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Yo! This week I took the opportunity to get y'all a little replay of my own webinar from last week with Canadian Musician Magazine. We discussed the key points to ensure peak performance on and off stage including tips for overcoming overstrain injuries, treating food as fuel and incorporating healthy mindset and performance behaviours to really level up your game.
Here is the youtube link if you'd like to watch:
Here is the link to a bunch of cool free information to help guide you towards a healthier lifestyle amidst the chaos that is life.
https://www.therockdr.com/freestuff
Here is a brief description of the exercise I did if you're unable to watch the video demonstration because you're negotiating traffic and listening only to the audio version of this podcast:
**The Party Trick - Your goal is to get your hands to go from underhand to overhand without actually taking your hands off of the stick. You up for it?
Take a drumstick/dowel/broomstick and hold either end with your palms facing up.
Make like a bicep curl and bring your right hand up towards your chin while letting your right elbow shoot out to the side, pushing down the drumstick towards your right hip. Your right hand should be awkwardly upside down with your wrist and elbow all twisted up too. There may be some mild discomfort if you're as tight as most people through the shoulder and the wrist.
Now, while your right hand is all awkward down by your hip, take the left hand and do that same maneuver. Bicep curl up towards your chin, flipping the hand down with a push towards the left hip. Feels great, right? Now with your hands upside down and all awkward, just let that stretch out your forearms. See? Your hands are now
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