time off

[lost!!]

gotta take about 2 months off cuz of exams and revision. i can do the occasional workout. but overall will this affect me in a negative way?

[Pork Pie]

Yep - you'll lose everything you have worked for.

What are these exams? Surely they aren't as important as powerlifting?

[rabn21]

Its a double whammy really its not only what you lose when you are taking the break but the time it takes when you get back just to get back to where you were already!!! Thats the bit I hate.

Use your training as a break from revision. Its not healthy to lock yourself away in the library or your room for days on end revising. The breaks will help you focus on what you are trying to learn for short productive sessions.

[jamwithtupac]

gotta take about 2 months off cuz of exams and revision. i can do the occasional workout. but overall will this affect me in a negative way?

what sort of exams are these, gsce, a levels? I was still training during the exam period! what I did though was start revising early and not at the last minute, so when it came nearer to exams I was confident, and could still train, I cut training down to twice a week, but kept eating the same. If you live at home with family, my mum often will cook lots of food, so I find it easy to eat every 3 hours or so, and have enough time to revise.

[Craig_Harris]

I train harder during exam periods. I find its a good way to relax and clear the mind.

[Matt Pipe]

I've never missed a workout for exams.. but i agree with jam, just get yourself organised and you'll be fine.. although i'm never organised and leave everything to the last few days.. :S

also if your mum doesnt want to cook for you just get like 6 chicken breasts on a baking tray and stick them in the oven whilst you eat breakfast.. got food all day then

[jamwithtupac]

I've never missed a workout for exams.. but i agree with jam, just get yourself organised and you'll be fine.. although i'm never organised and leave everything to the last few days.. :S

also if your mum doesnt want to cook for you just get like 6 chicken breasts on a baking tray and stick them in the oven whilst you eat breakfast.. got food all day then

I cant wait till I go home on Friday/Saturday, I cant do proper revision on campus halls for some reasno but find it easy back at home, time goes by so quick at uni for some reason. Matt, you ready for exams soon? Lol, i need 40% to pass to 2nd year, still think I could flop though

[Matt Pipe]

haha no where near ready.. but thats always been the case with me, i get away with it for some reason.. touch wood! whens your first one? i've got the 12th 15th 16th and 20th nah you'll get 40% with your eyes closed dont worry about it. I cant concentrate anywhere mate!!

[jamwithtupac]

haha no where near ready.. but thats always been the case with me, i get away with it for some reason.. touch wood! whens your first one? i've got the 12th 15th 16th and 20th nah you'll get 40% with your eyes closed dont worry about it. I cant concentrate anywhere mate!!

firsts on 13th may, then 20thmay, then i think 20 suminth may, then last ones on 29th may, exams in this order are biosphere, genetics, cell biology, biodiversity. Wrote notes out, realised once I got the exam paper that the lectures notes are just crap, and so am just going to practise the past papers and hoepfully pass that way. Why cant we have txbooks at uni, well annoying!

thing with me is I cant get away with it, I do literally have to work hard, I flopped AS levels, and was close to dropping out of school, but worked my ass off in 2nd year and got decent grades in the end.

[Martin Flett]

Being physically fitter will make you more mentally alert and therefore better able to study and sit exams - plus it'll stop you subconsciously moping about the training you should be doing as you supposedly study. Imo structure your schedule to include at least three gym visits a week. There's 168 hours in a week. Surely you can set aside four or five of them for something other than studying and sleeping?

[cuntos]

I have never missed a workout for a gay excuse like exams*. If you're not serious about training then why not give up and just watch telly instead? For fuck's sake man! Also, what kind of question is (and here I paraphrase somewhat), "I am going to be a pussy for two months and skip training. Will I get weaker?" That has to rank with questions like, "I am going to drink loads of beer, will I get pissed?" and "I am going to nob a minging fat bird. Will I regret it in the morning?" The answers to all of these questions are a resounding YES!!!!!!

And as Craig said, training is great cos it's helps you to clear your mind and provides a different kind of stress!

