/lit/ and /fit/

[Anonymous No.17380590]

the union of these two boards and their knowledge is the only to improve the soul, you disagree?

[Anonymous No.17380610]

>>17380590
I don't

[Anonymous No.17380622]

Only by exercising both the mind and the body may you exercise your soul.

[Anonymous No.17380627]

>>17380590
Yes. /fit/ is too contaminated with brainlets and /pol/brains. I go on both and would prefer they remain segregated.

[Anonymous No.17380630]

>>17380590
>/fit/ - twinks
>/lit/ - art hoes
they are utterly incompatible

[Anonymous No.17380635]

>>17380590
You don't need any /fit/ knowledge. You just go to the gym and do the same exercises regularly. /fit/ has nothing to contribute to anything. I go to gym 5 days a week and never go on /fit/ because what the fuck is there to discuss after you learn the basics which you can learn from their sticky anyway.

[Anonymous No.17380644]

>>17380590
>is the only to improve the soul
what

[Anonymous No.17380648]

sorry, /lit/s heart belongs to /n/

[Anonymous No.17380665]

>>17380590
doing sports is important
going to the gym, however, is typical unrooted american behaviour and pure faggotry

[Anonymous No.17380678]

>>17380665
you must enjoy the weak and flabby bodies of Nietzsche and his ilk

[࿇ C Œ M G E N V S ࿇ !KNDYSEULU. No.17381186]

>>17380665
>going to the gym, however, is typical unrooted american behaviour and pure faggotry


THAT NONSENSICAL STATEMENT IS TYPICAL OF THE AVERAGE VULGAR UNITEDSTATIAN; THE GYMNASIVM IS A PLACE SPECIALLY DEDICATED TO THE EXERCISE OF THE BODY, AND IT DATES BACK TO THE ANCIENT GREEKS.

[Anonymous No.17381210]

>>17380665
I dont have the time or the friends to play sports, lifting weights by myself is the best way for me to maintain my physical health

[Anonymous No.17381218]

>>17380635
Its for bodybuilding and powerlifting, which are surprisingly complicated

[Anonymous No.17381247]

>>17380678
I don't care at all for Nietzsche.
>>17381186
Once again you prove us to be an absolute faggot. It's really obvious that the ancient Greek exercised their body and hailed musculation because their city states could only survive through that being under the constant threat of other city states, we don't live in that world anymore and going to the gym is nothing but the acultural expression of modern narcissism.
That being said, I really wish you would leave this board for good (meaning kys).

[Anonymous No.17381283]

>>17380590
>>17380610
>>17380622

[Anonymous No.17381293]

>>17381247
Sausage fingers typed this

[Anonymous No.17381379]

>>17381247
>taking care of yourself is narcissistic!
The irony is palpable.

[࿇ C Œ M G E N V S ࿇ !KNDYSEULU. No.17381384]

>>17381247


OPTIMAL PHYSIQUE IS NOT CONTINGENT TO CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT, RATHER, IMPERATIVE IN PRO OF PERFECTION; YOUR OPINION IS ERRONEOUS, AND YOUR MENTALITY SKEWED BY HYPERMODERN PREJUDICE.

[Anonymous No.17381576]

>>17381247
How much do you weigh?

[Anonymous No.17381754]

>>17381576
>>17381379
>>17381293
As I said in my first post, I think sport is a good thing. I play rugby if you want to know. Lifting weights for the sake of lighting weights is American faggotry. All sports are inseparable from competition, going to the gym for "taking care of your body" is just mindlessly participating in the competition of the social and imagining yourself as strong without having any use for said strength other that reassuring your ego.
Going to the gym because you do a sport that necessitates it like boxing is fine imo.
Same way, running because it's "important for your health" is gay as fuck while running as a competition with friends is fine.
I prefer a smart hearty eater to a mindless drone in shape that doesn't understand why he's doing it.

