tozies24
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My motivation for this thread is that I got a pack of pre-workout powder for lifting and I took some and cubed and my times were significantly lower than usual (about 14 when I average 15-16). So I was just wondering if anyone has thought of this or has put a program like this into practice.
Over the last month, I have gotten into lifting weights and going to the gym a lot and it has gotten me to thinking, what if your cubing skill could be improved by treating it as a "work out". I am not saying that cubing is a workout for your fingers or something like that, but I am saying that let's say you go to the gym and do bench press 4 sets of 8 or something. Then you go do other workouts for your chest and upper back. Afterwards you need to get some calories and protein to rebuild your muscles.
The point I am trying to make is that for cubing, you could warmup with F2L and LL stuff and then do an average of 12 or something and then if you were happy, move on to other puzzles or just call it a day. I'm not quite sure if doing 300 solves in a day really helps, but it seems as I get faster, if I do about 50 solves a day, my times seem to be going down ever so slightly.
Also, since I have been going to the gym more often, I have been going to bed earlier and getting more sleep and this has also helped my cubing. I know that a lot of us are in school and have to get up early and have homework to do, but sleep helps a lot. Even my schoolwork really seems to stick in my head when it comes to test time.
So in conclusion, I am just saying that this is something to maybe look into and it may help and may not help but its still interesting in my mind.
Over the last month, I have gotten into lifting weights and going to the gym a lot and it has gotten me to thinking, what if your cubing skill could be improved by treating it as a "work out". I am not saying that cubing is a workout for your fingers or something like that, but I am saying that let's say you go to the gym and do bench press 4 sets of 8 or something. Then you go do other workouts for your chest and upper back. Afterwards you need to get some calories and protein to rebuild your muscles.
The point I am trying to make is that for cubing, you could warmup with F2L and LL stuff and then do an average of 12 or something and then if you were happy, move on to other puzzles or just call it a day. I'm not quite sure if doing 300 solves in a day really helps, but it seems as I get faster, if I do about 50 solves a day, my times seem to be going down ever so slightly.
Also, since I have been going to the gym more often, I have been going to bed earlier and getting more sleep and this has also helped my cubing. I know that a lot of us are in school and have to get up early and have homework to do, but sleep helps a lot. Even my schoolwork really seems to stick in my head when it comes to test time.
So in conclusion, I am just saying that this is something to maybe look into and it may help and may not help but its still interesting in my mind.
This is my first thread in a year of posting hope its a good one