Stamina Issues

[TheSaxRunner05]

My hands gradually get worse the longer I play, after thirty minutes of playing 8's+ I cant score for crap anymore, does anyone have anything special they do to build stamina or do you just play a lot?

Also, after a while, my thumbs start bending out instead of curling in like the usually do, making them bump into each other, and it distracts me, anyone else get weird glitches like this in their hands after awhile?

[dragonmegaXX]

Re: Stamina Issues

My hands gradually get worse the longer I play, after thirty minutes of playing 8's+ I cant score for crap anymore, does anyone have anything special they do to build stamina or do you just play a lot?

Also, after a while, my thumbs start bending out instead of curling in like the usually do, making them bump into each other, and it distracts me, anyone else get weird glitches like this in their hands after awhile?

For stamina building do long songs with lots of stream with little to no breaks.

Depending on your skill level this could be songs like AAA (9), prefect cherry storm(11), Strangeprogram(11), or god forbid... Pants ._.

[PrawnSkunk]

Re: Stamina Issues

For your skill level, try practicing stream files, like:

Tension
Over The Frail Dream
{Blaze}
Inferoplex
{Rose}
AAA


(iirc, I believe they are all 9's)

[Magicturbo]

Re: Stamina Issues

At our skill level, would it be unwise to attempt stuff like Strangeprogram?

[dragonmegaXX]

Re: Stamina Issues

At our skill level, would it be unwise to attempt stuff like Strangeprogram?

Oh, if youre in D2, then probably yeah. I mean, you wouldnt get a very good score at all, but I suppose all the wrist flailing and keyboard smashing could improve your stamina....
Maybe

[who_cares973]

Re: Stamina Issues

You always want to do stuff that's just beyond your reach

[hi19hi19]

Re: Stamina Issues

Stuff that's hard to FC if you want to work on speed...
Stuff that's hard to SDG if you want to work on PA...
Stuff that's hard to AAA if you want to work on losing your sanity...

[Andrew Mitchell]

Re: Stamina Issues

dumbell wrist curls (light weight nothing heavy) 5000 reps a set (do a set in the morning and one in the evening)

finger tip pushups 2709 reps a day (1 rep for every arrow in max forever)

[dragonmegaXX]

Re: Stamina Issues

dumbell wrist curls (light weight nothing heavy) 5000 reps a set (do a set in the morning and one in the evening)

finger tip pushups 2709 reps a day (1 rep for every arrow in max forever)

This

[psychoangel691]

Re: Stamina Issues

I used to use SM dumpfiles, gained speed and stamina that way and I was a D2 player at the time when I did this. It's painful for a while, but once you adapt to it then come back to FFR your stamina is like through the roof lol.

[xThai]

Re: Stamina Issues

play stepmania, that's how i got all my stamina and fingerspeed. :3

[Magicturbo]

Re: Stamina Issues

play stepmania, that's how i got all my stamina and fingerspeed. :3

But what exactly do you play in Stepmania? There are so many sub-par songs from what I've seen or played. It didn't seem like I was getting any better =/

[dragonmegaXX]

Re: Stamina Issues

I really dont like stepmania, and I only use it to test songs that I plan on using on ITG.

[dragonmegaXX]

Re: Stamina Issues

Relax your arms. Let go of any strain that is in your wrists, and play comfortably. At first, you might lose some of your PA, but in the long run, you will have no stamina-issues at all. You will be able to play Pants (when you are good enough) over 100 times (please don't) without getting tired.

At first, you might lose some of your PA, but in the long run, you will have no stamina-issues at all. You will be able to play Pants (when you are good enough) over 100 times (please don't) without getting tired.

You will be able to play Pants (when you are good enough) over 100 times (please don't) without getting tired.

You will be able to play Pants (when you are good enough) over 100 times (please don't) without getting tired.

Orly?

[hi19hi19]

Re: Stamina Issues

Relax your arms. Let go of any strain that is in your wrists, and play comfortably. At first, you might lose some of your PA, but in the long run, you will have no stamina-issues at all.

This is great advice and will get you through anything FFR can throw at you.

The only issue comes when you have to vibrate, which in turn forces you to tense your muscles.
Vibrating stamina files are another beast entirely, thankfully FFR only has one of these files (vRofl)