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What are you reading for brain gains this week /fit/? And what are some good brain foods?
>>36580195
Currently reading the purposeful primitive by marty Gallagher, any recommendations OP? My current book is really interesting in terms of conceptual stuff but the actual weightlifting and diet advice is lacking
>>36580216
Don't ask for recommendations on /fit/.
You'll mostly get pop shit, and self-help shit.
Probably get recommended 1984.
>>36580195
Reading for "brain-gains" is a plebeian idea.
Social, debate, negotiation, leadership, dating and decision-making brain gainz. Incredible book.
its only fault is dragging with numbers and studies occasionally.
>>36580230
Fuuck i really want to look into more /fit/ related books. I've read all of rippetoes shit and am almost done with purposeful primitive. I'm reading better than steroids next but i don't know where to go from there
>>36580281
Becoming a Supple Leopard
>>36580257
I bet you want to get into the stock market. I bet you want to read The Prince and The Republic don'tcha faggot
>>36580216
Diet wise this is pretty good.
Why your twenties matter and how to make the most of them now
48 laws of power and How To Make Friends & Influence People
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, its $1 on Amazon (Dover Thrift Edition).
It's one of the best books ever written in my opinion, a very quick read, I think every man should read this book.
He covers many topics and its great for motivation, it really opens your eyes to your own mortality but in a way that you are comfortable with life and death and spending your days wisely.
Its considered stoic philosophy so be forewarned it may clash with some other schools of thought you may have read about.
Stoicism really resonates with me though, highly recommend.
>>36580432
I loved Meditations.
Seneca - letters from a stoic would be your next step if you want a hefty dose of stoicism.
Seneca was commanded to commit suicide, and did.
just started dune and it's a lot longer than I thought it was
can anyone recommend me any powerlifting related books?
>>36580216
reading that too atm. really interesting stuff.
as for your question i got plenty good stuff:
>maximum muscle, minimum fat - ori hofmekler
>the wisdom of mike menzer
>olympic weightlifting - greg everett
>weightlifting programming - bob takano
>chemical muscle enhancement - L. Rea (elitefts) (only for reference, stay natty)
>EFS Bench Press Manual
>King - Eliott Hulse / Chris Barnard
>Healing w/ Whole Foods - Paul Pitchford
>how to eat, move and be healthy - Paul Chek
>>36580641
I especially like the stuff about zen training. And the badass stories of old pl gyms.
Why cant today's powerlifters be criminals and cops?
>>36580859
Holy shit thank you anon
>>36580195
>Bill Bryson
>reading a history book written by an Anglo
It's probably not biased towards Anglo interests!
>>36580195
Every thread until you answer.
That'll teach you to lie on the internet
One of my current reads.. multiple books for multiple gains/ get on my levels.
Its interesting, but not a sickening as I had hoped.
>>36581115
My other notable current read (along with the bible, a guilty pleasure book, and a book for school).
I'm currently on Volume 3, Caesar & Christ.
I like the completeness of this series, but its getting a little outdated. Would be nice if someone published an updated edition, although that would be quite the project.
William Catton - Overshoot
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations
I read both of these every few years, just to remind myself what its all about.
Currently reading this, really enjoying it.
The focus of the book is the way that inspirational historical figures used trials and challenging difficult circumstances to improve themselves. It's a really empowering attitude to have when you view something shitty as an opportunity to cultivate skills or a stronger mindset.
>>36580859
Why the fuck would you read all this shit.
Bill Bryson is godtier OP. Go read his book "1927" too. Straight 9/10.
Currently reading Lies my teacher told me by James Loewen
>>36580432
I read it earlier this year, and I found a little tedious to be honest. It was good, but pretty repetitive, definitely not something I'd sit down and read huge chunks of at a time.
>>36580958
It's not a history book you silly troll. Bryson is goat
Godel, Escher, Bach: An eternal golden braid by Hofstadter
>>36580195
>Bryson
My nigga
Pic related
>>36581325
>another person that will cite this book in discussions
>>36581432
I fail to see the problem.
It is a good book so far.
>>36581521
>I fail to see the problem.
It's a casual read. Much of what's written there (at least about Godel) are very watered down and not in the least rigorous. You're just going to embarrass yourself if you try to make arguments based on it.
dont actually have time to read literature anymore.
this week i'll be reading my textbooks and random online experiment write-ups.
This is the first book in a really good series about the end of the Roman Republic. Lot's of Latin, politics, military history, and graphic sex.
>>36580965
Lel, I think that post was in response to me, I put somewhere that I was using Chandrasekhar's qm textbook but I got the name wrong, it's Shankar's.
Lol @ all these plebs, I'm currently reading
Phaedo
The Nibelungenlied
Hegel's Philosophy of History
Scruton's Aesthetics of Architecture
>>36581678
Yeah Shankar is standard. That means you'll be able to answer those questions.
