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...don't seem to compliment each other well. I recently took a couple of weeks off from running and light weights. My drumming improved a lot in those two weeks, fills were tighter and my kick technique really improved. I started working out again and now I play like a tard again. I have less energy and my muscles are pooped during band practice.

 

My guitarist told me that if I work-out on practice days, he was gonna kick my ass. I think I'm willing to get fat so I can be a better drummer (and to avoid an ass-whoopin). What do you fit drummers out there do to avoid fatigue from exercise? Do you feel it affects your playing in a positive or negative way?

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Positive. We're covering a Dream Theater tune now so I need to get my double bass chops together and that's where the stamina aquired with sports comes in handy. Also, I can play alot longer than any other drummer I know without terrible fatigue.

Ofcourse you shouldn't work out before a rehersal or a gig because then you'll be dead tired. Therefore on the days when you're supposed to play a gig or have rehersals, work out in the evening after the band practice.

 

Just use common sense; take a day off from exercising when you have to play with people. I like to schedule my day so that if possible, work out is the last thing I do before supper and sleep.

 

edit: btw, how does being fat help drumming?:confused:

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Yeah, arranging my schedule so I can work out is the tricky part. We practice 3 times a week. I get home from work at 5pm and we practice from 7-10pm...I might have to do it in the morning before work. That really sucks. I'll figure something out.

 

Hey, Vinnie Paul is fat!

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Originally posted by Sir Enrico Buttcock




btw, if you have band practices 3 times a week, don't work out on those days. Work out on other days. 4 times a week is enough if you train hard enough.

 

Yeah, but I'm a masochistic psycho...I was working out 6 days/week. Maybe it's time that I concentrate on the important things in life and cut down on the exercise a bit. :p

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Originally posted by rumblebelly



Yeah, but I'm a masochistic psycho...I was working out 6 days/week. Maybe it's time that I concentrate on the important things in life and cut down on the exercise a bit.
:p

 

Most important things in life:

 

health

music

women

 

keep up your health but make sure that none of the above mentioned suffers because of that.:p

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I don't know what you day is like, but I think you might not be allowing for a proper rest (ie, recovery) period after exercise. Most people don't understand they body's need for a recovery period following exercise. Recovery is the primary reason for spacing exercises so that muscle groups are "rotated".

 

Considering that both drumming and your workouts are exercise periods, make sure there is sufficient rest periods between exercise periods. For example, exercise on days you don't rehearse (probably best) or exercise in the morning, rehearse at night (depending on intensity of activity, may or may not provide sufficient rest).

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Originally posted by wildplum

I don't know what you day is like, but I think you might not be allowing for a proper rest (ie, recovery) period after exercise.

 

That's definitely what's going on - if you work out (I do regularly) your muscles will be pretty much shot for that day - even if it doesn't FEEL like it.

 

This will be especially apparent with fine motor control type stuff... like drumming ;)

 

So yeah - either work out AFTER drumming, or work out on non-drumming days. My 0.02.

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Yeah, I know how you guys feel. I'm out for cross-country right now, and driving home is a challenge. I feel like I can't play, like I've got two left feet and arms; it sucks. My band rehearses on the weekend, so I'm good there, but I try to practice alone during the week, and I can't do crap since I've been so tired. :mad:

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i think that your technique decides how much stamina you really need - i use a lot of energy when i play because of my kick technique and if i exercise and try to play - it's a mess - i would just focus on what's more important to you and work the other around it - if you would rather be fat and be a good drummer - don't exercise as much - and if you want to be skinny and a good drummer - find a different drumming technique that you can use less energy with

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Hmmm...I practiced at lunch today and I noticed that if I start out slow, allow myself 30 minutes to warm-up, and I focus on relaxing my leg muscles while I play, my strength and control slowly return...even when I'm sore and stiff like today. I think my biggest enemy is that I tend to tense up when my body is tired. When you play like crap, the mental thing kicks in and you start getting frustrated...that makes you tense up even more. Relax... relax... :)

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