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Post by bandgeek101 on Aug 1, 2009 0:10:33 GMT -5
In our band we do hard exercises in addition to normal blocks and drills to get us in shape. We started with 50 russian twists, 50 bicycles, 50 hip-ups, and 30 cruches with legs off the ground. For the arms, we did planks (like 40 sec.) with 15 dips on each side along with 10 4-count pushups. These are doubled every few days, with a few more of everything every day. What do you guys do. Also, how long is your show?
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Post by KUguardgrl13 on Aug 2, 2009 13:21:54 GMT -5
in my high school guard, we had half an hour of body warm up including stretching , bicycles, crunches, etc. after that is an hour or more of equipment basics. marching band shows are around 10 minutes while winterguard shows are about 4 minutes.
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Post by bluescalesdragon on Aug 2, 2009 13:30:41 GMT -5
Calf raises and toe taps. Enough said. We start easy, maybe about 10 each of 4 count, 2 count, 1 count calf raises and 30 toe taps, but by the end of season we're doing about 30 each of the calf raises and sometimes 200+ toe taps in a row. It's harder than pushups, dips, planks, pullups, etc. Your Achilles tendon will never be the same. Our shows are between 7 and 8 min 30 seconds, with about 70 sets.
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Post by bandgeek101 on Aug 3, 2009 19:00:09 GMT -5
yeah we use calf raises as constructive punishment for people who aren't on their toes. I honestly never really had trouble since I train in the block with an extra ten pounds. The russian twists are what get me. My abbs were meant to grow fat. The pushups are just excess pain at the end after holding up my euph.
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Post by bluescalesdragon on Aug 3, 2009 20:45:14 GMT -5
^We use pushups as punishment.....but not serious punishment. I think I am one of the only ones in my band who can actually do pushups and run punishment laps, but I behave. I'm marching euph this year because I decided that if I am to be low brass captain, I should be in a considerable amount of pain. Trombone was too easy to carry....
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Post by bandgeek101 on Aug 5, 2009 21:05:22 GMT -5
LOL my section leader said he was going to do that but chickened out. I laughed for a few days.
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Post by bluescalesdragon on Aug 5, 2009 21:09:20 GMT -5
^ Yeah, so far it hasn't been that bad. *famous last words* LOL I enjoy pain.
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Post by ~*Not~a~Stalker~* on Aug 9, 2009 16:55:37 GMT -5
I'm assuming by toe taps we're meaning something along the lines of being up on your toes and raising them up and down? We get to about 600-800 in one time by the end of the season in my band. We also either do a minute of jumping jacks or an allotted number of laps for endurance. What exactly are Russian twists?
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Post by bandgeek101 on Aug 9, 2009 20:53:24 GMT -5
russian twists are where you cross your feet and put them in the air and twist your upper body side to side. We sometimes do them slow and sometimes fast. Fast is easier because your feet are up for less time.
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Post by tubachick11 on Aug 14, 2009 18:06:07 GMT -5
We don't really...
We do arm flaps each practice. Drum Majors choose a number and that's the amount of "reps". You put your arms straight out and "flap" them down, forward, back, and up however many times and then count down. So if we were doing 20, it's twenty down, twenty up, twenty forward, twenty back, nineteen down, nineteen up, nineteen forward, nineteen back, eighteen... They suck.
We've initiated running laps as a punishment this year.
But that's about it. Our stretches are a joke. We don't warm up physically before hand, so it makes them pointless.
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Post by bandgeek101 on Aug 15, 2009 17:21:31 GMT -5
^^we do those too. We do 8 in each direction times however many the director wants. They hurt especially sinse we do them after rehearsal, so my arms are already tired.
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Post by bandgeek101 on Aug 15, 2009 17:25:02 GMT -5
Out of curiosity how many half raises can the average person do comfortably? I do 50 comfortably and then it starts to hurt really bad.
Another strength thing we do is run a movement with a box drill and then run to the other end of the field and back. This is done for all 5 movements. It's insane.
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Post by Sforzando77 on Aug 27, 2009 18:57:09 GMT -5
Wow, my band doesn't really have much of a warm-up/workout routine compared to these!
We generally start with stretching, like toe-touching, arm stretches, leg stretches... then we usually do this yoga-like movement that stretches out our arms and hands and backs. Sometimes we'll do jumping jacks, and usually we'll get in lines or circles and give eachother massages. And that's about it. Everyone's in surprisingly good shape though, and we haven't had any injuries or anything (knock on wood...)
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