/lit/ - Literature

Do it on a treadmill, a hamster needs its wheel

>>9624675
Not necessary at all. Running is very good though.

running is white as fuck, determining wether that is good or bad is left as an exercise for the reader

>>9624679
running is bad for your knees.

>>9624699
what if i buy some running shoes tho

>>9624699
yeah, sure, that's what all the fatties say

>>9624705
swimming is better.

>>9624705
exactly, ppl that fuck up their knees are usually one or a combination of these: trying to run in some low to the ground ass casual shoes like vans or some shit, don't know how to run properly and just spam their legs like they're running to catch the school bus, and/or are obese and the weight of mantits and bellyflab hammer up and down with every stride

I play Tennis

>but swimming is propably patrician as well

>>9624712
no, it is not. you never put your bodyweight on your legs, so they remain weak and pathetic. i know at fat camp they made you get in the pool, but for not obese ppl running is superior.

running is bad for your balls, believe it or not.

>>9624717
what the fuck are you doing with your life? seriously?

>>9624718
that's why you do strength training, too, you moron.

does anyone have the pasta about ancient greeks?

>>9624728
is this the kind of gay shit the homos in /fit/ teach young kids?

>>9624694
isn't it amazing how these murdered joggers are almost always killed by hispanics from central america? whites always assume it was a black guy, and jews always try to say it was a white guy she was having an affair with, but then in the end it's always some undocumented guy from ecuador or whatever, kinda makes you wonder what the fuck is going on

>>9624721
make footnotes

I run and I write. And no it's not because that one guy on here told us to.

>>9624766
....murakami-san? o.o

>>9624694
fuck off racist cunt, also how do you deduce this? there are literally non-white tribes still running to hunt their food and don't have the tech to travel around, so they run/walk. In any case it's a very human action, long-distance bipedal running that is.


>>9624715
Mythology, it strengthens your entire body including knees, though if you already have issues it might contribute to them emerging more rapidly. Swimming is fine though.

>>9624772
No one here has names, guy. It was in one of those threads where OP was another godless person contemplating suicide. If he was smart he'd take the Anon's advice and START RUNNING.

>>9624712
>>9624718
but i must pay for swinning, and cant do it everywhere

Alan Sillitoe- The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. A book. I assume //you know what that is.
Anyone out there dig being lonely? What's weird is when you hit your 30's and thoroughly bored Stacy begins knocking on your door. Don't let her in, anon. Even if she *isn't* married. Do not!

I run, I lift, I'm learning a sport.

It's awful but I don't want to be fat and worthless.

cycling is the most /lit/ sport....actually any lonesome endurance endeavour is; cycling, outdoor swimming, running, hiking.

>>9625002
fishing.

If you want to consider that a sport, it should definetly be included as a lonesome endurance activity.

>>9624862
>Anyone out there dig being lonely? What's weird is when you hit your 30's and thoroughly bored Stacy begins knocking on your door. Don't let her in, anon. Even if she *isn't* married. Do not!

debating this myself at the moment, isn't it kind of petty like cutting off my nose to spite my face? it's a lot more complex than some gay "redpill comix" makes it out to be, when you were in your 20s did you really have something to offer? did you have the same confidence that you do now as grown adult? also, don't you want to have kids? all the 1488 shit is kinda gay, but retards and religious wackos are reproducing way too fast, literate people need to put a few genes back in the pool, u feel me

>>9624699
being sedentary is bad for your heart and a multitude of other essential bodily organs.

>>9625002
cycling because its so quintessentially european

>>9625039
fishing isn't an endurance sport.

this is a sport thread not an activity thread........soon you'll have /v/ claiming that playing computer games is a sport.

we must have standards

Learn a combat sport

bjj muay thai judo boxing wrestling take your pick

>>9625282
>fishing isn't an endurance sport.
So, you are one of those "Hemingway is not real lit faggots" I see.
Just because you only went fishing in your uncles pond doesn't mean real fishing isn't an endurance sport.

>>9624675

Sport is necessary for everyone's life.

>>9625334
its not a sport
>>9625297
ewwwww no

>>9625354

Sport not necessarily but exercise is essential to be a reasonably well functioning human.

>>9625372
>>9625372
e-sports aren't a sport either....neither is big game hunting (unless you're using a bow and arrow).

