I may have misinterpreted it. I felt it was more about competition as a zero sum game and jealousy.
Week 3: day4+ week 4: day 1 (yesterday)
I pulled a double squat day yesterday. Partly to see if I could do it, partly to cram- I smoked it
Tier 1 squat: 1x3- 60,70,80,85,90; 3x1-95; 3x3, 2x2-90; 5x5-80, super set with 5chins
Tier 2 RDL: 5x5-70kg superset with 4chins
Tier 3 good mornings: 3x8-40kg, superset with 30sec plank and 5 chins
Leg extensions: 3x10-55lbs, superset with 20 plank hip drops, no rest between sets
Conditioning: 10x(10burpees+10air squats)
- smoked it, squats moved smoothly and it’s amazing how light 80kg felt, rest of the stuff was just pushing through- mentally quite easy, didn’t feel like quitting once. Conditioning was done in the afternoon but even then it felt like I was on autopilot
- the only annoying thing is that my tinnitus flared up and did not go away for the rest of the day after the workout.
I actually feel quite good today, although that might be because I treated myself to decaf coffee instead of herbal tea.
Updates:
- Econ research club meeting yesterday was amazing. We managed to trash Behavioural Econ, joked about plans to start an illegal venture using an offshore bank account funded by the Russian mafia for educational purposes as a way to improve the research design in the paper we were supposed to discussed, rated who looks most like a terrorist, overthrowing the club leadership then brought it back to how the conversation would lower our social credit scores. This is the stuff that happens when my friend (that one) is not there and I’m in charge
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To me its about both. That which you mention is certainly the surface level but I think that an undercurrent/implication of it all would be that others do not make for good measuring sticks, they make for good people (hopefully).
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Week 3: Day 5 (technically week 4: day 3)
I know I squatted yesterday but I was mentally pumped and my upper body was too tired to bench
Tier 1 Deadlift: 1x3-60,70,80,90,100; 2x2-105, 3x1-110; 1x5-100
Tier 2 Conventional Deadlift: 4x5-90, superset with 4 pullups
Tier 3 Split squats: 5x20/side- bodyweight, no rest
pullups: 2x5
conditioning: 50 burpees with extra squat
- a LOT easier than expected, this is such a mental win for me, focusing on bracing makes such a HUGE difference, even the conventionals didn’t feel too bad
@Voxel I thought I’d share this. Grades for a small group project came out. Apparently I performed top in the class. I’m not that stoked because most of the class didn’t really try. Also, I got a LOT of help from the TA. He’s actually the reason it’s top ranked.
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This is known as snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
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Why does it matter how others did when you managed an ace performance? It’s not like you cheated. TAs are supposed to help.
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I’m happy I aced it, but just not that excited about “winning” (winners get bonus points) because the others aren’t trying
Like “winning by default”
I scored a 7/10 before I got the TA to help. He sat next to my computer for an hour and fixed everything he thought was wrong with it. He literally did it on his computer and sent over the edited file. I ended up with a 9.8/10
With that said, he said that my idea was very original. Originality is one of the criteria.
For me, the approach I took was the obvious one
I’m confused, I thought you believed effort to be a positive?
Effort is a positive.
My point is that winning at this is akin to winning a race where the other runners are going at 50% of their max effort. You won, but winning doesn’t mean anything
So if winning by effort doesn’t “count”, when does it count? Do you have to win effortlessly for it to count?
I think you are missing the point.
What I’m saying is that for me, winning counts if MOST of the competition is also putting in effort
Of course I’m happy that I did well. It’s just not a “win”
On the flip side, I also don’t feel that great about an accomplishment if I don’t feel like I put in effort.
For example, I’m co-author on a paper. I’m happy bc it’ll look really good on my resume but I’m not that stoked bc literally all I did was spam ppl on Reddit and assign words to categories.
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Winning is winning.
“If you aren’t first, your last” Ricky Bobby
For sure. If they didn’t get their TA to help them then they’re stupid. You beat them on multiple levels @anna_5588
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My comparative advantage in any situation here is time and getting ppl to help me 
I’m also vocal and really good at looking impressive on paper
I wonder if I understand too little about how you are graded to comprehend this. Are you graded on a curve or is your submission given a grade without taking into account how others perform?
I 100% get what you’re trying to say, I’m trying to persuade you to think of it differently.
At the minute you seem to only look at your “ability” as some fixed attribute that you sometimes measure rather than a mix of different attributes that can be developed and that play into each other to make a greater competence.
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This was a unique assignment.
We take a data set and create a graph that communicates one aspect of the data. The graph is graded on originality (how you choose to slice the data), aesthetics and clarity of communication.
There are two sections of the class. The prof and TAs pick one winner from each class.
Understood
I do not see my ability as fixed. For example, I know that my R coding skills have improved significantly.
Had this been last year, I would not have been able to produce a graph at all
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Tenacity too. I really admire it in you.
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