instead do bench press one day

deadlift other day

then 1 day rest

then again

overhead

then squat

and rest

etc

I am not lifting weights much at all right now

career too intense

instead I am just doing calisthenics but being really hardass about it

military mindset

in the rest day you can introduce exercises withouth much weight, such as dumbells, boxing, pull ups

I go in phases of lifting vs nonlifting

but I am always working out hard

whenever i got injured in gym it was always due to lack of focus

which is as a rule due to bad sleep or having drinked previous nights

even though i injured myself only lightly 2 times in a span of 2 years

overstreched muscle, fixed with massage

basically, i drift away with my thoughts while working out, then i start doing pull ups and "pumping" my way through repetitions withouth taking care to descend and pull myself up without excessive, erratic motions

when my joints are most worn, I do isometric calisthenics

they are brutal but very easy on joints

if I had to boil it down to one sentence, the key to making calisthenics not gay is to do isometrics

holding half a push up for 5 minutes is infinity times harder than just doing 200 of them

and less taxing on joints

before retiring

my secret to developing self-confidence in combat

it really does approach weight lifting levels of hardassness if done right

strenghten your forearm !

yeah

I do grip exercises every pull day

what are you, military? MMA? boxing?

I'm sort of self-taught in boxing for years

boxing

Though I'm looking towards possibility of learning a proper martial technique

what does that mean

"proper martial technique"

Boxing is done within confined set of rules which are excellent to learn striking properly

But are not as applicable to real life as other techniques

you genuinely believe boxing is not as applicable to real life as some martial art from asia?

on what basis do you believe that