shriekingviolet posted:i'm from an extended family full of farmers and "going to the gym" doesn't make sense to me. get your exercise from doing productive labor, don't be a degenerate bourgeois poser. like its cool to be healthier by walking/running/biking everywhere instead of driving, but i think just working out for the sake of working out is a disgusting luxury. if you want to Get Strong in the city but you work a shitty office rat job, volunteer at a major community garden/farm or something, make all that exertion contribute to something productive outside of yourself
my dad's family are all farmers up to his generation, and most of his generation and some of the next are farmers too. Most of the oldest generation all have broken bodies, much of which is assuredly from malnutrition. most of the next generation and all of the younger generation lift weights and they're holding up fine. it's not like there's a split between manual labor and physical maintenance, and if you want to do manual labor for any serious length of time without longterm damage you're gonna want to do a little something to keep your body together. I worked as a mover for years and all the people that I worked with who weren't just college kids doing summer jobs lifted because it's a great way to make sure you don't destroy your body in the process of making a living, though god knows you can break yourself in the weightroom as well
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OX1At859zcM?t=4m
this doesn't have much to do with the culture of sport in the us, but I'd like it if both the newfound trends of mma and yoga eventually turned to gatka. newfound glorious punjabi warriors breaking neon lightbulbs with their faces and twirling flails in the office parks of america
Edited by palafox ()
fleights posted:The role of the revolutionary intelligentsia is not to feel pity for the damned, but to give them the necessary direction they need in order to destroy the enemy. This is not about making the world a better place, as a matter of fact, such muddied ideological rhetoric can only ever be an integral excuse for our real intentions, and that is the conquest of state power, in other words, world domination. As I have said before, to deny this would be completely dishonest.
I look at my grandmother and compare her to my grandmother in law, and the differences in their quality of life is drastic. They're both past their mid 80s, but my grandmother who never exercised can barely walk and suffers from severe neuropathy as a result. On the other hand, my grand mother in law rowed competitively in her youth, stayed very active as she aged, and as a result is currently healthy.
libelous_slander posted:
getfiscal posted:i wish instead of arguing about all this hetero bullshit we were all in some nightclub in belgrade listening to techno beats.
that soundsgood
fleights posted:do you do olympic weightlifting elemennop? i remember reading a post of yours where u said u trolled ur neighbors by dropping weights heavily
i never got into snatches, it's something i should work into my routine but i've been lazy about learning about it
"Why don't you work on some farm nearby or do regular manual labor?" Regular manual labor wouldn't provide proper training progressions or access to the correct equipment and would be a waste of my time; I'm not interested in providing free labor to some petit bougeoise in Fresno, I already work full time in this post-modern Capitalist joke.
I was raised as a jock, forced to be involved in all kinds of athletics growing up. I found benefits and downsides to all of this. The downside being that I am very familiar with being forced to do stuff against my will and to accept it. I'm familiar with putting myself through a lot of pain to get a delayed result. On the other side, I know what it's like to feel like you can't succeed, no matter how much effort you put in. I know what its like to be put against an inhuman machine and be expected to squeeze blood from a stone. I know the feeling of having to "cheat" and make it look like you are tired in order to save energy for later, or to lie in order to escape certain activities.
As I grew older, my body has gotten sore. I bounced from playing football for eight years, and a lifetime of soccer/baseball/swimming practices to playing counter-strike 12 hours a day for 10 years. Sitting at the computer became my full time life.
I've developed (self diagnosed I don't have health insurance or a specialist) what I believe is ulnar nerve damage, compounded with a badly rotated right scapula, and potential wrist problems as well. I've had chronic pain for the past 3 years that goes from deep in the shoulder socket, down through my elbow and into my right hand. All I can assume is that it is from too much mouse use, incorrect posture, or potentially an earlier athletic injury.
My research into the topic has provided me with basically two options. One would be surgery of some kind. Two is soft tissue work. I don't have access to somebody that does soft tissue work or massage, so I've been trying to rehabilitate it.
So I first went back into the gym with my body just hurting all the time. I'm in a lot better shape now, but still having nerve issues. Hopefully soon I can afford to get something done about that.
The one thing I can say about lifting is that in a world where almost everything is outside my control, my (limited) ability to have discipline and plan my workout/nutrition is something that makes me feel like I have a semblance of self-determination. I don't think I'm leading some sort of revolutionary life, but I do know where power lies and am actively working to understand how in the hell things can be changed.
As somebody that would like to be revolutionary in my thoughts and actions, I often feel sad that many "revolutionary acts" are co-opted or integrated into Capitalist culture, understood only after the assumptions of Capitalism are accepted as a priori truths. What is the "revolutionary act"? What can I fall asleep to, knowing I took a revolutionary step?