* I also didn't miss a drinking session for an exam either. I was sitting on the amphitheatre at uni getting a bit lash on and I saw someone from my course walking past with a clear plastic bag with pens, etc in it. I asked them where they were going and they said they'd got a particular exam. I laughed and commiserated with them, before realising I'd got the same exam too. And I'd already had about six pints - lol!

[Matt Pipe]

haha you were a "proper" student then cuntos?! :)

what you make of the gentics jam? i did a biology gentics module last year as an elective.. kind of found it a bit boring to be honest, too many peas and mice!!

[jamwithtupac]

haha you were a "proper" student then cuntos?! :)

what you make of the gentics jam? i did a biology gentics module last year as an elective.. kind of found it a bit boring to be honest, too many peas and mice!!

If thats what you define as a proper student, dont think you get them here at my uni, theyre all sensible here ;)

genetics is hard, I got D grade in a genetics booklet of which I copied 3 of my good mates here, who happened to get Bs. I copied them word for word, though my work was messy, but still it doesnt make sense, dam moderators.

And genetics- load of crap, hate the module, its really hard as well, dont enjoy it at all.

[cuntos]

You reckon you're sensible and yet you copied your mates VERBATIM?!!!! I'm surprised you got any marks at all - lol!

[Matt Pipe]

me too actually.. we get all our essays/coursework run through a program called turnatin which cross references the work with books/internet/all students work that has been run through the program etc etc to check for plagerism..

[jamwithtupac]

me too actually.. we get all our essays/coursework run through a program called turnatin which cross references the work with books/internet/all students work that has been run through the program etc etc to check for plagerism..

Ummmm, yeah I know they do that for coursework, but these booklets were part of the practical work, so most people copy each other anyway.

Cuntos- I didnt say Im that sensible, any opportunity I get to copy someone I take, its not what you know, its who you know, remember that.

[Matt Pipe]

and knowledge is power.. remember that..

[jamwithtupac]

and knowledge is power.. remember that..

is that actually a saying, or you made that one up?

[Matt Pipe]

Sir Francis Bacon..

I want to hear how 'lost!!' is going to justify leaving the gym for a whole two months..

[jamwithtupac]

Lost, if you take 2 months totally off training, that shows you are just the average joe who goes to gym for a social life, and doesnt take it seriously. If you was serious you wouldnt take 2 months off, you would work around the gym, and base revision around the gym. Sure, revision is the most important thing atm in a lot of young peoples life, same with me, but I still train, and base the revision around the training.

[Matt Pipe]

surely it would be better advise to base training around revision :D either way you can still do both like jam says..

not sure what exams you're doing but i managed 3a* and 7a's at GCSE and 3 a's at A level without missing a day in the gym; it can be done!! :)

[lost!!]

hhmmm, i suppose i could fit a couple of hours in. the exams are next month, theyre A-level exams btw, the last ones i'll ever do for the rest of my life!!!!:D
and i've got to do a hell of alot of revision for biology because i need to get a half decent grade. So i was just thinking if i've got time for any real, serious lifting work. but i guess 2 hours a week would be alrite. And and i could always do some lifting in between my revision as a kind of break as suggested by rabn 21.

[jamwithtupac]

surely it would be better advise to base training around revision :D either way you can still do both like jam says..

not sure what exams you're doing but i managed 3a* and 7a's at GCSE and 3 a's at A level without missing a day in the gym; it can be done!! :)

Nah Matt, its better advise to base the revision around the training, training shouldnt be hard, if you base revision around training you'll always make excuses not to go, during a level 2nd year I was crazy, I use to revise from around 10am -12 midnight everyday so like 14 hours revision, which included gym training and meals every 3 hours, I literally did nothing else but revise! but I had to come up from c d e as level grades as I flopped bigtime, All worked out well in the end for a levels though

[jamwithtupac]

hhmmm, i suppose i could fit a couple of hours in. the exams are next month, theyre A-level exams btw, the last ones i'll ever do for the rest of my life!!!!:D
and i've got to do a hell of alot of revision for biology because i need to get a half decent grade. So i was just thinking if i've got time for any real, serious lifting work. but i guess 2 hours a week would be alrite. And and i could always do some lifting in between my revision as a kind of break as suggested by rabn 21.

