'Starting Strength' by Rippetoe

22nd February 2020 • The art & philosophy of lifting heavy things for no reason • Confidence: Anecdotal - 100% for me, 60% for you. • Topic importance: 5 / 10 • Content notes: biological determinants of mental health • Reading time: 10 mins.

...a life is like iron. If you make good use of it, it wears out; if you don't, rust destroys it. So too we see men worn out by toil; but sluggishness and torpor would hurt them more. – Cato the Elder Time spent away from the Iron makes my mind degenerate. I wallow in a thick depression. My body shuts down my mind... There is no better way to fight weakness than with strength. Once the mind and body have been awakened to their true potential, it’s impossible to turn back. The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that you’re a god or a tot

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