I'm a drummer and I work out at the gym. I heard working out can slow down your playing. Is there any basis to this?

Not as far as I know. I'm no muscle head but On Monday and Tues. Mornings (if there is no powder of course) I go to the gym for like and hour and a half. Then I go home and play my drums for two. I don't do leg workouts. At least not all that power stuff like squats, press, lunges ..... When I have It's not good for drumming. To many reps on the bi's cam make the hand play tough. Truth is your biceps are one of your smallest primary muscles and need the least repitition for growth.

Only if you don't stretch before and after you workout. There aren't any exercises that, if done correctly, will be a detriment to your playing. Now, being tired from lifting most certainly will because any muscle group will fail when worked beyond its fatigue point. Ever have a day where you play for a lot longer than usual and your playing starts to get sloppy near the end? Same thing. Strength training aside, it's mostly a muscular endurance thing.








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Not playing drums will slow you down. Working out only gives you more muscle to do what you do.

I recommend strongly against working biceps/triceps on a given day.....I remember I did that and could not straighten my arms....painful as hell!

+1 on the stretchies....that's all I do to warm up nowadays, just stretch my hands and arms before I play. Hardly ever get on a pad before the performance. It's usually just "go-time".








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That just reminded me of something. My junior year of high school I had weight training third period and history fourth period. On one given day I worked my legs so hard that I couldn't stand up at the end of fourth to go to lunch. I couldn't even move. Nothing. If the building had burst into flames I still don't think I would've been able to move. Learned an important lesson about limits that day.








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If your looking for endurance, forearm and calve exercises helps a lot. Technique will give you speed, but you need at least some muscle if you want good endurance.








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what you're talking about is called D.O.M.S. Delayed Onset muscle Soreness.
It's a temporary adaptation to the stress imposed upon the muscle fibers.
Stretch before and after, use proper form, use full range of motion, and don't "over-train."
The only thing I would avoid is forearm training (wrist curls). Everything you do on upper body works the forearms.








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http://www.rocksolidfitness.net/nutrition.html








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nothing can slow you down except for not drumming.

work on muscular endurance exercises more than strength to help your drumming.








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Here's an analogy I just thought of. If muscular endurance is horsepower, then muscular strength is torque. Horse power is nothing more than an equation for work done over a period of time. Horsepower = RPM * Torque / 5252. Beyond that, acceleration and volumetric efficiency (how much of the engine's volume potential is actually being made) are directly related to and follow the torque curve.

So, muscular strength is what's actually doing the work and endurance is how long you can do it. Or, in other words, muscular strength and building lean muscle mass will help you in every area of your life. This doesn't mean you have to become a body builder, as many people automatically assume when you mention "strength training".








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That was a good explanation.
BTW...I just came from the Gym. I did Back and Bi's.
I always feel great when I'm done.

Here's a real good guide.
The principles are pretty sound.

http://www.rocksolidfitness.net/exercise.html








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Thank you.

That's a good site, even though the guy looks like Paul Stanley.








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I have my gym phases. I have an idea like .. every muscle I gain in gym needs to be trained to play drums. Well works for me and this is not to be taken generally.

Also I repeat a lot with less weights which suits me fine.

well now you just need to tell me: "get you lazy ass back in the gym .. " *sigh*








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trstn wrote:

I have my gym phases. I have an idea like .. every muscle I gain in gym needs to be trained to play drums. Well works for me and this is not to be taken generally.

Also I repeat a lot with less weights which suits me fine.

well now you just need to tell me: "get you lazy ass back in the gym .. " *sigh*

OK, get your lazy ass back to the gym!








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I was told this once also. I believe the main thought on it was that if you go build muscle, it is more weight you have to throw around causing less speed. Getting tone is different though as it doesn't usually gain muscle, just refines it and loses fat but not gaining alot of muscle.








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