151 thoughts on “5 Underappreciated Activities Every Man Should Engage In”

1. The articles in this site seem to be getting better in the past few days.

   1. Agree. I see less race baiting, whining about women and enjoying the decline, more focus on trying to improve society / ourselves.

   2. its been gem after gem this week, kudos to the writers and quality control

2. Gymnastics, huh?
   

   1. Of course this is just a joke, and I realize that gymnasts are very strong…and also, I could not find the video of Al telling that homo “gymnast? that’s not an athlete…that’s…like a girl…”

      1. Joking…just joking…

   2. I always found this episode a bit odd. The guy is in decent shape and certainly a cut above the average man but when I think of some super hunk, I will picture Lex Luger or the late Ultimate Warrior instead of this guy. Could not they find someone more impressive?

      1. How about Hawk & Animal, or Axe & Smash, or the Steiners?
         Wouldn’t have been as funny I think, as it would be very hard to believe
         they would spend time with Peg & Marcy for any reason.
         They picked “Jim Jupiter” because he was muscular, but somewhat girlie at the same time. A perfect foil for Al.

3. 1. Gymnastics?
   
   2. Martial Arts?
   Hell yeah!
   3. Running?
   That’s great too. But does evolution require a man to lose his clothes?
   4. Dancing?
   Agreed, as long as it is from a woman. Strip dance, lap dance and pole dance… Fuck yeah!
   5. Manual Labor?
   Ain’t nobody got time for that!
   BTW, solid article!

4. You forgot Cooking man. You got to know what to do with food.

   1. You should clarify, cooking for ONE, not cooking for your “empowered” working wife

      1. You shouldn’t be around people who can’t appreciate a good meal. These people are usually trash and lack the appreciation for hard work in general.

         1. Interesting (sincerely). We see things different ways. I didn’t imagine a King would be happy to cook for his Queen, but each to their own – we all perceive things differently.

         2. A man must be austere, but compassionate to his people. Got to throw them a bone from time to time. The more skillful you are at cooking the better the company.

         3. I love cooking so much that I considered culinary school at one point. So I don’t mind doing the majority of the cooking for me and my wife. However, you do have a point, there is not much better than when she gets on a super-wife kick, sets the table and cooks me a full meal.

         4. Well, technically, the Queen wouldn’t cook for the King either. They would have a servant do it. 😉

      2. I’ve cooked breakfast for a few chicks that stayed over (I’d say they earned it). If you want to bang them again it definitely helps

      3. Wife? What wife?

   2. Cooking is woman’s business to me.

      1. That’s why majority of the top chefs and restaranteurs are men.

5. I combine weight-lifting, running, yoga and krav maga and I slowly improve my shooting skills. However, we had wide spectrum physical tests in our krav maga organization and though I was more or less satisfied with my results, my obvious weakness is swimming, where I´m average at best, so I would add that to the list.

   1. I thought “Krav Maga” was just Israeli for “kick him in the balls”.

6. I’m more than sure that it has been discussed in many other articles but I reckon learning other languages is good for a man

   1. For anybody, more like.

7. #6 Chopping Wood.
   My dad actually hacked a fucking wood stove into his chimney when I was a kid. So I grew up chopping logs in the middle of Cleveland haha. Saved us thousands per year on our heating bill, and I was the only 12 year old with huge traps. That’s one manual activity that men were born for.

   1. agreed on that, when you think about it chopping wood is just practice for swinging an axe into a mans head/body in medieval times, no fat soldiers around back then.

   2. On my last camping trip a bunch of friends and myself surrounded a pile of wood and axes and chopped the whole mound into firewood. It was a lot of fun.

   3. it’s a pretty masculine endeavour till it’s time to start splitting the kindling – guess a real man would just use gasoline

   4. Rasslin’ alligators on the bayou also gives you huge traps

      1. I have rassled wid an alligator
         Done tussle wid a whale
         Handcuffed lightning
         Throw thunder in jail
         Only last week I murdered a rock
         Injured a stone
         Hospitalized a brick
         I’m so mean I make medicine sick

      2. Wrestling cats gives you tough skin.

         1. It does?

         2. When I was a kid my cat hated it when I poked him the stomach and he would respond by tearing strips of skin off my hands. So I kept doing it. My hands are like leather gloves now.

