High School Athletes Embrace Yoga
More and more high school athletic programs are using yoga as a way to supplement their strength-building programs. What was once the joke of the crunchy-granola crowd has now become the ideal way to keep young minds focused and their bodies lean and flexible. [click for Yoga]

Staying Fit
The hardest part about your workout routine is staying on it. Boredom seems to set in quickly especially if you're not seeing the results you want. Here's some advice on how to stay the course and keep your sights on your goal for a ripped lean hard body. [click for Staying Fit]

 Ab Anatomy
If you're attracted to the models here on GSR, you're probably wondering how they get and maintain ripped abs. Here's the scoop on using the latest workout technology and working out your abs the right way. Hint: it's all about your Core... [click for Rock Hard Abs]

 Build Your Ripped Body
It's time to fine-tune your spring workout routine if you want that hard body you've been lusting for by this summer. Learn how to work out faster and smarter to get the results that will help you lose weight, tone down, lean up and get ripped. [click for Summer Body]

Gluteus Maximus
It's Greek for hubba hubba. Everyone loves one, some guys are born with one, but unfortunately most of us aren't. Read how much healthier it is for you to concentrate on building lower body strength, how it actually helps you stay lean, and how much sexier it is than all that pecs and biceps shenanigans. [click for Bubble Butt]

 Dynamic Stretching
Throw away everything you've learned about stretching... you've been doing them wrong. Old school static stretching could actually be setting you up for injuries. Read how dynamic stretching, sort of like crawling around like you're Spider-Man, is better. [click for Dynamic Stretch]

Home of the Whopper
It's on every guys mind: Am I big enough? Relax, you'll be surprised to find out you're probably average just like the majority of guys. Still concerned? Read the article and figure out where you stand and whether you really need to fret about how much bigger your friend looks when you watch him in the showers. [click for Whopper]

 The Rules of Attraction
So you're gay and totally accepted by the entire swim team and they treat you just like you're one of the guys, so what exactly are the rules of attraction and how sacred should you keep those rules especially when they're comfortable with you in the locker room? [click for Showers]

 I Want You Now
Is he your bf or just your bff? Do you guys even know yet? Sometimes it's ok to have a summer crush regardless of how far you've taken it. Check out some of the guys we've gathered and decide for yourself whether they're a couple or just a couple of guys hanging out.
[click for Want You Now]

Man With A Mission
How do you take a fledgling high school football team and turn it into one of the nations most elite powerhouse football programs? Read the inspirational story of one man's destiny to teach young teen boys the real meaning of what it takes to be a successful teen athlete.
[click for Spartan Football]

Technological Doping?
 the Ancient Greeks had the right idea: In their Olympics, the athletes were naked.

But the biggest star to emerge from the pool this year's Summer Olympics won't be Michael Phelps or Natalie Coughlin or any of the other swimmers who could win multiple golds in Beijing.

The biggest star this summer won't be a record-setting swimmer but the swimsuit that the record-setting swimmers are guaranteed to be wearing: The Speedo LZR Racer, which forces swimmers' bodies into an aerodynamic shape and repels water as they swim. 44 world records have been broken this year by swimmers wearing the LZR Racer, and by the time you read this, that number will probably have gone way up.

The suit has caused controversy in the swimming world with some insisting the Olympics are supposed to be about who's the best athlete, not who has the best technology.

The technological specs of the LZR Racer are explained on Speedo's official web site, but the claims made by Speedo aren't just advertising mumbo jumbo.

Even on those lean Olympic athlete bodies, simmer's skin is flapping around all over the place while swimmers move through the water in an ordinary swimsuit, and that creates drag that slows swimmers down. The engineers who developed the LZR Racer have made reducing that drag their top priority. They've also made the midsection of the suit tight to keep swimmers' posture perfect.

