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01-02-2005, 05:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New Delhi, India | |  bass playing and weightlifting..
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can lifting weights..say around 4kg..get in the way of your fingerstyle flexibility..let me know please..because i read some where that weight lifting tightens your playing ability..
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01-02-2005, 01:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: montreal, qc, Canada | | | Personally, I wouldn't see why, and it might make holding a heavy bass on your back for a long time easier. Just don't strain your wrists/forearms, which may impede on your playing. |
01-02-2005, 01:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Albuquerque, NM | | | I don't think it hapmered Beaver Felton's bass playing, the guy did Olympic lifting, for those who don't know, O-lifting puts great strain on the muscles, legaments and tendons, and the grip gets a NASTY workout! |
01-02-2005, 01:48 PM
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01-02-2005, 02:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Windsor, Ont, Canada | | | How could getting inshape hurt your bass playing?
I've found it helps my playing. |
01-02-2005, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Coutts_is_god How could getting inshape hurt your bass playing?
I've found it helps my playing. | Me Too!  |
01-03-2005, 01:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | it helps your playing because your working out properly.
However if you injure yourself and pull a muscle or something, playing bass becomes really difficult.. |
01-03-2005, 01:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | | Working out your entire body is a great way to warm up. Plus there are some arm muscles involved in figure movement. Also, there is no way that being in shape can hurt you.
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01-03-2005, 04:37 AM
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Endorsing artist: Musicman basses, Hipshot products | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: New York City | | | I bet whoever wrote that weightlifting tightens your bass playing abilities was an out of shape loser. Either that or they meant makes you a tighter player. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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