[Anonymous No.17381763]

>>17380590
/fit/ is a gay board. I exercise because I'm tall and have back problems if I sit all day. My research is /out/ specific, so I also need some degree of health to keep up. Working out for vanity is no less motivated than working out for self-improvement, both of which are arbitrary. You should workout because you have to, or put yourself in a position where you are required to. This is the reason /out/ is such a better board, because, if you didn't lurk, you wouldn't know about dakota fire holes and the dangers of rock cairns. At least if you're wasting your time on an actual hobby board, you're bound to see something cool that genuinely motivates you to get back on track. /fit/ is the perfect partner to /lit/ because they're anti-hobbyboards, that invert the time spent hobbying to the time spent posting. So, by all means combine, but you won't "improve" and socrates never knew the joys of lashing camp gadgets and camping out with the boys.
However, I do appreciate this board. I have logged so many recommendations after two years of casually lurking, that I'll probably never run out of things read.
>>17380635
The exact same could be said for this board. Any recommendation I would ever need is in the wiki, and I could be reading right now instead of typing this response.

[Anonymous No.17381899]

>>17380590
>he wasn’t here for /fitlit/
NEW FAGS GET THE FUCK OFF MY OBSTACLE COURSE

[Anonymous No.17381942]

>>17381754
>smart hearty in shape
>mindless drone eater
Fixed that for you, fatty

[Anonymous No.17381950]

I ride a stationary bike an hour a day while reading nonfic. Sooo comfy lads.

[Anonymous No.17381974]

Exercising your physical body without competition isn't arbitrary if its done to further improve your immortal soul

FYI this argument doesn't matter Jon Daly is peak human performance

[Anonymous No.17382032]

>>17380630
They are both compatible with my dick

[Nemo !!GgBWHLRiayD No.17382047]

Statically lifting mass in incremental manner is pessimal hypertrophical exercise which, beside producing a surrogate sense of achievement within oneself, and/or a superficial impression within superfluous individuals, only serves to preclude freedom of motion within one's body, thereby, ultimately, and in recursive manner, pessimally affecting one's psykhe.

The exercise of maneuvering mass —whether one's own, or external— within the limits/context of optimal health & fitness, and of ideal aesthetics, is performed without detriment to one's overall mobility, in concord with one's optimal biophysical capacity.

The only aerobic, and anaerobic, exercises that one needs to regularly/quotidianly practice in order to optimally free, maintain alignment within, and build firmness of, the body, are those of: running, stretching, and corebased strengthening —with all that the latter may entail/include—, in that order of importance, and in whatever manner one finds optimal for oneself (martial arts, calisthenics, yoga, et cetera).

Restore the purity, and the freedom, of the child body, stop hastening its decay.

>"Whoever has come to know the world has discovered the body, and whoever has discovered the body, of that one the world is not worthy."
— Jesus Christ, The Gospel of Thomas.

[Anonymous No.17382152]

>>17382047
False dichotomy. I can use weights to exercise and simultaneously have the focus be on proper form, stretching, and endurance of the muscle mass without focusing on the incremental increase in weights much at all insofar as the weight merely serves the purpose of reaching the desired effect of time under tension, in other words, the same goal as yoga or Pilates. Powerlifting is retarded if you aren’t competing but I still use a variety of weights in my overall fitness lifestyle.

[Anonymous No.17382216]

This thread is full of fatties and dyels. Make the right choice, bra, and be a sick cunt

[Anonymous No.17382222]

>>17382216
I prefer not to be found dead with a lady boys dick up my ass in a sauna thank you very much.

[Anonymous No.17382224]

>>17382216
too bad zyzz was 'roid abusing power faggot

literally died in thailand sucking off ladyboys

[Nemo !!GgBWHLRiayD No.17382351]

>>17382152
Then you agree with my "point", unless that your exercises are not rooted in corebased strenghtening (not to be confused with: "core strenghtening"), and that by: "endurance of the muscle mass", you are actually referring to static endurance, rather than to dynamic combativeness —id est: to proactivity.

[Anonymous No.17382416]

>>17381754
Post Body

[Anonymous No.17382420]

>>17382222
Based quads of a bloatlord

[Anonymous No.17382877]

>>17380590
how much does /lit/ bench?

I did 3 set of 5x170 last week. I'm weak as hell.

[Anonymous No.17382884]

>>17382877
eak by /fit/ standards I should add. Average by other standards I guess.

