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Training Update: Two Goals That Usually Don’t Play Nice

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Two goals that usually don’t play nice: get stronger and get leaner. I’m doing both anyway, and here’s why. If you’ve been watching what we’ve been doing at Asgard Athletica lately, it probably looks like a mash-up of powerlifting prep, spreadsheets, and the occasional “why is this man voluntarily doing cardio” moment. So here’s the plan, in chronological order, because it all ties together. May 16: The Meet Is The Point Just before the start of the new year, I picked my next powerlifting meet. I didn’t compete in 2025 due to scheduling conflicts with the two meets I typically … Continue reading Training Update: Two Goals That Usually Don’t Play Nice

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Review: Dungeon Crawler Carl, by Matt Dinniman

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Dungeon Crawler Carl has been one of those books that feels impossible to avoid if you spend any time around book people online. If you read much at all, or post about anything even remotely nerd-adjacent, this title has probably been clogging your Instagram and TikTok feeds for months. Along with Red Rising, which is still sitting on my ever-growing to-be-read pile, it feels like one of the two most relentlessly recommended books of the last few years. For the most part, Dungeon Crawler Carl absolutely lives up to the hype. At its core, it is LitRPG done in a … Continue reading Review: Dungeon Crawler Carl, by Matt Dinniman

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Power Rating The NCAA Field

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Here are the consensus power ratings, using several rating systems and then equalized toward a spread. Rating systems utilized in these ratings include: KenPom, VSIN-Makinen, Sonny Moore, TeamRankings, VSIN-Bettors and EvanMiya. To compute an expected spread, subtract the favorite from the underdog’s ratings. Top 1 Michigan 99.7 2 Duke 99.0 3 Arizona 97.7 4 Florida 96.4 5 Houston 95.0 6 Iowa State 94.1 7 Illinois 94.0 8 Purdue 93.5 9 Gonzaga 92.1 10 Michigan St 91.3 11 UConn 91.2 12 Vanderbilt 91.1 13 Louisville 90.6 14 Alabama 90.5 15 Virginia 90.5 16 St. John’s 90.3 17 Tennessee 90.2 18 Arkansas … Continue reading Power Rating The NCAA Field