Thread: Beginner looking for help

i looked at google images for tenors but only found drum/saxophone pictures. the only advice i can offer is get a rock about the size of whatever a tenor is and carry that around a couple of times a week for distance. or you could use a sandbag and carry that around.

i guess the closer you can get to the shape of the tenor the better, but anything that is close to its weight should work. btw, strongman training rocks!

Well tenors are drums. I thought I should post a pic(not exactly the ones I use but close emnough). the thing is that i have a carrier, kind of like the second picture, although my carrier has a padded bar going across the back connecting the shoulders. Plus I don't think anyone wants to know how much those things actually weigh.

i have just noticed that may 27'th is your first show, thats cutting it pretty friggin close if you ask me, not much you can do in 1-2 weeks. anyhow, my advice about getting something close to the tenors in weight and carrying it around for distance 1-3 times a week is probably your best bet. it would be pretty inefficient to start lifting weights and all that when all you need is some basic strength to carry heavy stuff around for a little bit, unless of course you want to start lifting weights and all that.

Like i said before, get an object that is comparable to the tenors in weight and start out by doing this 1x/week.

pick it up and carry it say 100ft then put it down and rest for a while. do that 2-3 times. each week increase the distance or the number of sets of number of 'workouts' until you have reached a level with that object that simulates your shows (ie, if you have to walk around continuously with the tenors for ten minutes then work up to it by walking around for 1 min, then 2 min etc.)

well I don't know if I can find anything like that, but parades are not 10mins long more like an hour min. plus we carry our equipment most of the day from about 9:30am to 10pm, with a lunch and dinner break (with some 10min breaks in between). thanks for the help, I'm sure I can figure something out. I basicaly need to build up my back and leg muscles.

yes your correct about the back and the legs. Squats and deaelifts will give you the strength the necessary for such movements.

if you are interested in a full program, i suggest you check out the stickies at the top of the page and make a program based on those at which point you can post it back up on here and we will help you iron out the kinks.