Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Peanut Butter Cups Soooooo… you know that episode of Sex and the City where Miranda has to dump dish soap on top of chocolate cake just so she will stop eating it?? Uh. Yeeeeeah. These are like… of that caliber. And that totally almost happened to me. You PROBably should not make these if you are home alone for four days. I ate what felt like a million, then had a plate of 5-day old green bean fries from the fridge and called it lunch. I definitely recommend those. For lunch. Face? Inhale. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Peanut Butter Cups [cookie dough adapted from cookie dough dip] makes 24 cups 2 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1/3 cup packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter 3/4 cup powdered sugar 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips In a small saucepan, heat butter until melted. Line a mini muffin with with liners. Sigh.
23 Bench Press Tips to Increase Your Bench Press Strength These bench press tips will improve your bench pressing power instantly, while also allowing you to see consistent and long-term strength gains. The barbell bench press is quite possibly the most popular weight lifting exercise in the world. While it may be a somewhat over-hyped compared to full body lifts like squats or power cleans, the fact remains… …The bench press is the single most effective pushing exercise for lifting the maximum amount of weight using your upper body muscles. This page explains simple bench press tips and tweaks for that can make a “night and day” difference in your performance, and your shoulder health. Do the Bench Press First. Hopefully these bench press tips will help to increase your bench press strength and bust through plateaus.
The microhydro plant My little paradise has a stream that provides enough water flow and head to run a small turbine, to provide electricity to my home. While writing this, the microhydro plant is being implemented, and here are some photos of the process. Since I usually like to start at the end, the first thing I built is the controller: It is an implementation of Jan Portegijs' "Humming Bird", with some changes and adaptations. The largest cost of the plant, by far, is in the piping for the rather long penstock. A smaller number of pipes were stored closer to the turbine site. Only for the last part of the run, where the pressure exceeds 2 bar, I will use blue class 4 PVC pipe. To change from the low slope run of the white pipe to the much steeper run of the blue one, a change of direction is required. My neighbor Gabriel and his son took the hard work of digging the channel. The open channel has a rounded cross section and runs with a very small slope. The flat area is where the forebay will be built.
Dumbbell Exercise Illustrations To Help You With Your Dumbbell Workouts On this page you will find some of my favourite dumbbell exercises. If your into weight training, chances are you train with both barbells and dumbbells. This FREE report will explain how to burn fat and build muscle in the FASTEST way possible. This is report will show you HOW to build a muscle building and fat burning plan that allows you to reach your goals in the fastest manner possible! Dumbbells, like barbell’s can provide you with a fantastic workout that takes breaks down free weight training to it’s basic fundamentals. Training with dumbbells stimulates a large number of muscle fibres and therefore can result in muscle growth at an alarming rate. The reason being is that training with dumbbells to extreme intensity will push just about anyone into the pain zone. I like to think of dumbbells as taking the barbell movement one step further. Therefore, I thought it would be a good idea to provide you with some dumbbell exercise illustrations. Chest Back Illustration #8 - Shrugs Biceps
How to Travel Full-Time for $17,000 a Year (or Less!) Wise Bread Picks For the last five years, I've been traveling the world full-time, and for less money than I've ever spent (and I'd wager less money than most people would spend) to live in one place. My worldly possessions fit into one bag (just larger than carry-on size) and a backpack containing my laptop and computer gear. This small entourage (weighing less than 45 pounds in total) comes with me as I wander around the world, sometimes quickly, but mostly slowly. In 2011 alone, I traversed 13 countries and over 45,360 miles. What if I told you it wasn't? Believe it. How to Keep Your Travel Costs Low Of course, I could travel for way more than $17,000/year. Here are a few of my secrets. Don't Pay for Accommodations In the entire year of 2011, I paid $173 for accommodation. Work-Trade/Volunteer There are lots of creative opportunities to work in trade for your accommodation (and sometimes food) and enjoy a more immersive travel experience. Hospitality Exchange House/Pet-Sitting Travel Slowly
Muscle & Performance Magazine | 101 Best Muscle-Building Tips Ever As you progressed in school, you likely found that the required reading was becoming more and more cumbersome. More books, more pages, less time. In your search for some relief, you found Cliffs Notes — the almighty timesaving redeemer of many a student’s report card. These condensed reads offered a quicker way to get through the diffuse material of Melville, Hemingway and Shakespeare by highlighting the main points and trimming out the fat. Think of this list in the same way, as a summation of the volumes of literature that have been written on muscle building over the years. The 101 tips, presented by section but not in any particular order of importance, encompass the broad spectrum of areas that require your attention for gaining mass: training, nutrition, supplements and equipment. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53.
