[quote]jasmincar wrote:
It has been my experience so far that people make university look so much harder than it really is. It has been my experience that they dumb down everything for the retards.
One thing I will say to you: people talk a big deal but really everyone is weak and don’t work/do half of what they say. Don’t stress out so much.
I have the time to do everything I want. I would even have the time to do it twice +wasting time on this forum.[/quote]
You do realize that law school/grad school is a wee bit different than college, dont you? [/quote]
You have your reality and I have mine. I will never tell on a public forum what I study and where but the general opinion is that what I am studying is harder than law and that my school is the hardest one around and blablabla. So far I think it’s a joke.
Anyway the fact that you or I find something hard or easy or that you are a genius and I am a dumbass is irrelevant. I just hate when those institutions (or any) act like everything pass by them and that they are the shit. They are a joke, at best an instrument people use to fight each other.
[quote]jasmincar wrote:
It has been my experience so far that people make university look so much harder than it really is. It has been my experience that they dumb down everything for the retards.
One thing I will say to you: people talk a big deal but really everyone is weak and don’t work/do half of what they say. Don’t stress out so much.
I have the time to do everything I want. I would even have the time to do it twice +wasting time on this forum.[/quote]
You do realize that law school/grad school is a wee bit different than college, dont you? [/quote]
You have your reality and I have mine. I will never tell on a public forum what I study and where but the general opinion is that what I am studying is harder than law and that my school is the hardest one around and blablabla. So far I think it’s a joke.
Anyway the fact that you or I find something hard or easy or that you are a genius and I am a dumbass is irrelevant. I just hate when those institutions (or any) act like everything pass by them and that they are the shit. They are a joke, at best an instrument people use to fight each other.[/quote]
Thats good that you are succeeding in your schooling. Kudos.
But are you big and lean/very strong? And did you accomplish any of that while in your difficult school program? If not, your opinion doesnt really much in a thread like this. Plenty of geniuses exist that can rip up difficlt subjects but this thread is about do that AND making progress in the gym.
[quote]jasmincar wrote:
You have your reality and I have mine. I will never tell on a public forum what I study and where but the general opinion is that what I am studying is harder than law and that my school is the hardest one around and blablabla. So far I think it’s a joke.
Anyway the fact that you or I find something hard or easy or that you are a genius and I am a dumbass is irrelevant. I just hate when those institutions (or any) act like everything pass by them and that they are the shit. They are a joke, at best an instrument people use to fight each other.[/quote]
They have top schools in Quebec?
Law school’s not exactly brain surgery, but if you go to a school where your skill level is relatively close to that of your peers, the cards sort of imply that things are gonna be rough. Some people whose talent levels were undermeasured for whatever reason (or the people who take scholarships) might find it to be an easier experience, but most people find it to be pretty damn challenging.
I graduated law school two years ago. Graded onto the law review and finished damn close to magna cum laude.
I never once missed a workout. Not for finals, and not even for the bar exam. I went to bar review at 9am, left around 1, then hit the gym after.
The course load can be intimidating at first but it is entirely doable. There is no reason why you can’t get in a 1 or 1.5 hour workout each day. In fact, you will probably benefit from it not only physically but mentally as well. Whenever I go to the gym I coudln’t focus on life problems even if I wanted to because i’m too focused on my workout. This is a great way to escape for a little bit for some “me” time.
[quote]privatemedical wrote:
I was very strong in law school and worked 20 plus hours a week while carrying a full load of classes. you can find time to train hard and go to school. how many hours a week to you need to train?
its after law school that you need to worry about training. if you work at a firm (big law) that requires 2200 or more hours, you can sort of forget about training.
if you are like many graduates and cant find a job after you graduate, you will have lots of time to train in betweeen occupy protests.[/quote]
QFT.
I had to switch to morning workouts eventually. One of the best decisions i’ve made as far as work-life balance is concerned.
That is my question how is Law school harder than real life as an adult? I worked 60+ hours a week, went to school full time, for undergrad and grad school, got remarried, got my kids 3 days a week, coached all the kids soccer, baseball etc Still lifted or ran, minimum 3 days a week. Did take a few years off for injury but not out of choice.
[quote]MeinHerzBrennt wrote:
I graduated law school two years ago. Graded onto the law review and finished damn close to magna cum laude.
I never once missed a workout. Not for finals, and not even for the bar exam. I went to bar review at 9am, left around 1, then hit the gym after.
The course load can be intimidating at first but it is entirely doable. There is no reason why you can’t get in a 1 or 1.5 hour workout each day. In fact, you will probably benefit from it not only physically but mentally as well. Whenever I go to the gym I coudln’t focus on life problems even if I wanted to because i’m too focused on my workout. This is a great way to escape for a little bit for some “me” time. [/quote]
Yeah but what are you doing about your fried CNS? Have you seen multiple doctors to cure it?