         3. I see. You could have just bought leather gloves, and saved years of pain and possible animal abuse! 😎

         4. 🙂

   5. Except that there aren’t many woods to be chopped left.

      1. There are more trees in square acreage now in the U.S. than existed in the 19th century. We’re tree heavy actually.

         1. Could you please share the stats/sources that support you claim?I’d like to know if this is true.

   6. Nice. A good part of my childhood was in the sticks. Chopping wood was a chore that never actually ended. Until June maybe.
      I distinctly remember one of my teammates my first year in college poking fun of what he called my “lumberjack” hands. I wasn’t much a weight lifter before then but I apparently had forearms and hands of a middle-aged laborer. Didn’t hurt that my job as a teen was in landscaping either. Things like shoveling and hauling gravel is what Crossfitters pay for these days.

   7. Excellent exercise/mental therapy.

   8. Every agrees that we shouldn’t skip leg day, but no one talks about neck day! never, i mean, never skip neck day.

8. join/start a fightclub?

   1. If you do, you can’t talk about it.

      1. Really, that’s the first rule, if you think about it.

         1. It may also be the second rule, but I’m not entirely sure. No one talks about this.

         2. What’s the third rule?

         3. I can’t say.

         4. Is it that you keep pretending you’re part of a fight club, when you’re actually some loser in a dead end call centre job or some nerdy part-time librarian surrounded by women who can’t get laid?!! 😎

         5. Oh, you totally triggered me, dude. Sick burn.

   2. Such of thing would have done me a world of good in my 20s.

9. I can appreciate this list from a singular viewpoint(dancing and language learning are timeless and will open doors immediately) but I’m going to broad stroke it because there seems to be a lot of talk solely on lifting and martial arts in regards to the betterment of oneself in general outside of making cash.
   Do physical sport with a score. I like scores. Women love athletes. Men like the challenge and camaraderie. I like competition. Running or other against myself activities bore the life out of me. I see throughout the world young men and old doing activities that are me vs me and further slipping into their phones. Whether it be on a team or as small time as say squash. Put up points against an opponent and dig deep when you’re down. I think that speaks to every pursuit in life.

10. “gymnastics really makes you realize what you CAN’T do”
    And I am quite content with that. Almost all the gymnastics moves are utterly worthless in real life. The rings? The splits? The fucking pommel horse? No thanks, it’s more of a waste of time than beach guy shit.

11. Dancing , Gymnastics ?
    No , thanks. I’ll stick to my weights.
    Btw manual labor is the most manly and badass of all.

    1. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ebd8d4e7a1db68d4e1ef646a40b1868bd6870134aadb59f7bf24eb0b377410b8.jpg

    2. Hey man don’t knock dancing!
       Lots of effimate latino “lover not fighter” types get more pussy than bodybuilders.
       Male Ballet dancers get tons of pussy.

       1. That’s a sacrifice I am not willing to make.

          1. Too bloody right, son!

    3. Good dancer is a pussy slayer. You are missing out big time.

       1. I don’t think dancing would help me attract the kind of woman I want to. I don’t like women who are big dancing fans. It’s a red flag to me. It’s also totally out of my character.

          1. Why is dancing a red flag? I think it would depend on the kind of dancing. Women who square dance or ballroom dance seem perfectly acceptable.

          2. Dunno. Some of the nicest girls I’ve met , hated parties and crowed places , and dancing as a result. They mainly liked to do some indoor activity , like a boring game or smth , with their family and close friends. Some of the biggest sluts I know , claim to absolutely love dancing. They go to Zumba courses with Brazilian Instructors , and go to discos at least 3 times a week. But hey , they do nothing bad there , they just “absolutely love dancing”

          3. That’s why I cruise the paraplegic wards.
             Chick in a wheelchair NEVER makes you take them out dancing…

          4. I would suggest it depends on region and culture. As an example, Salsa dancing in some countries or the Tango can make life a lot easier. Anything with deep cultural roots I’m for and have utilized here and abroad. Check shame at the door and you might just be checked out as a proper suitor either by her, the folks or the community in general. Now clubbing? Red Flag. Pull the lever and don’t look back. Debauchery lives in those places and is nothing more than Spring Break for the lowest common denominators.

