Hopefully I'll be marching snare this year for marching band but my only problem is I'm 6'4" 160lbs with not a lot of muscle. The drum weighs around 30 pounds and my lower back starts to hurt after wearing the drum for longer than 20 minutes. What should I be doing to build up strength in my back so i don't end up with back problems later in life?
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William Long
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Oliver Howard
Deadlift, seriously.
>marching band
Also that's kinda cool.
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Ethan Gomez
You are probably gonna get roasted, but before that is happening..
If you are willing to invest some time in lifting weights, decide whether you are actually doing it to get strong/improve your physique or just doing some movements for the sake of being fitter.
If you want to increase your strength and physique, i'd start off with a few months of a full body program such as Stronglifts 5x5 to get basic knowledge and experience in lifting weights, doing the "biggest" movements out there, using a lot of muscles at the same time. After that you can go all kinds of routes.
Jonathan Jones
lekker pik
Aaron Rodriguez
>google translate
>nice cock
Y-y-you too
Aaron Sullivan
Oh, Sassenheim is a town not so far from mine, which is far from known for anything, so i figured you would be from there.
But yeah, "pik" is a Dutch synonym for bro, buddy and soforth
Elijah Morgan
That vid just was in my favorites for ages.
Also your thread made me watch band videos, this is weirdly motivating youtube.com
Nathaniel Johnson
Played the tenor drums in high school. Just practice with good posture. Drum line is essentially isometric training for your back. Also, squeeze your butt.
Gavin Nguyen
I played for Boston and then eventually ended up with Cadets.
Indoor.. well that would give away too much.
But in terms of Drum Corp brother.. The best advice I can give you is this.
Fuck lifting for the sake of performance. Your performance will be fine.
You NEED to lift for the amount of colorguard girls or girls in general you meet on TOUR.
The amount of vagina I got on tour was insane from the random girls I've met in different shows and states.
Oh and I was and still am on gear btw. That makes a world of difference.
goodluck have fun, bring powdered gatorade.
Connor Clark
Elaborate on the butt squeezing ,':^|
Ian Cooper
>band nerds
Fuck off virgin
Ethan Reed
Lift for the pussy, not for the marching. DCI fucking kills gains
Also fuck the blue devils
Asher Brown
>not the original hell march
never gonna make it
Noah Parker
>tfw your left hand sucks after years of not playing
t. 27 year old boomer. Drumline was fun. Too bad I was too much of a frumpy nerd to get any pussy out of it
Asher Gray
gotta get big for band
Jayden Lewis
Ayyyyy a fellow snare Chad.
Benjamin Brown
>fuck off virgin
Uhhh OP said he's marching snare. He's probably drowning in colorguard pussy.
Asher Murphy
Is marching band work really as crazy intense as they say?
I hear you need to train like 10 hours a day for one performance
Carson Lee
On average dci members burn about 1200 calories over the span of a 10-13 minute show
Evan Perez
Its an activity which requires lots of endurance. Not to mention while your moving around, you have to remember all your music and sets (choreography).
You sweat a lot for hours and hours in preparation for about 15 min of straight performance.
Lincoln Butler
>snare faggots
>not marching with the chad 35 lb sousaphone or marching tuba
Stay mad dyels
Aaron Perez
>35 pound sousa somehow superior to a 30 pound snare
sousafags stay mad
Gavin Russell
I did drumline in high school, second biggest base drum and then tenors. Just work your whole posterior chain. It will all be of benefit to you. Or, just suffer. You'll get conditioned pretty quick, drilling out on the field for hours a day. Just don't puss out and keep your drum on.
Caleb Miller
Reverse hyperextensions, all kinds of deadlifts
Benjamin Martin
Like you're trying to hold a grape.
Also, your traps are gonna get joocy. Abs and lower back, too.
Dunno if they've lightened them up in the past decade, but my tenors/quads were ~40 pounds.
For the love of God, learn to stretch correctly and do it regularly and with ANY practice. I and several other quads I know have absolutely fucked wrists and elbows.