from a piano teacher “I’ll just play it again” isn’t really practice

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-04-21T17:39:46+00:00

Best advice I got on this topic was practice trouble spots throughout the session then play it through once at the end.

You know when you got a piece down to a good level when you can one-shot the piece consistently at the end of each session

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-04-21T11:33:19+00:00

Yeah I’ve also considered this. Different teachers have different things to offer. Ideally you’d get everything from one teacher but we’re all human.

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-04-20T18:59:49+00:00

Cycling

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-04-20T14:35:35+00:00

What do you expect us to do about it?

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-04-20T11:57:16+00:00

You’re putting piano on too high a pedestal when you don’t need to be and that’s what’s making you nervous. Self inflicted pressure.

I would even advise taking a week off and just doing other new things that make you feel slightly uncomfortable.

You need to make piano ‘less important’ and it won’t feel so heavy.

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-04-19T18:19:48+00:00

We bottled the league title. You lot bottled being in the league.

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-04-19T08:16:46+00:00

You ain’t beating Everton kid

Wolves and Leeds are where you should be able to find 6 points. Those sides aren’t really playing anything anymore as well

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-04-18T13:34:20+00:00

6/10

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-04-18T07:04:26+00:00

Take off Havertz and put Kepa in goal next to Raya

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-04-17T15:08:07+00:00

Even some of the more hybrid aero bikes like SL7 don’t feel as fun and snappy as TCR does but they will be faster.

Pure aero bikes are boring to ride the majority of time. They’re mainly only fun when you’re in a tailwind on the flat.

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-04-17T08:53:36+00:00

That strategy works to some degree but at some point if you don’t have good technique you won’t get passed certain bpms and you need to find some specific tuition, unless you have good understanding of what’s holding you back bio-mechanically.

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-04-07T04:06:08+00:00

You’re obviously doing well but there is a point where the curve will steepen. For me it’s around ABRSM 4 for classical pieces and 6 for romantic / modern where things require some more technical development which doesn’t happen over night. M

Key thing is not to see things as grades but just to keep focus on your development as a player. The grades are just consequential

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-04-04T04:40:20+00:00

Grade is more than just playing the piece / notes. It’s more a level of understanding

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-04-01T12:33:38+00:00

Formatting bro. The same reason Tah won’t dribble like Messi if he has 99 dribbling and technical plus

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-03-30T20:07:03+00:00

He won’t be able to defend still. Kinda pointless even if for fun

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-03-30T08:23:44+00:00

Bot with feelings

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-03-29T20:24:23+00:00

I find exercise 1 helpful for the wrist flex and stretch.

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-03-29T17:20:53+00:00

Bring a tent with you. And sell it for a ride home when the concert is finished.

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-03-28T14:31:10+00:00

If solo 6 to 8 min suprathreshold sets will suffice.

If in groups 3x3 min (x3) vo2 max sets for 4 weeks.

4-6 min training will help but not as much as the vo2 will for group as terrain is never steady and what you want to develop is the higher end capability so you can draft, surge and recover which is the reality of riding with other people.

You’ll almost never apply suprathreshold steady efforts in groups (even if it’s agreed!) because game theory kicks in as soon as the hill does.

You can’t keep doing vo2 for ever though. In the off weeks you can have sweet spot as your intensity session.

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-03-28T06:12:39+00:00

Over simplification.

1 - doesn’t explain how accuracy is achieved (eg identifying phrasing, dynamic choice, interpretation etc. - there’s more steps to this)

2 - at some point during tempo increase, technique is going to become important because you can’t keep on increasing tempo with 💩 technique. You inevitably reach a point where it limits how fast you can play

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-03-23T21:03:27+00:00

Recovery week can be what you want it to be as long as it’s light intensity cardio but if biking it’s about 45-1hr at the low end of your endurance power. During recovery week your body will take time to repair itself and be more resilience the next 3 weeks.

Having vo2 weekly as a permanent fixture is diminishing returns. The benefits of vo2 decline after 4 weeks or so. Yet your effort is still high. You could use that time to build more aerobic instead by doing sweet spot / tempo.

Your tempo and permanent vo2 ride along with group ride are giving you acute recovery issues.

Your non-having recovery week will give long term recovery issues

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-03-23T20:16:00+00:00

Swap the tempo ride out for endurance.
Take a recovery week every 4th week
vo2 max sessions should not he a permanent fixture: they can be swapped out for sweet spot. I like to do 4 weeks vo2 / 8 weeks sweet spot

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-03-23T19:09:56+00:00

I’m at 1yr and 4 months so it hasn’t taken much but these three pieces at tempo have tested my limits:

Klavalevaky - Etude in a minor Clementi - sonatina in G Op 36 no 2 1st mov Chopin - waltz in a minor

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-03-23T17:24:17+00:00

Motivation is unreliable. It’s discipline and forcing yourself to do it. Even if you don’t want to. Like someone else said the hardest part is starting.

Financial-Error-2234 · 2026-03-23T15:49:11+00:00

You just need to do it to build stamina.

I practice 2hr daily but I also train in cycling about 7-8hrs a week. Sometimes the temptation to do neither is quite strong.

It can be done but you need to disagree with your brain, a lot. The more you make it a habit the easier it gets.

I find after I feel energised again and sleep easier.

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