          5. Agreed.

          6. Sure, but instead of restating it, I’ll just say that Johnny Quid hit what I was getting at square on the nose.

          7. Even inside a community like a villave or smth where people are performing a traditional dance of some sort, the women who are the most enthusiastic about it , enjoy it the most and dance the better , are likely to be the village’s biggest sluts or with the highest T-levels at least. Good women don’t like to show off. This is ancient wisdom GoJ.

          8. you gave me a good idea man

          9. The worst part about “clubs” is the cost. I once paid $72 for 2 drinks at an upscale west side club here in NY! Never again. Rooftop bars are almost as bad. $20/drink.
             Such a ripoff. Not sure how these places keep packing ’em in.

          10. Yeah man. NYC has more of a bar culture that’s stellar. Lots of hidden gems. Clubs are not where it’s at and I can’t be bothered screaming over ANY type of music. Way to ruin a good night? Walk into a cool bar with a tight vibe and then just as you are settling in and making acquaintances on comes some shite DJ or band pushing the meters to red. “Check!!!” 72 bucks for ‘rap’ and thirsty folk = no thank you

          11. TBH, I prefer liquor stores and my couch.
              

          12. TBH, I can’t blame ya.

          13. Some people are filthy rich, some people are stupid.

          14. Just to make you feel a bit better, clubs in the UK are the same, loud, full of drunks and often very expensive. And then the fist fights and random arguments sometimes leading to mass brawls, stabbings and occasional murders does tend to put one off taking the late night air and sipping the finest wines money can buy.

12. Great article.
    HIIT like sprints is a very good method to reduce stress, burn calories, improve cardiovascularity but still keep your muscles – all within a very narrow timeframe. Long-distance running on the other hand will make most men weaker, although I have seen cases where a few men with good genetics keep most muscles as long as they do resistance training 2-3 times a week.
    As for the other activities I agree that they all have their place, even though it is hard to do gymnastics later in life. I have learned to dance a bit, more like club music rather than salsa and shit. Both girls and guys will be impressed.

13. I’m glad you included dance. Though many people perceive it as a bit of a nonce pastime, I know for a fact the older ladies (saying 30+ ish) dig a man who can perform a bit of the vintage smooth dapper stuff like the waltz. I suspect with the younger ones it would be a bit hit ‘n’ miss. The “mysteriousness” aspect would surely appeal to some, and it may have the added bonus of also repelling the devolved feminist types.

    1. Western bitches can’t appreciate the classics. They might go for Salsa / Bachata depending on the culture, but no basic American bitch is watching Swan Lake or waltzing.

       1. “”They might go for Salsa / Bachata depending on the culture””
          Salsha / Bachata has good songs. Just Sayin….

    2. I would agree. I had a girlfriend who talked me into attending a dance class once a week in the evenings and we learned the classic steps (eg. Waltz, foxtrot). We enjoyed it and stayed for about a year moving up to intermediate lessons (eg. Tango).
       True you don’t get many opportunities to display it much, but when you are invited to a wedding or an upscale function and find a girl who knows how to dance— you turn heads.

       1. Absolutely. Same exact experience here.

    3. Dancing was always an accomplishment for men. It also trains in gender roles – dance moves are different for men and women, except in degenerate, meaningless modern dance.

       1. And the man always, ALWAYS leads. And women love it. Its a telling exercise to see how frustrated a woman gets when you are not a firm lead. A perfect physical microcosm of how being a weak leader is incompatible with female companionship.

          1. kinda funny how that works huh?

