/lit/ - Literature

>>11100456
Whoops, wrong picture.

>>9932893
I still love you. You're going to make it anon!

/fitlit/ question:

I finished reading a short article by James B. Rives on 'The Theology of Animal Sacrifice in the Ancient Greek World. He elaborates Porphyry's 'On Abstinence', who references 'a wise man' that one ought to worship the supreme god (of pure thought) with pure thought. This worship makes sense as one gives like to like. Importantly, however, I see myself as a Pantheist. If God is a physical reality, then worship ought to take place in a physical domain. I have an ethical imperative to worship with sacrifice, or some alternative physical means.
Since the /fitlit/ prank, I read Yukio Mishima's 'Sun and Steel' and I have adopted physical fitness to my life as an aspect of fleshing out the Beauty of existence as held by the Pantheistic reality I perceive (or, at least, wish to perceive). The question that asks itself is whether or not my gym excursions count as a form of worship? Does a certain element of mindfulness need to be adopted in parallel to the activity? Does anyone else in /fitlit/, from other faiths and creeds, see their physical actions as a form of worship or prayer? What do you do? What is the ideal?

Books about sex and how to improve one's sex life?

I always had a mediocre sex life but now I'm getting fit (fitlit is life) and my sex encounters are getting more frequent, I know a trick or two bot overall I'm not a good lover. Books for this?

>>9810041
I began /fit/ when the April Fools prank merged us together. I read Yukio Mishima's 'Sun and Steel', which inspired me to take to weights. I've been committed to the gym for the last month plus, doing Reg Park's Beginner Lifting Routine, with some modifications. I increased my protein and water consumption, and, boy, did that make a difference.

My issue is that, deep down, I hate both /lit/ and /fit/. I long for the double board. Part of me is interested in starting some sort of parallel forum dedicated to /fitlit/ - taking the best of the both.

My side ambition is compiling literature which truly exalts the physical world: Mishima, Spinoza, Holderlin, Nietzsche. I'm looking for philosophers who exalt the physical, or are pantheists, and literaries who see glory of the physical form and its cultivation. Any recommends would be appreciated.

>>9780414
/fitlit/ is certainly a thing.
The change of diet and sleep schedule changes everything. If you want to feel immediate results (that is a day to a week), increase the amount of water you drink, increase the amount of protein you eat, decrease the amount of sugar you eat, and eliminate alcohol or tobacco for one week - you'll feel radically different. Adding working out on top of that adds fuel to the fire.

The Hero of a Thousand Faces is an interesting recommend; decent read.

As other people have suggested, Mishama's Sun and Steel and Aurelius' Meditations are also good reading.

>>9525816
>not /fitlit/

>>9483763
Since /fitlit/ I've started Reg Park's Beginner Routine, with several additions, such as shrugs and rotator cuffs. (I love A-days, I hate B-days - so I'm looking to tweak the latter).

Working out 3x a week, plus rock climbing another 3x, alongside increasing my protein has improved my mood and motivation. This shift helped me finish four books (just less than 1000 pages, 3/4 being Canadian Fiction). This means by adding serious time and the gym and a diet change, I was able to read more in the last month than I had all year.