By Brett & Kate McKay
For those of you who were with us last year, you might remember our Art of Manliness x Huckberry Holiday Store. It was such a big hit that we’ve brought it back again for another holiday season. But this time we’ve doubled the fun, and added a gift shop for women, as a service to our fellow men who have a hard time finding unique and cool gifts for the ladies in their lives. The AoM x Huckberry Holiday Gift Shop is your one-stop Christmas resource for the fellow manly men in your life and the cool women who love them. Ready to get your Christmas shopping done in one fell swoop, as well as win something for yourself or a loved one? Keep reading. Men’s Holiday Gift Shop 
For the Art of Manliness x Huckberry Gift shop I handpicked nearly 50 items that I thought an Art of Manliness man would enjoy seeing under the Christmas tree this December 25th, and the gents at Huckberry worked with many of the brands in order to offer AoM readers exclusive discounts on their products. Use the AoM x Huckberry store to do all your Christmas shopping for the men in your life and forward it along to your family so they know what to get you this year. My favorite items in this year’s store? The K-bar USMC combat knife and the Sydney Hale candles. These are the only candles I’ve ever found that I will gladly buy again and again — fantastic, manly scents. There are tons of other incredible Made in America items, including a one-of-a-kind duffel backpack, Made in the USA combs, and handsome wallets made from vintage baseball leather (if you want one of those wallets, better act fast — they’re selling like hotcakes!). To see the other items in the store, sign-up for Huckberry to gain access. Women’s Holiday Gift Shop 
Every year when we put out our gift guides for men, I get a bunch of emails from guys who say, “Brett, it’s easy for me to find things that I want to get for Christmas, but the hard part is finding a great gift for the women in my life. Can you help?” To be honest, because I’m immersed in all things manly most of the time, I was pretty lost when it came to finding cool gifts for the ladies too. So this year, Kate and I, along with the guys and gals at Huckberry, put our heads together to curate a shop that will make shopping for the special women in your life easy. No need to default to scented body lotion this year — in the shop you’ll find a great selection of classy and useful gifts bound to delight your gal. Kate’s picks from the store? “A hard copy of Darling Magazine — this website and magazine is the closest thing I’ve found to an Art of Manliness for women. And the Haptic Lab quilts — your gal will loving having a map of her favorite city stitched to a cozy quilt. There will also be some bracelets added next week that say, “I want to have adventures with you,” and “Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose,” that I love and hope Brett gets for me. Hint, hint.” To see the other items in the store, sign up for Huckberry to gain access. The AoM x Huckberry holiday shops close on December 19th. Shipping for items from either the men’s or women’s shops is free until 3 pm PST today! AoM x Huckberry Men’s and Women’s Holiday Gift Shop Giveaway To celebrate this season of giving, we want to give two very good AoM readers their pick of any item from the men’s and women’s holidays gift shops. Win something to give yourself (lucky you!) or to a loved one. To find out how to get on the nice list, read on. The Prizes Any one item from the men’s and women’s holiday gift shops. How to Enter Enter by simply leaving a comment sharing what you want to win from our two holiday stores. With this giveaway you can enter two (2) times! Leave one comment sharing what you want to win from the men’s store and leave another comment sharing what you want to win from the women’s store. Leave your men’s store and women’s store pick as two SEPARATE COMMENTS! - Sign up for Huckberry to gain access to our exclusive stores. You have to sign up because the store and the discounted prices are not available to the public. Just so we're clear, if you sign up for Huckberry, you're opting into receiving weekly emails from Huckberry on their exclusive deals. You can unsubscribe anytime you want.
