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I'm really not sure training a lot even leads to a longer life. I heard there are studies coming out now that are basically saying it's either inconclusive or shows little proof intense training actually makes you live longer or healthier. I think obviously failing to do any exercise and eating junkfood, basically retiring to the TV come 70 basically is giving up your mobility. I'm not saying it's different from sitting around and eating junk food vs exercising are the same. Just that I question all the hours people spend in the gym, is it worth it? Is simply staying active, going outside a lot and living with purpose maybe all you need? I say this as someone who has grown jaded with the gym, it's genuinely boring and I'm questioning if it's even extending my life or mobility. My dad never went to the gym, he bikes a lot and eats healthy and doesn't smoke. He moves great for his age for a man in his 70s. My grandpa was lazy in retirement and got zero movement, his brain deteriorated as he spent his retirement in front of the TV, he moved decent up until he died when he was 90 (his mind went away long before his movement). I have my doubts about all this training and weight lifting these days. Seems like if you avoid smoking/alcohol, don't get fat, eat healthy, walk and get lots of sun, obviously some athletics (maybe play a sport that's fun?) and have lots of relationships you care about, you'll live longer than most gymcels.

Sometimes, so? Path of least resistance. Find what works. I can do self enquiry journaling and go deeper than most meditations, and enjoy it in the process. I did strength training for almost 5 years. The programming is boring. There's no secret to getting strong. You do 3-4 compound lifts every workout for months on end then do intermediate programming which is more of the same. It's boring compared to playing a sport or hiking. Ok... then do 10 rep max. If the weight went up... then you got stronger. It's just a way of measuring. People who lift a heavy 1 rep max do so because they are strong. It doesn't need an explanation. You get in the gym, do your programming, and if your weight goes significantly up whether it's shown through 10 reps or 1 rep max, good, it means you got stronger after your training and your program works.

lmao who the fuck is listening to bro yap for 38 minutes about losing his boxing match

half of all gen z men would let someone break their jaw for a fraction of the cash jake got from netflix for that fight. there is being brave (serving truth) vs being a ballsy fool. there are guys going to war for free to defend their country. this is not some feat of bravery.

Mount Kailash is considered the most holy mountain on the plant. Has anyone here visited? I want to go.

He killed his mystique taking this fight. Then again he had been out of the spotlight for a while now. I watched a few videos on if Tate was legit. From my understanding at one point he would of been considered a decent B-C tier fighter. Good enough to do well in a lower tier promotions or gimmicky fights but not good enough to be considered elite and fight for legit world titles in MMA/Boxing. He's comparable to a Jake Paul or a retired MMA fighter, more or less. A decent boxer but not someone with legit merit or capable of making it as a professional alone. theatrics needed to stay relevant or be featured as the main event on a card. I think they see how much money there is in these antics and sometimes buy their own hype. Jake Paul I think did this, or just got off on being viral on social media, and then ended up with a broken jaw. They make money though. Just cause you have their attention, it doesn't mean you have their respect. Haven't seen a single nice comment towards Jake after that beating he took. Was it even worth it? I thought he was already rich no?

Dating in the west is so cooked

How is one rep max show off training? The most obvious demonstration of CHANGE that your are actually getting stronger is if over 3-6 months you can demonstrate you can lift more weight... That's all a 1 rep max shows, If your 1 rep max is 100 kilo squat and six months later it's 150... you got stronger...

Has anyone here heard of Starting Strength? Thoughts on these barbell strength training programs. I've actually had measurable change in my display of strength following a program from Starting Strength. Downside to it is I find it boring. I'd rather get my exercise outside hiking, but Starting Strength would say this is different, it's "training", which I agree. I just find strength training difficult, repetitive and fucking boring.

I love mountains. There is a beauty to them and I connect with my spirit through nature. Hindus believe Shiva lives there. The Buddhists say it's the center of the universe. I don't follow those religions but it's not necessary to in order to get something out of being by a beautiful mountain like Mount Kailash (if you're open to it)

