Give lifting up for now?

oldredder · 2017-12-16T13:35:33+00:00

studying is always #1 not lifting - if you blew the university/career thing just once it's most likely a permanent downgrade to your lifetime income. Lifting can be resumed later. IDEALLY you should figure out a way to study and lift, like have someone help read to you while you're lifting even if you have to pay them or do favors of some sort

Conor_Niggregor · 2017-12-16T13:36:26+00:00

If the gym were really important to you, there is NO WAY you would have been able to "give up on" lifting for 6 months. I sell digital marketing to attorneys and surgeons; there's a shit ton of work I need to do. But after taking 2 or 3 full days off to focus on sales/prospecting so I could enjoy Christmas to the fullest, I just HAD to go to the gym because it was always in the back of my mind.

Because it's like Joe Weider told Leroy Colbert: "Leroy, if you don't train, you'll be just another nigga." Obviously, you don't mind that. So focus on your bullshit ass studies so you can get into the time-suck that is University.

Westernhagen · 2017-12-16T17:04:27+00:00

168 hours in a week. 56 hours for sleep leaves 112 hours of being awake. Don't tell me you can't afford to spend 3 or 4 of those hours lifting, because that's bullshit. You still have over 100 hours left over to study.

zuhbooze · 2017-12-16T15:52:55+00:00

Why is the gym all or nothing? You can't fit a few hours of lifting in your weekly schedule for maintenance?

Balance is the key to life, and though I stand by studies being more important than lifting as a whole, the gym still holds particular value in each man's schedule. You're stressing about it. Is that stress worth not lifting for? Only you know.

fnordsnord · 2017-12-16T17:04:32+00:00

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ATrashMan · 2017-12-16T17:08:40+00:00

Learn time management skills

LordThunderbolt · 2017-12-16T18:24:07+00:00

Calisthenics

catalisto · 2017-12-16T20:11:00+00:00

Gym takes like 2 hours max. You really going to be studying 24/7 LOL?

Plus the natural endorphins will help with the stress. Sounds like you're rationalizing your lazy behavior.

PraiseBasedDonut · 2017-12-16T13:47:46+00:00

Studying is #1

I'm in the same boat as you , however i found the solution by not going out in the week and just focus on lifting and studying. So you can create some time for yourself in the weekend but don't leave studying or lifting completely in the weekend.

Luckylancer96 · 2017-12-16T13:54:31+00:00

Study, try not to gain weight and walk in open air regularly. 2nd and 3rd are optional. Walking under sky reduces anxiety for some people.

beta_no_mo · 2017-12-17T05:53:00+00:00

You can't spare four hours a week? I guarantee you waste that much time on the internet.

Stop being a pussy.

ConsumingImpulse · 2017-12-18T06:53:40+00:00

You can do all the essential lifts (squat, deadlift/rack pulls, bench press and overhead press and still with time for some lat pulls and cable rows or something) in as little as thirty mins, maybe fourty, if you're time efficient and compact with the workout. You don't need to be in the gym for two hours at a time.

vudewNL · 2017-12-16T13:37:23+00:00

Lifting should be #1 Studying #2

Everything else is #3,4,5 etc

Title	Give lifting up for now?
Author	LeMishu
Upvotes	0
Comments	19
Date	December 16, 2017 1:11 PM UTC (8 years ago)
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