How do I improve my stamina?

**FirstMaple8** · 07-13-2016, 12:00 AM

ive been trying to improve my stamina for a while and i'm wondering if any of you have any tips?

**igotrhythm** · 07-13-2016, 12:06 AM

Play consistently dense files until your arms burn.

Repeat as needed.

**remedy1502** · 07-13-2016, 01:45 AM

more like repeat forever

**MooMoo_Cowfreak** · 07-13-2016, 08:56 AM

Play these packs:

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...d.php?t=133223

Playing songs that challenge you yet you are still able to pass is a great way to improve.

**MikeShinoda12345** · 07-13-2016, 08:56 AM

The methods to improve stamina and to get carpal tunnel are one and the same

**HeZe** · 07-13-2016, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by FirstMaple8

ive been trying to improve my stamina for a while and i'm wondering if any of you have any tips?

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V-Ormix · 07-13-2016, 09:44 AM

This idea of having stamina isn't so much a question of acquiring a "thing" more than conditioning yourself to make optimal usage of the stamina you already have.

In my own experience I found that having confidence in my ability to hit some thing more than it just being a theory motivated me to try harder things, because clearly, if your not doing the best things you could be doing, leveraging you're existing stamina and expanding on it from condition is going to be a much harder process.

try not to tense and use lighter key taps ect. feel your fingers drop my like hammers !_! and try to resist shaking or unneeded motions in your playing that make your effort go to waste rather than transferring that energy and momentum back into your playing.

**Dinglesberry** · 07-13-2016, 11:07 AM

Play faster patterns that give you trouble.

Do finger excersises such as holding a jar of water/sand to strengthen the muscles.

The key is to have your fingers burning - stamina is all about strong finger muscles. It's a matter of making your fingers feel like they got worked out after playing, and the muscles will become stronger and your stamina will improve.

My suggestion, do the vertex beta challenge. Just play the song Vertex Beta over and over and over and over again, at as high or as low of a rate you can play it accurately and consistently.

Just based on your scores I figured you could probably do it at like 0.8 or maybe 0.7 rate perhaps, maybe even higher. Vertex Beta is like, 3 minutes+ of just straight streams lol.

Play this song like 5 times in a row, and your fingers will definitely be burning after

**Walrusizer** · 07-13-2016, 11:09 AM

play stamina songs to improve stamina

**samurai7694** · 07-13-2016, 12:01 PM

Personally I keep my arms and wrists rested. Having sharp pain on my right hand because of hurting my wrists too much to keep up with fast jacks, I found that I would lose stamina quickly. I rely on creating dexterity in my fingers (using the forearm musles/tendons, someone help me out with the specifics here please) with light jacking exercises and one hand trilling warm-ups, both at slower speeds, in order to get used to played without using my wrists or arms for movement. I had a skill drop at first but eventually I found that stamina wasn't a problem and I got the hang of doing jacks with little to no strain.

Basically: slow and steady warm-ups for one hand trilling and jacks at slow soeeds, don't strain wrists and arms, and also make sure to take breaks in between songs to let the blood flow evenly and to relax the hands

icontrolyourworld · 07-13-2016, 12:53 PM

you will not improve your stamina very much by expending more energy than necessary. all in all try to relax your fingers and arms, take a deep breath, and open your 3y3s

play stuff also that makes your arms burn

**Rapta** · 07-13-2016, 02:42 PM

When I am fastest, my forearms emit intense heat and my fingers have barely any blood flow to them and my fingers are cold. Probably because the nerves in my arms are what moves my fingers, and the faster they move and the more they move, the hotter your forearms get. My assumption is that finger workouts won't work, mashing to super hard songs at the speed of the song whilst attempting to fc with all your strength is what gives you stamina. Just make sure when you mash you use you're moving your arms up and down, not just your fingers. For my playstyle of using two hands, I move the left arm up and the right arm down and vice versa and repeat to keep momentum.

**Walrusizer** · 07-13-2016, 02:45 PM

that will increase jacking/jumptrill stamina i guess

**Rapta** · 07-13-2016, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Walrusizer

that will increase jacking/jumptrill stamina i guess

If you do it everyday it increases your normal stamina as well as your speed and reading. That's why I went from D5 to D7, but you have to be dedicated. No pain no gain.