[Anonymous No.17382893]

>>17382877
I can only do 3 sets of 12x40

[Anonymous No.17383266]

>>17380590
It's called ASCETICISM

The merging of /lit/ and /fit/ cannot be stopped!

[Anonymous No.17383382]

>>17381763
>socrates never knew the joys of lashing camp gadgets and camping out with the boys
Socrates and Alcibiades are so tight because they were camping buddies in the army.

[Anonymous No.17383395]

>>17382877
I don’t bench that shits whack. For chest I do other lifts that actually iso the pectorals instead of working the front delts along with.

I’ve taken the Vince Gironda pill.
And to make it /lit/
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/training-and-eating-the-vince-gironda-way_greg-sushinsky/14034809/item/43150041/?mkwid=%7cdm&pcrid=479710776853&pkw=&pmt=&slid=&plc=&pgrid=114138209478&ptaid=pla-1018002764806&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzL_sweC47gIVyQqtBh0mcgxNEAQYAyABEgIjZPD_BwE#idiq=43150041&edition=14879535

[Anonymous No.17383701]

>>17383382
>"camping buddies in the army"
that's a good way to say homosexual

[Anonymous No.17383711]

>>17383701
Yeah that seems to come up a lot in ancient records on conscription.

[Anonymous No.17383867]

>>17380590
>you disagree?
No.
We're all gonna fucking make it bro.

[Anonymous No.17383913]

>>17383867
Based

[Anonymous No.17383924]

>>17383395
just tuck your lats back dude, not hard. gironda pullups are nice, but gironda dips are retarded. most people looking to get big chest do bench press + dips, that's really all you need.

[Anonymous No.17383950]

>>17383867
based, is that Nietzsche story true?

[Anonymous No.17383957]

>>17383924
I’ve been around the block anon and no most guys who are actually shredded do not fuck sign barbell bench at all. I do neck presses and dumb bell bench variations. Gironda dips are actually pretty decent too. BB bench press is a garbage lift and always has been. It’s only useful if you’re entering into a lifting competition. Also tucking your lats will not magically deactivate your front delts in a benchpress. When the bar is that low the front delts are forced to activate to stabilize the movement.

[Anonymous No.17384016]

>>17380590
/fitlit/ was pretty fun. That being said, /fit/ has made me a better person than /lit/ ever will.
There's no part two to your reading recommendations. It's a sisyphean task that only makes you better at arguing over minutiae with like minded people who spend their time reading authors who quote other, older authors, who quote other, older authors, etc. What's the point? Just to memorize philosophies in hope of impressing people? At best you're scholarly hermits learning for the sake of learning. At worst you're insufferable faggots whose only goal in life is to be the most knowledgeable person in the room.

/fit/'s advice stopped my back problems and got me into a healthy weight. /fit/'s advice gave me discipline. /fit/'s advice made me stop feeling sorry for myself and see that I could change for the better. I am objectively and measurably better since I started down that path.

To be fair, you need to exercise the mind as much as the body, but half the threads here feel like their either asking for recs, arguing over pointless philosophy and books they've never read, and baiting contrarian statements. Sure there are some ok generals, and I'm not going to pretend like /fit/ hasn't declined (I miss /SIG/), but I'm sure if you could only visit one of these boards for the next year, you would be better off in every way if you chose /fit/

[Anonymous No.17384061]

>>17384016
I disagree, exercise and healthy eating are simple and straightforward and while enjoyable in the moment offer little residual enjoyment. Learning and reading is immensely enjoyable and offers hours upon hours of enjoyment including reflection that don’t require the books at all. Honestly I enjoy both but I find the pursuit of philosophy and history and literature much more fulfilling.

[Anonymous No.17384491]

>>17380590
>almost everyone ITT is so new they don't remember /fitlit/
Where did you all come from???

[Anonymous No.17384504]

>>17380627
This.
Except for April Fool’s this is true.

[Anonymous No.17384527]

>>17381247
>>17381754
>>17381974
Absolutely based

[Anonymous No.17384536]

>>17381899
based

[Anonymous No.17384545]

>>17384061
Absolute smooth-brained take. Having a healthy body is the foundation for a far deeper satisfaction, one that goes beyond the purely mental.