p.s. Lost, A levels are piss easy compared to a degree, and doing a science degree especially like me and Matt is crazy hard, just a bit of advice lol

[Ian Watkins]

It may seem a poor comparison, but i work an average of 12 hours every day. I still get my four lifting sessions a week in the gym and 30 mins on heavy bags on friday for cardio. If im honest, some days after a shift I could just get in my car and go home. But you got to work thru it. Without exception. no matter how tired I am when I get in to the gym, I always feel on top of the world when i come out.

Point is, there is always a way to train, should you so desire

[suffolkmike]

it depends on how passionate you are about your lifting? but if you did take 2 months off you could get it back in another two months of training, it is not that difficult to get back to where you were before you had that break! i know this because i have done it lots of times over the years . but also there are 24 hrs in a day and you could find 1 hr 3 times a week to do some lifting. doesnt matter what time you train , its that you do train thats the key! its a personal desicion mate.

[cuntos]

Ummmm, yeah I know they do that for coursework, but these booklets were part of the practical work, so most people copy each other anyway.

Cuntos- I didnt say Im that sensible, any opportunity I get to copy someone I take, its not what you know, its who you know, remember that.You implied I wasn't sensible though ;) The tutors probably saw the work was the same and reasoned (correctly) that it was you who was guilty of plagiarism - lol!

When you are out in the real world you might well get a job based more on who you know, but unless you actually know some stuff (especially if it's a job in any way related to your degree discipline), you won't last very long.

Lost!!: Don't worry about your A-levels. Sure they're important, but keep training and don't get uptight about them. And if you DO fuck them up it's seriously not the end of the world.

[Martin Brown]

Lost!!: Don't worry about your A-levels. Sure they're important, but keep training and don't get uptight about them. And if you DO fuck them up it's seriously not the end of the world.

Yeah Cuntos, fuck A levels and train hard instead!

Nothing should get in the way of your training, if you have a half-assed attitude at your age your gonna be fucked in the real world! What if your job says you have to work all day - you gonna bend over and take it?

Fuck the system. Andy B ditched his job to be the greatest DL'r on the planet, follow in his footsteps dont even bother turning up for exams, or if you do i'd spend the quiet time to plan out a very nice 12 week training program to hit some new PB's

Martin

[cornelius parkin]

Drop your training to 2 times per week if you do it right you will still gain power.
Exams always comes first but think through your day i bet with a bit of planning there are two sessions per week you could slot in.

[Doc D]

Absolutely essential and utterly beneficial to keep training (cf. the amusingly (?!) altered maxim in my signature). It is not, however, the time to be pushing for new bests in the gym. Use it as an opportunity to unwind, release stress, etc., and try to keep all thoughts of work at bay. Trying something different (new movements, unusual set/rep schemes, etc.) will help you to avoid making direct comparisons with your best performances under optimal circumstances, and will still be of physical benefit. Your body will profit from the period of sub-maximal effort, but without becoming deconditioned, and you will be able to make fast progress when you return to your usual training.

A final thought: you should have another 50 years or so of training ahead of you, and only 1 chance at your exams. Quod erat demonstrandum.

[cuntos]

Trust Doc D to spoil it all by giving sensible advice...

[gerthebear]

i think Doc D and corneilius are right. exams come first. for the sake of 8 weeks just cut the training back, go for the odd run at night and unwind a bit. depending on what you want from life, exams can sometimes become a deciding factor. i can understand some people wont agree, it's down to yourself at the end of the day. this just happens to be how i feel on the subject

i did my xmas exams, and was still able to go on and PB at the irish champs january 27th. and i did quite well in the exams.

[jamwithtupac]

It all depends how dedicated you are towards studying, if you can revise solid, training at least 3 times a week shouldnt be a problem at all! How many hours do most people on here study for an exam? Most hardcore people I know say around 5 hours a day, say 2 in the morning, 3 in the evening, I bet you can fit gym time of 1.5hours in there.

