Jogging is only going to give you better endurance...you can swim or ride a bike and get the same results.  His speed comes from technique and talent...the cardio will just let him do it more comfortably.

But yeah, it won't hurt you any...I just personally like bike riding and swimming...it's easier on my skeleton.

Hey Dirtbomb. There is a good technique to strengthen your calves that was taught to me a while back. If you just are in a standing position, just lift on the balls of your feet and repeat that until it burns a little and then build that up. It doesn't do anything for technique, but it does build those muscles.

If you do that for a while those calf muscles will really build up some strength. As for jogging, I'm with Felix on that one. I prefer less stress on the knees etc... so swimming is great and also any of those low-impact cardio machines if you belong to a gym. It doesn't hurt!!

I'd swear that I heard somewhere that Keith Moon almost made the Olympic cycling team.

I took lessons from Paul Wertico for a couple years -- he advocates doing those toe lifts while holding weights.

I agree with Felix. Playing is the best exercise. There is a 73 year-old drummer out there who can still play faster on a single pedal that some can play on a dbl. and I know for sure he not out there prepping for the N.Y. Marathon. It's all about wood-shedding and technique.

Wow.  That is so true!  Excellent point.  

I needed to be reminded of that because a lot of times, I'll take advantage of a 'free' Saturday afternoon to do some serious practicing or recording and after a while, I realize it's suddenly 6 hours later, now in the evening, and I am drained!    So, I'll eat something and I'll feel just fine the rest of the night.  Then, the next day (or next couple of days even!), I find myself really sluggish and not realizing that my body is recuperating (using it's energy to focus on 'repairing' itself from the damage I caused it) from being stressed just hours before.  It's like the digestion process--we get tired/low energy after we eat a meal because our body uses it's energy to focus on digestion.  Thus, eating healthier (easier digestable foods/meals) and smaller portions more often will prevent these types of energy losses caused from 'excessive' digestion when we eat too much and/or less often.

I guess the main thing to remember is that our bodies are machines meaning that they require 'regularly scheduled' maintenance.  Deviating from the schedule too much can lower performance (over time especially).  

Thanks B-man, I needed the reminder.  

Yep, powertraining and jogging creates duration and correct playing because you're muscles don't have to work so hard because they are trained, this lets you concentrate on you're technique.
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