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Why do Americans take fitness and working out so seriously

Yet Americans are the 2nd fattest people in the world. I ...
Insecure iridescent native shitlib
  09/22/18
Spiritual disquiet and restlessness leads to swinging betwee...
Dashing forum
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Nofapping orchestra pit famous landscape painting
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demanding reading party church
  09/22/18
Now look at the obesity stats by race.
Olive cumskin
  09/22/18
Fitness clubs were just another kind of bar/club scene in th...
onyx stirring piazza
  09/22/18
and boy have you seen what they wear now!
indecent feces
  09/22/18
Yeah, but they dress like that everywhere. Used to be tha...
onyx stirring piazza
  09/22/18
It's an arms race for men to get laid
Domesticated nowag set
  09/22/18
literally
Nofapping orchestra pit famous landscape painting
  09/22/18
gc
tan jewess
  09/22/18
think of all the wasted energy of just lifting weights for t...
Multi-colored area
  09/22/18
cr, overhead press machines could be spinning turbines that ...
Laughsome dilemma skinny woman
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Honey-headed Market Old Irish Cottage
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Multi-colored area
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claret vigorous blood rage
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Nofapping orchestra pit famous landscape painting
  09/22/18
To be fair, Not flame this is a good idea and "green...
Carmine supple new version
  09/22/18
People would eat this up. Then you could add a scoreboard to...
Jet-lagged university regret
  09/22/18
holy shit
Multi-colored area
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Insecure iridescent native shitlib
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Laughsome dilemma skinny woman
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Electric theater stage
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Insecure iridescent native shitlib
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Electric theater stage
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erotic stimulating hell
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Insecure iridescent native shitlib
  09/22/18
try separating by gender
passionate ape
  09/22/18
First of all, they definitely have gyms, etc. in Europe. Bu...
walnut know-it-all dragon
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Insecure iridescent native shitlib
  09/22/18
lol i saw this and thought of you https://www.ksat.com/ne...
Thriller national
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Nofapping orchestra pit famous landscape painting
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Insecure iridescent native shitlib
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Insecure iridescent native shitlib
  09/22/18
americans lift heavier than europeans. More doods go for st...
bright flickering psychic
  09/23/18
I don't like the big look
Insecure iridescent native shitlib
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thirsty bawdyhouse stock car
  09/23/18
Well you probably won’t be getting laid in the USA, then. Wh...
Aqua abusive puppy base
  09/23/18
We’re capitalists. We believe the best should get all the mo...
well-lubricated umber box office
  09/23/18
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/10/victorian-values-fitness-...
copper field
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Jacobin has some pretty good articles.
disgusting incel
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impertinent gas station
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Date: September 22nd, 2018 9:56 AM
Author: Insecure iridescent native shitlib

Yet Americans are the 2nd fattest people in the world.

I raise this bc I have never seen so many gyms, organic food, vitamins & supplements in my entire life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36862454)



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 9:57 AM
Author: Dashing forum

Spiritual disquiet and restlessness leads to swinging between extremes. They definitely dont have all this shit in Europe

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36862457)



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 11:02 AM
Author: Nofapping orchestra pit famous landscape painting

/thread

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Date: September 22nd, 2018 9:14 PM
Author: demanding reading party church



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 10:00 AM
Author: Olive cumskin

Now look at the obesity stats by race.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36862470)



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 10:04 AM
Author: onyx stirring piazza

Fitness clubs were just another kind of bar/club scene in the 70s and 80s. Just look at how chicks used to dress for the gym. It somehow evolved from that into some sort of actual fitness culture

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36862478)



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 10:04 AM
Author: indecent feces

and boy have you seen what they wear now!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36862479)



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 10:14 AM
Author: onyx stirring piazza

Yeah, but they dress like that everywhere.

