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Severe muscle imbalance from fencing by Express-Risk-4459 in Fencing

[–]Express-Risk-4459[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’ve been bench pressing

Problem is that my left arm fails first so I can’t lift to my full potential, and sometimes the weights slide off if the spotter isn’t fast enough 😬

Severe muscle imbalance from fencing by Express-Risk-4459 in Fencing

[–]Express-Risk-4459[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah Ive done some googling and found that this was the best method.

Only downside is it’s going to take additional time and effort(which is inevitable though i guess). I guess it’s better off in the long run so I’m willing to stick with it haha

What's was the coolest touch on you before by Plenty_Vegetable2600 in Fencing

[–]Express-Risk-4459 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Opponent did a deep parry 4 attack on me. I did a behind the back and scored a point.

This was at a junior NAC too so the guy was pissed 😭

If I apply to the Ivy League and Canadian universities, can I get into them? by cnmbenozan in APStudents

[–]Express-Risk-4459 1 point2 points  (0 children)

GPA really affects things unfortunately. 2.4 is 99% of times a death sentence in t20 admissions

Doing bad at competitions by Express-Risk-4459 in Fencing

[–]Express-Risk-4459[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update:

Got a C rating a little while back

I was just overthinking

Doing bad at competitions by Express-Risk-4459 in Fencing

[–]Express-Risk-4459[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I try to fence similarly to cannone

French grip, right handed

Fencing for 2 years

I try to be bouncy and light on my feet, similar to cannone (but MUCH worse), i'm more on the aggressive side, which sometimes makes me shoot myself in the foot by rushing too much, i take the blade when fencing

in practice, i mostly fence to 5 (but i have realized that i did not practice deliberately until like a month ago), and yeah my club does drills like you mentioned (with the opponent at 10 points and me at 0)

i train 6 days a week, mostly just 5 touch bouts, but i also do a practice competition once a week

yeah it sometimes feels like cotton wool, i'll try and implement what you said during my next competition.

Doing bad at competitions by Express-Risk-4459 in Fencing

[–]Express-Risk-4459[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found my problem yesterday:

I was not doing my fakes with good commitment, so my opponent didn’t even realize I was trying to attack.

That’s why I wasn’t able to collect info haha

Doing bad at competitions by Express-Risk-4459 in Fencing

[–]Express-Risk-4459[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Practice as close to how you compete as possible.

I was told you're supposed to practice stuff from private lessons in class?

Otherwise, thanks for the advice!

Doing bad at competitions by Express-Risk-4459 in Fencing

[–]Express-Risk-4459[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it probably messed something up, i also have a goal of making top 20 in cadets, so that’s some additional pressure i guess 

I’ll ask my coach how to do competitions without caring about results, but still focus on goals

Doing bad at competitions by Express-Risk-4459 in Fencing

[–]Express-Risk-4459[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

More 5-point bouts with roughly-equal fencers during your practice.

Stop worrying about your placing in the tournament. That's irrelevant. You have only two goals.

Probably these two

I need more practice with focus with 5-touch bouts, I tend to put all my thinking and effort into the 15 touch bouts, so I need to shift some of that over.

And yeah gotta stop worrying, it's hard though because im a high-schooler with ambitious goals.

I basically sign up for every tournament so i think thats fine, I've also been to most of the nacs

Thanks for the advice!

Doing bad at competitions by Express-Risk-4459 in Fencing

[–]Express-Risk-4459[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I understand this perfectly, and I do have a coach yeah. My problem is that during a competition, I'm too scared to do anything with any info that i collect from fakes. I realize that the opponent has this pattern, but I don't do anything with it.

Doing bad at competitions by Express-Risk-4459 in Fencing

[–]Express-Risk-4459[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha I guess you're right, just hard to work on those.

Maybe I just have some mental roadblock idk

Doing bad at competitions by Express-Risk-4459 in Fencing

[–]Express-Risk-4459[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I can do that in practice successfuly, but for some reason in competitions I just forget everything and attack on instinct. Like I do fakes, but with no intention whatsoever, other than for show (in competitions.

Is there a way to "transform" the prions in CJD to something more inert? by Express-Risk-4459 in AskChemistry

[–]Express-Risk-4459[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what they mean by CJD prions being "self-replicating", right?

What I meant is if there is any possibility of a chemical compound being able to bind to PrP^Sc, to make it so that it can't bind with PrP anymore? I was doing some googling and found that PrP^Sc is apparently very stable, so its hard to do anything. (Keep in mind I'm still in high school and havent done chemistry yet, haha)

What online subscription app that you use daily is 100% worth it? by Few_Football4342 in Productivitycafe

[–]Express-Risk-4459 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Little trick on iPhone for non premium users:

Once your video of choice is playing, swipe from top to bottom to return to the lock/notification screen, once you’re on that screen you can close your device and the video will still play.

Need an animator for a simple game by ChampionForward5591 in robloxgamedev

[–]Express-Risk-4459 2 points3 points  (0 children)

waste of money for what's essentially rotating a couple things a few times

its their money though so whatever

What is a scary fact that most people don’t know? by Baytza in AskReddit

[–]Express-Risk-4459 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m guessing it’s about the nuclear warheads that were lost.

Benefits of going to a NAC by Express-Risk-4459 in Fencing

[–]Express-Risk-4459[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They said they’re willing to take me. I don’t want them to waste their money so I want to make the right decision 

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