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The Myth of Sisyphus
In the essay, Camus introduces his philosophy of the absurd: man's futile search for meaning, unity and clarity in the face of an unintelligible world devoid of God and eternity. Does the realization of the absurd require suicide? Camus answers: "No. It requires revolt." He then outlines several approaches to the absurd life. The final chapter compares the absurdity of man's life with the situation of Sisyphus, a figure of Greek mythology who was condemned to repeat forever the same meaningless task of pushing a rock up a mountain, only to see it roll down again. The essay concludes, "The struggle itself...is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy."
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I've learned their are only 2 useful forms of the deadlift. The powerlifting style and the sumo variation. If I want full depth and to further work out my quads I do full squats or overhead squats/snatches.
I don't get lactic acid buildup after a workout. Lately I have been having condensed gatorade with baking soda. The problem is we eat lots of acidic foods in our modern diet. This causes acidity. If we were to have raw milk (high in minerals) or alkaline liquids we wouldn't have this problem.
Cheating in the bench press, arm curls, chinups, upright rows, and push press really has gotten me far more anabolic growth than doing it without the cheating form. And I've been going without cheating for awhile. When I do the power lifting bench press it almost feels as if my back is caving in. But when I do the cheating style my legs, back, and upper body parts feel like they're getting a lot stronger. You can do cheating the right way, which is more difficult because now you have to put out more effort or the weak way. The weak way is where you kinda yank up the weight without using the targeted muscle groups in their full range of motion. I feel cheating is fair as long as you do it the right way. I don't personally think of it as cheating, more as going to the next level.
I don't think that this is referring to assisted lifts, or partial range of motion. I think this is referring to scaling when you don't need to, or, holding some in reserve, rather than giving 101%, or rationalizing a crappy diet.
I suspect that what is meant here by "there are millions of ways to do, X exercise" is an irritation with the notion that there is one right push up, or burpee. We see this coming out of the Sport of Fitness where exercises are becoming absurd, for the sake of comparison and competition rather than for the health of joints, or what a unique person is capable of doing.
I've heard from a couple professionals now that they get lactic acid buildup and it takes a couple of days for it to go away. I notice I get this more on weeks where I don't have any milk or cheese, as these foods are high in alkalizing minerals. I can tell the difference too. I can recover from a full body workout and go back in 48 hours if I get in plenty of dairy. Otherwise I'd have to eat certain fruits and veggies that are high in minerals. Meat doesn't have a lot of minerals in it so it doesn't help against the lactic acid buildup. Baking soda mixed with maltodextrin or gatorade in liquid is really good for this. Raw milk and coconut milk would also be great choices. So a diet can be healthy but if it doesn't have enough minerals you'll have more problems recovering from lactic acid buildup. As it is now I don't have any lactic acid buildup and I lifted weights yesterday.
I do a cheating bench press and I get lots of crap for it at the gyms I go to. For some reason I recover faster than most people in the gym and I do what others would consider extremely dangerous exercises. Probably because I take in dairy and eat enough daily calories. I've felt far more overall development with the cheating bench press and the back handed cheating bench press than any other form. My pecs, lats, legs, triceps, biceps, abs, and lower back are all worked to 100% when I cheat. I get an adrenalin rush too.
Their are fundamentals to be followed with each type of exercise you do. If you do deadlifts you're targeting the hamstrings, the glutes, good posture, lower back, abs, upper back, traps, forearms, and hand grip. If you're squatting you're working quads, hamstrings, calves, lower back, abs, posture, and upper back. Pushups are always pecs, lats, biceps, triceps, abs, lower back, and upper back. Their are deviations to form that aren't acceptable if you know the mechanics of each lift but no body that is educated teaches them.
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