[Anonymous No.17384554]

What are some /lit/ workouts?
By that I mean home workouts I can do after work...

[Anonymous No.17384560]

>>17381186
based Chad tripfriend
>>17381247
de-based Virgin seethepost

[Anonymous No.17384592]

>>17384560
>based Chad tripfriend
this subhuman trip is a literal pedophile

[Anonymous No.17384603]

>>17384592
Is it your word against his?
you are the reason why the butterfly is tollerated here, you can shut up.

[Anonymous No.17384637]

>>17381247
Physical fitness is the only thing that keeps intelligence from declining over age, and improves mental capabilities at the same time.

[Anonymous No.17384641]

>>17384592
That makes him more based & chadder

[Anonymous No.17384647]

>tfw been cutting for about a month and permanently feel like shit

[Anonymous No.17386022]

>>17380590
Based

[Anonymous No.17386265]

BTFO /fit/ adverse fiends. A healthy body provides the stable foundation for strong concentration and memory retention with regards to the knowledge you gain from /lit/ together you may gain Sophia and in truth gain eternal satisfaction.

I'll see you boys in the Iron Temple

[Anonymous No.17387097]

>>17386265
Nice, just finished my daily cardio/book hour sesh. Bout to start the lifts. This thread has a good amount of bumps.

I move that we make /fitlit/ general a thing on /lit/ we will use >>17383867 image as our banner and calling card. Overtime we will compile a list of books on philosophy and exercise and copypasta them with the start of each general.

We’re all gonna make it fellow philosopher-kings

[Anonymous No.17387545]

>wake up well rested without an alarm at 8:30
>omelette, oatmeal with blueberries and a black coffee
>pin test cypionate
>10am gym session when all the wagies are in their cages
>back home, shower
>post workout steak and potatoes
>check stock portfolio for half an hour
>read another chapter of the book of five rings
Ah, nothing like the /fitbizlit/ life

[Anonymous No.17387957]

>>17380590
/fit/izen here
Remember the /fitlit/ april fools?
Man that was the best shit ever.

[Anonymous No.17388986]

>>17383950
>>17383950
none of those are true, but it doesn't matter, nigger

[Anonymous No.17389544]

>>17384560
>based Chad tripfriend

>prieto neoazi
>based
lol

[Anonymous No.17389681]

>>17389544

[Anonymous No.17389755]

>>17380590
The concept of exercising body and mind alike is indeed true and very important to recognize. But the two boards itself... No thanks. You can still make use of both of course, but they are too flawed to form a perfect union.

[Anonymous No.17389779]

>>17380590
/lit/ doesn't need any more homeotic banter and asinine memes.
>" /fit/ Bruh mirin those gains can I deepthroat your cock but ironically?Jk though I'm not a fag lol"
>/lit/ : No thank you. You're cute but I'm trying to discuss a book.
It would never work.

[Anonymous No.17389860]

>>17389755
>>17389779
Get a load of these fat fags

[Anonymous No.17389928]

>>17380635
Martial arts knowledge might be usefull.

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » No.17390181]

>>17389681
If I weren't a lesbian, I'd let him fill my creamy pussy

[Anonymous No.17391434]

Has anyone tried listening to audiobooks while working out?

[Anonymous No.17392013]

>>17391434
Yeah it can be good depending on the workout and the book. Some of my workouts I have to count my reps and it gets a little cacophonous inside my head.

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » No.17392188]

>>17390181
Shut the fuck up

[Anonymous No.17392471]

>>17389779

[Anonymous No.17392501]

>>17392471

[Anonymous No.17392633]

>>17380590
Pic related is one of my favorite quotes on this subject. I'm trying to find the balance in my life and be a /fitlit/ citizen. "Plato" was incidentally his wrestling nickname, and socrates was said to be an excellent soldier, so we can confirm that both Socrates and Plato were juicy as fuark, as all Athenian citizen soldiers would have been, one imagines.

[Anonymous No.17392637]

>>17392633
oops, I forget the image