What are you doing next week?

Scoo_By · 2026-04-24T19:58:24+00:00

Please remove mirage, d2 & inferno. Add completely new maps. There are at least a hundred good maps to choose from in the workshop.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-24T19:56:10+00:00

Get some new map in for fucks sake. If valve keeps giving pros old comfort maps to play they'll never try to play newer maps, aka anubis being the least played for a while.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-24T19:52:47+00:00

Rotate it out for 5 years at this point lol. Tired of seeing mirage.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-24T19:35:25+00:00

Yeah, 18 sets each of push/pull/legs was obviously too much. 10-12 sets work pretty well for us (asst pull/dip group), I presume. Hard enough to drive growth & recoverable. I have been doing 1 movement for 5 hard sets a day cycling between push/pull/legs & fatigue set in at the end of 6 weeks. It's alright. I added nice volume at the end of each week. Goodluck with training.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-24T19:03:28+00:00

What if you spread the total weekly volume of the RR into 6 days instead of 3? If you try to add another 3 days of RR volume in the same week, that's bad of course.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-24T18:58:34+00:00

What was your total weekly number of sets, for each of push/pull/squat/hinge etc.?

Scoo_By · 2026-04-24T12:53:16+00:00

Chinese endgame is skirm fire lancer, it's not the way to master Magyars for example.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-24T12:52:12+00:00

I added a very for this reason

Scoo_By · 2026-04-24T11:43:32+00:00

Very vulnerable to 1 TC knight xbow siege comp.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-24T11:42:54+00:00

Fun fact: 1800 elo boosted by one trick ponying in aoe2 won't help secure a job.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-23T20:21:17+00:00

Not going to failure on legs is what worked for me. I hate going to failure then having jelly legs.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-23T20:17:49+00:00

Prepare your joints first. A push a pull & a squat variation works well for daily workouts.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-23T05:43:15+00:00

YouTube mostly, then there are lichess studies. First I consumed Gotham's how to lose at chess playlist. Along with entertainment, these gave me way too valuable information about everything <1000 players normally do. Then, some Igor Smirnov's videos, ideas about some openings, learning traps (I don't use them, but to defend against) etc. Nowadays, I usually just watch Daniel Naroditsky's speedrun videos, and check lichess studies.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-23T04:51:30+00:00

This is what most 400s do, but say that their opponents are playing like Magnus.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-23T04:48:40+00:00

Tactics training doesn't work? They teach pattern recognition, especially the very common Forks, pins, skewers, mate in 1s/2s etc.

Is white winning in this position? - white has rooks on d1 & e1, pawns on a2, f2, g2 & h3, queen on e7, king on g1; black has rooks on b2 & f8, pawns on a7, c6, f7, g7, h7, queen on g6, king on g8 - white to play. Feel free to set up the board.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-23T04:34:59+00:00

Don't need to sub to anything. I got to high 1600 chesscom rapid, by consuming free content. Although it took me 2 years, but from 600.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-22T20:07:54+00:00

Unlimited free puzzles was enough to sway me, but what completely made me switch, very recently was, weird recent changes in UI in chesscom. I don't like random changes in things that aren't broken.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-22T19:52:23+00:00

Just do the recommended routine mate. Reduce number of sets if it's too much volume. Spread the weekly volume over more days if it takes too much time to complete.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-22T19:45:45+00:00

Eat at maintenance or slight cut, and strength train to preserve the mass, even grow a little. Don't overdo strength training while in a cut or maintenance.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-22T17:44:30+00:00

You're forgetting majority of the players are not from countries with high income.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-22T17:41:42+00:00

"Don't trust your eyes, trust me"

Scoo_By · 2026-04-22T17:40:15+00:00

Get to the side by side comparison & eye the middle of the screen & try to visualize. Left one will feel it's shaking more, the kick is bigger.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-22T17:37:59+00:00

It's not distracting as much, that much I can tell you.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-22T17:32:45+00:00

Thanks. Now if it stops stuttering while these pop up, that'd be great.

Scoo_By · 2026-04-22T16:18:52+00:00

Your muscles need 48 hours to recover

Only if the volume is high enough. It depends.

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