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Lifting Weights before a Tournament?

cueball2010
Let's assume you go to the gym to build muscle. You have 2 different workout routines:
  1. Biceps, back, and shoulders
  2. Chest, triceps, L...
I am excluding "Legs" from workout "set 2" because in my experience, it does effect your pool skill to have sore legs while shooting.

I realize some people don't get sore or their muscles heal within a day so my question might be non-existent. But let's say you go workout at the gym and you end up being sore on a pool competition day (Ex. League/Tournament). Like, my back and shoulders rarely get sore. But the rest does get tight and does feel sore.

Which sore muscle group is least likely to effect your pool game? When I say effect I mean "Poorly". By all means if there are some muscles that actually give you an edge/advantage in pool...Let me know!
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For those of You that don't know... The BreakRAK is getting some attention...

nataddrho
skor said:
I’ve always failed to see the advantage of this tool rather than get you to spend more money…
There are no shortcuts, a chef needs to chop onions for a year to start his way to the top.
A pool player should rack and break for a year to master the break. How can you learn how the balls spread with this tool?
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A chef can practice mastering onions one day and practice frying eggs another day, just like someone can practice their break shot precision and power one day and practice learning how balls spread another.

I think a lot of people, (especially older, erhm) confuse training aids and drills as shortcuts to a goal, instead of realizing they are for focused training for a part of the game. If one doesn’t believe in learning things by “divide and conquer” at all, they should learn how schools and colleges work.
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Ultimate Pool USA Boston Shootout

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markjames said:
sometimes an eight ball on the break is a win, sometimes not?
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Rhetorical. If it's not one or the other you have an argument. Never played this way but I'm leaning toward the breaker having to commit to an 8 on the break by finishing one group, made or open. Not getting out would be a loss. That could be relaxed to the breaker having the option to spot the 8 and declare standard play.
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