"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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Is it possible to increase strength, mass and endurance at the same time?

dudewut

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Usually 1 or 2 of these things will take a back seat when you focus on just a few aspect

I want to be able to max out and fly through USMC OCS' physical part as well as have more stamina in boxing

However I also want to get bigger

how do people in sports like boxing go up in weight class? They gain mass while training for endurance
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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Alle_Gory

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You can and you can't. Good news is, with weight training you gain some endurance and lots of strength anyways. With endurance training you gain some strength and lots of endurance. It's not all separated.

Doing anything will benefit. I say work on endurance first, then you work on strength. You can't work your muscles hard enough to grow if you can't finish your workout.
 

dudewut

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I think if we do wanna gain all three, we need to do what heavyweight boxers do
 

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dudewut said:
Usually 1 or 2 of these things will take a back seat when you focus on just a few aspect

I want to be able to max out and fly through USMC OCS' physical part as well as have more stamina in boxing

However I also want to get bigger

how do people in sports like boxing go up in weight class? They gain mass while training for endurance
Add endurance training to your routine, and eat more to compensate for the lost calories.
 

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It is possible to an extent, however its rare to see someone become Advanced/Elite at all three.

Eventually you have to pick a direction.

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My squat suffered when I was doing lots and lots of cardio, I tapered back on cardio and my strength exploded.
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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Speaking from experience, you can't make substantial stamina gains without sacrificing a lot of strength/muscle. Pick one or the other. If you're just trying to survive, I'd take stamina over strength, so long as you've got enough strength to pull your bodyweight around.
 

dudewut

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Falfa said:
Speaking from experience, you can't make substantial stamina gains without sacrificing a lot of strength/muscle. Pick one or the other. If you're just trying to survive, I'd take stamina over strength, so long as you've got enough strength to pull your bodyweight around.

Fair enough. I was just wondering how heavyweight boxers did it.

I mean, they have stamina AND strength, as well as size
 
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