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, I know this is a joke but I'm gonna use this as an excuse to rant lol I used to be a very heavy user of preworkout, like went 6-7years without taking more than a day or two off a month (besides maybe occasionally on vacation were I'd do half-a$$ed lifts in small hotel gyms or if i got any more sick than a common cold). For me going to the gym was the first thing I wanted to do in the morning, and if I didn't wake up with enough time to go before class I'd go right after class, it was something looming over me to get done throughout the day and I knew if I waited till night when I was deep in studying I'd skip a lift (blasphemy). So shifting to night lifts during dedicated has been interesting, i knew if I wanted to fall asleep before 5am I couldnt take a midnight preworkout. So essentially my workouts have gone to shiz, usually 30mins-45mins long compared to the old 1.5-2hrs long. Some nights I just do cardio for 20mins as the gyms on my way home, watch a youtube video on the tredmil, and unwind before going home to crawl in bed.
I apologize meant to say test early August
Still depressed with you haha wish I could have a four to five week dedicated and take it in June but it is what it is
I don’t wanna be a Debby downer but you have way less free time 3rd year haha. I’ve been having a hard time finding time to study and go to the gym. But I’m also on surgery so I’m hoping it gets better. But yeah the no more sedentary lifestyle definitely helpshahaha
It honestly sucks, but I dont just blame late nights and lack of preworkout. Ever since med school became a thing that was constantly on my mind no amount of preworkout could fix the lack of energy being put into my workouts. I was constantly thinking "ah gotta finish up so I can get to studying", night workouts sorta help with this as its the last thing I do in the day but now its just transitioned to "ah gotta get home to get to bed". I started to realize this over last winter break were I almost got back to my pre-medschool shape. Combination of having something constantly looming over my head that I needed to go do (looking at you anki) and being seated for 90% of my awake time, is not good for my health lol. My schools hardest course in the spring combined with boards after that have just made my workout go further and further downhill to the point that it feels like I just show up at the gym to cross it off my checklist for the day, go through the motions and leave.
I think third year will help with this, not having weekly exams to worry about anymore. Plus no more being sedentary for 90% of the day anymore yay!
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It honestly sucks, but I dont just blame late nights and lack of preworkout. Ever since med school became a thing that was constantly on my mind no amount of preworkout could fix the lack of energy being put into my workouts. I was constantly thinking "ah gotta finish up so I can get to studying", night workouts sorta help with this as its the last thing I do in the day but now its just transitioned to "ah gotta get home to get to bed". I started to realize this over last winter break were I almost got back to my pre-medschool shape. Combination of having something constantly looming over my head that I needed to go do (looking at you anki) and being seated for 90% of my awake time, is not good for my health lol. My schools hardest course in the spring combined with boards after that have just made my workout go further and further downhill to the point that it feels like I just show up at the gym to cross it off my checklist for the day, go through the motions and leave.
I think third year will help with this, not having weekly exams to worry about anymore. Plus no more being sedentary for 90% of the day anymore yay!
Thats fair haha, surgery and OBGYN will definitely be rough months from what I've heard haha. It may be hospital/preceptor dependent because most of the third years at my school said their life got so much better in 3rd year. But they may have been on easier months like psych rads and gas when they said that haha. I'm definitely not expecting a cake walk, but at this point I'll take human interaction and walking around over solitude and chair locked (I'll probably take this back when I hit surgery though, good luck out there friend
)hahaha heck yes, undergrad years were some of the best lifting years. Nothing better than ego lifting without throwing out your back and hitting the cafe after for some good old fashion dirty bulking
I start out in OBGYN next year. They are just chucking me straight into the fire haha hopefully they take it easy since its my first rotationThats fair haha, surgery and OBGYN will definitely be rough months from what I've heard haha. It may be hospital/preceptor dependent because most of the third years at my school said their life got so much better in 3rd year. But they may have been on easier months like psych rads and gas when they said that haha. I'm definitely not expecting a cake walk, but at this point I'll take human interaction and walking around over solitude and chair locked (I'll probably take this back when I hit surgery though, good luck out there friend
I'm not going to give you false hope, I will just pray you make it to the other side. Good luck, and may the obgyn gods have mercy on your soul...
technically my school is the same way and we dont have our official schedules until july, but since I already paid for summer semester tuition I'm able to see the credits I was enrolled for on the university website and impatient IM showed up as one of my classes along with our like 10ish credit "board prep" ""class"" and transitions class we get to pay 15k to take this summer 🙂 i wish some of that went toward the costs of actual board prep...
No lie I had to check the weather app to see if it actually did thunderstorm today, apparently yes! haha sup fellow classmate hope all is well 😎
nothing tops brody thats for sure! something like the largest non-military cafe in the US i think
Yup going from 40 q in one hour to 46-50 in one hour five minutes plus no breaks for 4 sections in a row sucked..
which rapid review deck are you planning on using?
Damn...is this what the NBMEs do to you? haha
there are quite a few options. I wasnt sure if there was a recommended one.
That’s what I’ll do too. Hopefully they come out the way I want them to haha
What is up with these NBMEs? lol
take this with a grain of salt since ive only done nbme 22 and uwsa1 but i thought that uwsa1 was crazy easy (40 point difference) relative to 22 or even a random uworld block. aside from a few detail-oriented things, everything in uwsa1 i had already covered within the first 25% of uworld questions - a few images are even repeated which make them free points.
Yep. very hard to find any data - im seriously not putting much stock into the new nbmes. will be happy to break 240 on them before i transition to uwsa2/free120/18
I’m trying for 25-30+ so we’ll see haha I’ve heard it’s doable if you really grind
holy ****. The burn out is real, I am dreading the fact that i moved my test late from tomorrow to friday. I also feel like I have forgotten everything i knew about anything.
Think this definitely depends on ur baseline and how strong your foundation is that you haven’t yet learned to apply.
Seriously though. I legit thought I was going to roll a 20% on my UW block today. Felt like I knew nothing. Turned out pretty much right in my average of late but still. I ended up not able to move my test up because of my eligibility window 🙄 Hoping I don't completely forget everything in the next 2 weeks.
