Different goals and ends. Trying to turn them into a workout very much defeats their purpose.
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Unless of course your purpose is to burn 2000 calories in 10 minutes.
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Which, for these, it’s not. It’s just about getting in daily reps and getting blood flowing first thing in the morning.
It would be like someone trying to speed meditate.
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Week 10: Day2- easy day
55min weighted walk- 25lbs, took it easy
- slept absolute crap. muscles ready to push it, but REALLY tired, felt a lot better after
- Won’t be doing weighted walks anymore since I’ve realized it’s really hurting my posture
@cyclonengineer Absolutely bombed my diff eq midterm today. an OPTIMISTIC 65/100 (the exam is out of 100 points). 2 or the 4 questions were easy, the other two were borderline impossible. None of the practice problems or even practice exam problems came close in terms of difficulty The class seems to agree with me. The exam will be curved at some TBD level. I can expect an optimistic 75- 80% depending on the curve. 
@alex44938 take this as a warning
Given that I’ve gotten B’s on multivariate calc and linear algebra, getting another B will seriously jeopardize my chances of even getting into an econ phd program, much less succeed. I also have probability theory and 2 real analysis courses ahead of me…\
I’ve been doing fairly well on homework, but it takes me 2-3x as long to complete as many of my classmates. I also constantly have to ask my friend for help. Diff Eq is supposed to be one of the EASIER courses
Note: Diff Eq has been a thoroughly enjoyable course and the professor is amazing
65% will likely be the average score. all of my advanced math classes were curved up.
Some jerk will always ace it no matter what and mess up the whole curve.
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My parents were once those jerks… I can’t relate 
As I’ve echoed before, GPA is nowhere near the most important factor in PhD admissions. I can almost guarantee that my GPA was worse than yours will be by the time you apply, which is saying a lot because you still have a very long time left.
Not trying to be stereotypical, but I am not surprised. Let’s just say it wasn’t the other dudes from the Midwest acing the test.
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I asked my professors about this and they said that overall GPA isn’t the most important, but grades in math classes apparently matters, especially for Stanford- my “dream” program
The most frustrating part is that I actually put in significant effort. Even my parents, who always criticize me for not taking math seriously, agree
Great, and I’m over here struggling for a fucking 4.0 in HS lol
Is diffeq come after multivar?
Preconceived ideas are bad etc, but they did come from somewhere haha
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multi is calc 3, diff eq is more or less calc 4
“Intermediate microeconomics”, Economic II or some permutation of that is basically multi comprised exclusively of econ based word problems (the lack of trig and vectors is refresing)
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Why is Stanford your dream program? No offense, but I highly doubt you’ve dipped your feet in the waters sufficiently at this point to know what programs are the best fit for you. I had awful grades in courses relevant to my major, and the only reason why my GPA wasn’t even worse was that I took courses in many other subjects that helped boost it. Your performance in an undergraduate math class has little to no bearing on your capacity to perform high-quality research.
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Amazing econ program (including behavioural/experimental), nice weather, good name, so doing stuff in China won’t be an issue
Definitely true
probably true. I’m worried that struggling in 'EASY" undergrad math courses doesn’t bode well for grad school when I’ll be taking multiple courses more mathematecally difficult than the most difficult undergrad math courses in a single semester while simultaneously working on research, working as a TA and potentially another job. Very possible I’m overthinking though
By no means is Diff eq easy. Honestly if you can make it through this course you can handle any math course.
The only other tricky thing I had in math was a graduate probability course that included combinatorics.
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Yeah, you need more time and experience to know what you actually want/need. I don’t recommend picking out graduate programs at this stage or in the way you have chosen. Classes in a PhD program do not matter nearly as much as you think unless you put forth an effort to fail them.
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Week 10: day3 (yesterday)
1arm push-ups: 1x10/side, 1x9/side, 1x6/side
kB carry: 90m-45lbs+40pushups+90m-45lbs+40 push-ups
3x(20pushups+800m easy run)+10min cooldown walk
- has to make up the push-ups so did a quick easy one, push-ups harder than expected but still managed to eek out a good top set
- kB carry not too bad- killed grip, the handle on my 45lber is quite thick and my hands are tiny
- pushup run combo got hr up- haven’t run in a while so harder than expected. I guess I’m a bit out of shape so I’ll be doing more running moving forward. It does piss my knees off a bit but I don’t have many other options. Breaking up running with other movements should help.
Week10: day5
5x(6kbs-45lbs+6shrimp squats/side-25lbs+6rdl/side-45lbs)-90sec rests
10x(20sec step ups+20sec lunges+20sec rest)-25lbs
Pistols: 3x3/side-11lbs w/3330 tempo
- knees and glutes a bit pissed going in but felt better after warmup, quite a “fun” workout- not as hard on cardio as last week’s but harder for legs, which is the point
- probably could have done another set of pistols, but would have needed a lot longer rest- no time
Note: I’ve forgotten to weight myself these past couple of days, but between ribs, being blocked up and being on the water retaining part of hrt, it’s probably at least 2lbs up
Weekly checkin
pic:
Weight: 95.6
- eating digestion was absolute shit this week. High sodium and stress all week
- seriously blocked up for a few days, better today but still not 100%
- on the water retaining part of my hrt
With that said, I’m pretty sure I’ve put on weight since I’ve been in this situation before and my weight’s never been this high. I should be happy, but I doubt much of it is muscle.
Looks like “1900” is a fair surplus for me,
Note: I’ve noticed that I’m getting less diligent with tracking, which is a very concerning. My sugar intake has also been out of control so I’ll reign that in moving forward
@Voxel it’s really messing with my head Idk how I’m going to get through thanksgiving and Christmas…
Anna: you are smarter than this.
When you stopped tracking diligently, you FINALLY start realizing your alleged goal of getting bigger and stronger. Your conclusion then is to stop doing the one thing that has finally allowed you to reach your goal.
You either need to be honest about what your goal really is or you need to keep using this successful approach.
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This type of mindset is very dangerous for me. I’m one of those ppl who’s likely to get sloppier over time. Once I get used to an intake level, cutting even 100kcal feels like “deprivation”. Unlike you, I struggle with emotional eating and have a bad habit of “justifying” more food even though I’ve hit a calorie target and am very full (I’ve tested)
I really like your approach of standardized meals, then adjusting based on goals.
I’ve largely implemented the system, but We also get occasional “surprises” from the family friends and there’s the “grill nights”.