>>36580432
Bored the shit out of me and didn't resonate at all.
"And from my father I learned to keep an even temper"
"From my great friend affnadnfd I learned that sometimes the longer path can be more rewarding"
a bunch of empty meanderings of a 2000 year old dullard
>>36580312
>Reading a book written by a woman
>>36581715
Yeah I could, I never saw a reply though, and didn't realise I had got the names mixed up until it was too late.
[spoiler]The anonymity of 4chan isn't enough to stop me feeling shame at the thought that someone out there thinks I'm a pseud ;_;[/spoiler]
>>36581575
Well...the merit is not explaining Godel, but rather the book as a whole. If I want a rigurous approach to Godel, I would use the proper textbook.
>>36581779
This 2bh
243 books on my Goodreads shelf and I'm shocked that as many as 9 were written by women.
>>36581809
That's the correct mentality when reading a book like that
>>36581695
>all that entry level shit
I'm reading
Cratylus
Odysseus Wept
Hezbollah in Arcadia
Tamburlaine the Great
>>36581786
Time to prove me wrong by actually answering them, anon.
>>36580461
>Seneca was commanded to commit suicide
Hunger Games reference?
>>36581779
Fuck you Harry Potter was the shit
history gains
reading this, some Kissinger books and a load of 19th century Russian literature
>>36582017
My nigga. Working through my 3rd read through. I know it's pleb but i just love it.
Also currently working on The Third Policeman and Guns,Germs, & Steel
>>36581364
Have you read Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid? Best Bryson
>>36581779
>not reading books based on who the author is
Ultimate pleb
ITT: people upload infographs of books they've never read as a means to appear to be intellectually superior to other anonymous people on a Japanese back alley masseuse parlour.
>>36582686
the fuck does tolkien have to do with being a reactionary
>>36581264
Not sure I should trust this author...
Currently reading 33 Strategies of War as well as book 5 of a Song of Ice and Fire
>>36582942
Everyone should only post books that they've actually read so that everyone else ITT can ask questions about it. If you don't answer like this faggot >>36581786 then you're a certified charlatan.
>>36580195
That's a fucking good book. Very readable pop sci without any of the self-loathing bullshit.
About to finish pic related. It's been a good read.
The Rational Male
>>36581695
>Actually reading Hegel
GET BACK TO ME IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT SHIT
>>36581858
>entry level
No shame.
>>36582686
Almost none of this is actually reactionary. Which is because reaction is fucking gay and has no philosophical grounding so has to steal from tradition-heavy conservatism.
>>36583311
I get some of it.
Inhumans
>mfw I'm literally Black Bolt
>Every thing I say ends up destroying something unintentionally.
Some guy posted in an old book thread. I read a few of em, starting models next.
>>36580230
You are the real meme my new friend.
>>36583170
The fighter's heart was good too. The chapters on Greg Jackson and Mickey Ward stood out.
sure smells pleb in here
reading Light in August/Best American Short Stories 2015/Klassische deutsche Kurzgeschichten/Ein Hungerkünstler
listening to Moby Dick
studying Algebraic Geometry (Hartshorne/Vakil)
>>36585247
My sentiments exactly
Currently working on my backlog, just finished Connecticut Yankee. It was pretty funny. Think I'm gonna read Madame Bovary next.
>>36580965
Bryson is from Iowa.
>>36582178
My hometown. We have had a renaissance in recent years not as bad as he makes it sound.
Reading this, its awesome.
Currently reading Fall of Hyperion. Highly Recommend that series.
>>36580195
Currently reading Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche. Next is Don Quixote and the Iliad/Odyssey
>>36588435
loved the series. Dan Simmons is an amazing story teller.
>>36582080
Excellent book
Gonna read pic related to my baby niece.
>>36580195
Networking+ book
Offensive Security Cirriculum
LPIC 2 book
Calculus text book
Kill me please.
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This is absolutely unrelated but i need some SEO optimization books
>>36588796
http://bookzz.org/s/?q=SEO+Optimization&yearFrom=&yearTo=&language=&extension=&t=0
>>36588361
Don't fucking reply to me ever again unless you're contributing to the thread
>>36581364
Steven Pressfield, nice. If you liked Gates of Fire, you should read The Profession. It's a pretty awesome modern military fiction, with some great parallels to Rome and the rise of Caesar. Not to mention steroids as a modern warriors tool.
Currently reading "Capital in the 21st Century"
Also a few annual reports. Trying to make financial gains along with my brain gains.
>>36583070
Robert Greene mentored the author of The Obstacle is the Way.
History of the World in 100 Objects
I'm not really reading anything at the moment thanks to notime, but I'm listening to cs lewis talks whilst I'm doing uni work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_VYCqCexow
Listening to lectures sort of count, r-right guys?
>>36591932
Yeah? I'll check it out.
I only said that because his other book is Trust Me, I'm Lying.
