The Buffer
Man's Search for Muscle
Discussing philosophical concepts that can apply to fitness and physique development
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Apr 11, 2026
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Episodes
Pragmatism vs idealism 30.12.2020 13:21
Is one preferable to the other in the fitness world?
What does it mean to be a man 29.12.2020 35:57
What does it mean to be a "man" or a "real man"? Also my cat ran away.
Why being oppressed is currency 23.12.2020 14:13
A discussion about the oppression Olympics, white privilege and toxic masculinity (aka horse shit)
The quickest and easiest way to build muscle 22.12.2020 16:35
How we can be more efficient with hypertrophy and physique improvement
Revisiting mentorship 21.12.2020 10:17
Follow-up discussion about being a mentor
Overcoming the 2 biggest obstacles 17.12.2020 29:10
Getting past the midday lull and not being satisfied. My blog: https://shawnthebuffer.wordpress.com/
The Warrior - and daily farmer walks 07.12.2020 16:15
A little bit about the book On Combat plus my new habit of doing farmers walks every day
Change "have to" into "get to" 31.10.2020 21:08
Mental reframing technique of the day derived from the Daily Stoic book
Jeff Cavaliere (athlean x) using fake weights? 30.10.2020 13:02
I guess I'm late to the party here, but having just seen this, here are my thoughts on the situation... Probably different than you'd expect!
Another day another Muslim terrorist attack 29.10.2020 20:19
What causes this?
Stop being a coward! 29.10.2020 11:56
Practical advice on how to take on a courageous personality rather than a fearful one.
One key to improve results 28.10.2020 6:11
For fitness and training there is really one thing you can focus on that will vastly improve results....
Review of Sean Nalewanyj 27.10.2020 16:44
Content review of Sean Nalewanyj
Stoic bodybuilding 26.10.2020 22:46
Blog post: https://shawnthebuffer.wordpress.com/2020/10/08/stoic-bodybuilding/
Why are we so divided? 24.10.2020 23:06
Like ants in a jar we seem to be at one another's throats these days. Why is that?
How socialism works 09.10.2020 16:04
A bit off topic, but interesting discussion about socialism and how it relates to fitness
The unreachable horizon of conditional happiness 08.10.2020 5:17
Trying to adjust our aims so they are in harmony with our nature
Sustain and Abstain 07.10.2020 8:04
According to Epictetus these are the two keys to philosophy, and they also seem to be the two key words for #health and #fitness.
Cut the puppet strings that bind you 06.10.2020 12:43
Another mediation from Marcus Aurelius and also Epictetus. How to utilize this idea for #health and #fitness
Bodybuilding - momentum 05.10.2020 12:23
Marcus Aurelius quotes along with other philosophical and physiological ideas about using "momentum". #dailystoic #fitness
Superman training for Halloween 04.10.2020 6:19
The next goal on the way to making progress....
What if you don't have a "why"? 01.10.2020 6:33
How to keep on track with goals when you don't know why they're important to you
To juice or not to juice? 26.09.2020 13:59
Should you use steroids... A very difficult dilemma to consider
The power of gratitude in times of tragedy 23.09.2020 30:19
Continuing my series on tools by Phil Stutz - using grateful flow to get through hardship
Carl Jung's shadow philosophy - how to incorporate/integrate it 17.09.2020 20:59
A little bit more philosophical today as we talk about the archetype of the shadow to go further into to work of Phil Stutz and Barry Michels (tools)
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