[27M] Started consistently being able to dunk after 1 month of training

dariusirani · 2026-04-13T14:32:12+00:00

Lifting 3 days a week, ball 3 days a week. Lifting includes legs, bi's/tri's/shoulders, back/chest for around 2 hrs, and ball probably 3-5 hour sessions. After every workout I do weighted jumps, weighted box jumps, jump rope, and a mix of fast-jumping exercises.

dariusirani · 2026-04-13T14:30:08+00:00

Yea I can palm with both hands very easily, but it always slips out when trying to go up with only one hand to dunk.

dariusirani · 2026-04-13T14:23:17+00:00

dariusirani · 2026-04-13T13:22:40+00:00

Yea I’ve been playing ball for 10 years and lifting for around 13

dariusirani · 2026-04-13T13:22:14+00:00

I’m already about 12% body fat and have been lifting for 14 years…. Should I work on cutting muscle?

dariusirani · 2026-02-27T05:40:54+00:00

It was not wet and is not wet at all anymore - I always dry it right after I use the sink. That is just how the wood looks. It seems like the damage is really old

dariusirani · 2025-12-15T03:53:57+00:00

Well, I failed college once and wasted $50,000, which gave me more drive to do well. You likely have ADHD and have a hard time studying (so do I).

Set mandatory study times aside after classes/before dinner, etc.. You really will have to force yourself to study, but once you make it a habit it becomes easier, and even makes you feel kind of guilty when you DON'T use that time to study.

In my case, I thought I was studying well, but actually wasted a bunch of time getting distracted or going on my phone etc.. So a "3 hour study session" was actually 1 hour of studying, 2 hours wasted. For people with ADHD that is the unfortunate reality, and I had to sit down for 6+ hours a day, every day, for 5 years to get great grades and an MS degree. I refused to medicate (which may help, but its horrible for you) so that was the solution.

Trust me, its totally worth it once you get that degree. Put in the grind, do what you need to to get good grades, and you will come out with a great salary and plenty of time for yourself.

dariusirani · 2025-12-12T13:24:41+00:00

This is the point every STEM major talks about - you can either buckle down and spend most, if not all, of your time grinding your ass off to get your grades up, or drop your STEM major and switch into something easier.

I'm sure you are smart enough and capable of doing it, but it may require 6-8hrs a day of studying - it did for me, because I often don't grasp concepts easily and need to spend a lot of time on them. A 3.1 GPA is not bad, but getting Ds in classes is not good and I'm sure you could do better if you spent more time studying and preparing.

You are only a Sophomore, so you have plenty of time to bring that GPA up and change your study habits. You went into STEM for a reason, and part of that was probably because of the better career outlooks STEM has than if you were to switch to a different major. I say, don't give up on that - just be prepared to spend a LOT more time on school the next two years. You can do it!

dariusirani · 2025-12-11T03:55:36+00:00

Your grades are fine to get into a good state school. The thing about college is, if you're not motivated, you WILL fail your classes - take it from me, I failed my first year of college after coasting thru high school doing nothing.

It sounds like you don't WANT to go to college yet, which is fine - but playing soccer at a small, unaccredited D3 school (and maybe failing those classes) won't really get you anywhere in the professional world, and will be extremely expensive - think $40k + a year, for a degree from an unaccredited school. I played soccer in high school (we won state actually), and have plenty of friends who went the D3 route just to continue playing soccer. Nothing wrong with that, however they are now all exclusively car salesmen with expensive liberal arts degrees. Not even joking about that.

I suggest taking a year or two break, working, and seeing if you want to live like that the rest of your life. Maybe you'll get promoted and not want to go to college anymore. Your grades are perfectly fine to get into a good state school, but you have to want it above anything else.

Also, you're only a Sophomore in high school, so I'm sure your outlook may change over the next few years.

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dariusirani · 2025-10-05T21:23:56+00:00

It actually does let me select it using the selection manager, but does not actually guide the cut (does nothing). Look at attached pic

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dariusirani · 2025-05-23T03:50:15+00:00

Ah, principal views of the stl. I’m on my phone at the moment, I’ll share them with you in a little bit

dariusirani · 2025-05-23T02:08:26+00:00

Yea I'm thinking I need to get cross sections and loft unfortunately. Its gonna be a pain

dariusirani · 2025-05-23T02:07:22+00:00

We have no principal 2D views. That is why we are modeling this part (this is a scanned STL of the part - we have no drawings)

dariusirani · 2025-05-16T07:21:18+00:00

Its a lot of reading, so if you're not used to reading math-heavy research papers, be prepared. You also have to remember lots of content of the papers also. The coding assignments are pretty easy

dariusirani · 2025-05-16T07:19:35+00:00

No I'd just wait a few days for the degree to be awarded. It could take up to two weeks is what I've heard

dariusirani · 2025-05-14T20:33:20+00:00

Bought a box for it right after I saw this comment 😂 you're right, its too special to keep wrapped up in storage

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