luck would have it, longtime official Lego licensee Kabook ...more
While Android does allow apps to use picture-in-picture mode (PiP), only a handful of apps actually support the feature. Most of the apps that do are video apps. The thing is, PiP is useful for more than just watching videos, and the Galaxy Note 9 has included a way to allow a ...more
Welcome back, my fledgling hackers! In one of my recent articles, I showed you how to install BackTrack as a dual boot system on a Windows computer. In this tutorial, I will walk you through BackTrack, giving you a tour of the most salient features for the hacker-to-be. NOTE ...more
Apple finally gave the Books app for iPhone the attention it deserves, making the experience even better for reading e-books and listening to audiobooks on the go. You can even do more with Books in custom shortcuts you develop. We've had Apple's convenient book reader and bo ...more
Black Mirror, Netflix's technology-horror anthology, never fails to provide thought-provoking entertainment centered around emerging and futuristic technologies, and the third season's second episode, "Playtest," delves deep into the worlds of mixed, augmented, and virtual rea ...more
Hi, everyone! Recently, I've been working on a pretty interesting and foolish project I had in mind, and here I'm bringing to all of you my findings. This guide's main aim is to document the process of building an Android kernel, specifically a CyanogenMod kernel and ROM, and ...more