http://www.irbuff.com The monthly column in Farrago now has an online home Fri, 02 May 2008 06:55:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have a friend, let’s call him Casanova, who seems to have the uncanny ability to generate muscle-tissue en masse whenever he thinks of any sporting-related activity. For example, we took a couple of surfboards down to the surf for the weekend recently during a time when the waves rejoiced ... http://www.irbuff.com/the-buff-zone-7-the-academy-of-meso-massachusetts/ After inspiring speeches by Dr. Fiona Wood, Australian of the Year and creator of spray-on skin, inspirational feel-good movies that cement our responsibility to the world, talking with a quasi taxi man called Clive about the importance of following what truly makes us happy, and the too-many-coincidences-to-be-a-coincidence occurrence of crossroads, ... http://www.irbuff.com/the-buff-zone-6-mr-orgasmic-schwarzenegger/ Proudly self-proclaimed Apple-nazi since roughly 2005, it is without surprise that I now have new, bright, shiny, and dare I say, extremely sexy Apple and with it, a heightened sense of my surroundings. While outside the gym I like to pretend that I’m the ultimate superhero who will save the ... http://www.irbuff.com/the-buff-zone-5-the-perpetrated-bodybuilding-dream/ Sitting alone in bed at night with my trusted sidekick Big Ted, a name I shamelessly ripped of Play School when I was only 30cm tall, I question again runs HITTingly through my mind; why do we submit ourselves to “torture” (pleasure to some) to sculpting the perfect body? More ... http://www.irbuff.com/4-we-can-be-heroes/ It is said that myths are mankind’s way of explaining what they cannot logically explain and so are made palatable to the common man by way of divine providence. For this very reason, the Gods do not have to explain how or why something occurs. To them it just does ... http://www.irbuff.com/the-buff-zone3-a-little-bit-of-freak/ Sunday night and watching Carrie Bradshaw explain the intricacies of New York relationships, I begin to consider the relationships that define how bodybuilders interact with one another in contrast with what is normally seen between the male population in an everyday context. Most interesting to me is the breakdown of ... http://www.irbuff.com/the-buff-zone2-the-buffer-zone/ As I look at the astonishing physiques of 2007 Iron Man competitors David Henry (2nd last year), Toney Freeman (7th last year) and Mark Dugdale (5th last year), I can't help but wonder what, if any, sacrifices were made to achieve their superhero-like proportions. Did they spend their lives meticulously ... http://www.irbuff.com/the-uff-zone-1-bodybuilding-obsession/