14. Milking cows – Ain’t nothing better than milking for those badass Popeye forearms and grips.

    1. Also, splits!
       https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/86fb2f19d5003bbda107791e56ec4ca7b9f093724f85ebd30ffedfe55f3a3e14.jpg

       1. JCVD!!!!!

    2. Good workout for those about to go MGTOW

       1. MGCOW

          1. Men moooooo-vin’ on to greener pastures.

          2. NICE!

    3. It’s udderly amazing how fast that builds muscle.

       1. That ain’t no bull!

          1. What cud go wrong?

    4. Your post made me happy. Thank you. Heh.

15. Playing guitar was a good return on investment. Being in a hard rock band throughout 80s attracted more young beautiful women DTF than the vast majority of millennial men will see in their lifetime

    1. That’s the drawback of a classical upbringing. My folks had me play the piano for 10 years.
       Unless you’re Jerry Lee Louis in the 50’s, You do NOT get pussy from playing the goddamn piano.
       The most Mozart / Bach will get you is applause from your grandma.
       Wish I could go back 20 years and focus on guitar instead.

       1. You can produce electronic music

       2. Completely untrue. You’re just playing lame music. Every pussy pulling song writer and musician known to man has played and composed songs on the piano.

    2. Like this:
       https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/211fb8a5adbb3de754ec949cbe0349d2287c8c9deea28acd0e517e1b27bdcc03.jpg

       1. Is that a Takamine?

16. I’ve made jokes here more than once about dancing, mostly since I can’t as I was blessed with two left feet and can trip over a footprint. For those men who have any sort of rhythm though, I can see where it could be a good thing.

    1. I’ve seen men who are really good on the dance floor (albeit, the country/western music dance floor) clean up with the women. An aggressive highly competent country music dancing guy will have women queuing up to be seen dancing with him.

17. 6. Warfighting. Fighting the nation’s wars.
    7. Philosophy, science and art. Almost all the great philosphers, scientists and writers/other artists were and are men.
    8. Keeping women alive. The only reason women have survived is because of the efforts of men. Reference: all ‘Battle of the Sexes’ experiments in reality TV

    1. Haven’t you heard? Warfighting is beta now because it’s all for the interests of globalist bankers.
       They sell you “national pride” and “fighting for your country” but then they make your country a place that hates your guts and doesn’t appreciate your sacrifice, while they make money off the poor saps you were fighting against.

       1. Not sure if you’re being facetious here or edgy, but the fact remains – being an active military member in the u.s. Or any NATO country effectively means you are doing the bidding of the globalist elites. That is NOT to demean or disrespect our warriors who do sacrifice much. Their motive and intent is genuine and honorable. It is not their fault that they are manipulated to doing the bidding of the globalist illuminati cabal. When shtf our armed service members will hopefully remember their creed and turn their weapons onto the right targets – the globalists.

18. Regarding running, the last time I was running I was RUNNING, not jogging along.
    The ‘runners’ I used to see who were going long distance looked rough. They looked ill. They did not look athletic but instead they looked strangely weak.
    Run don’t jog.

    1. Long distance runners need to maximize endurance. Muscle mass increases faster than muscle strength, so adding muscle for long distance just means adding useless weight to drag along, slow you down, and decrease your endurance. For long distance, you want just enough muscle to lug your body at the pace you need, and no more. Sprinters need to accelerate hard, but don’t need to maintain their pace all that long. You can look at elite runners, and the longer the distance they compete at, the skinnier they are. It’s the difference between being a Corvette, and a Prius.

       1. Excelent analogy.

19. Dancing, like really intensive hours long dancing, is very aerobic. I can’t dance a lick, but watching people on the floor going song after song and leaving the floor after an hour sweaty kind of is inspiring (if, well, gross).

    1. That sir is the gospel truth! And a key reason I learned to Two Step. I knew this one very personable drunk who was an absolute natural on the C&W dance floor. He was about worthless as a human being but he sure could give the ladies the tingles! I am a half way decent dancer myself, but I wanted some pointers from that dude. He just laughed and told me I needed to run a chainsaw for a couple of hours before I went out. I don’t think he was too interested in cultivating the competition, lol.

