Friday, January 29, 2016
Denver Limo – The Hottest Limousines in Denver!
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Killing Joke - Euphoria
Killing Joke’s ‘Pylon', released on Spinefarm Records, debuted at #16, the band’s highest official UK chart entry in 21 years and their third highest ever.
The Euphoria video, produced by Craig Gowans, features live footage from Killing Joke’s
most recent headline UK tour at the tail end of 2015, and follows the
animism theme of the song, dealing with man’s connection to the universe
and relationship with nature.
Denver-Metro Colorado GSA Leadership Summit
Register for our Denver-Metro Colorado Gay-Straight Alliance Leadership Summit on February 27th and learn how you can make sure lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer young people feel safe, welcome, and empowered to make change in their schools.
This year, we are having GSA Leadership Summits across the state where students will have the opportunity to share best practices for creating active GSA programs and advocate for inclusive school policies.
These free leadership trainings are offered to support students running for student government. Participants will have the chance to meet others who share an interest in ending bullying, homophobia, and transphobia in their schools.
We can’t wait to see you there. Reserve your spot by clicking here!
Travel and lodging scholarships are available: email cogsa@one-colorado.org for more information.
Onward,
Empire’s Jussie Smollett Sizzles on the Cover of OUT
Are You Gay With Something To Say? Bloggers Wanted For Denver's Best Gay Blog!
Are you a new or experienced writer or blogger? Do you want to be? Or maybe you're just some gay guy with something to say? Well, what better forum for you than MileHighGayGuy?
MileHighGayGuy is looking for regular and guest bloggers to write about local news and events, do music and movie reviews, or write opinion or feature pieces from a gay perspective.
These are unpaid positions but offer the opportunity to be published in Colorado's Best Gay Blog (2010, 2011, 2012 OUTstanding Awards, Denver 2012 #WebAwards), expand your audience and gain valuable experience. There's also swag available in the form of free movie and concert tickets, music, books and other cool stuff.
If interested, shoot an email over to Drew Wilson at drew@milehighgayguy.com. And if you've got column or story ideas to pitch, this is the place to do it.
Stonewall Fitness: By, For, and About Denver’s Gay Community!
David Smith, the owner of Stonewall Fitness,
holds a degree in exercise science from Metropolitan State University
of Denver, several fitness certifications including ACSM Personal
Trainer and Group Fitness. Smith specializes in exercise, nutrition and wellness programs for the GLBT community and leads a variety of different programs, including group fitness classes, personal training, athletic conditioning programs, educational seminars and workshops.
His passion lies in promoting the physical, mental and social benefits of exercise and healthy diet to the community by breaking down the barriers often associated with a healthy lifestyle to make it accessible for everybody.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Emerging Writer Award Nominations Close January 31st
QUALIFICATIONS FOR NOMINATION:
-The nominee must self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer.
-The nominee must have written and published at least one but no more than two books of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry.
-The nominee must be of demonstrated ability and show promise for continued growth.
-The nominee must show meaningful engagement with LGBTQ literary communities.
IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS:
-The -submission period opened on November 15, 2015 and all nominations must be received by January 31, 2016.
-This award is for a writer, not a book. The application must therefore focus on the qualifications of the writer, not the qualities of a book.
-This award honors emergent writers. Established authors are not eligible for consideration. Lambda Literary defines emergent writers as those who have published at least one but no more than two books of fiction, nonfiction or poetry.
-The nominee's contributions to the LGBTQ literary field beyond their writings and publications will also be considered. For example, reviewing LGBTQ literature, conducting relevant research, participating in LGBTQ literary events, contributing to LGBTQ journals and reviews, membership in on-line LGBTQ literary forums, etc.
Additional literary work such as short stories and essays, or editing LGBTQ-themed anthology collections will also be considered.
-Individuals may nominate themselves or other writers. Nomination by others and self-nominations are given equal weight.
-If you are having your application prepared and submitted by an agent/publicist/publisher, please read it very carefully.
-All materials must be received by the deadline; incomplete applications will not be considered.
For information and online application, go here. For questions contact the Awards Administrator at awards@lambdaliterary.org.
Love Is A Drag - Call for Performers and Makeup Artists
New Year, New Adventures in Denver
Meet Santa Fe's Openly Gay Mayor
Mai Dinero’s Absolut Thirsty Thursdays
DJ Mai Dinero spins Hip-Hop & R&B every Thursday and second Friday from
9pm-2am at Broadways.
It's feel good music for your
soul, all night long, with free Absolut shots starting at 8pm.
Evol Walks- Without Me
Fronted by Gold Coast born and bred Leah Martin-Brown, Gold Coast hard hitting five-piece, Evol Walks, will release their fourth single “Without Me” world-wide on January 29.
Produced by Canadian producer Brian Howes (Hinder/Airbourne/Hedley/Skillet/Simple Plan) in Los Angeles, “Without Me” is an intensely raw and powerful ballad that separates the band from their previous releases without losing their epic trademark sound.
“‘Without Me’ isn't your typical ballad,” explains Leah. “It’s a farewell song to someone whom you used to care about very much but have now fallen out of love with”.
