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| Study Shows Swearing Makes You Stronger
This is great f***ing news! A new psychological study has determined that swearing while exercising can actually make one stronger and perform better. Wait … you have to exercise first? What the f*** is up with that? In the short period of time we looked at there are benefits from swearing. In a recent presentation at the British Psychological Society meeting in Brighton, Richard Stephens, a psychologist at Keele University, explained how his team found the benefits of swearing for athletes – from professional to weekend. Stephens is well-qualified for this type of study – not because he's a foul-mouthed jock but he previously conducted an experiment which found that a good curse word or ten increases pain tolerance. That's good news for those who regularly hammer their thumbs or drop heavy items on their toes, although it doesn't prevent what happens when you child hears what you said. For the strength-through-swearing study, Stephens conducted two experiments. After choosing their