Author: Dutchy
Date: 2006-04-06 15:54
I did some research on the Internet regarding increasing muscle stamina, and I ran across a factoid somewhere that said that after 3 minutes of rest, your fatigued muscle fibers have rested as much as they're ever going to rest. So I've changed my practice regimen--before, I used to knock off for the day when my embouchure got tired, but now, when I start to lose the embouchure, I rest for 3 minutes and then do a little more until the embouchure gives out again. And then do another 3 minutes rest, and then practice some more, and then another 3 minutes rest. And keep doing this until it just won't hold it at all (by which point the lactic acid has built up so much that your body can't effectively flush it out), and THEN knock off for the day.
And it's definitely helping increase my practice time.
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