40 free things to do in New York City Seeing the bulk of New York City's biggest attractions can mean spending a hefty chunk of a trip's budget on tickets. Empire State Building? $27. The Met? $25. The Guggenheim and the Whitney go for $22 and $20, respectively. Free New York travelers, get busy! 1. One of Lower Manhattan's most fascinating, and controversial, stories of recent years circulates around the new African Burial Ground National Monument site. 2. Brooklyn Brewery. Free tours of Williamsburg's Brooklyn Brewery run on the hour from 1-5pm Saturday, 1-4pm Sunday. 79 N 11th St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 3. Imagine mosaic. It doesn't take brilliant travel minds to tell you that a park is free to visit – most parks are. 4. New York's most concentrated area for a gallery crawl is in Chelsea, mostly in the 20s Streets between 10th and 11th Avenues. 5. City Hall. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. The ferry to Governor's Island is free, as is access to the 172-acre island which opened to the public only in 2003. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
Hardest Ab Exercise The more abdominal and core muscles you can work in one exercise, the harder and more tiring it will be. Ball bicycle crunches and ball planks with leg lifts are two very hard exercises that can increase your abdominal strength. The ball bicycle crunches will work your rectus abdominus, obliques and inner thigh muscles. The ball bicycle crunch is done lying face up on a mat with a stability ball between your shins. To do a ball plank, place your forearms on top of a stability ball and come onto your toes facing down. Start with one set and work up to three of both exercises.
One can dream Once upon a time there were some very well-off folks in Vancouver who wanted big new homes. They called upon a builder by the name of Keystone Projects Ltd. and asked them to build the homes of their dreams. They asked for fancy kitchens and bathrooms and rooms for their pool tables and views to die for and a car lover's garage. And POOF! Keystone made it happen.
Astounding Three Day Workout For Mass! - Bodybuilding.com by Bodybuilding.com Jan 20, 2010 Are you frustrated with your current workout? Have you been at the same weight and same strength for months ... or even years? This article will show you what real natural bodybuilders do to gain mass in as short as time as possible - all without lifting weights more than 3 days per week. This article will show you what real natural bodybuilders do to gain mass in as short as time as possible. The Workout Do a short warm-up set before each exercise with approximately 50% of the weight you will use for the main working set. Printable Page PDF Document Barbell Squats: 1 Set Of 8-10 Reps Since this is your first exercise, you may want to do 2 or 3 short and easy warm up sets to get ready. Lifting to failure on squats means almost falling down on your last rep. Leg Extensions: 1 Set Of 8-10 Reps Use a full range of motion. Lying Leg Curls: 1 Set Of 8-10 Reps Use a full range of motion and do not "jerk" the weight up. Dumbbell Pullovers: 1 Set Of 8-10 Reps Do not sway!
A dream treehouse · Sheepy Me I've always wanted a treehouse when I was a child but living in a city made it a little difficult. Instead, we would built forts, tents or just crawl under the bed to play. It's weird right now but back then we really loved having those hideouts where nobody could find us. We could stay there for as long as we wanted. But what happens if you're an adult and still dream of a treehouse? I did a little web research for treehouses all over the world and oh my what I found. Safe Arbor in Switzerland. Trillium. The enchanted forest. A modern, pitched roof treehouse. A treehouse morning. A dream treehouse. Those are just a few of many treehouses.
printer Muscles are funny things. They respond to just about any type of training, as long as it's hard and as long as it's not the same damn thing you've always done. That's the beauty of density training: It's a whole lot of stuff you haven't tried yet. And best of all, it'll hit your major muscles in a fraction of the time. Instead of counting reps and sets, you'll focus on the total amount of work you can accomplish in a fixed amount of time. As you progress, you'll naturally increase your sets and reps, be able to use more weight, and perform exercises that are more challenging. Unsure what exercises you should focus on? THE PLAN: Do three density workouts a week, with at least 1 day off in between. Pushup Assume a pushup position, with your hands slightly beyond shoulder-width apart, feet together, and body in a straight line from head to ankles. Reverse Lunge and 1-Arm Press Stand holding a pair of dumbbells next to your shoulders. Inverted Row Lie underneath a secured bar. Prisoner Squat