I remember hearing something about how the dude from Necrophagist would practice a song 20% faster than the bpm of the final recording, and that stuck with me.
Practicing lots helps too. There's always some way to optimize a riff, whether it's by changing a fingering here or there, or by...
^ I feel like things are worse. The fact that Biden was making direct comparisons to America's involvement in Iraq while urging Israel to not make the same mistakes we did has me spooked. If another coalition of the willing is formed, the US is the first one that's going to get called.