For me, now, I can only hope to build my own character through discipline, patience, and determination; parallel with the development of intellect/rhetoric by reading and discussing revolutionary literature and thought.
Now, I do accept that with age, your body does deteriorate, and there will be a time where I can't control anything really. However, for the time being, I hear the echoes of Marx, knowing the the only true value on this earth is that which humans create with their bodies and minds. In this way, personal development of myself seems to fit. In this virtual world I feel anchored by the reality of four hundred pounds laying across my back. At least something is real.
Edited by Themselves ()
babyfinland posted:whats the best dick muscle exercises
i dont know
Themselves posted:My own personal reasons for why and how I exercise have evolved over the years.
"Why don't you work on some farm nearby or do regular manual labor?" Regular manual labor wouldn't provide proper training progressions or access to the correct equipment and would be a waste of my time; I'm not interested in providing free labor to some petit bougeoise in Fresno, I already work full time in this post-modern Capitalist joke.
I was raised as a jock, forced to be involved in all kinds of athletics growing up. I found benefits and downsides to all of this. The downside being that I am very familiar with being forced to do stuff against my will and to accept it. I'm familiar with putting myself through a lot of pain to get a delayed result. On the other side, I know what it's like to feel like you can't succeed, no matter how much effort you put in. I know what its like to be put against an inhuman machine and be expected to squeeze blood from a stone. I know the feeling of having to "cheat" and make it look like you are tired in order to save energy for later, or to lie in order to escape certain activities.
As I grew older, my body has gotten sore. I bounced from playing football for eight years, and a lifetime of soccer/baseball/swimming practices to playing counter-strike 12 hours a day for 10 years. Sitting at the computer became my full time life.
I've developed (self diagnosed I don't have health insurance or a specialist) what I believe is ulnar nerve damage, compounded with a badly rotated right scapula, and potential wrist problems as well. I've had chronic pain for the past 3 years that goes from deep in the shoulder socket, down through my elbow and into my right hand. All I can assume is that it is from too much mouse use, incorrect posture, or potentially an earlier athletic injury.
My research into the topic has provided me with basically two options. One would be surgery of some kind. Two is soft tissue work. I don't have access to somebody that does soft tissue work or massage, so I've been trying to rehabilitate it.
So I first went back into the gym with my body just hurting all the time. I'm in a lot better shape now, but still having nerve issues. Hopefully soon I can afford to get something done about that.
The one thing I can say about lifting is that in a world where almost everything is outside my control, my (limited) ability to have discipline and plan my workout/nutrition is something that makes me feel like I have a semblance of self-determination. I don't think I'm leading some sort of revolutionary life, but I do know where power lies and am actively working to understand how in the hell things can be changed.
As somebody that would like to be revolutionary in my thoughts and actions, I often feel sad that many "revolutionary acts" are co-opted or integrated into Capitalist culture, understood only after the assumptions of Capitalism are accepted as a priori truths. What is the "revolutionary act"? What can I fall asleep to, knowing I took a revolutionary step?
For me, now, I can only hope to build my own character through discipline, patience, and determination; parallel with the development of intellect/rhetoric by reading and discussing revolutionary literature and thought.
Now, I do accept that with age, your body does deteriorate, and there will be a time where I can't control anything really. However, for the time being, I hear the echoes of Marx, knowing the the only true value on this earth is that which humans create with their bodies and minds. In this way, personal development of myself seems to fit. In this virtual world I feel anchored by the reality of four hundred pounds laying across my back. At least something is real.
how are you people not happy with being swole? every muscle lbs. i gain is like an extra 5 % happiness
babyfinland posted:whats the best dick muscle exercises
Softly weeping.
RescueCreditor posted:babyfinland posted:whats the best dick muscle exercises
Softly weeping.
i think i hit a plateau w that
gwarp posted:i am a truly immense human being and after recently losing quite a bit of weight my super massive muscles emerged from their buried hideaway and now i feel far more scary, and as a result of such, happy
i started eating p much salads all the time w chicken and gay shit like that so all my dick muscles shining through i feel like nic cage during his epic phase
babyfinland posted:whats the best dick muscle exercises
as edward said notes in-
EmanuelaOrlandi posted:im rly tall ive thought about getting super fat so id look scary as fuck should i do it y/n? can someone link me to some trans-fat friendly communities because im not really comfortable with posting on the lf after i start t obecome fat
no dude u will stretch ur skin out and make it so ur body will feel natural to get that fat