Martial arts aren't an art.....especially MMA

After a failed suicide attempt I came to the conclusion that the only thing that makes me happy is an autistic devotion to self-improvement in every form. I feel like shit unless I go to bed at night knowing that I made myself better that day. It's probably not healthy, mentally, but it gets me to run about 5 miles a day, eat healthily, and read maybe 50 pages a day. It lead me to pick the most difficult major I could find at the most difficult school I could get into to prove to myself that I could do it, because I do like it but if I went for another, simpler interest, I'd feel like a little bitch.
I apologize for the blogpost but the point is that running is great, endorphins fight depression, and the confidence boost from seeing yourself get better and physically become more attractive is the shit.

>>9625384
>whiney shit about MMA

>living in the great renaissance of combat sports since classical antiquity
>not participating

wow pleb

>>9625354
>ewwwww no

I will choke you while I fuck your ass pussy

>>9625384
>Martial arts aren't an art.....especially MMA

most prefer term combat sports

>>9625384
someone's a neet faggot I see

>>9624675
Absolutely.

>>9625393
I'm like you except for the part about picking the most difficult major, I decided to to study something I'm legitimately interested in instead.

>>9625416
also the idea of "difficult major" is a bit spooky, since a lot of majors that people say are "difficult" are actually cop outs...like people who major in math to avoid writing papers, or people who major in electrical engineering hoping to avoid writing code, etc. i've been around long enough to know a cop out when i see one

>>9625399
its overcoded with capitalism and advertisement to a disgusting extent and lacks the grace and dignity of olympic approved combat sports

>>9625446
are you stupid? mma became successful because it was a "pro" outlet for greco-roman wrestlers who had no where to go after the olympics, also ronda rousey was an gold medalist judoka, seems to me like you're just looking for excuses because you're a pussy, which is fine, most people are, but just keep it to yourself ok

>>9625427
I picked physics. I do have a legitimate interest in it, but a large part of the reasoning was forcing myself to do something challenging. If I was dodging something with it, it was unconscious. It's still not as difficult as I expected, people at stem schools just constantly reinforce the "OMG MIDTERMS STAY UP FOR THREE DAYS STRAIGHT ON ADDERALL" retarded shit when it's unnecessary. Although now I expect some /sci/ math phd candidate to come in and call me a pussy

>>9625455
they sold out. the sport has no dignity. its like WWF except they really fight each other. IT's a perverse spectacle. disgusting.

>>9625463
>physics
hahahahahahahaha
enjoy ending up as a code-piggie like every other physics major 10 years from now

>>9625469
do you realize how fucking commercial the olympics are? you seem stupid, again it's fine if you're too much of a pussy to compete, but just keep it to yourself, your excuses are embarrassing

>mfw I unironically start playing tennis because DFW did
>mfw I'm finally healthy after years of sedentary reading
Thanks Dave :')

>>9625463
physics is what stupid people think smart people major in, not a good look

>>9625475
All I care about is taking it to a phd to prove I'm capable of it. I don't give much of a fuck about job prospects or I would've been some engineering pajeet gobbling up cock at job fairs like I'm sure you are.
If my options are code monkey or nothing, I'll either finally kill myself or fuck off to a third world country and be a spartan hermit for a while.

>>9625481

How does one get into tennis? Like who do you start playing with?

>>9625508
you'll never finish a phd, just look at how stupid and angsty you are, doubt you'll even finish the bachelors

>>9625513
I started playing with my dad at a public court. If you don't have any friends/family to play with, you might want to start with lessons.

>>9625479


My original point was that martial arts aren't an art and fishing isn't a sport. I view these as objective facts.

I don't give a fuck how you enjoy your leisure time. just don't expect me to respect MMA. its a disgusting spectacle that appeals to the lowest common denominators in the human race. It used to have a modicum of respectability and honesty in the early UFC events where they took fat fucking russian bar brawlers and stuck them in a ring.

I'm sorry you feel embarrassed.

I bet you watch joe rogan's show you fucking brainlet

>>9625517
>>9625489
Thank you for fueling the fires of self-loathing and anger that make me get up and do what I do, anons. You're doing god's work :^)

>>9625522
>sedentary
Man, I recently moved to a new place and no one I have become acquainted with yet plays Tennis.
I am having issues trying to figure out how to find a partner to play with just like >>9625513

>>9625524
>it used to have a modicum of respectability and honesty in the early UFC events where they took fat fucking russian bar brawlers and stuck them in a ring.

the fact that you think that part of the ufc was "respectable" shows you are actually the kind of person you claim to hate, i.e. "lowest common denominator spectacle" but even then were too stupid to realize the early ufc days was actually a big advertisement for gracie jiujitsu until the fertitas bought it and made it into a legitimate sport, you're definitely trash and claiming to hate the ufc isn't fooling anyone

>>9625427
LOL definitely, the majors themselves are actually cop outs. There is no reason anyone would be interested in them other than to circumvent the horror of writing.