20. I did martial arts for a while and still would like to but I have a theory that the more confident you get in your craft and hobbies of choice, the less attracted you’ll feel to martial arts unless you just plain love fighting. Martial arts attract short guys, bullied nerds and abusive scumbags that want to double down on their one track minded macho personality. My main hobby has been languages and it took me seven years of language classes to encounter the level of douchehood I found in a few martial arts classes. Having to deal with other guys’ egos and chicks fighting their penis envy through masculizing competition can be tough…I guess I’m just a wimp. I still have a soft spot in my heart for martial arts theoretically but I’m not sure if I can be made to go through the motions (literally) again. The reality of violence is only a reality in nightlife with its drunken blue collar turds that inevitably show up the longer you spend in the game and if I had a GF, you can bet I would love to give up on clubbing but sadly it’s pretty much the only opportunity for me to meet girls at the moment. Dancing is a great alternative for men who want to learn physical skills without having to deal with other people’s egos as long as it’s individual dancing instead of pair dancing (very big difference). The biggest problem with dancing is that it’s a bit expensive and measuring your progress can be difficult depending on where and how you train.

    1. “”Martial arts attract short guys, bullied nerds and abusive scumbags that want to double down on their one track minded macho personality.””
       

    2. That’s why I stopped going to pubs and particularly nightclubs. Too many arseholes, men and women, playing mind games, looking for trouble, causing trouble etc. Personally, mate, I think it’s generally very difficult to find and meet genuine women in places like that. Try dating sites, and maintain right from the start that friendship is important first. Depends what you’re looking for, of course. You might get a few sleazy snogs and a few drunken lays in pubs and nightclubs, but finding a decent women is much more difficult.
       Good luck skipper!
       http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/cb/a7/92/cba79286d9c87d9b36ecae6b7906167b.jpg

21. Until you are injured… it’s gonna happen to you.
    Hopefully, new technologies will allow us to bounce back from injuries like it’s a stubbed toe instead of the retarded advice doctors give and charge lots of money for (i.e. “RICE” method, which is like telling someone to look both ways before crossing the street… it’s so obvious). PRP, stem cells, and such will allow men to keep up their fitness in case of an injury.

22. I have to completely agree with dance as a physical activity, but also for a second and probably more important reason. To succeed in ballroom dance, the man is absolutely, positively, without question in charge of the partnership. If the woman second guesses, or tries to be in charge, the partnership will not work and it is impossible to dance well. The man leads, end of discussion. This is good practice for a man to be in total control, and also for the woman to be submissive and follow her man’s lead.

    1. This is absolutely correct! One of the things that really turns a woman on about a man that knows how to dance and can lead, is how good he can make her look. I can take a marginal dancer and if I am doing my job and she is relaxed, make her look like a pro. Of course I have run into a few that simply had no aptitude (or were sloppy drunk) and it didn’t matter what I did. But most women love to be shown off as they are led and twirled. It will definitely give you an edge over guys who can’t dance.

23. Tactical Balls grab
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2df616cd99c8430675da7f4cfa09444ea5acabbd0b4a746feaf8d9b6a55df839.jpg

    1. Krav Make America Great Again

    2. It is absolutely amazing how compliant even a big dude will become when you have an iron grip on his balls and start twisting. I ended a fight that way one time before it even got started. Let’s see here: Fight dirty or get my ass kicked? Hmmm. That’s a no brainer.

       2. While such a hold would doubtless be dangerous, I think any MMA fighter would chew up and spit out these ladies’ self-defense guys without breaking a sweat and by ladies’ self-defense I mean krav maga and other ‘watch out for the boogey man he’s coming to get you’ shit that feeds off people’s fears.

