Yeah, I expect this crash / correction / recession, whatever it is going to be called when it is over to last a few more months same as you. At the same time, interest rates aren't the only thing that is going to affect the market. The tariffs are going to hurt a bit for a little bit of an adjustment period. Many are focusing on Mexico, Canada, and China, but the reciprocal tariffs on every other country is going to cause some temporary pain that I expect to last a little longer keeping volatility high. I kind of expect a bull trap soon. I have been watching the charts and see them playing the pump and dump game on some of my stocks over and over throughout patterns that retail investors can't drive. I have capitalized on a few of them to make a little money on the way down.
I am buying now, everything is on sale and I will keep buying back in at lower prices. I have almost got my bigger positions back up to my targets for holdings at cheaper prices. So I have already profited on those trades a bit for when things come back up. Also doing some diversification into some more stable investments. I was playing catch up from not having put anything into it when I was younger so making moves while I still have 15 years left to get the cash up. All of these are in my 401k, I don't really have much cash in the market outside of my 401k. Anyway, for right now, the math is mathing for me to be in a better position on the way back up. The bottom line is you have to know what you are willing to gamble with, and willing to take the losses or missed gains if you are doing any swing trading. I am of the belief I would rather have the money I need, or not have enough to hurt my chances with being on assistance if needed. Nothing like being in that middle position where you can't get help but don't have enough to live well anyway. So I have some catching up to do which requires a bit of aggressiveness to get enough for my goals. Especially when the market is correcting. As they say millionaires are made during the crashes. I don't expect to be one any time soon, if at all. Hopefully I can bump my previous levels on some of my holdings by 10-20% through buying the dips I might have a chance by the time I retire. I figure I have 5 years to keep taking calculated risks to do the job. We will see. So I am dollar cost averaging during this time, and doubling down when we hit a projected low. Unfortunately I waited a little too long and didn't sell as close to the top as I would have liked but it was still high enough to see a pretty good profit on the way back up from buying back in 10-20% lower. Of course if things were to launch now, I would lose a little of the profit on the way back up but also a lot more of my money will be in more established less aggressive stocks. So it will be less volatile. Will it work we shall see, is the juice worth the squeeze, I think so, and hope so.
Well you could do both, he had a chest and bench session earlier this week do another one. Alex Kikel had me training bench and squats on the same day during my meet prep and it worked out well for me. On heavy chest we did speed or an alternate squat stance, and on heavy squat day we did speed bench. I definitely wouldn't have him try to go for a PR on chest Saturday, he just hit a failure attempt and if he grinded for it his CNS probably needs a little more time.
I don't think the guy was saying that baseball was a lesser sport, just that he is perfectly suited for that sport, probably based on his ability to learn the skills quickly, and his natural explosiveness. Big strong thighs and shoulders, alongside natural explosiveness is excellent for the sport. Plus one HUGE benefit is he would be competing with far less competitors for a college scholarship. There are way more good baseball players than shotput guys. Which makes getting a scholarship in baseball harder. That being said he may be perfectly equipped for baseball as well, but if he is willing to abandon it, then it is not his passion.
