The official "I still post ITG scores" brag thread

[DAVE101]

I got an advance on Tachyon Beta and Loaded Future Pack. This song is hard as balls. It's going to take me a while to get this bracket technique down.

EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqV4kF5hEMc

[chocobojoe]

LOL!

[Frisbez]

Nice Dave...I can't wait to see what both of those packs look like...only 2 more days for us commoners.

As far as accomplishments go I don't really have much, I've been focusing on trying to get better at streaming because footspeed is definitely what's holding me back.

As such:
98 on Shades of Blue
97 on Papinsky
90 on Boss 9

Also passed Macarena from Tachyon Alpha with a bad score. It's only a 13 to score on because it's definitely easier to pass than most 12s. Tried Summer about 3 times but never got past the first big run.

[DAVE101]

LOL!

Is that all?

[haedoken]

nice job dave and frisbez, you killed Ala rose

O YA THE NEW DRAGONFORCE PACK IS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DAVE101]

OH YEAH, hopefully Carl will put it on the machine ASAP.

25% fail Little Kitty Mine...
3 misses on Final Audition expert 13 from Tachyon Alpha
80% Final Audition 1.2 rate (24th trills at 188)

[haedoken]

nice final audition your beast at trills, haha liked the " I dont give a fuck" at the end of kitty Mine

Ya, Tyler is gonna hack it on the machine Friday, hopefully i can get some 98+'s when he does.

[haedoken]

today had a FEC on Where Dragons Rule-Dragonforce till 71% then i quit like a nub cause i got tired.

[DAVE101]

Nice, now I want to play more DF since there are some easier charts (14s) available.

[Frisbez]

Evening Star is soo good. I want to be able to pass it by the end of summer.

[Glarthob]

I cant defeat russian roulette

I am mad!!!!!!

[Frisbez]

Playing tonight.

Bought a new pair of shoes...hopefully that means new scores.

Also just curious, I've found that when I play that my legs get tired well before I'm breathing heavily. I'm struggling to pass stuff that I know I have the stamina for endurance wise, but my legs will just stop responding in the middle of the song. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Am I playing too much? Not giving my legs enough rest?

[Merk]

You should probably give them a rest. How often are you playing? Do you feel a slight burn in your legs before you even start playing? It sounds like you need to get some more muscle development in your legs or there's a muscle imbalance somewhere - you can fix this through weight training (squats and dead lifts will help immensely with this) or by simply playing more. Are you top heavy? Cutting some of the fat off your tummy will certainly help as well.

[DAVE101]

Also just curious, I've found that when I play that my legs get tired well before I'm breathing heavily. I'm struggling to pass stuff that I know I have the stamina for endurance wise, but my legs will just stop responding in the middle of the song. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Am I playing too much? Not giving my legs enough rest?

The Why
This is called the Lactate Threshold. I'm assuming you get this feeling from short fast songs. When you exercise at a high intensity your body uses Glucose for energy rather than oxygen since it can be converted faster. As your muscles convert glucose (sugar broken down from food) to ATP (energy for your cells) it creates lactate. When you exercise above your Lactate Threshold, your body builds up lactic acid faster then it can be pumped out, and this causes your muscles to give up on you even when you don't feel tired. Your goal is to play below your lactate threshold so you use oxygen as your main energy source and play for much longer periods of time. The best way to do this is to raise your lactate threshold and increase the rate at which your body can deliver oxygen. IE you need to train harder.

What you can do
The most effective way to increase leg endurace, lactic acid removal rate, and O2 transfer rate is with Interval Training. Most athletes do 400 meter (quarter mile) sprint repeats. If you don't have a track you can just Sprint 60 sec, jog 60 sec, and repeat. If running isn't your thing, play songs you can barely pass right after another with short breaks. My personal fav is playing ReaF 3 times in a row.

[Frisbez]

Sounds like good stuff Dave and Merk. Most of my lifting/sports/activities have been upper body or slow twitch muscle fiber focused, I suppose I'll need to start working on my legs more/ just keep playing.

I'm pretty self competitive, and it makes playing to improve technique/stamina frustrating when I want to see new scores...guess I just gotta suck it up.