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> You don’t see this kind of oblivious nonsense from someone who likes powerlifting But you do. You see this with essentially every type of exercise modality.
by ar_lan 3y ago
> You don’t see this kind of oblivious nonsense from someone who likes powerlifting
But you do. You see this with essentially every type of exercise modality.
* Powerlifters say cardio is of the devil and anybody who does it is actively losing all muscle in their body.
* CrossFitters will leap at every opportunity to tell you how amazing it is - or at least that was the case a decade ago.
* Brazilian Jiu Jitsu people are the new CrossFit.
* Calisthenics people regularly act as if you can't do 20 strict ring muscle ups you really don't belong in the gym.
* Bicyclists will say runners are shit because they are destroying their legs one step at a time.
* Rowers will scoff at bicyclists because they have chicken arms.
* Runners will laugh at everyone because they are the only discipline that you can truly do anywhere without equipment.
Idk. The list goes on and on. Every athlete is like this. It's just a tribal mentality thing. We see it on HN with programming languages too.
- beebmam 3y agoThere are also contrarians who just like to go against the grain, no matter what it is. Can you point out some of the flaws with your argument?
- ar_lan 3y agoIndeed, there are folks who seem to seek out a problem in everything they read - usually to present themselves as smarter than the OP. > Can you point out some of the flaws with your argument? I think the only argument against what I said that is reasonable, but also applies to the person I responded to, would be that it is an over-generalization and not the case for the overwhelming majority of people who perform some activity.