Produced by Canadian producer Brian Howes (Hinder/Airbourne/Hedley/Skillet/Simple Plan) in Los Angeles, “Without Me” is an intensely raw and powerful ballad that separates the band from their previous releases without losing their epic trademark sound.
“‘Without Me’ isn't your typical ballad,” explains Leah. “It’s a farewell song to someone whom you used to care about very much but have now fallen out of love with”.
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Stonewall Fitness: Working Out Your Thumbs
By David Smith
As an exercise professional and an athlete, I spend a lot of time at gyms, probably too much time. A lot of gyms are different, from the people, classes, machines, staff, everything but one thing has been relatively consistent. People texting. We’ve all been there, we’re in our zone and ready to pump out another set, but we’re stuck waiting for a piece of equipment because the other person is off in texting world. It can be frustrating to say the least. However we’ve all been on the other side too. Just a quick text, Facebook check in or even looking up how to use the machine, in between sets.
During my time at the gym I had noticed one day that everybody on the floor, about 4-5 people we’re all looking down at their phone and it inspired me to do a little observational research. I decided to measure the amount of time people spend texting versus the time they spent working out. This isn’t a scientific study by any means but it was still interesting to look into. I chose a subject who had picked up the phone consecutively at least two times in between sets. I started the timer from the moment they finished their set to the start of the next set, in addition to timing the set itself.
The sample I took was random, with no preference toward any particular race, gender, size or anything else. I only focused on people who were lifting weights or doing body weight exercises. The exercises people were performing were endurance (high reps, low weight) and strength (low reps/ high weight).
The results concluded that people spend a lot more time texting on their phones than they do exercising. Even on some people up to 3-4x as much time. Based on the American College of Sports Medicine recommendations, the recommended rest time in between sets for endurance training (1-2 minutes), strength training (2-3 minutes) and power (3-5 minutes) people we’re often exceeding these rest times on their phone.
That is a lot of time at the gym being wasted while on the phone. That time could be better spent alternating exercises with a different muscle group, alternating a power or strength exercise with an endurance exercise, adding more core work in or simply grabbing a drink of water.
As a trainer I don’t spend time on my phone when I am training clients because it shows to them that I am not serious or engaged in their training and thus disconnected from their goals. As an athlete myself, I feel the same about my own training. Spending time on the phone means I am not focusing on what is most important to me at that moment, my training. Whether it’s focusing on proper technique, the next exercise or just being in the zone. Exercise can be a release to help you disconnect from the stresses of the world and release your own demons in a healthy and productive way. Now I could go on about the negative effects of texting, but that’s like telling a smoker that smoking causes cancer or that excessive sugar consumption leads to diabetes, which is relevant yes but it’s right in one ear and out the other.
I often ask myself, “What is most important to me right now?” and when I am in a training session, the most important thing for me is my goals and doing what I need to do to accomplish them. Spending time texting on the phone is not as important to me as putting in the work I need to in order to accomplish my long-term goal of competing at the Olympic Games. This is my reason why I texting and Facebook takes a back seat during training.
However not everybody is that serious when it comes to exercise, for many it’s simply recreational. Everybody has different goals, passions and motivations but it’s always good to focus on what’s important to you right now and not let simple distractions disrupt you from pursing your passions. What are some ways we can reduce the temptation of texting at the gym?
• Put your phone in your locker or your car. Keep it tucked away and away from the area that you’re working out.
• Put your phone on Airplane mode. I use my phone to play music and it’s hard to put it into and get it out of my arm sleeve. Airplane mode ensures that I won’t be tempted to check it and all messages coming in will have to wait when I’m done.
• Design your workout program to alternate exercises and muscle groups. It’s known as a compound set and it’s when you do an exercise for one muscle group and while it rests you perform another exercise for the opposite muscle group.
• A good example would be a Chest Press working your Pectoralis Major immediately followed by a Lat Pull Down working your Latisimus Dorsi. Or a Bicep Curl immediately followed by a Tricep Dip.
• Circuit training is another excellent way to make your program more efficient. Similar to a compound set however it is not specific to muscle groups. It is simply combining a group of exercises that you perform immediately one after another in a circuit.
I suggest you alternate upper body, lower body and core exercises so you can still ensure each muscle group gets a decent amount of rest.
• Your imagination is the only limit. You can combine exercises and types of exercises (cardio, weights, core etc) in any way you like.
If there’s a particular area of the body you don’t like to train, add one of those exercises to the circuit and it’ll feel easier to get the work done.By taking advantage of some of these suggestions, you can easily complete your 60-minute workout in much less time, giving you freedom to add more to your routine (such as stretching and foam rolling) or even getting home a bit earlier.
One of my clients likes to say that our training session is like recess for her, because it gets her out of her work zone and allows her to engage in something else, it’s a way for her to disconnect and destress. In a way she finds it fun (although she probably won’t tell you that!) and as a result she has seen significant increases in strength, balance, endurance, agility and even has lost weight.
There’s no reason why you can’t see progress toward accomplishing your goals if you’re willing to put down the phone and focus on what’s most important to you at that moment.
