[stevegalla]

Two fitness principles: - Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands (SAID) - Training blocks / periods / cycles / waves

What are you trying to accomplish with C++?

If you’re looking to have a better command of syntax, then do advent of code or something aimed at that. If you’re trying to implement algorithms in C++, get an algorithms book and implement them in C++. If you’re trying to get better at designing and architecting C++ code, look at good implementations (easier said than to find).

What ever you practice, that’s what will improve, so it’s best to align that with your goals and work backwards.

Athletes tend to have different phases of their training. Some periods of pre-season training, season, post-season where there may be a greater emphasis on things like strength, endurance, power.

I think building is good, but there must be some other phases too. You can’t just build all year or else you might get stuck in a local maxima. So, there should be phases of learning, building, refining. Again, aligned with what your end goal is.