          1. First you should use the element of surprise. Second just grabbing someone by the balls without a follow through isn’t enough. You have to weigh out the situation (quickly) and determine what kind of adversary you are up against and how bad you are willing to injure that person. In a street fight (which at my age, I hope I’m never in again) all bets are off. If you don’t incapacitate the assailant, you may die. So I would not hesitate to use a potentially lethal move or blow against an unknown assailant.
             In the case I described, the individual was an a acquaintance whom I did not wish to do permanent harm to. He was a bit drunk, a lot bigger than me and attempting to playfully “rough me up”. But due to his inebriated state what was intended as playfulness, ended up injuring me. At that point I grabbed his “package”, lifted him up on his toes and planted my left elbow into his throat and under his chin to put his head back against the wall. He knew that I had drawn back on the elbow strike. I informed him if he tried it again I would break his fùcking neck. It had the desired effect, eliciting a “Hey dude, I’m really sorry!” response.
             Had it been an unknown assailant in that same situation, I would have put my elbow into his larynx hard and shortly thereafter my fingers in his eyes and as soon as he was vulnerable probably taken out a knee. Nowadays after a double hernia operation, years of low back pain and an incipient hiatal hernia, in a street fight I would shoot you and be done with it. As I’ve seen written before, don’t fùck with an old guy, he will just kill you.

       3. Totally in the John Wilkes Booth spirit

24. I’ve never been a gymnast but I agree that the other four are fantastic. All very manly and all are great ways to boost your T.
    You WILL stand out among average men.
    Nothing like being in a fight to:
    A: Inoculate you to stress and teach yourself to think clearly under stress
    B: Teach you what you can endure and still survive. Losing a fight teaches you even more.

25. I recently decided to give bodyweight exercises a serious shake. I’ve always desired utter control over my body. I’ve lifted weights for over half my life now but doing a handstand push up or a one arm push up is quite a feat for a guy my size.
    Out of all of these I’d personally recommend the first the most. Your motor skills will reach their potential along with your coordination. That will assist with all the others on the list. Fitting for it to be first.
    Also, doing bodyweight workouts are the least likely exercises to cause injury. If you have weak points that you are trying to iron out they can be extremely beneficial.

26. No mention of embroidery, then?

    1. No, but I did learn to suture. Does that count?

       1. Deffo. Embroidery and human flesh.

    2. Be a strong independent man who don’t need no woman!

27. Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.

28. Why the pics of Blacks?

    1. Muh da-versity

29. Manual labor is definitely a great way to stay in shape. I still cut and split firewood. I thought about buying a hydraulic splitter, but I will stick with the maul as long as I can.
    Right after I graduated high school, I took a job on a survey crew. Each of us were expected to learn it all from cutting line to operating a theodolite. But there was a lot more line cutting and monument setting than there was “gun” work. Every day we hiked for miles, swung a bush axe, drove iron pipe with a sledge hammer and set concrete monuments with old school post hole diggers. I was in shape and strong as an ox.
    I got into a fight one night with a guy that was probably twice my age and out weighed me by a good 30 lbs. He punched me in the face and I literally (Hitler) saw red. I instinctively snap kicked him in the solar plexus and kneed him in the balls hard twice. But he was so drunk he didn’t go down. So I grabbed him right below the shoulders and put him down on the ground like a leaf.
    I will never forget the look on his face. Even drunk he couldn’t believe this skinny white kid was able to do this to him. I realize some of that was pure adrenaline, but the foundation has to be there for that to work. Once I got him down I pinned his arms with my knees and started choking him (it doesn’t matter how drunk they are if you cut off their air). He managed to get out “Let go of me you muthafu…” as I felt my fingers meet behind his adam’s apple. I was so pissed I probably would have killed him if one of his friends hadn’t reasoned with me to let him live. I probably wouldn’t have done well in Virginia state prison at seventeen and thank God I realized that.
    But up to that point I had no idea how strong I really was. No lifting, no workouts, no supplements, just good old fashioned hard labor every day. In a way I do miss it.

    1. “Even drunk he couldn’t believe this skinny white kid was able to do this to him.””
       Was he black?
       At my last job I had 2 Black coworkers who were total dicks….

       1. Is the pope catholic? Does a bear shít in the woods? Yes. There were six of them, late twenties to mid thirties. And three whites, myself, my fiancé and the old man that owned the place.

