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VICE: Inside Powerlifting's Most Controversial Gym

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.

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VICE: Leeches Are Bizarrely Good for Human 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...

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VICE: This Rooftopping Photographer Tells Us About His Near-Death Experience

VICE: This Rooftopping Photographer Tells Us About His Near-Death Experience

Rooftopping photographer John Tablate is better known by his Instagram handle, ASVPShooter. He's captured stunning views of Toronto's skyline from the tops of skyscrapers and construction cranes, but he's also risked his life and those of others to do so. We met up with him on a roof to find out why.

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