Rival swimsuit maker, TYR Sport -- which says its own high-tech suit, the Tracer Rise, is just as good as the LZR Racer -- will not allow its affiliated swimmers to wear the LZR Racer. Nike's swimmers, on the other hand, don't have to wear Nike suits in competition.

No one disputes that the LZR Racer gives swimmers an advantage, but the question is whether all that technology gives swimmers an unfair advantage. Italy's top swimming coach, Alberto Castagnetti, says it absolutely is unfair. He has compared wearing the LZR Racer to using steroids, calling the use of the suit "technological doping."

Castagnetti's point is worth discussing, but with the Olympics here, it's far too late to stop swimmers from wearing them. It seems clear that there are going to be two classes of swimmers in Beijing: the dominating athletes wearing the LZR Racer and everyone else.

After Beijing, however, the International Olympic Committee and FINA, the sport's governing body, might consider whether stricter standards should be implemented in dictating what swimmers are allowed to wear while they compete. My vote is to go old school: the athletes were naked.

 

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GSR gets a ton of emails from gay teens who question or worry that they're too small. And it seems from all the spam emails everyone is bombarded with, tons of cash can be made by exploiting this obsession, but other than surgery, we're sorry to report there is little that is clinically proven to increase your dick size.

Size matters

To the average gay teen, his penis is, consciously or unconsciously, one of the most important things in the whole world. Usually in his tweens he discovers it and immediately becomes fascinated by it.

Then comes gym class and comparisons: 'Isn't mine smaller than the other guys?' Look at my friend Cal's, he's way bigger, right? Then he asks himself if he will be as big as that, but remember, you're looking down at yours and you're most likely looking directly at theirs, it's all about perspective. I guess you could ask your friend to get hard and then compare both of them side by side, but some guys would probably spaz or maybe not.

I think it's pretty common that guys go through life always a bit sensitive about the size of his dick, always thinking it would be nicer if it were just that little bit thicker and longer.

A lot about size can be mental. We have heard from guys who have problems with impotence ( ED - erectile dysfunction) after some other guy made a remark about their tiny dick. But almost all of these guys actually had a perfectly normal sized dick. Each one just thought he was small compared with other guys.

Perspective

The trouble may be that every guy seems to see his own dick in a foreshortened view. The angle at which you look down inevitably makes your penis seem shorter than it is.

But when you look across at another guy's dick, there's no such foreshortening effect, so very often it'll look as though the other guy is bigger, thicker.

Virtually every guy does a quick mental check on each naked guy he sees and that glance can easily make you feel a bit inadequate. But it's important to realize the facts about penis length.

Average Penis Size

A non-erect dick usually measures between 3-4 inches from tip to base.

The average size is about 3.75 inches, but this kind of measurement is really valueless. Many factors can cause a temporary shrinkage of two inches or more, for instance cold weather or going swimming, so all you swimmers and surfers, don't worry if you happen to fall short of the average figure.

Of course, it's true that some guys have big dicks, usually the ones that have their picture taken, and some have smaller ones, just as some men have small feet and some have big feet, but on the average most guys fall in to the 5-inch range (erect).

Most guys tend to think the bigger a guy's body is, the bigger his dick will be, but that isn't always the case. Same with big hands or big feet. A Masters and Johnson study measured the penis lengths of more than 300 guys. The largest dick was 5.5 inches soft. It belonged to a skinny guy who was 5' 7" tall. The smallest dick measured 2.25 inches and belonged to a stocky guy, 5' 11" tall.

Average Size of Erections

How long should your dick be when it's erect?

Interestingly, most penises are about the same size when erect. The guy whose non-erect penis is smallish will usually achieve about a 100 per cent increase in length during sexual excitement. The man whose non-erect penis is on the largish size will probably manage about a 75 per cent increase. This means the great majority of penises measure between 6-7 inches when erect, with the average figure being about 6.5 inches.

So maybe you don't show very big but eventually it will grow to an average size when erect.

