Buff v. Swole v. Brolic: Where Do We Get All of Our Goofy Muscle Terms From?
Two decades ago, I was a 15-year-old meathead awash in a sea of meathead jargon. I tipped the scales at 240 pounds of puffy, puberty-powered
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Buff v. Swole v. Brolic: Where Do We Get All of Our Goofy Muscle Terms From?, by Oliver Lee Bateman, MEL Magazine
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Buff v. Swole v. Brolic: Where Do We Get All of Our Goofy Muscle Terms From?, by Oliver Lee Bateman, MEL Magazine
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Are You Swole, Jacked Or Yoked?
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Are You Swole, Jacked Or Yoked?
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Buff v. Swole v. Brolic: Where Do We Get All of Our Goofy Muscle Terms From?, by Oliver Lee Bateman, MEL Magazine
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Buff v. Swole v. Brolic: Where Do We Get All of Our Goofy Muscle Terms From?, by Oliver Lee Bateman, MEL Magazine