max effort
Holding nothing back
Max effort describes giving everything you have to a task—holding nothing back.
The phrase comes from weightlifting and athletic training, where it means lifting the heaviest weight possible or pushing to complete exhaustion: That last set was max effort.
It's spread into general use for any situation demanding total commitment: This project needs max effort from everyone.
- intenseExtreme in degree
- going hardExerting maximum effort
- pushingApplying force to move
- limitMaximum allowed extent
- no holds barredWithout rules or limits
grind · hustle · sweat · white knuckle · strain · exhaustion · overdrive · full-throttle · pedal to the metal · full send · grinding · dig deep · relentless · all-out · peak · burnout · determination · grit
- overexertionoverwork, burnout, overtraining, straining, overdrive
- HIIT ExercisesHIIT, Tabata, interval training, burpees, box jumps
max effortzero effort
no effort · low effort · coasting · bare minimum · going through the motions
max effortmailing it in
Performing without genuine effort
apathy · indifference · laziness · token effort · giving up
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