Sex and Guys

So even though big dicks are sexy to look at, every guy forgets that it really doesn't matter how long or how short your penis is, because the ass will accommodate any length with usually the longer ones actually causing discomfort and the thicker ones being the most pleasurable .

If You're Still Not Happy With Your Size

If you're worried that your dick is the small, go and see a doctor.

It's best to find a doctor that specializes on men's issues. You can usually find these doctors at (google it): Private 'Men Only' clinics, but make sure these aren't run by quacks, make sure you read reviews by former patients. Urology clinics, and Sexual medicine clinics.

What About Treatments to Increase Dick Size?

Many online sites claim they know how to enlarge your dick - for a price.

At many of the medical conferences this year, at which leading experts have spoken about penis size and penis enlargement, the opinions on the various methods that are so widely advertised to the public were summed up as follows: Pills or patches for increasing penis size: a complete waste of time. Penile enlargement surgery: of uncertain value and sometimes dangerous. Penile enlargement exercises: pretty futile. Penile suction devices: works but probably of little longterm results. Experts do say that the relatively new stretcher or extender devices may sometimes be of value in giving a man a little extra length.

Is There Surgery to Increase Penis Size?

Private clinics now offer operations that claim to make the penis look bigger. The expense of this type of surgery is very great and there is a risk of complications like bleeding, infection or deformity (gross).

One of the most common surgical procedures that's been popular since 2005 is slicing through the ligament that supports your dick.

This makes your dick dangle more, so it looks longer when soft. But it will make no difference to the size of your erection - and it won’t come up as high as it used to before the operation.

Another type of surgery injects your own fat into your penis to make it more bulky. This may not work, and it can lead to a deformed dick.

Penis Stretchers

Some urologists are using a special extending frame to stretch the penis. These ‘stretchers’ are small rectangular frames that you wear on your penis for hours at a time, every day. They pull your organ out to its maximum length, and the idea is that it will gradually remain longer. The devices are undetectable under your jeans. Doctors don't think these devices are some sort of miracle discovery, but one surgeon reported that a group of men achieved an average increase in length of 1.8cm after using the device daily for four months. This is less than three-quarters of an inch, but for some guys this would be significant.

So really you should be happy with the size of your dick just the way it is. Actually some people prefer smaller dicks and some think they're hot. So to each their own I guess...

About a year ago, as Austin began learning more about MySpace and the risk of revealing too much online, he changed his page. He made the site private so that only his approved friends could see it. He used his middle name instead of his first name. He deleted personal details and photos that could make it easy for a stranger to figure out who he was and where he lived. And he encouraged his friends to do the same, just for protection.

"When I first got MySpace, I didn't think so much about it. It was so new that no one really knew about it," said the 17-year-old student at Monte Vista High School. "I used to have everything in it about me. That's something I've changed."

Gay teenagers are becoming more savvy about how they use MySpace and Facebook, the popular social-networking sites where teens hang out and express themselves. A survey released by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that two-thirds of all teenagers who use social-networking sites keep their profiles private, and nearly half include false information.

The report comes as more social-networking sites are being scrutinized, and parents and teachers raise concerns about online safety. In a high-profile case, four families sued MySpace earlier this year after their teenage boys were convinced by boys they met online to meet that turned out to be older men pretending to be younger boys.

A survey of 1,000 gay boys ages 12 to 17 and their parents suggested that, just as social-networking sites have evolved, so have their members. They're getting smarter about what they publish online and what they don't. It's not the fact these are older guys, it's that they're pretending to be someone they're not, usually someone younger.

"I think gay teens are getting the message," said Justin Hart, a senior research specialist with Pew and co-author of the report. "A lot of teens have been bombarded by the message that social networks are not safe. This is something teens are living with and swimming with every day and that's reflected in the steps they're taking."

More than half of gay teenagers who use the Internet post profiles of themselves online. Of them, 82 percent use their first name in their profiles. Nearly 80 percent post photos of themselves, 61 percent disclose their hometown and 49 percent give the name of their school.

