Discipline?
Working out during finals week was always tough when I was doing my undergrad (chemical engineering), but other than those weeks or two every semester I felt I could maintain a perfectly adequate workout schedule by setting harder limits on my routine. No matter what, you need to get to bed early enough to work out before your first class, and then maintain a sufficiently rigorous study schedule such that your life won't be upset as soon as exams come around. Also acknowledge that an hour spent working out is generally more useful than an extra hour staring at your fluids homework or running drills.
And, most importantly, realize you are NOT special for being in STEM. You made a good decision but only inasmuch as you refuse to let it control you. Anyone can get by in STEM of they invest enough time--your goal will need to be to succeed without sacrificing your physical health.
Easy as frick. You have what, 6 hours of classes on a busy day and even if you study 3 - 4 hours extra that's many more hours left in the day. Plus at college everything is usually in easy walking distance including the campus gym.
I'm a Math+CS major at an Ivy and I do basically nothing but workout and edge to myself in the mirror. I need a job bad though
just go in the morning at 7. maybe 2-3 times a week
t. physics math double major
that’s because you guys are high IQ and can just look at problems once and then remember them 10 weeks later when an exam comes around, I’m average IQ and have to put in twice the study hours
the real secret of brainmaxxing is that it's all about pushing yourself to your own personal limit. nobody has it easy. the people who are smart enough to do cutting edge quantum mechanics or homotopy type theory are also working their ass off, it's just that they're so smart their limit is farther away than yours. there's plenty of work to do not just at the frontier but in the closer borderlands. if science was easy every one would do it anon!
You think you're so stupid huh? Well I don't know if you know but most normal people have a hard time with these majors.
Some classes I regularly put in ten, fifteen, god forbid even twenty hours a week working on homework and shit with my friends. Before an exam I go over all my homeworks and the answer keys. In the lab I'm not much better, I'm constantly bugging others for help and things break so easily in my hands. At the end of the day, time doesn't free itself up. You have to make time yourself. I'm sure you're busy as hell but I doubt you spend every waking hour on school shit. I'm sure you could squeeze in and hour or two every other day.
Don’t fall for the too smart trap where you think everything is predetermined by intelligence. If smart people get too lazy, they begin to fail as they’re not learning how to teach themselves or how to fail at something (which is an important skill). Not so smart people can put in a bit more work and do better than those who are smarter. Don’t push yourself too hard as this will mean you do worse
the real secret of brainmaxxing is that it's all about pushing yourself to your own personal limit. nobody has it easy. the people who are smart enough to do cutting edge quantum mechanics or homotopy type theory are also working their ass off, it's just that they're so smart their limit is farther away than yours. there's plenty of work to do not just at the frontier but in the closer borderlands. if science was easy every one would do it anon!
Not the anon you replied to
Different culture. Some people have average iqs but an engineer personality. A business major wouldnt be for them. I regret majoring in liberal arts. Im going to get a 2nd degree which will be stem.
I saw so many classmates go from pretty handsome young guys out of high school to completely letting themselves go by graduation. The college admins don't make it any easier, either. The only food available to buy in our building were day-old donuts and vending machine shit, including Mtn Dew, potato chips, and Twinkies. I was better off once I realized I was better off mentally by not eating at all than ingesting ANY of that shit.
Easy as frick. You have what, 6 hours of classes on a busy day and even if you study 3 - 4 hours extra that's many more hours left in the day. Plus at college everything is usually in easy walking distance including the campus gym.
I'm a biochemistry major and chinese language minor and I workout 4 times a week. I have my classes/labs in the morning and I go to the gym at night. I usually get enough time for studying/leisure between class and gym. My workouts are typically intense so I shower and go straight to bed as soon as I get home. I'm also not moronic so that helps with the classes.
In my case, I just never went to class or did homework. Yeah, I did the bare minimum to graduate. It took me something like 6 years but I did it and got a highly paid job immediately.
the real secret of brainmaxxing is that it's all about pushing yourself to your own personal limit. nobody has it easy. the people who are smart enough to do cutting edge quantum mechanics or homotopy type theory are also working their ass off, it's just that they're so smart their limit is farther away than yours. there's plenty of work to do not just at the frontier but in the closer borderlands. if science was easy every one would do it anon!
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that’s because you guys are high IQ and can just look at problems once and then remember them 10 weeks later when an exam comes around, I’m average IQ and have to put in twice the study hours
Are you kidding? I wish I had a fricking desk job. I'd make so much better gains and be so much better at muay thai if I could lift every morning then just sit at a desk and recover all day., or sit all day then be anxious enough to need muay thai class at the end of the day just to get energy out.
Daily reminder that if one particular activity or occupation is taking up so much of your day that you can't fit in good nutrition, socializing, exercise, and sleep, even if you love that activity, then it will slowly destroy you
Get fat: you weren't spending enough time making and eating healthy meals
Too thin / weak: you weren't spending enough time exercising
Alone: you weren't spending enough time socializing
Heart attack? Better meals and more exercise could have saved you
Diabetes? Better meals and more exercise could have saved you
Suicidal? All and any of the above could have saved you
Daily reminder that a job with an 8 hour obligation per day is antithetical to living healthily. Even if you love that job, the remaining 8 hours of the day you have available for exercise, good eating, socializing, and preparing for sleep aren't enough!
