Well, Isabelle, I run regularily and have started to alternate my runs with swimming. I've set myself the goal of completing a marathon this year: how is all this is likely to affect my singing? You Vocalisters will be among the first to know! So far I note that my voice is more relaxed and free after a long run - provided that I hydrate properly; running and singing have also made me more aware of breathing (not to mention poking around in a couple of cadavers as part of our vocal pedagogy class) - and tentatively I think that though each requires a different kind of breath, each activity helps to strengthen the other, and to increase positive (as opposed to fussy -) awareness of the breath. But - provided that no vocally deleterious effects become manifest - running is *good* for me, improving my general fitness and my mood. Watch out: I could easily turn into a running-nazi! john
At 11:55 AM 2/6/01 -0800, you wrote: ... >No, I more wanted to start a discussion about how >*fit* a singer should get... how much time and energy >we should be putting into the cardio and the weights, >and whether that time spent getting fit is worth the >time it pulls away from singing and studying. There >is also a constant rumor that singers *shouldn't* >weight train -- that it makes them musclebound and >tightens up the wrong things (same goes for singers >not doing crunches or situps, too). I know there are >some iron-pumpers on the list -- has it made a >difference, making the extra effort to get into really >good shape? > >Or, another tack: How do singers with careers remain >fit, or at least avoid sliding into out-of-shape? >It's commonly said that singers have the worst >lifestyles in terms of health -- always travelling, >usually not eating right before a show and then being >famished and having a big dinner (usually at a >restaurant, with food whose fat/calorie levels you >can't control, especially outside the US), then going >to sleep. Even if you don't eat late at night, you >still can't control how healthy your food is. I read >an article that said Rodney Gilfrey takes a jump rope >with him and works out in his hotel rooms, but I would >be that he's in the minority. How do singers manage >to keep themselves as healthy as they can, when 90% of >the time you are away from home with bad eating >habits? > >Back into the land of singing... > >Isabelle B. ... John Blyth Baritono robusto e lirico Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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