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Follow Friday: Manly Guys Doing Manly Things

On the links page of this blog, I list a number of webcomics that I follow regularly. Manly Guys Doing Manly Things is one of my favourites, but it doesn’t update very often.

Based on the title, you’d imagine it was written/drawn by a hyper macho dude. Surprisingly, it’s authored by a lady, Kelly Turnbull aka Coelasquid. She says thinks that men should be allowed to be manly. And she references all sorts of video games characters from series I love like Dragon Age, Pokemon, Final Fantasy and pokes fun a typical tropes.

I shared the link to her comic because of a particularly well-done piece this week. The main character is teaching his intern how to lift weights. Surprisingly, the hyper macho commander gives perfect weightlifting advice:

From Manly Guys Doing Manly Things

The form for the bent over rows is described correctly. What I’m most impressed with is the comment that he wants the intern to have proper form to avoid getting frustrated. That is genuinely such good advice. I see SO many people at the gym lifting huge weights but with awful form. The only results of poor form is injury, which leads to frustration and usually giving up.

Manly Guys Doing Manly Things doesn’t often talk about fitness in this way, but I enjoy it. Maybe you might too!