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
That is my question how is Law school harder than real life as an adult? I worked 60+ hours a week, went to school full time, for undergrad and grad school, got remarried, got my kids 3 days a week, coached all the kids soccer, baseball etc Still lifted or ran, minimum 3 days a week. Did take a few years off for injury but not out of choice. [/quote]
It definitely isnt harder. No question there
But it’s different in the sense that the competition is so intense that while youre lifting weights 4-5 hours a week you know there are people using that time to study. It crosses your mind no matter what. But I learned quickly that theres always a way to do more and theres always something you can eliminate from your life to allow more studying. But then youre left with only school and I’d shoot myself before that happened. Its just a mental hangup that a student needs to get passed, IMO.
For jobs that employees are competing against each other to generate profits it’s similar. And for people running their own businesses. But many jobs have a finite amount of work to be done. Thats how I see it, at least.
[quote]jasmincar wrote:
Anyway the fact that you or I find something hard or easy or that you are a genius and I am a dumbass is irrelevant. I just hate when those institutions (or any) act like everything pass by them and that they are the shit. They are a joke, at best an instrument people use to fight each other.[/quote]
Thats good that you are succeeding in your schooling. Kudos.
But are you big and lean/very strong? And did you accomplish any of that while in your difficult school program? If not, your opinion doesnt really much in a thread like this. Plenty of geniuses exist that can rip up difficlt subjects but this thread is about do that AND making progress in the gym. [/quote]
I am not big and lean/very strong yet but I manage to make progress in the gym while attending school. Also don’t take my opinion seriously because it doesn’t matter and never will.
[quote]Spidey22 wrote:
Derek, Dixie, and CC: I was only half serious about this being depressing. It’s just I recently made my mind up and committed to a major change in order to become a lawyer (I’m only in my 3rd semester of college)Since then, I’ve made the decision, a lot of my peers have basically shit on it, saying law school is horrible, the amount of money I’ll make won’t be worth the money I’ll make, yada yada. So reading some of the posts, especially on the it potentially being a bad career move in today’s economy. It’s not making me change my mind or anything, there’s just been a lot of ‘negativity’ that seems to have come when choosing this career path
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Eh, we’re seeing classmates with $100K in debt who either 1) can’t get a job; 2) can’t get a job that pays well enough to service the debt; or 3) realize they hate lawyering but have to keep doing it to service the debt. If you really want it, you should do it, but keep your eyes open.[/quote]
I spent about 5 hours with our family lawyer last week dealing with my 20 year old son and his problems. This guy has been a lawyer for over 30 years and has a solid clientele base in medicine and business owners in Texas. He was commenting on the state of affairs in being a new lawyer, and it sounds like a very saturated market.
However I will say this, people can excel in a saturated market if you are a top 1% type of person. Dont let internet warriors talk you out of anything.
But I would listen to PMPM on two things, Legal and lifting heavy. [/quote]
Well idk about the top 1%, but I’ve always been naturally smart, head and shoulders above my peers with a lot less effort… And I’ve ALWAYS been successful when it’s something I care about it put effort into… so I maybe I’ll be that 1%. lol
[quote]MeinHerzBrennt wrote:
I graduated law school two years ago. Graded onto the law review and finished damn close to magna cum laude.
I never once missed a workout. Not for finals, and not even for the bar exam. I went to bar review at 9am, left around 1, then hit the gym after.
The course load can be intimidating at first but it is entirely doable. There is no reason why you can’t get in a 1 or 1.5 hour workout each day. In fact, you will probably benefit from it not only physically but mentally as well. Whenever I go to the gym I coudln’t focus on life problems even if I wanted to because i’m too focused on my workout. This is a great way to escape for a little bit for some “me” time. [/quote]
But knowing this can be a plus. Let’s say if you want to break a PR, and that tomorrow just happen to be a big exam, then knowing that studying too hard can take a toll on your fatigue level, then you might move the workout to the day after the exam. That way you get to study harder today, and work out harder tomorrow.
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I mean, most of your post is just theoretical bullshit but this takes the cake.
the goal should be to set a PR everyday.
you dont NOT try just because you THINK you may not get it. Fuck thats the pussiest thing Ive ever heard of. You go to the gym, do your workout, if you dont hit your goal you try again next time. What youre doing isnt ‘training smart’ its called making excuses.
analyzing such a simple concept as being a student and lifting weights in the same lifetime is causing you to not see the big picture. I hope that changes. For your sake. [/quote]
“Setting a PR everyday” doesn’t apply the same way for everyone in every situation.
