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Re: Raising Endurance

Author: sfalexi
Date: 2005-08-23 21:47

I'm pretty big into fitness. Swimming is an excellent overall workout, and the weightlessness and fluidity (pun intended) of the movements in water means you'll be putting very little wear on the cartalidge and joints in your body (so basically, you aren't going to get bad knees or tennis elbow from a good swimming workout).

I myself am into mountain/road biking ('road' in this case meaning with my mountain bike because I can't afford a decent road bike, but I still get a good workout). This has less stress on your knees than jogging and works great for me (I hardly ever find myself running out of breath, however it's the embouchure that fatigues first before the rest of my body).

HOWEVER . . . this doesn't mean that you have to be in good shape to play for a very long time. Because I have seen PLENTY of professional and semi-professional wind players who, to put it gently, don't exactly scream 'Mr. Fitness'. So I'm thinking that wind capacity and endurance to playing is more independant of your overall fitness level.

Alexi

PS - However it still might not hurt to do a little exercise on the side though! never hurt me!

PPS - Please read the above post by Archer and take special note to the part about how lifting weights doesn't improve endurance. It's a common misconception. However, calisthenics WILL help endurance (pushups, pullups, squats, jumping jacks, etc.) I'm a big fan of doing those too.

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