VICE: Inside Powerlifting's Most Controversial Gym
I travelled to Westside Barbell in Columbus, Ohio which has has become legendary for its brutal form of strength training. The gym's founder Louie Simmons attracts people from around the world to study with him, but the gym's unconventional methods and some members' views on steroids have brought controversy to Westside.
VICE: Getting High On Your Own (Air) Supply
Yogis, shamans, and meditators have been using breathing techniques for centuries to induce altered states of consciousness. And for some, breath work is the preferred way to get high.
VICE: Will Cheap Space Travel Make Us Healthier?
American Astronaut Don Thomas has orbited the earth 700 times and thinks that if more people saw the planet the way he has the better off the world would be.
VICE: Fake Surgery Can Have Very Real Effects
In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine Researchers note: “the act of performing surgery itself has a profound placebo effect”
VICE: Less Nature In Our Lives Has Really Bad Consequences
Urbanization has increased levels of mental illness. and researchers have been looking into the possible effects of a nature deficit on our mental health.
VICE: Leeches Are Bizarrely Good for Human Health
For most of us, the only relationship we've ever had with leeches was cringing during that scene in Stand By Me when the kids go swimming in a pond only to find their junk being sucked by the bloodthirsty devils. But we might have been wrong to be terrified. According to modern research, leeches are undeserving of the Stephen King treatment...
VICE: Everything I Know About Mindfulness I Learned From Pulp Fiction
I've always loved this one scene in Pulp Fiction as a case study in applied mindfulness: Shortly after performing a kidnapping, gangster Vincent Vega, played by John Travolta, of course, accidentally blows the head off the victim sitting in the back of his car...
VICE: Employees Should Get Paid to Exercise Together
Group workouts are good for a company’s bottom line.
VICE: We Have Some Mindfulness Tips for Donald Trump
Hopefully this video ends up saving us from a Nuclear War.
VICE: Our Culture of Comparison is Making Us Petty
Talking mental health, mindfulness, and general life hacks with Simon Sinek, acclaimed author and one of the most-watched TED speakers of all time.
VICE: Tonic Talks with Simon Sinek
Talking mental health, mindfulness, and general life hacks with Simon Sinek, acclaimed author and one of the most-watched TED speakers of all time.