Daily reminder that our hunter gatherer ancestors worked between 2 - 5 hours per day, and that work also was good cardio and strength exercise, and good socializing; and what they got out of that work was good nutrition
Discipline?
Working out during finals week was always tough when I was doing my undergrad (chemical engineering), but other than those weeks or two every semester I felt I could maintain a perfectly adequate workout schedule by setting harder limits on my routine. No matter what, you need to get to bed early enough to work out before your first class, and then maintain a sufficiently rigorous study schedule such that your life won't be upset as soon as exams come around. Also acknowledge that an hour spent working out is generally more useful than an extra hour staring at your fluids homework or running drills.
And, most importantly, realize you are NOT special for being in STEM. You made a good decision but only inasmuch as you refuse to let it control you. Anyone can get by in STEM of they invest enough time--your goal will need to be to succeed without sacrificing your physical health.
that’s because you guys are high IQ and can just look at problems once and then remember them 10 weeks later when an exam comes around, I’m average IQ and have to put in twice the study hours
the real secret of brainmaxxing is that it's all about pushing yourself to your own personal limit. nobody has it easy. the people who are smart enough to do cutting edge quantum mechanics or homotopy type theory are also working their ass off, it's just that they're so smart their limit is farther away than yours. there's plenty of work to do not just at the frontier but in the closer borderlands. if science was easy every one would do it anon!
You think you're so stupid huh? Well I don't know if you know but most normal people have a hard time with these majors.
Some classes I regularly put in ten, fifteen, god forbid even twenty hours a week working on homework and shit with my friends. Before an exam I go over all my homeworks and the answer keys. In the lab I'm not much better, I'm constantly bugging others for help and things break so easily in my hands. At the end of the day, time doesn't free itself up. You have to make time yourself. I'm sure you're busy as hell but I doubt you spend every waking hour on school shit. I'm sure you could squeeze in and hour or two every other day.
Don’t fall for the too smart trap where you think everything is predetermined by intelligence. If smart people get too lazy, they begin to fail as they’re not learning how to teach themselves or how to fail at something (which is an important skill). Not so smart people can put in a bit more work and do better than those who are smarter. Don’t push yourself too hard as this will mean you do worse
why don't you pick a major that better suits your IQ level. You can be a business major
Not the anon you replied to
Different culture. Some people have average iqs but an engineer personality. A business major wouldnt be for them. I regret majoring in liberal arts. Im going to get a 2nd degree which will be stem.
They don't
post major
Civil Engineering
physics and math are worthless. if you don’t have time with engineering then maybe it’s not for (You)
They are good with number and like, time is numbers
> be me
> bachelors in cs
> doing masters now
> NEETbucks
> do nothing except vidya and lifting
I saw so many classmates go from pretty handsome young guys out of high school to completely letting themselves go by graduation. The college admins don't make it any easier, either. The only food available to buy in our building were day-old donuts and vending machine shit, including Mtn Dew, potato chips, and Twinkies. I was better off once I realized I was better off mentally by not eating at all than ingesting ANY of that shit.
Easy as frick. You have what, 6 hours of classes on a busy day and even if you study 3 - 4 hours extra that's many more hours left in the day. Plus at college everything is usually in easy walking distance including the campus gym.
I'm a biochemistry major and chinese language minor and I workout 4 times a week. I have my classes/labs in the morning and I go to the gym at night. I usually get enough time for studying/leisure between class and gym. My workouts are typically intense so I shower and go straight to bed as soon as I get home. I'm also not moronic so that helps with the classes.
I work out at night
if you want it you'll make it happen.
In my case, I just never went to class or did homework. Yeah, I did the bare minimum to graduate. It took me something like 6 years but I did it and got a highly paid job immediately.
I'm a Math+CS major at an Ivy and I do basically nothing but workout and edge to myself in the mirror. I need a job bad though
Ya'll living on hard mode.
I exercise whenever
I eat whatever.
hate it.
just go in the morning at 7. maybe 2-3 times a week
t. physics math double major
>finish work
>go to gym
simple as
Is that a twink?
Male or female?
Why is every zoomer a stem major? Makes me feel bad about my non stem major. Shoulda majored in it.
Are you kidding? I wish I had a fricking desk job. I'd make so much better gains and be so much better at muay thai if I could lift every morning then just sit at a desk and recover all day., or sit all day then be anxious enough to need muay thai class at the end of the day just to get energy out.
>another thread for everyone on fit to talk about how theyre a very smart stem major or work in that field making top incomes
They crunch the numbers
Daily reminder that if one particular activity or occupation is taking up so much of your day that you can't fit in good nutrition, socializing, exercise, and sleep, even if you love that activity, then it will slowly destroy you
Get fat: you weren't spending enough time making and eating healthy meals
Too thin / weak: you weren't spending enough time exercising
Alone: you weren't spending enough time socializing
Heart attack? Better meals and more exercise could have saved you
Diabetes? Better meals and more exercise could have saved you
Suicidal? All and any of the above could have saved you
Daily reminder that a job with an 8 hour obligation per day is antithetical to living healthily. Even if you love that job, the remaining 8 hours of the day you have available for exercise, good eating, socializing, and preparing for sleep aren't enough!
Daily reminder that our hunter gatherer ancestors worked between 2 - 5 hours per day, and that work also was good cardio and strength exercise, and good socializing; and what they got out of that work was good nutrition