>>9625549
i've literally had people tell me they majored in math because they "thought it would be easier than having to write a bunch of 20 page papers", but the ones that are the most annoying are the kids who major in eletrical engineering hoping to dodge having to write code, i'll hire an english major to do coding before i'll hire one of those code-dodging "stem" majors

>not running and reading at the same time

>not being /fit/lit/

JUST

>>9624795
>doesnt seem to know who murakami is

>>9625545
>you're definitely trash and claiming to hate the ufc isn't fooling anyone


UR MAD AS FUK

>>9625565
yeah hill billies definitely trigger me, we need to replace you with hardworking mexicans as fast as possible

>>9625446
>>9625524
Guys, please refrain from posting gay porn here (no matter if it's modern or antique).
Those pics clearly belong to >>>/hm/

>>9625223
I do. And I should have written 'alone' and not lonely. I DO have a kid, a 5 yr old son, who I take care of far more than his mother, an okay person, does. I actually enjoy it, he's super bright, and I wdnt mind it at all if his mother was completely out of the picture, but she's not and I do what I can to respect her (she's a librarian ten yrs my jr).

>>9625577
oh, well if you already had a kid or two, then fuck it, you don't need any stacy's hanging around your door, but then again why not get a few nuts off if they're hot and not retarded, idk, u have to judge them on an individual basis

>>9625533
Honestly, and I know it sounds cliche, but don't listen to them. Anyone who focuses more on how a career choice makes you "look" is a trendy, insecure shithead. Do what makes you happy.

>>9625568
b...b...b...but im not even american I knew you were one and as such impervious to the disgust a normal person would feel at the level of advertisement and bare-faced capitalism on display during MM"A" events

stay angry

>>9625592
anyone who picks a major because they think it's "hard" is even more of an insecure shithead

>>9625593
oh it's an anti-american thing, but why so salty considering there have been as many brazilian champs? not to mention they are the only mainstream sport where both men and women compete in the same event with equal prestige, is that you're problem? is ufc too "sjw" for you? or are you from a country that struggles with nutrition and so has failed to produce competitive athletes? anyways, hating on capitalism in the 21st century is a stupid way to live

>>9625602
TL;DR

>>9625596
Insecure, maybe, but at least there's hints of genuine ambition and will to better oneself with him.

>>9625593
oh wait, anti-american, anti-capitalist, still put the olympics on a pedesta as if the cold war is still onl, yeah, you are from a failed eastern bloc country, well, if you haven't noticed the dominant female champion is from poland, so maybe you can stop crying since slavs are successful in ufc, or are you still salty that fedor couldn't pass a doping test and had to pass on ufc? lol

>>9625615
better himself by running and majoring in physics? he's still an angsty baby mad about having to grow up and get a job

>>9625619

>>9625633
lit is nigger free please refrain from using niggers in posts.

>>9625637

>>9625624
And your comments, which are obviously designed to tear into him, are going to assist him? Are you projecting? Do you have some kind of agenda? What is there to gain?

inb4
>was trolling just pretending to be a stupid asshole xD

>>9625645
of course.
Nigs can't read. What was I thinking.
LOOK PIC RELATED!!!

>>9625672

>>9625680
he already ran out of nigsdidnt read to post

>>9625689

Running is good for you. The alone time is great to. Nothing like being by yourself on a trail with nothing but you and your thoughts. It's something I would recommend everyone does at least 3-4 times a week

>>9625708
Trail/outdoor > treadmill

>>9624699
Can confirm. My sister and her husband both have bad knees. I'm the one laughing now.

Running's great, OP. Other exercise too of course, but I like the purity of running. Reading-wise I recommend Born to Run, by McDougall (although I don't fully subscribe to the minimalist shoe stance he endorses). Also a great longform article you can find online titled 'Duel in the Sun' (also a book, but I haven't read it).

>>9625256
>>9624699

Being sedentary is also worse for the knees than running is