Used to be that conservatively dressed ladies would wear stripper costumes at the gym

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36862495)



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 10:16 AM
Author: Domesticated nowag set

It's an arms race for men to get laid

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36862498)



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 11:03 AM
Author: Nofapping orchestra pit famous landscape painting

literally

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36862609)



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 10:17 AM
Author: tan jewess

gc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36862500)



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 10:18 AM
Author: Multi-colored area

think of all the wasted energy of just lifting weights for the purpose of lifting weights instead of doing something constructive like building a house or plowing a field or something else that builds muscle mass but also produces tangible benefits. seems like we could be more efficient with all the energy spent working out, or at least harness it somehow.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36862504)



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 10:24 AM
Author: Laughsome dilemma skinny woman

cr, overhead press machines could be spinning turbines that power the gym.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36862520)



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 10:32 AM
Author: Honey-headed Market Old Irish Cottage



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 10:42 AM
Author: Multi-colored area



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 11:01 AM
Author: claret vigorous blood rage



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 11:03 AM
Author: Nofapping orchestra pit famous landscape painting



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 2:39 PM
Author: Carmine supple new version

To be fair,

Not flame this is a good idea and "green" energy equipment could be a big business hit with hipsters and fags.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36863692)



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 2:51 PM
Author: Jet-lagged university regret

People would eat this up. Then you could add a scoreboard to track who is producing the most electricity. Would be bananas

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36863777)



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Date: September 23rd, 2018 10:44 AM
Author: Multi-colored area

holy shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36868610)



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Date: September 23rd, 2018 11:10 AM
Author: Insecure iridescent native shitlib



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Date: September 23rd, 2018 11:21 AM
Author: Laughsome dilemma skinny woman

http://pedalpowergenerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/italy-face-book-web.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36868731)



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Date: September 23rd, 2018 5:54 PM
Author: Electric theater stage



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Date: September 23rd, 2018 7:39 PM
Author: Insecure iridescent native shitlib



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Date: September 23rd, 2018 2:01 AM
Author: Electric theater stage



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Date: September 23rd, 2018 6:10 PM
Author: erotic stimulating hell



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 10:27 AM
Author: Insecure iridescent native shitlib



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 10:32 AM
Author: passionate ape

try separating by gender

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36862539)



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 10:34 AM
Author: walnut know-it-all dragon

First of all, they definitely have gyms, etc. in Europe. But for the sake of argument, let's say that there is more fitness-related stuff in America. According to one study that I saw, over 50% of fats say they're trying to lose weight, albeit unsuccessfully. We have all the fitness infrastructure precisely because Americans are so fat. When you're fat, it becomes extremely important to try to lose weight, or at least give the appearance of trying. Incidentally, none of that stuff works as well for losing weight as simply avoiding unhealthy foods.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36862542)



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 10:50 AM
Author: Insecure iridescent native shitlib



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 11:01 AM
Author: Thriller national

lol i saw this and thought of you

https://www.ksat.com/news/austin-3d-gun-printing-advocate-accused-of-sexual-assault-involving-juvenile-reports-say

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36862602)



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 11:04 AM
Author: Nofapping orchestra pit famous landscape painting



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 1:41 PM
Author: Insecure iridescent native shitlib



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Date: September 22nd, 2018 9:16 PM
Author: Insecure iridescent native shitlib



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Date: September 23rd, 2018 11:16 AM
Author: bright flickering psychic

americans lift heavier than europeans. More doods go for strength and mass over like circuit training or reps or BS that is a waste of time anyway.

plus americans eat more.

the doods here are just bigger and fatter, but also stronger.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36868715)



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Date: September 23rd, 2018 11:23 AM
Author: Insecure iridescent native shitlib

I don't like the big look

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36868737)



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Date: September 23rd, 2018 6:02 PM
Author: thirsty bawdyhouse stock car



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Date: September 23rd, 2018 8:26 PM
Author: Aqua abusive puppy base

Well you probably won’t be getting laid in the USA, then. Where are you from and how’d you find this board?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36872124)



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Date: September 23rd, 2018 11:25 AM
Author: well-lubricated umber box office

We’re capitalists. We believe the best should get all the money and fuck all the women. In Europe there’s no point in trying.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36868742)



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Date: September 23rd, 2018 6:11 PM
Author: copper field

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/10/victorian-values-fitness-organic-wealth-parenthood/

Fitness Morality

While we don’t often see men in top hats and women in petticoats parading their children on Sundays, parks remain a place to display virtue and discipline: contemporary fitness culture perfectly embodies the nineteenth-century ethos of improvement and discipline.

