Are you a musician who's curious about lifting weights? This episode is for you.
In this week's guest interview, I had the pleasure to (virtually) sit down with Angela McCuiston of Music Strong.
Angela has spent the last 13+ years helping musicians use strength training to reduce pain and injury risk, play with greater ease and live better lives.
I love her musician-specific approach to training and I admire that she's in the trenches at conferences, seminars and workshops with the musicians who really need this information.
We discuss many things in this episode including:
~Angela's personal experiences with flute and exercise injuries
~Why building strength makes you a more resilient musician and human
~Whether or not muscle imbalances in musicians are a bad thing
~The most common pain/dysfunction areas she sees in her musician clients and how she helps address them
~Why musicians need to be training their entire body, not just their arms
~How to get started with strength training even if you feel out of place at the gym
If you want to connect more with Angela and her work, check out these links:
Website: https://musicstrong.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicstrongfitness/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicstrong
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MusicStrongFitnessTraining
Books discussed in the episode:
"No Sweat: How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness" by Michelle Segar
(Check out Angela's podcast episode on this book: https://musicstrong.com/healthy-habits-part-3-dont-workout-to-be-healthy/)
"The Slight Edge" by Jeff Olson
