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Re: Raising Endurance

Author: archer1960
Date: 2005-08-23 13:43

Morrigan wrote:

> So you're saying fitness has nothing to do with my endurance?

Not at all.

> Lemme get this straight - I'm not worried about my embouchoure
> or how much I practice or my ability to concentrate. I'm
> worried I'm gonna nearly pass out halfway through the last
> movement! Surely fitness plays a huge role here?

I would think so, but I was assuming that when you were talking about 'endurance', you were referring primarily to your lips giving out. If you mean you are getting winded part way through your performance, then yes, aerobic exercise would almost certainly help you. Lifitng weights will not, however, which is what I think of when people talk about "going to the gym". I prefer to do my aerobic exercise outside, usually on a bike.

Sorry about the misunderstanding; I was just passing your question through the filter of my personal experience, where aerobic endurance was never a problem, but my lips' endurance was.

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