I found this fairly rare book from 1895 called "Physical Training". Its very out of date, and a lot of the stuff inside is completely wrong, but its interesting nonetheless.
If you choose a chapter I'll post some notable excerpts from that chapter for you.
Also funny how obesity is considered a sickness or something and needs to be treated.
Jace Gomez
This is an interesting one - the author says that diets can stop you getting fat but that permanent weightloss via diet is impossible.
He actually explicitly says it is a disease, interesringly.
Christopher James
thanks brofam
John Morales
page 53 is a surprisingly solid explanation of relative involvement of muscles
Michael Williams
>s u f f e r e d Kek This man was a 19th century shitposter
James Perry
>Already formed fat can not be reduced with diet, can only go away with exercise
This shit is gold
Jackson Moore
It's a disease of the mind linked to terribly low impulse control
Hudson Hill
kek famalam
Joshua Jones
the myth of spot reduction rears its ugly head
Xavier Jones
Cool stuff. Are there any recommended lifts?
Parker Mitchell
>grow an abdomen that is exceedingly ugly
Veeky Forums here, I need to see how long fat shaming has been a thing.
Isaac Price
a fairly modern approach to female training, all things considered
Dominic White
Since fat people came about, i assume.
Zachary Adams
This is cool as shit OP. Post more plz
Levi Taylor
Their idea of "obese" was our idea of "kind of fat" so I'm sure they'd be absolutely appalled at the kind of slug beasts we have today
Landon Watson
>locally applied exercise Spot reduction confirmed for ancient meme.
Joseph Howard
Fatties are sort of correct, in very specific localities, that size was seen as a sign of beauty. For entirely different reasons, however. And it wasn't always related to wealth, either. It's been more in the northern regions of India and southern China, but I'm unfamiliar with it in Europe.
William Watson
My 90 year old grandma is surprised every other day when she looks at some of the ham planets in wallmart. Couldn't imagine what some farmer from ancient Rome would think about them.
Ryder Foster
Modern obese people would be considered attractions fit for a circus, I'm sure.
Ethan Perry
Fuck that's cool.
What lifts does it recommended? I'm guessing The Press™, Turkish get ups and shit
Brayden Roberts
Are there any marble statues from ancient Rome depicting ham planets?
Xavier Adams
Probably see them as gluttony incarnate Not incorrect by any means
Jackson Gray
He actually doesnt like people using weights - he says that using weights is 'violent' exercise that makes you unhealthy and 'musclebound' in a bad way.
He advocates mostly calisthenic, with some posture and breathing stuff mixed in.
Luis Perry
It's real though, highly ineffective, but real.
John Harris
Oh and don't you dare mention the ancient venus bullshit. That is not a representation of the sex appeal of those fucking degenerates.
Ryan Jenkins
No, it's not. It isn't merely "ineffective," it's nonexistent.
David Collins
He mentions a 750lbs man being around at the time
Wyatt Jenkins
DROPPED
Nicholas Cruz
I wonder what he would think of Pianoman. Would probably want to get some of those scoops
Kayden Scott
So you're telling me that the guy in the OP picture got to that size using nothing but calisthenic?
Lincoln Turner
Not ham planets, but definitely larger women in Greece. Romans, from the best of my understanding, did not value larger people in general. From my limited understanding of B.C. artwork in Greece, it was to contrast the ideal form of male to that of what a feminine woman was to be. There are h i g h t e s t statues of women, but not fat ass fat fucks like we see who are now wheelchair bound.
The idea of lifting weights as a masculine trait was actually exacerbated by Roosevelt.
Wyatt Morgan
>When it comes to training the muscles, their relation to the blood circulation should never be overlooked.
YOU GOT TO GET A PUMP GOING.
Cooper Carter
This is what an 'obese' person looked like in 1895 by the way.
The writer says that weights are the best way to gain size, its just that he thinks size is a bad thing - he thinks the ideal is to be strong but flexible and 'unburdened by hard, sluggish muscle'
Michael Cooper
>in half an hour of vigorous exercise a man may reduce his weight by a pound or more
Is this true?
Oliver King
I've been to the Louvre and there were zero fat female statues. Literally none, not even high test by our standards.
Cameron Thompson
Some reviews
note the periodical called "The Anti-Jacobin", a hallmark of the times I guess
Ethan Howard
Lol tell that to NFL players. This guy's a schmuck.
Kayden Roberts
if he's 789 lbs
Jeremiah Green
In fluids, obviously.
Benjamin Perry
>suitable for use by (...) those who are anxious to keep in condition but have not the time or inclination for work in the gymnasium
Literally "LOSE WEIGHT WITH THIS ONE SIMPLE EXERCISE THAT TAKES JUST FIVE MINUTES A DAY"
Ryan Lee
>A man so "muscle bound," as the saying goes, is not in possession of a power. The power owns him
So pretty much what he means is "Leave humanity behind"
Aiden Russell
Or maybe he's talking about Bigorexia. Btw OP, where did you get this book?
Jaxon Foster
maybe he meant that he was fucking invincible?
Luke Evans
For my 18th birthday I bought myself an annual membership to the London Library. Its been around for about 200 years. It has about 1.1 million books crammed into one building along with reading rooms, smoking lounges, etc etc.
Back in 1903 an annual membership cost £3, nowadays it costs £512. Even so, its definitely worth it if you live in London and like books like me.
Oliver Wilson
>Smoking lounges
You can actually smoke indoors there? Holy shit.
Isaac Carter
Members only, but yes. No vaping though, hilariously.
Gabriel Long
Post some hints from the last chapter, please. Interested to see if they are mostly wrong or actually correct.
Cool stuff bro.
Benjamin Howard
Sounds nice. I've never held a real book and this appeals to me
Adrian Walker
>I've never held a real book How have you never held a real book?
Justin Edwards
Explain.
Angel Reyes
> fairly rare book Not really. Found it online to read.
Well it makes sense honestly, they probably couldn't count calories back then, so they'd diet and do exercise to get the 500cal deficit.
Ryder Smith
the physical copy might be rare tard
Blake Gray
...
Cameron Sullivan
you can go to the British Library for free you cuck
Jeremiah Sanders
Dude, we consider obesity a sickness RIGHT NOW. It's literally defined as a debilitating medical condition.
Caleb Anderson
No, not really. The average 250+ pound fat person was a thing back thing.
No they weren't.
Charles Clark
He's right though. You can starve yourself till the cows come home, but only the people who are mentally broken can and will continue to starve themselves to that level. And if they are that hardcore about losing weight and are willing to do that then there's a really good goddamned chance they wouldn't have gotten fat in the first place.
Exercise and or being highly active in your day to day life on top of eating less and or better is how you lose and keep off weight. We have scientific evidence that corroborates this right now.
Blake Nguyen
This is fascinating.
Grayson Cox
>training for woman >1895 shiggydiggy
Grayson Peterson
sweat
Jaxson Scott
ye olde schoole vat person hate
Oliver Moore
>tfw finally getting fit after years of s u f f e r i n g
Bentley Miller
Some genital hints pls
Kevin Bennett
DYEL CONFIRMED
Jacob Hill
That book and author are based af mate.
Thanks for sharing and good thread.
Blake Morales
That sounds incredibly comfy. A good book and a pipe in a quiet library would make me cum.