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This is nonsense. Being in good shape is a direct visible sign of self discipline, ability to work towards goals despite pain, resilience, impulse control, pat

by CPLX 9y ago

This is nonsense. Being in good shape is a direct visible sign of self discipline, ability to work towards goals despite pain, resilience, impulse control, patience, long term thinking, and many other positive traits. It's literally the diametric opposite of what you suggest, in many ways it's arguably the only truly meaningful status symbol you can't buy, inherit, or win via lottery. You have no choice but to work for it. Not to mention, besides its usefulness as a proxy for positive traits, it also has direct effects. Exercise leads to improved mental health and other effects that are directly applicable to doing a better job.

scottlegrand2 9y ago
All true but as someone who lives in Santa Cruz, the home of CrossFit, I will say there is a strong subjective correlation between fitness douchebags and CrossFit. To paraphrase Bill Maher, it's not that all CrossFit people are douchebags, it's that most of the douchebags I meet in the gym are doing CrossFit routines requiring them to alternate between 2 or 3 machines in a precise rhythm which we should not interrupt for any reason or there will be horrible consequences. The best example here was this body beautiful couple that never smiled in the gym for any reason whatsoever. When they wanted your machine, they would each man the machines on either side of you with very low weight and sit there slowly pumping reps on it whilst glaring at you to try and get you to give the machine to them. After a few instances of this, I responded by slowing down my routine and throwing in extra exercises just to mess with them because this was hella annoying. They could have just asked me when I would be done, which would have been in about 2 or 3 minutes, but apparently forming words was too much work for them so it became an eternity of 5 minutes instead. When my membership expired, I left that gym and never returned.

by CPLX 9y ago

scottlegrand2 9y ago

All true but as someone who lives in Santa Cruz, the home of CrossFit, I will say there is a strong subjective correlation between fitness douchebags and CrossFit. To paraphrase Bill Maher, it's not that all CrossFit people are douchebags, it's that most of the douchebags I meet in the gym are doing CrossFit routines requiring them to alternate between 2 or 3 machines in a precise rhythm which we should not interrupt for any reason or there will be horrible consequences. The best example here was this body beautiful couple that never smiled in the gym for any reason whatsoever. When they wanted your machine, they would each man the machines on either side of you with very low weight and sit there slowly pumping reps on it whilst glaring at you to try and get you to give the machine to them. After a few instances of this, I responded by slowing down my routine and throwing in extra exercises just to mess with them because this was hella annoying. They could have just asked me when I would be done, which would have been in about 2 or 3 minutes, but apparently forming words was too much work for them so it became an eternity of 5 minutes instead. When my membership expired, I left that gym and never returned.