Victorians were famously averse to physical activity — which was for the proles — and they saw carrying extra weight as a marker of class and respectability. Fitness and sport began to infiltrate middle-class life in the twentieth century, and today serves the same function as the promenade.

This first struck me nine years ago. I was living in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and enjoyed riding my bike as a way to explore an unfamiliar place. One day, I decided to visit East Grand Rapids, a very wealthy suburb, because it has a bike path around Reeds Lake.

Once I arrived, I immediately realized that I was the only person not wearing exercise clothing. This is not to say everyone was exercising — most were out for a stroll, much like their predecessors — but they were dressed for the gym. The other cyclists all wore tight-fitting spandex outfits, as if they were at the starting line of the Tour de France.

These clothes were sending a message: “Make no mistake, we are not walking or riding bikes for transportation. This is exercise.” The wealthy residents of East Grand Rapids had turned a walk in the park into a fitness routine; their athleisure wear proclaimed that this activity was an act of improvement.

Current exercise trends, like hot yoga, spin, and CrossFit, all demonstrate a commitment to self-denial and self-discipline, values much praised by the Victorians. Marathon running has become the ultimate signifier: competitors can post photos on social media to prove to everyone that they have tortured their bodies in a highly virtuous — and not at all kinky — fashion.

This seeps over into everyday activities as well. Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods are filled with people dressed in workout gear with no sweat in sight. This clothing marks its wearers as the type of people who care for their bodies, even when they aren’t exercising. Yoga pants and running shoes display virtue just as clearly as the nineteenth-century wives’ corseted dresses did.

Being fit now indexes class, saturating both fitness and food culture. As calories have become cheaper, obesity has changed from being a sign of wealth to a sign of moral failure. Today, being unhealthy functions as a hallmark of the poor’s cupidity the same way working-class sexual mores were viewed in the nineteenth century.

Both lines of thinking assert that the lower classes cannot control themselves, so they deserve exactly what they have and nothing more. No need, then, for higher wages or subsidized health care. After all, the poor will just waste it on cigarettes and cheeseburgers.

Both then and now, these purported health differences register disgust with working-class bodies. In The Road To Wigan Pier, George Orwell discussed his late-Victorian upbringing, writing that he was trained to believe “that there was something subtly repulsive about a working-class body.” In Orwell’s time, soap — not fitness — made that distinction; he was taught that, in his words, “the lower classes smell.”

Nowadays, the Internet registers cross-class horror on websites like People of Wal-Mart. Instead of being repulsed by the “great unwashed,” the modern Victorians blanch at the “great overfed.”

While the nineteenth-century bourgeoisie saw full figures not as embarrassments to be eradicated, but as comforting signs of their prosperity, their spiritual descendants are obsessed with eating the right kinds of food. In the last fifteen years, organic food has gone from fringe phenomenon to absolute necessity.

Consider the gluten-free movement — those who choose to eliminate gluten from their diet, not those who have celiac disease and must eschew wheat entirely. A few years ago, I joked that finding a gluten-free resident in my rural Nebraska hometown would have been akin to finding the collected works of Peter Kropotkin in the local library. Now “gluten- free” food appears on nearly every local supermarket shelf.

This food discipline is a form of virtuous self-denial that would have made the Victorians proud. If only my grandparents had lived long enough to realize that growing their own potatoes and cucumbers made them high class, not hicks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36871031)



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Date: September 23rd, 2018 7:47 PM
Author: disgusting incel

Jacobin has some pretty good articles.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083856&forum_id=2#36871688)



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Date: September 23rd, 2018 7:53 PM
Author: impertinent gas station



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Date: September 23rd, 2018 8:06 PM
Author: adventurous whorehouse boistinker



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