Hello, Currently I'm Unironically reading [i]Infinite Jest[1][/i]. I'm about 70 pages in (including its infamous footnotes) [Kindle version - I"m not carrying around a fucking thousand page book. Actually I'm reading it on my ipad[2], it's super useful because i can also carry all of my music on it and my teaching materials as well, so that i can just pull up whatever i feel like working on with a student wherever i am and print it out so they can have a copy without forcing them to buy a book or needing to remember to print out a bunch of shit 20 minutes before a lesson and end up getting there to the studio late and then i'm scramblin' to teach them some new BS before the next student shows up and i have to cut their time short as well-- you have to be on time with these soccer moms and shit. So anyway I'm reading the footnote compliation of the Incandenza father's filmography (James iirc - my ipad is charging and i don't feel like looking at it rn). I had to put it down because I had to pee, and decided that a pee break was a good time to start a thread about books and workouts. But anyway yeah really good book. I used to hate reading. I think that's turning around. Short blurb - also been listening to Nietzsche on Audible, currently plodding through The Gay Science. It's alright. If you've read/listened to it i don't really need to talk about it. I like the narrorator's voice. (The guy who narrated Kierkegaard's [i]The Concept of Anxiety[/i] sucked ass, couldn't finish listening to it) Current workout reoutine: I'm on a full week rotation rn: Arms, core, legs, Arms, core, legs, Rest day. Repeat. I will switch it up occasionally and I try to vary my actual exercises. For example I won't do leg press 3 leg day's in a row, i'll instead vary whatever I'm doing. It keeps it interesting. For example this week I'm trying farm carries for the first time instead of shoulder shrugs, but will also work on my grip strength, (which is already rock solid as i'm an upright bass player). It's kind of hard because my local Planet Fitness gets chock full of highschool students bumbling around because it's down the street from the local HS, and for some reason they're still there 3 hours later at 530 when i come after work. Like wtf kids don't you have homework? get lost. Honestly though I have no idea what i'm doing haha. But i'm not as disgusting as I was a year ago. Feel me? I skipped today however, Sunday is normally my rest day but I think i'm going to do a combined core-leg day because i've been eating a lot this week. I'm not on any specific diet, no protein shakes, no BCAAs etc etc. No creatine. Honestly this is just more about being in shape in general, not bulking or building, yeah? ANy suggestions about workout routines? What books are you reading (or listening via your Amazon®️ Audible™ app)? [1]Infinite Jest Paperback – November 13, 2006 by David Foster Wallace (Author) 3.9 out of 5 stars 1,250 customer reviews Paperback: 1079 pages <- I have the kindle version, don't know how accurate this is Publisher: Back Bay Books; Anniversary edition (November 13, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0316066524 ISBN-13: 978-0316066525 [2] a family memeber gave me their 7-year old ipad for christmas. still works damn well. battery don't last too long tho.

I’m currently reading https://bloard.com/bloards/gym_AND_Book_bloard/topics/current-book-workout-regiment-your-doing-now and my workout routine mainly consists of getting off the couch and walking up a set of stairs to go peepee. Then I return to the couch where I spend most of my waking hours.

Infinite jest definitely in my top 10 favorite english works, and i think the pale king was on track to be even better (qepd). dfw did what pynchon never 채ㅕㅣㅇ oops switched to korean accidentally. dfw did what pynchon never could w/ his big sprawling works. mostly due to the fact that he learned from pynchon's errors. i'm currently reading harry potter

[quote=joop;%2Fbloards%2Fgym_AND_Book_bloard%2Ftopics%2Fcurrent-book-workout-regiment-your-doing-now%2Fposts%2F4582] Infinite jest definitely in my top 10 favorite english works, and i think the pale king was on track to be even better (qepd). dfw did what pynchon never 채ㅕㅣㅇ oops switched to korean accidentally. dfw did what pynchon never could w/ his big sprawling works. mostly due to the fact that he learned from pynchon's errors. i'm currently reading harry potter [/quote] Hey, That's dope dude. What's your workout routine? Still reading I. Jest, been SUPER busy this week so not much time to get much further. I'm also an extremely slow reader (which is why I'm also such a terrible poster)f. DIdn't work out today, going to go hAM tomorrow. Will Keep y'all bl@rdxrs updated. Thanks.

