It’s not just about programming. Nutrition would have to change to match. And, unfortunately, I have ZERO idea how I would work your nutrition to meet your goal of not gaining a single ounce of bodyfat through the accumulation process, which limits programming selection as well.
Week 3: Day 4 (yesterday)
10 min easy kickboxing
Overhead carry: 3x20m/arm-35lb Db
10 min easy kickboxing
Z-press: 3x5/side-30lb db
Rows: 4x8-75lbs, superset w/12 lying leg raises
- this is a
Week 3: Day 5
Squat: work up to 200 for a double 
; 2x2-200, 5x3-195lbs
lying leg raises: 8x15
Front squat: 3x5-135lbs, beltless
KBS: 3x10-28kg
deadbugs: 3x10/side
Goblet squat: 30-10-30, 40lb db
ski erg: 2 sets of 4x(40sec hard+20sec rest)
good morning: 3x15
- hell of a workout, really pissed at how the squats went
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That’s how I’m (still) feeling about my squats, and I haven’t increased my TM in quite awhile!
But hey, at least you’re crushing your deadlift—I’m basically just surviving mine.
Also, I haven’t forgotten about editing my previous post—“one of those days” has turned into “one of those weeks.”
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Apparently I’ll create a new post instead.
I can relate, but in this way: The thing I regret most about my academic experience is losing sight of the importance of pleasure reading. I was a double-major (mathematics, political science) at a 4-year liberal arts school, so the topics I was required to study were broad, and even included a non-trivial amount of coursework in the humanities, including classical literature. I was certainly exposed to lots of great stuff I would not have read otherwise, but I simply read more for pleasure as a kid than I ever did after heading off to college.
And it didn’t get better in grad school: not only was pleasure reading not a thing, but there wasn’t much time to enjoy many of the topics in which I was still interested. Or rather, I felt like there wasn’t time. But that’s my second regret about my academic experience: I was in a big hurry to finish.
There are a number of reasons for that, but the point here is this: don’t make the same mistakes I did. Read for fun (even if it’s still “academic” somehow), and milk grad school for all it’s worth—don’t be in a rush to finish: Life as an adult will still be waiting for you on the other side.
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Thanks for getting back to me!
Aside from academic papers and textbooks, I definitely stopped reading for the most part after high school. I should get back to that. I spend a lot of time listening to podcasts and that has actually been incredibly useful when connecting with profs.
I recently found a collection of papers on the economics of marriage. Can’t wait to sit down with that after next semester, especially since I will have learned all the tools to fully understand it
Definitely. I’m more or less doing it for fun. If I really enjoy academic research that much, I might even do a postdoc instead of jumping into industry research straight out.
Note: I’d ideally like to get an academic position, but with the way the job market is looking for the current grad students in my department, my chances are slim realistically speaking
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@Andrewgen_Receptors @twojarslave
Continuing inflation conversation. I know that I’ll be fine (bc of my parents) but I feel so anxious. every time I see prices, I want to cry and it puts me in a foul mood for the rest of the day.
What should I do…
@dagill2 @hustlinghat93
How are you guys holding up? From what I understand, things in the UK are worse that in the US
I try really hard not to let things that are outside of my control bother me. Why let yourself be bothered by things that you have no real control over?
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Pretty much this, yeah. It’s too easy to get sad or upset about stuff.
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Well, as someone living in SoCal, i can almost promise you that you’ve yet to see the worst of it. I paid 6.35/gal to fill up on gas yesterday and most red meats and fish have been over 10$/lb since the beginning of the pandemic.
There’s nothing you can do to stop inflation, aside from doing your part by voting with your brain. But what you can do is alter your diet to accomodate if it’s specifically groceries that are your concern.
Ive been broke before (who hasn’t?) where chicken breast was too expensive so I’d get chicken thighs and every meal tasted the same. I could’ve thrown in some variety by not eating so much protein, but i had priorities.
I’ve worked 14 hour shifts while enlisted, which started at 4am unit PT… the only option i had to make extra cash was to ‘donate’ plasma and work a 2nd gig as a bouncer from 10pm-2am just for gas money, just to do it again the next day.
I’ve also had times where i had no savings and was out of work for 2 months without pay and i had to care for my recovering wife (long story) and daughter with no support system… i still had bills that needed to get paid, so RIP 401k. Lucky me, when i got back to work (and desperately needed a break), my only option was to work 12 hour shifts trying to regain lost moneys.
These are things people will do to get by - and respectfully, i don’t believe you are even close to “selling bodily fluid level broke” (this is a good thing lol). By no means were either of my situations the worst in existence - they could be one-upped a thousand times over… we still had a roof over our heads.
What this does mean though, is that you’re getting a glimpse of how massively stressful adult life (‘adult’ meaning out of college, and full financial responsibility of yourself) is. Getting worked up about inflation is going to do nothing to help you, your finances, or inflation. Money comes and money goes, sometimes you want to spend it and other times you don’t. The only things you can do about it are (1) choosing not to get worried about it, (2) keeping your finances in order ahead of time, and (3) voting for people with a sound economic stance.
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I am spending under the assumption that inflation will continue and supplementing this with bitching about dumb policies and politicians on PWI.
Other than that, go outside. Have some fun with other young people.
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Everything @twojarslave said.
As a long time Brit, i’m a bit of an expert on whinging and moaning so pro-tip: Venting is fun and cathartic sometimes, just don’t take it too seriously and let it ruin your day.
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To be honest I am coping fine. I have been in worse situations money wise before (broke as broke can be) and currently as much as inflation and prices suck I am not struggling to support myself (hope I did not curse it!)
I don’t have any kids, this has not messed up my hopes of buying a house any time soon (wasn’t happening in London soon anyways) and tbh I just avoid worrying about things completely out of my control.
Worrying about money in my opinion is the worse stress, except terminal illness or death of loved ones, a human can go through day to day so I don’t see any reason to induce that stress if I am not there yet.
@dagill2 what part of the UK you at?
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I’m down on the sunny sputh coast, near Brighton. We get all the joys of paying London prices, but without actually having to live in London. Plus, we have seagulls.
@magick @twojarslave @Andrewgen_Receptors @dagill2 @hustlinghat93
Thanks for the insight guys
Maybe I should reconsider UCSD 
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La Jolla is fucking awesome.
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yeah… It’s not just my top choice bc Gneezy is there…
Oh my goodness yes. Such great food too.
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I looked him up and saw that he’s an Economics professor. What do you not like about him?
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It felt like the ultimate location to retire in/spend your college years at.
Unfortunately didn’t get to enjoy the local food much because I was in economically uncertain times and the family had medical issues, but I do distinctly remember going to Roberto’s Taco every time we’d go on a weekend morning trip to Torrey Pines.
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oh, I think you misinterpreted.
He (and his colleague Dr. Serra Garcia) is one of the main reasons UCSD is my top choice school