you don't know what will happen even in the next 5 minutes

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I currently am in Russia. I’m a USA citizen. I married my wife here last autumn (she’s from here). We are moving next year when all documents are in order (we both don’t consider this a safe place to live long term). Here’s my take as a stage yellow wizard. First off the Ukrainian journalist guy kinda has a cope take. Unfortunately Russia is waging a war and for most people life in unchanged here. If the general population felt more accountable and had to pay a larger price I do believe there would be more of a push or some internal opposition to waging this war and Putin would probably be more open to negotiation. Life in Russia is dysfunctional and dystopian for sure but surprisingly if you keep your head down you can live a fairly safe and relatively decent life materially if you make smart choices. Coming here is not particularly dangerous as a western foreigner. It’s different for Africans or people from poor countries who may get tricked into signing a military contract. Yes, it’s true that life here especially minorities and the financially poor are treated like dirt. Just coming here though isn’t comparatively dangerous to most other places and doing your documents here is a pain but I can’t say carries major risks compared to say the USA or China. The second guy is the reason why I don’t associate with foreigners from the west that come to Russia. Most of them are brain-rotted stage blue baptists who project their stage blue shit onto another country and claim they are the same. Russian stage blue is very different from USA stage blue and this guy is going to find all sorts of hoops to jump through about how that isn’t a problem while back in the USA he would throw a fit if Dems did 10% of what Russia does to their citizens. The thing they share is they both don’t like gay people. That’s about it. Even orthodox is different from right winger Baptist if they were smart enough to compare them. They both can relate on hating on gays though. This guy is honestly a fool. He is completely fucked if he ever goes back to the USA, serving in the Russian army could have long term consequences and he could definitely be prosecuted for that if the right justice department is in office.

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Some nice calm music and candles burning in the background. Comfortable seating but not so comfortable that you drift off into sleep. Burn a little palo santo before.

India is a “swing” country. Given the cards they are dealt it would not be advantageous for them to align with either Russia or the USA entirely.

Really? Idk for me past the $100million point everything seems unbelievably excessive. I couldn’t live like that knowing how poor and uncomfortable so many other people are, I don’t see the enjoyment in wanting to have power over society and other people. Just seems pointless. Having like $25 million basically gets you out of wage slavery and an upper middle class life for life with no work and you have enough to basically travel as you please using public flights for life. To me that would be sweet cause I’d love to have my schedule all to myself and go around on vacations, climbing mountains, enjoying life. Idk the 100 billion guys just seems pointless so spiritually bankrupt, like with all that money they can’t create anything that helps people just more slavery junk to exploit people?

Europe is not going to throw Ukraine to the wolves. Russia is going to have to come to terms with this fact. At least for now.

Get ready to flip some burgers then bro. I'd like mine with extra cheese. Don't spill my fries when ya put them in the bag! Seriously, you gotta put your doubts aside and do what's right. Deep down you know what's right otherwise you wouldn't be making this thread.

Here’s an experiment for you. Just try it, see how it serves you. Drop all hierarchy. What does that mean? Simply put, in your language here, in your belief system, when you look out into the world, notice any attempts when you start to look at life through the lens of a hierarchy. Are you rating women 1-10? Drop it. Are you ranking world views? Drop it. Are you ranking people as conscious on some scale? Drop it. Any and all hierarchy, simple just drop it. Whatever you encounter allow yourself to just let it be as it is, unique, integral to all. You can not even like that thing… but don’t put it on any sort of hierarchy. Try this out as an experiment for a month and see how it affects your mind and what insights you have. I’m not saying do this forever either or that hierarchy is bad. Don’t force this and only try it if you actually are open minded to it and wish to accept this invitation.

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What I’m saying is knowing the phonetics will make you be able to pronounce the words you see from reading. You will inevitably encounter them again in your reading and simultaneously you will hear people saying them if you understand the phonetics. And yes knowing the phonetics helps you remember words better. You learn new vocabulary through context and translation. The phonetics puts it all in working order and into a rhythm for you to speak and then understand what is spoken. If you don’t have a grasp on this you will be so lost. It’s why I can read Spanish well (using English phonetics since they share the same alphabet) but can’t speak nor understand a damn thing said to me or if I read out loud people will not understand shit I say since all my pronunciation will be wrong.

It affects everything. If you have awful phonetics you first and foremost will have a very weak foundation while reading. This will make it hard to fully grasp words and learn new vocabulary. Vocabulary is so important to acquire through reading. If you lack phonetics you’re going to struggle much more to distinguish the sounds you’re hearing in speech. So your listening as well will be behind. Granted if you can already read in one language and are studying a language with some similarities it makes things easier. But yeah, I wouldn’t just overlook phonetics and pronunciation, make sure you have all these sounds down and verbally say them out loud until you can replicate them with ease.

Phonetics is so damn important. Trying to learn a second language taught me this. I struggled a ton and eventually shelved learning Portuguese because my phonetics were so weak.