APAD: Pushing the envelope

Meaning:

Pushing any type of boundary.

 

Background:

This phrase comes from the aeronautical industry where the envelope refers to

the safe performance limits of an aircraft - the envelope is the collection of

curves that describe the maximum performance of an aircraft.

 

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To improve, one has to push the envelop. But there is a catch.

 

In deadlift, for example, one does not train to failure by shooting for a

personal record every day or even every week.

 

Just show up and lift with good form the amount of weight and

the number of reps, exactly as planned. Trust the process and keep the

discipline. The gains come quietly and one would enjoy their training and is

unlikely to get injured.

 

One pushes the envelop but takes care not to break it, and keeps on pushing.

所有跟帖： 

• 想到了擦邊球：）） -衛寧- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2023 postreply 09:21:45

• which I'm really bad at :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2023 postreply 09:41:10

• Do you have a try to push the envelope? :)) -衛寧- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2023 postreply 09:54:31

• Sure. And lots of scars to prove it :-))) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2023 postreply 10:03:50

• 標題上是不是打漏了一個字母e? -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2023 postreply 10:10:01

• You are right! Thanks and fixed. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2023 postreply 10:54:06

• "One pushes the envelope but takes care not to break it, -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2023 postreply 10:14:19

• and keeps on pushing." Thanks for the right pushing! -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2023 postreply 10:15:31

• Charles Lindbergh, American aviator,,,,,, -移花接木- ♂ (632 bytes) () 12/01/2023 postreply 11:03:42

• Great story. Welcome back! -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2023 postreply 11:32:00

• Great story. Welcome back! - 7grizzly - -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2023 postreply 11:58:17

• 占位點讚 ：） -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2023 postreply 11:17:23

• 造句：Let's push the envelope to improve English in 美壇 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (325 bytes) () 12/01/2023 postreply 17:24:59

• until everyone‘s envelope gets fat:) -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2023 postreply 22:04:17

• 挑戰極限 -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2023 postreply 08:50:39

• 學習了 -ToClouds- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2023 postreply 14:02:57