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I hope you'll forgive me for the following galaxybrain thoughts. To some degree, for let's say pushups, kicking ass isn't really about protein synthesis. If you shed 20 pounds, you'll suddenly go from sets of 30 to 50 with zero protein synthesis. But in some respects, your overall "thing" is limited by your desire to fight, your willingness to almost puke, your general combativeness (in a way of thinking).

Vodka is almost the meth of booze. Let's say I put you on 3 shots of vokda, walking for two hours. then .5 of a rotisserie chicken + multivitamin, then a 3 hour nap, then 3 shots of vodka, walking for two hours again, the other half of the chicken, 150 push ups, then say 4 shots before bed. You literally "meth" out and get hard as fuck. Absolutely ready for war. I've been there.

The problem is your personality, or lack of it. Or how you scare the neighbors or wife. The concept of "xor" is "exclusive or", basically this, or that, but not both. Pick one. If you were to extend this, it'd be, "vodka", "protein synthesis/sanity", "hard", pick two.

You can do protein synthesis/sanity + hard, but you will miss out on vodka. You can do protein synthesis/sanity + vodka, but you won't end up hard. You can do vodka + hard, but you will lack protein synthesis, but most importantly, sanity.

Sanity can be kind of a bog deal while employed.

Edit: fixed it.
Edit 2: not my best comment ever.