From: Isabelle Bracamonte
Subject: more on weight loss and singers
To: vocalist
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

Hello, list.

Here is another question to ponder. When I've lost
weight in the past, I feel as if I lose some critical
"buffer" of strength. Suddenly, I am incapable of
taking full, deep breaths unless I am lying flat on my
back. Standing up, I just can't get good expansion,
down or out to the sides, and all my breaths are those
icky chest and shoulder types. It's like I NEED the
extra bulk to "lean" against in my support.

There *must* be a way to counter this. Nathan Gunn
and Rodney Gilfrey must have disgustingly low body-fat
percentages, and they manage to support beautifully.

Which muscles need to be strengthened to make up for
this loss? It's almost like I need to have just eaten
a huge, filling meal to sing my best, and if I lose
even 5 pounds my breathing system is disrupted.

Regular situps? Back-muscle machines at the gym?
Just sing everything lying on the ground?

Isabelle Bracamonte


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Isabelle Bracamonte
San Francisco, CA
ibracamonte-at-yahoo.com



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