Log In

Your email is not your username

Register

If you were a member of the old Bodybuilding.com forums and would like to reuse your previous username, you can request it below. We use your email only for registration and do not store it. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy.

Confirm your email

A registration code was sent to your email. Enter it here.

Welcome

You have successfully setup your account.

Sign in

Quick Navigation Bottom Misc
Forum » A book a week
  1. Results 1 to 13 of 13
  2. Page 1 of 1

Thread: A book a week

post 1693980273 11-27-2023, 04:18 AM
-
#1
  1. Miscgains
  2. Banned
  1. Miscgains
  2. Banned
  3. Join Date: Oct 2023
  4. Age: 56
  5. Posts: 213
  6. Rep Power: 0

A book a week

I have trouble even reading for fifteen minutes how do you guys do it? Any tips?
post 1693980333 11-27-2023, 04:21 AM
-
#2
  1. BaylissG
  2. Banned
  1. BaylissG
  2. Banned
  3. Join Date: Nov 2023
  4. Age: 56
  5. Posts: 472
  6. Rep Power: 0
What’s the point? Lol at bookies
post 1693980343 11-27-2023, 04:22 AM
-
#3
  1. TappingTheZen
  2. Everettian
  1. TappingTheZen
  2. Everettian
  3. Join Date: Jan 2014
  4. Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
  5. Posts: 12,774
  6. Rep Power: 173816
You have to enjoy it, and make it part of your routine. However, there's no point trying to force yourself to read a book a week if you're getting 0 enjoyment from it. I've averaged about 2 a week this year with little effort, because i've read stuff i enjoy reading (i.e philosophy, history etc)
post 1693980573 11-27-2023, 04:30 AM
-
#4
  1. MalibuStacyBrah
  2. Banned
  1. MalibuStacyBrah
  2. Banned
  3. Join Date: Nov 2023
  4. Age: 56
  5. Posts: 50
  6. Rep Power: 0
It could be a book in 1 months, the idea of the tight deadline is so it replaces bad habits.
post 1693981113 11-27-2023, 04:55 AM
-
#5
  1. lightsarefallin
  2. Nukem
  1. lightsarefallin
  2. Nukem
  3. Join Date: Oct 2010
  4. Location: Canada
  5. Posts: 57,269
  6. Rep Power: 504833
You have to really enjoy reading. My wife does more than that. She'll run through a thick book in a few days and then run through my thick cawk in a few minutes (nomsayin?)

I began playing video games in the later evening with my incredibly limited free time. Reading is a nice idea but I prefer games now. Whatever your preference is, really lean into it and enjoy yourself. I used to watch TV shows but I haven't done that in years.
*Look at reflection in car window and flex every time crew*
*Use half the roll to wipe after a poo crew*
*Fart in the gym and blame rotten smell on faulty ventilation crew*
*Fart at home and blame it on the dog crew*
*Watch neutron-star density poop mock me as water flushes around it and it stays put crew*
*Drive 2 minutes in the summer and back of shirt gets completely wet crew*
*Coffee black as midnight on a moonless night crew*
*Fat shame my cat on a daily basis crew*
post 1693981623 11-27-2023, 05:18 AM
-
#6
  1. theory816
  2. G-Unit
  1. theory816
  2. G-Unit
  3. Join Date: May 2012
  4. Posts: 19,458
  5. Rep Power: 43425
Depends on the book and topic.
🤴Supreme Self Esteem Crew
5'5 110lb(MIL Spec) Asian Master Race Crew
Yacht/Boat Crew
post 1693981683 11-27-2023, 05:21 AM
-
#7
  1. 100StabWounds
  2. Banned
  1. 100StabWounds
  2. Banned
  3. Join Date: Nov 2023
  4. Age: 56
  5. Posts: 321
  6. Rep Power: 0
books are for nerds
post 1693981853 11-27-2023, 05:26 AM
-
#8
  1. Bodhy
  2. Paddling to New Zealand
  1. Bodhy
  2. Paddling to New Zealand
  3. Join Date: Mar 2020
  4. Posts: 17,326
  5. Rep Power: 0
I read just under a book a week, as in, sometimes I'm not successful in getting a book read in the week. I read long books on complex subjects though.