**Walrusizer** · 07-13-2016, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Rapta

If you do it everyday it increases your normal stamina as well as your speed and reading.

just jumptrilling isnt going to effect your speed for anything other than jacking/jumptrilling. its also not going to help your normal stamina because the muscles used for jumptrilling with your forearms are different from the muscles you use to move your fingers individually.

**Rapta** · 07-13-2016, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Walrusizer

just jumptrilling isnt going to effect your speed for anything other than jacking/jumptrilling. its also not going to help your normal stamina because the muscles used for jumptrilling with your forearms are different from the muscles you use to move your fingers individually.

I disagree with you because I have done it myself and had a couple others do it and been told there's been all around results from it from them.

**Mourningfall** · 07-13-2016, 03:07 PM

[14][23] and [13][24] jump trills train more than just jacks n trills

anchors and gluts mang

**Walrusizer** · 07-13-2016, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Mourningfall

[14][23] and [13][24] jump trills train more than just jacks n trills

anchors and gluts mang

pretty sure hes talking about [12] [34] jumptrills, not split jumptrills. also i consider anchors and gluts to be jacks because they basically are.

**Rapta** · 07-13-2016, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Walrusizer

pretty sure hes talking about [12] [34] jumptrills, not split jumptrills. also i consider anchors and gluts to be jacks because they basically are.

You are correct.

**Mourningfall** · 07-13-2016, 03:24 PM

Yeah I figured as much, I just lump split trills and shit trills into the same category

as for the thread, check out the "ultramarathon gigapack", it's got a lot of long ass songs covering a fair range of difficulties, even if they're too easy there's always rates

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V-Ormix Banned Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 4,677	Re: How do I improve my stamina? This idea of having stamina isn't so much a question of acquiring a "thing" more than conditioning yourself to make optimal usage of the stamina you already have. In my own experience I found that having confidence in my ability to hit some thing more than it just being a theory motivated me to try harder things, because clearly, if your not doing the best things you could be doing, leveraging you're existing stamina and expanding on it from condition is going to be a much harder process. try not to tense and use lighter key taps ect. feel your fingers drop my like hammers !_! and try to resist shaking or unneeded motions in your playing that make your effort go to waste rather than transferring that energy and momentum back into your playing. Last edited by V-Ormix; 07-13-2016 at 09:45 AM..

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Dinglesberry longing Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,680	Re: How do I improve my stamina? Play faster patterns that give you trouble. Do finger excersises such as holding a jar of water/sand to strengthen the muscles. The key is to have your fingers burning - stamina is all about strong finger muscles. It's a matter of making your fingers feel like they got worked out after playing, and the muscles will become stronger and your stamina will improve. My suggestion, do the vertex beta challenge. Just play the song Vertex Beta over and over and over and over again, at as high or as low of a rate you can play it accurately and consistently. Just based on your scores I figured you could probably do it at like 0.8 or maybe 0.7 rate perhaps, maybe even higher. Vertex Beta is like, 3 minutes+ of just straight streams lol. Play this song like 5 times in a row, and your fingers will definitely be burning after

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samurai7694 ❤ Join Date: Aug 2008 Age: 29 Posts: 4,638	Re: How do I improve my stamina? Personally I keep my arms and wrists rested. Having sharp pain on my right hand because of hurting my wrists too much to keep up with fast jacks, I found that I would lose stamina quickly. I rely on creating dexterity in my fingers (using the forearm musles/tendons, someone help me out with the specifics here please) with light jacking exercises and one hand trilling warm-ups, both at slower speeds, in order to get used to played without using my wrists or arms for movement. I had a skill drop at first but eventually I found that stamina wasn't a problem and I got the hang of doing jacks with little to no strain. Basically: slow and steady warm-ups for one hand trilling and jacks at slow soeeds, don't strain wrists and arms, and also make sure to take breaks in between songs to let the blood flow evenly and to relax the hands

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Mourningfall ⇐⇓⇑⇒ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Paradise Posts: 1,627	Re: How do I improve my stamina? [14][23] and [13][24] jump trills train more than just jacks n trills anchors and gluts mang

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Mourningfall ⇐⇓⇑⇒ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Paradise Posts: 1,627	Re: How do I improve my stamina? Yeah I figured as much, I just lump split trills and shit trills into the same category as for the thread, check out the "ultramarathon gigapack", it's got a lot of long ass songs covering a fair range of difficulties, even if they're too easy there's always rates

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