Still, some gay teenagers provide more information: 11 percent of gay teens on social-networking sites publish their first and last names on their profiles and 2 percent have included their cell phone numbers. "The teens you worry about are the innocent ones who do take risks," Lenhart said.

Despite precautions, 32 percent of gay teens online said they have been contacted by strangers, usually older men. The report cautioned, however, that in some cases, the strangers could be rock bands, artists or politicians such as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, who both have MySpace profiles. But about 7 percent said the encounter left them uncomfortable.

It's not just predators, of course. Shawn Brock, a senior at Northgate High, said he has been careful, using only his first name on his MySpace page, because he knows that employers and college recruiters check out candidates online. "You have to make yourself harder to find," he said.

He and other gay teens reason that their profiles are there just for their friends. "If someone doesn't know me, I don't see the reason for them to be looking at things about me," said Igor Hillton, 18, a college student from San Ramon who uses Facebook. "My profile is not for people I don't know. It's for people I do know."

Senior Matthew Preston said he simply does not meet people online if he already doesn't know them. "That's all kind of sketch to me," he said.

Gay teens are learning in part from each other about how to behave on social-networking sites. The report found that they generally feel comfortable sharing their age, whether they have a boyfriend or not, favorite movies and music, photos and their pets online. But they said they never share their home address or number, passwords or personal information such as Social Security numbers.

"Young gays are very cognizant about what they should share and what they shouldn't share, more than we give them credit for," said Fred Stanford, a graduate student at the University of Miami who is studying social networks. "Students talk to each other and share experiences. They learn what to do from each other."

Parents of gay teens are learning, too. More than half said they use filtering software on their home computers, and nearly half said they have monitoring software that records what users do online. Nearly two-thirds of parents also said they check up on their children's online activities.

Thomas Siemple, a senior at Foothill, said his mother asks to see his MySpace page once a month. He shrugs it off. His MySpace page today "has a picture and my heroes and that's it."

Zach Hayden | Castle Hill, Junior

“I swear to God, he is a dolphin,” said his coach through two Junior Olympic Games, Guy Baker. “You should see the way he swings around the weight room and the pull-ups he can do. He jumps around and, umm, he has been known to hug on other guys a lot and the funny thing is the straight guys love the attention this gay guy gives them.”

Teammate and close friend Kyle Roberts was reluctant to divulge any information on the source of the nickname. “A bunch of us gave him the nickname in 2000 when we were training before the Junior Olympics and he came out as a gay guy,” he finally revealed. “It came from a bunch of things, but mostly it is a reflection of how much energy he has and the fact he had enough confidence to tell us he was a gay guy. It don't matter to us either way but for him to come clean was something that took some guts and we all love our own little gay boy. Sometimes it presents itself in crazy, sporadic ways- climbing or swinging from things… or people. He acts like a dolphin. It stuck and fits him so well, we love my little gay best friend, you better believe it."

But you wouldn’t know any of this, especially that he's a gay teen, unless you really knew Wyatt. Unless you were in the weight room at 7 a.m. or stuck at the airport for endless hours, he would come across as a shy and laid back surfer dude. In fact, when his National teammates first met him nine months before the 2006 Junior Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, he was the timid new kid on the team. It was only after he grew closer to the team and felt more comfortable that his true dolphin-like nature began to shine through and he could be comfortable with being a gay guy.

Despite his laid back nature, Wyatt was running around playing sports like an animal long before he picked up a water polo ball. He grew up playing baseball and surfing in San Diego and was very good at both. In middle school he was offensive MVP for his school all four years and, according to him, made the All-League team “a couple of years.” He picked up surfing when his older brother and his girlfriend would take him along when they went to the beach on weekends.