[quote=wowneat;%2Fbloards%2Fgym_AND_Book_bloard%2Ftopics%2Fcurrent-book-workout-regiment-your-doing-now%2Fposts%2F4583] Hey, That's dope dude. What's your workout routine? Still reading I. Jest, been SUPER busy this week so not much time to get much further. I'm also an extremely slow reader (which is why I'm also such a terrible poster)f. DIdn't work out today, going to go hAM tomorrow. Will Keep y'all bl@rdxrs updated. Thanks. [/quote] I'm recovering from a partial bulging lumbar facet, a microtear in right rotator cuff musculature, and lingering inflammation of left labrum, so I can't do weightlifting like usual, though I'd say I'm eighty percent recovered. Right now I go to gym all days but Sunday, doing solely cardio and bodybuilding exercises. Monday and Thursday is three mixed cardio sprints for 5-7 mins each interspersed with pull ups, push ups and hypers, and hanging leg raises and crunches. Tuesday and Friday is same cardio interspersed with db bench press, tri push downs and lu raises, and hanging leg raises and crunches. Weds and sat are 30 minutes of elliptical. I sneak into the ymca attached to my apartment building without a membership but don't go downstairs where the staff are, so I don't have access to any kind of proper benches or squat racks (actually I don't think they even have racks, just Smith machines, which no thanks). In a few months I'll hopefully get back to weightlifting but in the meantime I'm trying to cut off as much fat as possible. Down to 140 from 160 so far, will probably go down to 130. Currently fast from 7pm to 4pm (yes, only 3 hours, and I try to eat at least 1k defecit. No risk of injuries because my workouts are so safe). Don't think I can go any lower. Once I hit 130 I'll add another 50g protein to diet and crank up the body building until I hit 150.

[quote=joop;%2Fbloards%2Fgym_AND_Book_bloard%2Ftopics%2Fcurrent-book-workout-regiment-your-doing-now%2Fposts%2F4586] crank [/quote] lol

[quote=joop;%2Fbloards%2Fgym_AND_Book_bloard%2Ftopics%2Fcurrent-book-workout-regiment-your-doing-now%2Fposts%2F4582] Infinite jest definitely in my top 10 favorite english works, and i think the pale king was on track to be even better (qepd). dfw did what pynchon never 채ㅕㅣㅇ oops switched to korean accidentally. dfw did what pynchon never could w/ his big sprawling works. mostly due to the fact that he learned from pynchon's errors. i'm currently reading harry potter [/quote] William Gaddis is better than both of them

im reading a fortune cookie fortune (circa Dec. 2016) and my workout routine consists of eating the cookie

current book: oblivion by david foster wallace (i'm too stupid to "get it", i'm only realizing now my inability to fully comprehend difficult story construction and allusion especially in the postmodern american english style, which i am starting to become more annoyed of than enamoured by as i have found my peers who are into literature) current workout: today is arms/upper body. going to see if the trainer girl makes my shaky and nervous bowels loose again ahha. h

i’m not reading any books or doing any exercise.

Trying to write a book at the moment though my progress has slowed to a crawl recently

[quote=joop;%2Fbloards%2Fgym_AND_Book_bloard%2Ftopics%2Fcurrent-book-workout-regiment-your-doing-now%2Fposts%2F6747] Trying to write a book at the moment though my progress has slowed to a crawl recently [/quote] good metaphor. you should use stuff like this in your book

[quote=bug%20deal;%2Fbloards%2Fgym_AND_Book_bloard%2Ftopics%2Fcurrent-book-workout-regiment-your-doing-now%2Fposts%2F6636] i’m not reading any books or doing any exercise. [/quote] your inner life... your outer life ...

[quote=wowneat;%2Fbloards%2Fgym_AND_Book_bloard%2Ftopics%2Fcurrent-book-workout-regiment-your-doing-now%2Fposts%2F6633] current book: oblivion by david foster wallace (i'm too stupid to "get it", i'm only realizing now my inability to fully comprehend difficult story construction and allusion especially in the postmodern american english style, which i am starting to become more annoyed of than enamoured by as i have found my peers who are into literature) current workout: today is arms/upper body. going to see if the trainer girl makes my shaky and nervous bowels loose again ahha. h [/quote] read South American PoMo like Cortazar and Bolano or French pre-war literature instead of DFW u will get much more out of the experience ...american writers are typically bad and dfw is no exception ...Whitman and Melville the last greats ..maybe Gaddis ...