Thoughts?

Thoughts?

Socrates shouldn't be on this list

>You'll find the reason is that he remains scrawny in order that he might touch nothing save as much as he wants of what he has no right at all to touch

I might be drunk, bt what the fuck is this man trying to say?

I believe that having a good body or at least being physically capable of being helpful to others in our daily life is what everyone should aim at (being capable of lifting a heavy box or helping someone with a wheelchair). Also, having a healthy body is just as important as taking care of your hygiene or speaking properly in this day and age, it reflects well on someone. It's almost like a requisite for being an elegant person.

I personally don't like having a massive bodybuilder type of physique though, but it's only because I don't find it aesthetically pleasing. If I could, I would have the ottermode type of body with a little more muscle, but that's just a matter of taste I suppose.

However, and I don't want to lie, I'm skinny as fuck because my metabolism is fast, so I would need to dedicate a big amount of time and money to my body and diet, resources I don't currently have in college. I do envy the people with good bodies, but it's not like living the "my body is my only redeeming quality" mentality is good either. I think one has to do as much as possible, but never lose focus of the bigger picture.

Anyways, incoming "where do you workout?" meme.

Yep, Socrates was chubby afaik.

He is weak because he fears fighting for that which he is not worthy of (i.e. a woman, power, a position of importance, etc...)
Basically, self-hate.

Physical fitness is important but lifting is the most retarded shit ever

If you want a healthy and well-proportioned body then there's cardio and calisthenics

If you want to be physically active and have fun doing it then there's sports and outdoor activities

If you want to become a freak of nature and immerse yourself in a hubristic culture that encourages drug use and poor lifestyle choices then there's bodybuilding

>lifting has been proven to provide better calorie loss than cardio
>wanting to destroy your articulations needlessly over the years
>reddit spacing
And this is supposed to be the "big brains" board.

What is this false equivalence shit? Weightlifting is not the same as bodybuilding. Bodybuilding is a niche sport that happens to use weightlifting for its purposes.

Every physically demanding sport uses some form of weightlifting for conditioning. Basketball, cycling, judo, boxing, swimming, sprinting, football, pretty sure even golfers lift. There's also completely weightlifting focused sports like olympic lifting and powerlifting that aren't bodybuilding.

Can't believe I have to explain something this basic.

If you're too pussy to lift or just don't have an interest that's perfectly fine. You don't need to come up with some rationalization about drugs and hedonism.

t. guy who lifts for health and thinks bodybuilding is retarded too.

shit, i read it differently. I see it as why should he go out of his way (as the poem sets it up to be in the beginning). Everything that involves going out of his way is out of his right because he is determined to be as he is, and that's okay, because of how good his life is.

Yep
You'll grow out of it. Believe me I was there

>Basketball, cycling, judo, boxing, swimming, sprinting
Those don't seem like very good examples. I only know boxing and Judo but in the good gyms there is an explicit anti-weight lifting mentality, it's technique and cardio heavy, and it works