If you are an Olympic lifter training professionally, it’s needless to say that it’s impossible. They time and plan their work outs and cycles ahead and only Max out on days when they are the freshest and when they FELL and THINK that that particular session will give them the best chance of hitting PRs.
If I want to break a “small PR”…let’s say one more rep on the curls during assistance exercise, then I might go in and have the mind set of doing that every time I do an assistance curl because that isn’t as taxing as trying to break a 1RM PR (a “big PR”) on the squat.
Setting a goal of breaking that second type of PR as a goal for EVERY training session is just downright retarded. Timing your PR attempts isn’t being a pussy or making excuses, it’s just the right way to train.
I never said anything about trying to “train smart”. I used to train pretty retarded and did try to set PRs every work out and then I backed down and LOOKED AT THE BIG PICTURE because that just wasn’t working. (unless you are a newb who can effort it)
But knowing this can be a plus. Let’s say if you want to break a PR, and that tomorrow just happen to be a big exam, then knowing that studying too hard can take a toll on your fatigue level, then you might move the workout to the day after the exam. That way you get to study harder today, and work out harder tomorrow.
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I mean, most of your post is just theoretical bullshit but this takes the cake.
the goal should be to set a PR everyday.
you dont NOT try just because you THINK you may not get it. Fuck thats the pussiest thing Ive ever heard of. You go to the gym, do your workout, if you dont hit your goal you try again next time. What youre doing isnt ‘training smart’ its called making excuses.
analyzing such a simple concept as being a student and lifting weights in the same lifetime is causing you to not see the big picture. I hope that changes. For your sake. [/quote]
yes I am the hipster phagot on that website. But I am also this guy when I have my clothes on:
so don’t act like I’m a lazy, excuse-theoretical making pussy who is scared of attempting PRs.
[quote]digitalairair wrote:
trying to break a 1RM PR on the squat.
Setting a goal of breaking that second type of PR as a goal for EVERY training session is just downright retarded.
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No bodybuilder or powerlifter does this.
Youre creating nonsensical hypotheticals.
But after seeing some of the stuff on your website I cant say that surprises me. [/quote]
I’m sure a lot of powerlifter plan their PR attempts ahead of times. Unless you are on roid and or is following Westside programs.
I can think of a dozen powerlifting based programs that go by percentages where the lifter doesn’t go in and try to max out EVERY TIME. Seriously who can, and does do that beside newbs?
[quote]digitalairair wrote:
it’s just the right way to train.
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Lol
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Training as hard as you can for a particular work out with the right plan ahead of time is what i mean by “the right way to train”. THat might imply a PR attempt at some work outs and not others. Your body just won’t be able to break PRs every single workout.
How do you train? Are you actually gonna tell me every time you go to the gym you try to max out and break a 1RM PR?
[quote]digitalairair wrote:
trying to break a 1RM PR on the squat.
Setting a goal of breaking that second type of PR as a goal for EVERY training session is just downright retarded.
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No bodybuilder or powerlifter does this.
Youre creating nonsensical hypotheticals.
But after seeing some of the stuff on your website I cant say that surprises me. [/quote]
I’m sure a lot of powerlifter plan their PR attempts ahead of times. Unless you are on roid and or is following Westside programs.
I can think of a dozen powerlifting based programs that go by percentages where the lifter doesn’t go in and try to max out EVERY TIME. Seriously who can, and does do that beside newbs?
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WHO THE HELL SAID ANYTHING ABOUT ATTEMPTING A 1RM PR EVERY WORKOUT? Certainly not I. I never said anything about maxing out, either.
I can see that youre not understand what Im saying. Thatll be all from me here.
Youre either confused as to what Ive been saying or you just dont get it, to put it nicely.
[quote]digitalairair wrote:
trying to break a 1RM PR on the squat.
Setting a goal of breaking that second type of PR as a goal for EVERY training session is just downright retarded.
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No bodybuilder or powerlifter does this.
Youre creating nonsensical hypotheticals.
But after seeing some of the stuff on your website I cant say that surprises me. [/quote]
I’m sure a lot of powerlifter plan their PR attempts ahead of times. Unless you are on roid and or is following Westside programs.
I can think of a dozen powerlifting based programs that go by percentages where the lifter doesn’t go in and try to max out EVERY TIME. Seriously who can, and does do that beside newbs?
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WHO THE HELL SAID ANYTHING ABOUT ATTEMPTING A 1RM PR EVERY WORKOUT? Certainly not I.
I can see that youre not understand what Im saying. Thatll be all from me here. [/quote]
You said “breaking a PR”. While you didn’t say anything about whether it’s a 1RM or not, you didn’t say it wasn’t either. And I implied in a previous reply that it means different things to everyone in different training sessions. Maybe you didn’t say anything about a 1RM
but even just a 1 rep PR on an assistance exercises on every workout attempt is pretty hard.