30. im naturally skinny with a small frame, so manual labor returns me to that initial state. Although it feels good to do it.
    Once I have enough money I want to start taking dancing and muy thai lessons, since that shit would add upto almost 200$ per month.
    Luckily my gym membership is only 15$/ month.

31. re: dancing….TANGO is the one to learn.

    1. I suppose if you live in Argentina..

32. My grandpa used to work in a foundry, carrying metal all day. Never went to a gym in his life, he could crush anybody’s hand without thinking about it. Yeah for manual labor.

33. I will skip number 5. There is no virtue in working yourself to death – just death.

34. Basic car maintenance- removing an engine? How often? Every 3000 miles?

35. I’d like to add cycling to that list ,I lost allot of weight in a short period of time riding bicycle

36. If any red-pilled expats live in Krakow and want to do some light sparring/grappling on the Błonia or Kazimierz (I know a great place nearby the Wisla called the “smoczy skwer”) during the day, contact me: patrickdeskur -at- outlook.com
    I’m 6’3, 205. Basic skills. Nothing advanced, but I’m not afraid of taking a decent hit. Have mouthguard and MMA gloves (not ideal for sparring I know). Could buy boxing gloves if preferred.
    Serious propositions only. Let’s start a little expat fight club.
    All the boxing/MMA gyms are too far for me and I don’t feel like going through all the basic drills. I just want to take and deliver some hits in a relatively safe, controlled environment and of course do some “bro bonding”.

37. I really want to learn how to dance. Dancing with a woman sounds really appealing.

38. Say whatever you want, but gymnastics is gay. Elasticity to this point is not manly at all.

39. Forget manual labour. That’s for peasants and slaves. Pre-civilisation man did a minimal amount of this. It is literally backbreaking and knee shredding work. Also, if you do martial arts you have gymnastics covered.
    One thing to add here. Drop the old man complaints about modern tech and learn how it can free you from the slavery of office work.

    1. This.

    2. This is true, my father was a manual labourer. He was in impressive shape in his 30’s but later needed knee replacements and his body was generally worse off for years of manual labour.
       That said there is a certain satisfaction to doing a bit around your own garden and house.

       1. Indeed. The same thing has happened to friends of mine. One guy spent his career going up and down ladders on a building site. His knees are shot now.

       2. Well, it didn’t harm you, did it?

40. Dancing, Gymnastics, & Martial Arts all have one thing in common.
    The longer you do it, the better and easier it gets.

41. I have a lot of respect for ultramarathon, especially 100+ mile distance runners, and find watching documentaries and runners preparation journals on YouTube, especially for the Badwater 135 event held in July each year, strangely engaging.
    Many of the runners are actually interesting people, and accomplished professionally and other in aspects of life besides running, probably because there’s next to no money involved in ultramarathons, and many have saved for years to pay their own way to travel to and compete in events.

42. Overall many good tips.
    I trained Krav Maga for a year, and it can differ a bit from school to school, but my main critique against it (the way it was done where I trained) is that you never really trained against resisting opponents.
    Because Krav Maga has no rules (kick in the groin, fingers in the eyes, throw sand, whatever you can), you can’t compete in it. But it also meant (where I trained) that no one really resisted fully.
    Compare it to boxing or Judo where you are more limited but you will actually meet opponents who will do everything they’re allowed to stop you… I wonder if that’s not better in the end.
    As for the long-distance runner vs sprinter, it’s not necessarily that long-distance running will eat all your muscles but that those who are the best at long-distance running are very thin. Having a muscular upper body is then mainly useless weight that you have to carry around and you can’t be the best in the world with such a disadvantage. But if you mainly care about running for other reasons (and are okey with not winning the races) then you can definitely have upper body muscles too as a long-distance runner.

43. Quite interesting for points 1 and 2, especillay since you added the image of who I believe is GSP kicking Matt Hughes. Whether or not that is him (i can’t remember if they ever fought), GSP incorporated gymnastics into his training camp. As far as bringing Olympic level talent.
    My only qualm with (((krav maga))), just kidding – is that most schools outside of Tel Aviv or idf training do not include sparring or full contact/full speed free fighting.

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