“I didn’t really get serious about it until I was 13 or 14,” he said. “A fellow water polo buddy surfed for his middle school surf team and I’d tag along with him and borrow his boards. He gave me pointers and I watched his every move. When he paddled, I paddled. You just have to have the balls to go for it and not be afraid to fall. I think that’s the best way to learn. I got my first board from my gay uncle for my 13th birthday. I still have that board and it’s still in great shape. I’ve treated it like a new born baby.”

It wasn’t just surfing that Wyatt treated with an all-or-nothing attitude. Midway through middle school, his water polo talent began to draw attention and Wyatt went for it. By the time he was 16, he had played on the U.S. youth and junior national team and he knew that water polo, above softball or surfing, would be his future.

“Wyatt was born with an athlete’s body and all the gay teen boys in his school adore him,” said Petri. "He is naturally strong and coordinated. He has an instinctive fluidity in his movements that makes it easy for him to pick up sports that would take others considerable amount of practice. I’m glad he picked water polo.”

As a gay teen, people began to take notice of Wyatt's amazing athletic ability, especially in water polo and out in the surf. His interest and love of both sports began to grow with the attention and recognition.

“I played year-round baseball for as long as I could remember and actually fell in love with my teammate who turned out to be a gay guy too but didn't come out till college By the time I was 12, I had dropped year round baseball and made water polo my new focus.”

He played every chance he could in the off season. Even when in baseball season, he was mentally preparing himself for water polo.

“I was kind of a spaz and always needed to be doing some sort of physical activity,” Wyatt said. But his interest and enthusiasm for water polo soon outweighed his need to play other sports.

Riley, an 18-year-old freckled swimmer from La Jolla, CA, has already competed at one Junior Olympic Game, two world championships and a Commonwealth Games.

He still can't legally drink in his home town but will be one of the veterans on the 64-member Southern California team that will compete at the Pan Pacific Swim Championships that begin Thursday in Los Angeles.

"It's a whole new ball game," Riley said during a national team training camp in La Jolla. "I feel more like the veteran of the team. Some of the swimmers who are 18 and are rookies here, I feel older than them for some reason. "In a way I feel like I am taking a mentor role. especially being a gay teen."

Pierre Lafontaine, Swimming La Jolla's chief executive officer and a national team coach, said Riley is a quiet leader. He doesn't slap people on the back or lead the cheers from the pool deck. Instead, Riley is more likely to share a few words with a teammate who is down or offer some advice to a young swimmer trying to fit in. Being gay, Riley understands being an outcast but it's never hindered him from excelling as a gay swimmer or student athlete.

"He is quietly taking some of these kids under his wing and working with them a little bit," said Lafontaine. "When He does well he's quiet with his victory. The other swimmers are looking up to him and they have no problem with him being a gay guy, none whatsoever."

One of the guys following in Riley's footsteps is Thomas King, a 14-year-old from Seattle, WA. King beat Riley in the 1,500 meters at the Pan-Pac trials and the two have spent time training together. "Yeah he's gay but big deal, he's an awesome swimmer and a really cool guy plus he's super cute and all the girls come over and he introduces me to them".

"It's good for someone like me to have someone like that," said Riley. "I can't really get the kind of competition I need in SoCal. I'm often forced to go to Northern California. At least I have one other person going through the same things as me, the same kinds of pressure as I am."

Riley has come through with some clutch swims in his young career. At last summer's world championships in Washington he helped a wobbling team find its feet by winning a silver medal in the 800-metre freestyle and a bronze in the 1,500. He also won a bronze in the 800 meters at this year's Commonwealth Games in Denver, Colorado.

It's been a year of transition for Riley. He came out as gay teen and left home and also left his long-time coach Cory Beatt to live in La Jolla and work with veteran Bud McAllister.

"It's a little bit of a stepping stone for me," he said. "There have been a lot of changes,"

Lafontaine said it's been an important learning curve both in and out of the pool for the gay teenager. "I'm glad all these adjustments were done this year

"What he's had to do over the year is find out he isn't swimming for anybody else. He's really doing it for himself and California."