Revise solid when you do revise, and try to work quickly and efficiently, then use the gym time as the reward. Then after gym back to work.

To be honest, lost, you have study leave, so you have so many hours in the day, I seriously dont see how you cannot find the time to go and train. I did during my a levels and I got mostly A's, B's in my A2 level exams.

[Martin Brown]

It all depends how dedicated you are towards studying, if you can revise solid, training at least 3 times a week shouldnt be a problem at all! How many hours do most people on here study for an exam? Most hardcore people I know say around 5 hours a day, say 2 in the morning, 3 in the evening, I bet you can fit gym time of 1.5hours in there.

Revise solid when you do revise, and try to work quickly and efficiently, then use the gym time as the reward. Then after gym back to work.

To be honest, lost, you have study leave, so you have so many hours in the day, I seriously dont see how you cannot find the time to go and train. I did during my a levels and I got mostly A's, B's in my A2 level exams.

On a serious note it depends how dedicated you are to training AND studying. If you have decent time management skills there isnt any reason whatsoever that you should miss a session. There are plently of hours in a week, and realistically you will not study for more than a few a day - quality time.

Set yourself two-to-three hour slots for studying and get your head down and do some work. Its too easy to bullshit ourselves that we are trying when really sat there book open listening to music or TV on in the background as a distration. Same with the gym, give yourself 90 mins to train and eat etc then on with the program.

I stayed on to do a Masters degree just so i COULD spend time training!

M

[pkpit]

take the time off to revise. training can take a back seat for a little while, dont not do it all together, its not like your revising 24/7. you take the nights off, train, chill out etc
just treat it like uni, revise 9-5, then do your own thing.

[jamwithtupac]

I would honestly say training has changed my life, before training, I was close to dropping out of 6th form, I would say the work is too hard to my mum etc, then I took up training (though it was bb style), realised how much dedication I needed for it, thought I might as well put this hardwork into my studying as well,
in A2 year, pretty much had to retake 50% of my AS level modules on top of my A2's, brought my extremely poor grades from AS to way above what I expected. Revised rediculously, 10am-12 midnight everyday during study leave, literally went nuts.

Probs the greatest achievement of my life to be honest. So no excuses haha (to Lost)

[gerthebear]

yeh good points jam. i have found i can study better when i train because there is more structure in the day. e.g i train @ 5 so i HAVE to study in the am up to 4pm and then do an hour after training. as opposed to winging it or putting study off till the evening when im less productive lol

[cuntos]

I stayed on to do a Masters degree just so i COULD spend time training! Same here - lol! That and chase after girls...

[jamwithtupac]

Same here - lol! That and chase after girls...

Did you get many girls at uni Cuntos?

[SOTB]

Did you get many girls at uni Cuntos?
Do you think Jeremy Spake pulled many girls on Airport?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38113000/jpg/_38113278_jeremy_spake150.jpg

[cuntos]

Lol @ SOTB! I've already explained that I generally look like a slightly fatter and camper version of Spake (sadly with greyer hair now too), but that's an awesome picture!

[cuntos]

Here you go. A picture of Spake with a couple of nice girls AND he's wearing a Santa hat like me - lol!

http://images.radcity.net/5899/2207581.jpg

[Martin Brown]

Same here - lol! That and chase after girls...

I had to beat them off with sticks....

[Matt Pipe]

Here you go. A picture of Spake with a couple of nice girls AND he's wearing a Santa hat like me - lol!

http://images.radcity.net/5899/2207581.jpg

Haha did you spend the whole 1h23mins between your two posts looking for that?! :)

[robbo]

I find at uni when I've got more work to do, be it revision or essays, I train better and more often. Not sure if that's because I find it a good way of taking a break, or whether I am just keen to avoid doing work :rolleyes:

[VINNY]

I find at uni when I've got more work to do, be it revision or essays, I train better and more often. Not sure if that's because I find it a good way of taking a break, or whether I am just keen to avoid doing work :rolleyes:

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