You need to be passionate about the subject. Trying to force yourself to read won't do you any favours. What are you passionate about?
Back off, Warchild.

Seriously.
post 1693982083 11-27-2023, 05:31 AM
-
#9
  1. ProudKraut
  2. Registered User
  1. ProudKraut
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Apr 2012
  4. Location: Hessen, Germany
  5. Posts: 7,140
  6. Rep Power: 50098
Originally Posted By lightsarefallin⏩
You have to really enjoy reading. My wife does more than that. She'll run through a thick book in a few days and then run through my thick cawk in a few minutes (nomsayin?)

I began playing video games in the later evening with my incredibly limited free time. Reading is a nice idea but I prefer games now. Whatever your preference is, really lean into it and enjoy yourself. I used to watch TV shows but I haven't done that in years.
Hardly comparable, broyo. Reading books is for educational purposes, not entertainment.
post 1693982133 11-27-2023, 05:32 AM
-
#10
  1. TappingTheZen
  2. Everettian
  1. TappingTheZen
  2. Everettian
  3. Join Date: Jan 2014
  4. Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
  5. Posts: 12,774
  6. Rep Power: 173816
Originally Posted By ProudKraut⏩
Hardly comparable, broyo. Reading books is for educational purposes, not entertainment.
Why can't it be both?
post 1693984253 11-27-2023, 06:27 AM
-
#11
  1. sqal
  2. Registered User
  1. sqal
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Jul 2018
  4. Posts: 1,534
  5. Rep Power: 23613
If you find it hard to read past 15 minutes, stop at 15 minutes. The important part is to try and do it everyday until it becomes a habit.

Start with a fiction book that piques your interest, preferably something easy to read.
post 1693984443 11-27-2023, 06:31 AM
-
#12
  1. lightsarefallin
  2. Nukem
  1. lightsarefallin
  2. Nukem
  3. Join Date: Oct 2010
  4. Location: Canada
  5. Posts: 57,269
  6. Rep Power: 504833
Originally Posted By ProudKraut⏩
Hardly comparable, broyo. Reading books is for educational purposes, not entertainment.
Really depends what you read, doesn't it? It's also important to learn to wind down and consume things purely for entertainment purposes to rest the mind. If your brain is always in learning mode, you can burnout from that.
*Look at reflection in car window and flex every time crew*
*Use half the roll to wipe after a poo crew*
*Fart in the gym and blame rotten smell on faulty ventilation crew*
*Fart at home and blame it on the dog crew*
*Watch neutron-star density poop mock me as water flushes around it and it stays put crew*
*Drive 2 minutes in the summer and back of shirt gets completely wet crew*
*Coffee black as midnight on a moonless night crew*
*Fat shame my cat on a daily basis crew*
post 1694297753 12-03-2023, 07:39 AM
-
#13
  1. Bodhy
  2. Paddling to New Zealand
  1. Bodhy
  2. Paddling to New Zealand
  3. Join Date: Mar 2020
  4. Posts: 17,326
  5. Rep Power: 0
Originally Posted By lnvictus⏩
0. Know thy enemy - which is your phone. Not only it prevents you from having productive habits like reading, it also keeps you distracted from pretty much everything.
1. Read first thing in the morning. Don't take your phone with you when you poop, read on your tablet/kindle/physical book instead. I got bathroom book collection of weird facts, italian/French to English visual encyclopedias, etc. This habit is a gamechanger. somehow it wires your brain for additional reading throughout the day.
2. Read half hour before bed.
3. Audiobooks are your best friend during WFH or during commute.
4. Pick up often. Every pocket you find pick up book/audiobook instead of your phone
Actually, my phone facilitates massive amounts of reading for me. It's like having a little library in your pocket. I couldn't do anywhere near the amount of reading I do without it.
Back off, Warchild.

Seriously.
Quick Navigation Top Misc
Bookmarks
Digg.com
Digg
del.icio.us
del.icio.us
Stumbleupon.com
StumbleUpon
Google.com
Google
Facebook.com
Facebook
Posting Permissions
  1. You may not post new threads
  2. You may not post replies
  3. You may not post attachments
  4. You may not edit your posts