- Take a look around, pick one item you'd like Santa John Sullivan to bring you from the men’s store, and leave one comment on this post sharing your selection. If you want to win something from the women’s holiday store, leave another comment sharing what you want to win from that shop. (Suggested holiday Spotify playlist to listen to while you’re browsing the stores: Time Life Christmas)
Deadline to enter is Friday, December 10, 2012 at Noon CST. We’ll pick two comments at random — one for the men’s store prize and the other for the women’s store prize — to determine our winners. Good luck and Merry Christmas! Related posts: - Art of Manliness x Huckberry Holiday Gift Shop Giveaway
- Art of Manliness x Huckberry Father’s Day Gift Shop Giveaway
- The Weekly Huckberry Giveaway: July 13, 2012
- The Weekly Huckberry Giveaway: August 31, 2012
- The Weekly Huckberry Giveaway: July 20, 2012
By A Manly Guest Contributor
Editors note: This is a guest post from Chad Howse. Did you wake up with a pumpkin pie-induced hangover this morning, feeling more like a butterball than a man? You’re ready to slough off that tryptophan haze and get yourself moving again. You want to do a full body workout that’s really going to make your muscles burn. But maybe you’re a college student home for the holiday or visiting a place far from your local gym. What to do? 72 stones steps. Remember those 72 stone steps Sylvester Stallone made famous in the Rocky movies? “Gonna fly now” comes to its apex as Rocky reaches the top of the stairs at the entrance to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. That image shows you don’t need any equipment to get a killer, heart-pounding, lung-burning workout. All you need is a set of stairs and a fighter’s mentality. For this stair workout, we’ll be doing much more than simply running up the stairs. We’ll really train on them. Today, stairs are our universal gym, our incline and decline bench. They’ll provide the obstacle and the resistance, and I’ll provide the method to make a simple set of stairs the only piece of exercise equipment you need. The Stair Workout The Set-up Find a flight of stairs with at least 20-30 steps. Follow the workout chronologically, resting only after each set is finished — I’ll clarify this in the video below. Warm-up Jog up the stairs at 75% of your max speed for 5 sets — one set should equal 30 steps. If you only have 20 steps, that’s fine, just do 6 sets instead. Rest 60 seconds, then begin the circuits. Circuit #1 Start at the base of the staircase. A1. 20 push-ups A2. Sprint (5 flights) A3. Decline Push-ups (feet on 3rd step) Rest for 60 seconds, repeat 2x Circuit #2 B1. Bounding – Jump to highest stair possible – 6 reps (start from base) B2. Jumps – start from 1st step, drop down, jump to second – 10 reps B3. Mountain Climbers – 30 reps Rest for 60 seconds, repeat 2x Circuit #3 C1. Bulgarian Split Squat – 20 reps each leg C2. Sprints – 5 flights C3. Split Squat Jumps – 20 reps each leg Rest for 60 seconds, repeat 2x Finisher Start by doing 15 push-ups on the ground, flat. Then immediately do 15 push-ups on the first stair with your feet on the ground. Then the second, third, fourth, and finally 15 on the 5th stair. Watch for how to do the workout: Tips 1. To make your push-ups more difficult, take a look at this quick video: 2. Take your time on the larger stair jumps where you’re bounding from the bottom, to the highest stair possible. Always try and improve, but don’t get over-ambitious — concrete stairs and shins don’t go well together. 3. By using a wider hand-placement with your push-ups, you focus more on the outer chest and shoulders. When you bring your hands closer together, you not only focus more on the inner chest and the triceps, it makes the push-up more difficult as well.  This is how you will feel when you are done. ________________________ Chad Howse, author of the PowerHowse Challenge and founder of Chad Howse Fitness, is a former skinny guy and amateur boxer. Chad created his company to help men become their own hero. Check out Chad's site: Be Legendary: Unconventional Tactics for Life, Fitness, & Work. Related posts: - Hero Training: The Leaping Ability Workout
- Hero Training: The Chase Down a Purse Snatcher Workout
- Train Like a Fighter — Workout #1: Cardio, Plyometrics, and Agility Training
- Train Like a Fighter — Workout #2: Weight Training and Bag Work
- Hero Training: The Lift an Object Off Someone in Distress Workout
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