#FitwithPRIDE
As an exercise professional and an athlete, I spend a lot of time at gyms, probably too much time. A lot of gyms are different, from the people, classes, machines, staff, everything but one thing has been relatively consistent. People texting. We’ve all been there, we’re in our zone and ready to pump out another set, but we’re stuck waiting for a piece of equipment because the other person is off in texting world. It can be frustrating to say the least. However we’ve all been on the other side too. Just a quick text, Facebook check in or even looking up how to use the machine, in between sets.
During my time at the gym I had noticed one day that everybody on the floor, about 4-5 people we’re all looking down at their phone and it inspired me to do a little observational research. I decided to measure the amount of time people spend texting versus the time they spent working out. This isn’t a scientific study by any means but it was still interesting to look into. I chose a subject who had picked up the phone consecutively at least two times in between sets. I started the timer from the moment they finished their set to the start of the next set, in addition to timing the set itself.
The sample I took was random, with no preference toward any particular race, gender, size or anything else. I only focused on people who were lifting weights or doing body weight exercises. The exercises people were performing were endurance (high reps, low weight) and strength (low reps/ high weight).
The results concluded that people spend a lot more time texting on their phones than they do exercising. Even on some people up to 3-4x as much time. Based on the American College of Sports Medicine recommendations, the recommended rest time in between sets for endurance training (1-2 minutes), strength training (2-3 minutes) and power (3-5 minutes) people we’re often exceeding these rest times on their phone.
That is a lot of time at the gym being wasted while on the phone. That time could be better spent alternating exercises with a different muscle group, alternating a power or strength exercise with an endurance exercise, adding more core work in or simply grabbing a drink of water.
As a trainer I don’t spend time on my phone when I am training clients because it shows to them that I am not serious or engaged in their training and thus disconnected from their goals. As an athlete myself, I feel the same about my own training. Spending time on the phone means I am not focusing on what is most important to me at that moment, my training. Whether it’s focusing on proper technique, the next exercise or just being in the zone. Exercise can be a release to help you disconnect from the stresses of the world and release your own demons in a healthy and productive way. Now I could go on about the negative effects of texting, but that’s like telling a smoker that smoking causes cancer or that excessive sugar consumption leads to diabetes, which is relevant yes but it’s right in one ear and out the other.
I often ask myself, “What is most important to me right now?” and when I am in a training session, the most important thing for me is my goals and doing what I need to do to accomplish them. Spending time texting on the phone is not as important to me as putting in the work I need to in order to accomplish my long-term goal of competing at the Olympic Games. This is my reason why I texting and Facebook takes a back seat during training.
However not everybody is that serious when it comes to exercise, for many it’s simply recreational. Everybody has different goals, passions and motivations but it’s always good to focus on what’s important to you right now and not let simple distractions disrupt you from pursing your passions. What are some ways we can reduce the temptation of texting at the gym?
• Put your phone in your locker or your car. Keep it tucked away and away from the area that you’re working out.
• Put your phone on Airplane mode. I use my phone to play music and it’s hard to put it into and get it out of my arm sleeve. Airplane mode ensures that I won’t be tempted to check it and all messages coming in will have to wait when I’m done.
• Design your workout program to alternate exercises and muscle groups. It’s known as a compound set and it’s when you do an exercise for one muscle group and while it rests you perform another exercise for the opposite muscle group.
• A good example would be a Chest Press working your Pectoralis Major immediately followed by a Lat Pull Down working your Latisimus Dorsi. Or a Bicep Curl immediately followed by a Tricep Dip.
• Circuit training is another excellent way to make your program more efficient. Similar to a compound set however it is not specific to muscle groups. It is simply combining a group of exercises that you perform immediately one after another in a circuit.
I suggest you alternate upper body, lower body and core exercises so you can still ensure each muscle group gets a decent amount of rest.
• Your imagination is the only limit. You can combine exercises and types of exercises (cardio, weights, core etc) in any way you like.
If there’s a particular area of the body you don’t like to train, add one of those exercises to the circuit and it’ll feel easier to get the work done.By taking advantage of some of these suggestions, you can easily complete your 60-minute workout in much less time, giving you freedom to add more to your routine (such as stretching and foam rolling) or even getting home a bit earlier.
One of my clients likes to say that our training session is like recess for her, because it gets her out of her work zone and allows her to engage in something else, it’s a way for her to disconnect and destress. In a way she finds it fun (although she probably won’t tell you that!) and as a result she has seen significant increases in strength, balance, endurance, agility and even has lost weight.
There’s no reason why you can’t see progress toward accomplishing your goals if you’re willing to put down the phone and focus on what’s most important to you at that moment.
#FitwithPRIDE
Pet Portraits By Maurice Becnel
Says Becnel, "Painting animal portraits, for me, is more fun than it is work. I began painting them several years ago. The first one I did was for a friend on her birthday. Because it was a gift it never dawned on me that other people would commission me to do more. Word got out and before I knew it more and more of the emails I was receiving from my website were going to the dogs! And cats!"
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