in LU of training logs from last couple weeks here is a convo with michael

ive cleaned my room, organized my closet and got some sleep, so yay, yet im still tired and not being productive at work

maybe if i get unlazy i will write up training logs from past couple weeks

spoiler alert: they haven't been good

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Oh also meant to give u the book understanding patriarchy by bell hooks but it slipped my mind

MALE>200LBS

Indeed

U just made me think of a couple things u might not hate

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would love to further investigate the cultural/philosophical relationships between valvasa, powerlifting, etc. as opposed to chinese/natural ideas on training

as long as it could be grounded in real evidence and history

You have become sick of me spewing so much mysticism I see

nana

its like

i am very allured by romanticism but i must move towards actual philosophy or concepts to be satisfied and engaged

there are many like, mysticisms as well as philosophies of the body that are available for us to learn, but with respect to weightlifting it seems the USA vs china thing has the starkest difference

also with respect to the social/cultural systems that cultivate lifters

i just desire to learn more

and its too simplistic or just not clear enough at this point

and altho i know i would probably learn technique better by watching/feeling.. i am compelled to more literature that expands on these ideas of like straight up, natural, relaxed, etc... idk

its very obvious when u read something like kelly starrett how he systematizes the body

Straight up is simply the most efficient path of bar. Relaxed/natural/mindful, maybe I would look towards the philosophical history of China (Buddhism/Taoism)

yes

idk much about taoism

i know a bit about confuscious but that deals more w the social public self and education as far as ive read

my understanding of buddhism as ive read and experienced it on a 10 day silent course would lead me to believe that something like weightlifting has nothing to do with buddhism

but what i learned is specifically from burma and so idk how much it shares with other asian traditions

like how buddhism goes from meditation and prayer to things like martial arts i am interested in

I was under the impression mindfulness was a large component of Buddhism but I haven't done extensive research on the topic

4 basic truths

1. life is suffering

2. suffering has a cause

3. that cause is craving and aversion

4. suffering can end, through the development of discipline, focus (or attention), and wisdom

i may have mixed them up a bit

but #4 alludes to the importance of mindfulness, its one of the three components towards easing or ending suffering

fucking

i could explicate everything i learned right now

too caffeinated

ima white guy talking about buddhism

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